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January 21, 2014
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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January 14, 2014
10 Questions with ... Skip DillardBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: Worked in great markets as a jock and eventual PD -- Norfolk, Greensboro, New Orleans, San Francisco Detroit, Buffalo Washington and New York. Spent a year away from radio in 2003 writing for Billboard Magazine's Airplay Monitor. 1) What are ...
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January 14, 2014
10 Questions with ... Kevin GardnerBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: Highlights recap: WWPT/Philadelphia, WOKB/Orlando, FL, WWPD/Florence, SC., KDKO/Denver, WWDM/Columbia, SC., WDJY-WJZE/Washington, DC, WDAS/Philadelphia, WHBX/Tallahassee, FL., WKJS/Richmond, VA., WCFB/Orlando, FL. 1) Where and what was your ...
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January 7, 2014
10 Questions with ... Sam WeaverBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I am the new Editor for Urban/UAC and owner of a radio talent coach business (Radiocoach.biz) for terrestrial/ Internet radio personalities and programmers. One of my clients does radio in the Netherlands; thank God for Skype! I have been in the ...
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January 7, 2014
10 Questions with ... Elroy SmithBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: Graham Jr. College/Boston 1979 Emerson College 1979-1981 1) What was your first job in radio? Early influences? My first radio job was in Bermuda at ZFB. My debut on ZFB was a disaster. Twenty minutes after signing on the air, the station ...
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December 10, 2013
10 Questions with ... George "Geo" CookBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: Pres./Chief Strategist -- Geometric Media Consulting, Charleston, SC/Atlanta Programming/Interactive Consultant -- PSP Consulting, Washington, DC Branding + Digital Media Strategist -- The Hampton Agency, Atlanta Dir./Programming + Operations -- ...
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December 3, 2013
Jerry BouldingPaging Doctor Jerry Boulding Jerry was all about connection and touch. No one was a stranger around him; he was always there with an ear to listen and a kind word of encouragement. He made us happy, was timeless, and always in the now. He was never "old school" or ...
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December 3, 2013
10 Questions with ... Mark McCray1) What was your first job in radio? Early influences? First job (Not counting my student station, WIDB/Southern Illinois University) was at a Top 40 station in Carbondale IL, WCIL. Growing up in Chicago, I was blessed to listen to a lot of great radio personalities -- ...
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November 26, 2013
10 Questions with ... Devin SteelBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I attended the Univ. Of Tennessee @ Martin on a football scholarship and knew I wanted to do radio. My sophomore year in college I did a day shift for WUTM, which was Jazz. I had the luxury of being hands-on at a smaller university and wrote a ...
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November 19, 2013
10 Questions with ... Tom Joyner1) Where and what was your first job in radio? Early influences? During the Montgomery boycott, there was the "Tuskegee boycott." One protest was taken to a local radio station that refused to play "black" music. Eventually the station manager gave in and asked for a ...