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July 9, 2019
10 Questions with ... E.J. GreigBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS:
Started Producing Tre Black at WJLB. Have worked for WHAT/Atlanta, WOWI/Norfolk, and the (for now) defunct WJPC-WEJM/Chicago, to name a few stops.
1) How important is community involvement?
It's imperative. It is a way of doing business and giving back to the community that supports you. You must use your platform to show you are a part of the community you serve.
2) What's your radio origin story?
I started working in radio at the age of 14. "The business is in my blood," as I am the son of a former TV news anchor and reporter. I grew up playing and exploring behind the scenes in TV newsrooms as my mother anchored the news. My first radio job was an unplanned and spontaneous gift. A major influence in my life was my grandfather, a minister, who had a weekly religious radio broadcast. I accompanied him to a broadcast one day, and the board operator never showed up. I figured out how to work the board and had him on the air and up and running in a few minutes. They hired me on the spot. My grandfather took me to get a work permit, so I could take the job at age 14. WCLS/Battle Creek, MI. Later as a senior at The Univ. of Michigan, I met John Mason. Mason and Gerald Albright helped me create an air check for Steve Hegwood, who hired me as a board op at WJLB.
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July 2, 2019
10 Questions with ... Angela Yee
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I started my career as an assistant for Wu-Tang Clan, then transitioned into urban marketing. After working with fashion brands and consulting for music labels, I ended up at Sirius Satellite Radio as the co-host on the "Cipha Sounds Effect" ...
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June 25, 2019
10 Questions with ... Trey the Choklit Jok
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I started as high school sports reporter for WGCI in high school, then was hired as Associate Producer for the morning show on WGCI, did Saturday and Sunday nights on WGCI ... and was then hired to startup crosstown rival WPWX as night host for ...
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June 18, 2019
10 Questions with ... Jade Nicole
1) Where did your thirst for radio start? My high school guidance counselor suggested that I seek a career in broadcast journalism. However, I was still undecided when I entered Stillman College. Based on placement test scores, it was suggested that I study computer ...
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June 11, 2019
10 Questions with ... Mark 'Chillin' Dylan
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: Original KOKY/1978 KWTD, KHLT (Adult Top 40), WHRK-WDIA/Memphis WOWI-WBSK/Norfolk-Va. Beach, KIPR/Little Rock, KSSN-KMVK(Hot Country), WBLX-WDLT/Mobile, AB KOKY/2000-present 1) How about a radio memory that still makes you laugh? As a ...
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June 4, 2019
10 Questions with ... Darryl Johnson
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I began my radio career while attending Alabama State University in Montgomery, Alabama where I received a Communications degree in 1985. Upon graduation, I moved to Birmingham, Alabama and began working at WJLD AM and later WATV AM. After the sale ...
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May 28, 2019
10 Questions with ... Troy Marshall
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: Music industry executive. 1) Was breaking into the music industry hard to do? 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 ...
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May 21, 2019
10 Questions with ... Kirkland Burke
1) How did you wind-up teaching, being an assistant coach and do music promotion? Upon leaving the Navy in 1968, I went back to college. A week before classes started, a friend told me about a program that President Johnson had instituted called, "Veterans In Public ...
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May 14, 2019
10 Questions with ... Monique Jordan
1) How did you get into radio? I guess if radio didn't find me, I would have been a meteorologist. I love weather; it's interesting and can't be controlled. I watch the Weather Channel for hours. 2) Why radio? In 1994 for my son's birthday, I decided to call the local ...
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May 7, 2019
10 Questions with ... Abe Thompson
BRIEF 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/Station Manager. In 1986, I went to Detroit and took over the leadership ...
