1) At what point did you say to yourself, I think I'll go into radio? The radio blessings started my junior year at Tougaloo College. I was one of the on-campus DJs and during parties I would do a nice slow jam set! I started making slow jam mixtapes and passing them out ...

BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: It was never easy for me ... I was born a poor black child, I remember the days, sittin' on the porch with my family, singin' and dancin' down in Mississippi ... (Bonus point if you get it!) The real story is I started off in Minneapolis. A ...

BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: First PD job was then Hot AC WASL/Dyersburg, TN. Moved to Memphis for evenings at Classic Hits WSRR. One of the first radio personalities hired for new Memphis station, Soul Classics 103.5 back in 1998 (WRBO). Did afternoon drive there. Became ...

1) What's on your to-do list? For starters, strengthening my on-air performance is a consistent goal. To assume "I got this" and not grow any further is complacent and simply lazy. It's easy to get comfortable when the numbers are good, revenue is coming in, and all is ...

BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I began my career in New Orleans in 2005 with Citadel Broadcasting/Cumulus Media, where I grew from being an on-air talent on Urban AC KMEZ, to the APD and on-air talent/mix show DJ on KKND/ to an on-air talent/mix show DJ on Alt Rock station WZRH ...

BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: Music industry executive. 1. How did you start in the music industry? I started my music career being a club promotor when I was at UCLA. A gentleman by the name of Allen Carroll was the West Coast Regional for MCA Records. I asked him for ...

BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I got my start in the music industry as a Club DJ in Washington, D.C., which ultimately lead to my first positon in radio as MD/APD at WKYS for eight years. I was then offered the positon of Dir./Music Video Programming at BET where, for five ...

BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I have 15+ years in Urban radio, starting off with weekends, then overnights to nights, then finally getting PM drive. All with 99 JAMZ. Over the years I've interviewed everyone from Cardi B to Migos, Chris Brown, Rick Ross, President Obama and ...

BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I started my career in entertainment in 1989 as a co-host on Lee Bailey's radio syndicated "Hip-Hop Countdown and Report." A few years after that, I released an album titled "Simply Poetry" on Interscope Records. In 1994, I landed a job at 92.3 The ...