The most influential african americans in radio
From Radio Ink’s Annual Lists
Every year Radio Ink identifies the most powerful, most influential, most admired, and simply “the best” men and women in the radio industry in a number of categories. These include:
1 Alfred Liggins
CEO/President
Radio One
2 Cathy Hughes
Founder/Chairperson
Radio One
3 Pierre M. Sutton
Chairman/CEO
ICBC Broadcast Holdings
4 Sydney Small
Chairman/CEO
Access.1 Communications
5 Ron Davenport Sr.
Chairman
Sheridan Broadcasting
6 Skip Finley
Vice Chairman
ICBC Broadcast Holdings
7 Charles Warfield
President/Chief Operations Officer
ICBC Broadcast Holdings
8 Tom Joyner
Host of The Tom Joyner Morning Show
Founder/Chairman
Reach Media
9 Michael Carter
Chairman/CEO
Carter Broadcast Group
10 Russell Perry
President/CEO
Perry Publishing & Broadcasting Company
11 Kevin Wagner
President/CEO
Urban Radio Broadcasting
12 Alex Snipe
President
Glory Communications
13 Chesley Maddox-Dorsey
President/Chief Operations Officer
Access.1 Communications
14 Ron Davenport Jr.
General Counsel
Sheridan Broadcasting
President
SBC Radio Division
14 Barry Mayo
President/Radio Division
Radio One
16 Kevin Perry
Vice President/Chief Operations Officer
Perry Publishing & Broadcasting Company
17 Susan Davenport Austin
Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer
Sheridan Broadcasting
President
Sheridan Gospel Network
18 Steve Harvey
Host of The Steve Harvey Morning Show
Premiere Radio Networks
19 Rick Caffee
Senior Vice President/Marketing Manager
CBS Radio-Atlanta
Earl Jones
President/Market Manager
Clear Channel Radio-Chicago
20 Lois Wright
Executive Vice President/Corporate Counsel
Inner City Broadcasting and
ICBC Broadcast Holdings
21 Bruce Demps
Regional Vice President
Radio One,
22 Jim Winston
Executive Director/General Counsel
National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters
23 Earnest James
Senior Vice President/Market Manager
CBS Radio-Orlando
24 Jerry Lopes
President/Program Operations and Affiliations
American Urban Radio Networks
25 Sherman Kizart
Senior Vice President/Director of Urban Marketing
Interep
26 Deon Levingston
Vice President/General Manager
WBLS/WLIB-New York
27 Brian Knox
Senior Vice President/Director Corporate Diversity
Katz Media Group
28 Jack Bryant
President
SupeRadio
29 Doc Wynter
Senior Vice President/Urban Programming
Clear Channel Radio
30 Reggie Rouse
Vice President/Urban Programming
CBS Radio
31 Tony Kidd
Vice President/General Manager
Cox Radio Group-Atlanta
32 Jerry Rushin
Vice President/General Manager
Cox Radio- Miami
33 Curtis Taylor
Senior Vice President/Chief Information Officer
Emmis Communications
34 Reggie Denson
Senior Vice President/Managing Director Marketing
Clear Channel Katz Advantage
Patti Johnson
Vice President/Director of Sales
Interep Net Solutions
35 Julian Davis
Director of Urban Media Services
Arbitron
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