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June 16, 2015
10 Questions with ... Juan HustleBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I'm from Nashville, TN by way of southern Indiana (Evansville). With industry experience gained over 12 years in the broadcasting industry, Mr. Hustle spent time in the following markets: Evansville, Terre Haute and Lafayette (IN); Indianapolis, ...
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June 9, 2015
10 Questions with ... Cortney HicksBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: Twenty-plus year radio vet with some TV experience. Worked in Detroit, Chicago, D.C. and Mobile, AL. Previous APD/MD positions held. First and only female thus far to headline a morning show in the Chicago market ('04-'06). Special TV projects with ...
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June 2, 2015
10 Questions with ... UB Rodriguez1) How did you get your start in radio? With a $20 mixer from an electronic store, some headphones with a mic attached and a tape recorder. I was always a radio/TV nerd. I had career goals like becoming a lawyer, doctor, teacher, etc. Radio would be my hobby. Then it hit ...
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May 26, 2015
10 Questions with ... Walker SmithBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: Formerly a recording artist on the Casablanca label ... after Donna Summer ... during Funkadelics/Kiss/Cameo .... before the fall of the disco empire. Currently a novelist, occasionally dabbling in journalism and writing biographies of music ...
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May 19, 2015
10 Questions with ... Jay PostalBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: On-Air Radio Personality/Promotions (2010-2013), Urban/360 MD, (2012-current) Clear Channel Media + Entertainment/Boston - Programming intern Universal Music Group, Republic Records - Promotions & Marketing intern Simon & Schuster, CBS Corporation ...
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May 12, 2015
10 Questions with ... Derrick Baker1) How do you think working in a unique market like Miami/Ft Lauderdale has helped you as a PD? It's funny because Miami the radio market is nothing like the images you see on TV or in the movies. The market is around 20% African-American and nearly 50% Hispanic. It was ...
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May 5, 2015
10 Questions with ... Renee TaylorBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I started my career in a small town in Nevada called Winnemucca. Back then, the only black women who worked in the town were prostitutes and they worked on the line. This was a certain area in the town where the brothels are still found. After the ...
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April 28, 2015
10 Questions with ... Myron FearsBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: KPRS, Adjunct Media Professor at Penn Valley Community College and Owner of KC Pro Jocks Mobile DJ Service. 1) Kansas City's African American population is only 13.6%. How do you manage to keep KPRS so high in the ratings? Our owner, Mike ...
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April 21, 2015
10 Questions with ... Chirl GirlBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: My love of radio and first experience in broadcasting began in Salisbury, NC at the Adult Standards station, WSAT. I was asked to read the names on the "Sick and Shut-In" list at the tender age of nine years old. My official entry into radio was ...
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April 14, 2015
10 Questions with ... Abe ThompsonBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: After college I joined the staff of WVON in Chicago as a salesman. I was hired by WGCI in 1980 and the following year became Sales Manager. A year later I was promoted to VP and Station Manager. In 1986, I went to Detroit and took over the ...