Prospectus Supplement No. 3                     Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
(To Prospectus dated October 25, 2000)          SEC File No. 333-47762


                            310,000 HIGH TIDES(SM)

                                RADIO ONE, INC.
                      6 1/2% CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED SECURITIES
             REMARKETABLE TERM INCOME DEFERRABLE EQUITY SECURITIES
                               (HIGH TIDES)(SM)*
             (Liquidation Amount $1,000 per each HIGH TIDES (SM))
              Convertible into class D common stock of Radio One.

     All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in the Prospectus, dated October 25, 2000, forming a part of
the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-47762).  Any cross
references in this Prospectus Supplement refer to portions of the Prospectus.

     The purpose of this Prospectus Supplement is to amend and supplement the
information set forth in the Prospectus regarding the selling holders.  The
following table sets forth the names of additional selling holders and the
amount of HIGH TIDES owned by each selling holder listed below as of June 12,
2001.  Each of the selling holders named below acquired HIGH TIDES in the
amounts reflected in the table below from a selling holder named in the
Prospectus.  All information with respect to beneficial ownership has been
furnished to the Company by the respective selling holders. Beneficial ownership
of the HIGH TIDES listed in the table has been determined in accordance with the
applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act.

                                                                     Number of
Selling Holders                                                      HIGH TIDES
- ---------------                                                      ----------

American Funds Insurance Series -High Yield Bond Fund................   5,420
American Funds Insurance Series - Bond Fund..........................     895
American Funds Insurance Series -Asset Allocation Fund...............     685
American High-Income Fund............................................  21,980
Capital Guardian Global High-Yield Fixed Income Fund.................     175
Capital Guardian U.S. High-Yield Fixed Income Master Fund............   1,305
Capital International Global High Yield Fund.........................     175
Capital World Growth & Income Fund, Inc..............................  17,860
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation...............................  13,000
The Bond Fund of America, Inc........................................   8,580

     Because the selling holders may, pursuant to this Prospectus, offer all or
some portion of the HIGH TIDES and the class D common stock issuable upon
conversion of the HIGH TIDES, no estimate can be given as to the amount of those
securities that will be held by the selling holders upon termination of any such
sales.  In addition, the selling holders identified above and in the Prospectus
may have sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of all or a portion of their
HIGH TIDES since the date on which they provided the information regarding their
HIGH TIDES, in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act.  See "Plan of Distribution."  Such sales would affect the data
in the table above.


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     The Company may from time to time, in accordance with the Registration
Rights Agreement, supplement or amend the Prospectus to reflect the required
information concerning any transferee, pledgee, donee or successor to the
selling holders named in the Prospectus.

     The date of this Prospectus Supplement is June 13, 2001.

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* The terms Remarketable Term Income Deferrable Equity Securities (HIGH
TIDES)(SM) or HIGH TIDES(SM) are registered service marks of Credit Suisse First
Boston Corporation.

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