![]() Community and Clients are important to our success.Nielsen Audio ratings released Monday show V103 in first place overall and first place in middays, afternoons and evenings. Usher, T.I., Jeezy, Justin Beiber, Wacka Flacka, Future, Travis Porter, Monica, Ciara, and more to come”¦. Every major label still comes to Atlanta to sign artists. RR: Yes we play local music, ask any major music label. ![]() RF: Do you have space for local or new music on your station or do you limit the playlist to hits only? of my favorite station outside of V103/WAOK Mark Chernoff of WFAN Non Urban programmers include Kevin Weatherly at K Rock, Jim Ryan In New York, Michael Martin on the West Coast and the O.M. RR: Radio has changed a lot, great programmers in my book include people like: Frankie Crocker, Barry Mayo, Donnie Simpson.etc as far as trailblazers.Ĭurrent programmers that I admire include Terri Avery at WPEG/WBAV, KJ Holiday at WJLB, Derrick Baker at WEDR, Derrick Brown at WGCI. ![]() RF: Who are some of the great programmers in our industry? Social media is a great feedback loop for our stations. Social media allows us to communicate directly with our fans, listeners, partners and advertisers. RR: Social Networking plays an important part of CBS Local’s Digital Strategy. RF: How important is social networking for the station for you in your programming? RR: I think when you have established veterans like V103/WAOK has, you have to give them room to be creative. RF: How important is it for Radio DJs to have the freedom to be creative? RR: The V103/WAOK Car and Bike Show and For Sisters Only RF: What are some of the biggest listener events that V103 does during the year? By being local we can connect to our listeners and clients and super serve their needs. Do you think it’s important that Black stations maintain more local talent over syndicated full time slots? RF: V103 does not have a lot of syndicated shows but the other Black stations in the market depend on quite a bit of syndication. Her TV experience including B.E.T., HGTV etc”¦can only help the enhance the V103 brand. ![]() She has been part of a Morning Show and has done mid-days in New York. RF: The midday slot appears to be incredibly important to V103, do you think this is generally an ignored shift by many Black stations and how is NY transplant Egypt adapting to Atlanta ?Īdding Egypt to a strong line up with Frank and Wanda, Ryan Cameron, Greg Street Larry Tinsley, etc can only make us stronger. RR: Great TEAMS are always looking to improve. Were you intimidated by that and were you initially apprehensive about making changes? RF: When you became PD of the station some years back, it was already a winning station and several changes took place in the line-up. The staff includes Lorraine Jacque White, Mo Ivory and Derrick Boazman Our News Director Jean Ross and our African American news Talk station WAOK keeps us involved in the community. Dj baby Yu has done work for Kanye and is currently Young Jeezy’s Dj.ĭJ Infamous is Ludacris’s DJ, Green Lantern was Jay Z’s DJ when he started out and now works with NAS and Dj Kash is the next one to take over Atlanta. Kenny Burns is our Life style specialist and is the club king for Hip Hop and R&parties across the country. He has a huge following and he single handily beats a full fledged Gospel Station by himself. His job is to work with the Churches in Atlanta. Our Gospel Announcer/Ambassador Larry Tinsley is only on the air on day a week but he is a full time employee. The Egypt cares foundation recently did their first major promotion with V103, Mommy Makeover for mother’s day which was a huge success. Wanda Smith volunteers at Shelters for abused women and reads to pre-school kids.Ryan Cameron’s foundation does a free health fair every year, a father daughter dance for fathers day and he also give out scholarships to students attending college.Our night Radio DJ Greg Street does a “We need to read program” and a mentoring program for young men. Frank Ski’s foundation gives out grants for kids heading to college and takes kids on overseas trips. RR: Yes, our talent is a major part of our success. Do you think it’s important to allow announcers to be themselves? Tell us about your staff. RF: Your on-air lineup is very unique and they all have different personalities that mesh well to form the image of the station. WAEG/WAEJ PD-Augusta, GA AND WQKS-First PD gig, Hopkinsville, Kentucky. WPGC-Donnie Simpson morning show producer/APD Promoted to OM Morning Show Producer at WPGC (8 years).
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