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10 Questions - Urban/UAC
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September 3, 2013
10 Questions with ... Jon MillerBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: College: University of Maryland, College Park (2002). Degree in Broadcast Journalism; worked at the college radio station (WMUC) in the sports department as a color commentator for football and basketball broadcasts. * Interned in the news-room ...
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August 27, 2013
10 Questions with ... K.J. HolidayBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: WJDY-A/ Salisbury, MD 1983; Norfolk, VA; Baltimore; Washington, D.C.; to WJLB-WMXD/Detroit. 1) What was your first job in radio? Early influences? I started in the small town of Salisbury, MD (WJDY-A) in 1983. I grew up in NY and emulated ...
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August 20, 2013
10 Questions with ... Rickey Smiley1) Where and what was your first job in radio? Early influences? WBHJ (95.7 JAMZ)/Birmingham, AL, the upstart station to I.95.7 JAMZ was my first radio job being a sidekick comedian doing prank phone calls here and there. 2) Since you already had a successful career as ...
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August 13, 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 ...
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August 6, 2013
10 Questions with ... Derrick Baker1) What have been the biggest programming challenges you and your staff have faced in the past year, and what have you been able to do to become not only format dominant, but also market dominant? Our biggest challenge is simple: Don't believe the hype and stay focused. ...
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July 30, 2013
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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July 23, 2013
10 Questions with ... Tony Gray1. Early station influences: John "Records" Landecker, Bill Bailey, Bob Sirot WLS/Chicago 2. If you were just starting out in radio, knowing now what you didn't then, would you still do it? Yes, except if I knew then what I know now, I would have majored in Business as ...
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July 16, 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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July 9, 2013
10 Questions with ... Brion O'BrionBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: Greenville, SC, Savannah, GA, Charleston, SC, Atlantic City, NJ, Ocean City/Salisbury, MD, Baltimore, MD, Norfolk, VA, Virginia Beach, VA, Elizabeth City, NC. 1) Where and what was your first job in radio? Who are some of your mentors and ...
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July 2, 2013
10 Questions with ... Anthony "Big Ant" SimmonsBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I started in Normandale-Bloomington, MN as a Theatre Major, Brown Institute Minneapolis MN - Intern WRNB/Minneapolis - and intern for the following stations: KDWB, KMOJ, KTTB 1) Where and what was your first job in radio? First gig was with ...