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10 Questions - Urban/UAC
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April 7, 2015
10 Questions with ... Darren "Buttahman" BrinBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: Started at WERQ/Baltimore as an intern out of college and worked my way up to on-air talent/MD. In 2001, I moved to NYC to work at MTV in the Music and Talent department. While there I programmed music for MTV and MTV2 and eventually oversaw the ...
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March 31, 2015
10 Questions with ... Anthony "Big Ant" SimmonsBRIEF 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, MN. A ...
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March 24, 2015
10 Questions with ... Elroy R.C. SmithBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I programmed the following stations: WILD-A Boston KJMZ/Dallas WGCI/Chicago V103/Chicago Inspiration 1390-A/Chicago CEO of 102.7 WMJ & WHT, HOT 107.5/Bermuda 100.3 The Beat/Philadelphia 107.9 WRNB/Philadelphia PRAISE 103.9/Philadelphia Old School ...
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March 17, 2015
10 Questions with ... Felicia "The Poetess" MorrisBRIEF 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 ...
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March 10, 2015
10 Questions with ... Robyn SimoneBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: My career started in the city where I grew up, Detroit, where I took a leap of faith and called Nate Bell for a job, and he hired me as a board op at Radio One. I later began filling in on air for 105.9 WDTJ, then later starting voicetracking for ...
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March 3, 2015
10 Questions with ... Keisha Nicole1) Your career is moving forward nicely, you make it a point to give back, how? I've always felt like what I do on the air is just as important as what I do off of the air. To listeners, on-air personalities must be personable, consistent and caring. One question I ...
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February 24, 2015
10 Questions with ... Monique Jordan1) How did you get into radio? In 1994 for my son's birthday; I decided to call the local radio station where I was stationed to wish my son a Happy Birthday. The PD, Mycial McGurie, was on the air, he asked if I ever thought about doing radio, I said no. He asked me to ...
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February 17, 2015
10 Questions with ... Lorenzo "Ice-Tea" ThomasBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: A two-time Air Personality of the Year winner. Named Jock of the Millennium, Graduate From the Miami School. John H. Johnson Legacy Award Winner for Communications Excellence. Named to the Source Power 30. Radio and TV personality bringing more ...
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February 10, 2015
10 Questions with ... Reggie RouseBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: PD V103 for nine years. APD/morning show producer at WPGC for eight years; Co-APD/Producer at WBLS for a year; WAEG/WAEJ Augusta, GA - PD; WQKS/Hopkinsville KY - PD; WUSS/Atlantic City, Research Dept; Board Op, Hot 97; Intern at 98.7 KISS FM/New ...
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February 3, 2015
10 Questions with ... DeDe McGuire "DeDe In The Morning"BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I started my career in Killen Texas at Urban station KIIZ Radio. I stayed there a year and then went to San Antonio's CHR station KTFM for a year before accepting a position with KKDA as Afternoon Host. I left after two years and spent time on ...