Published in the March 5 edition of the magazine, Alfred Charles Liggins III is listed as No. 1 and Catherine Hughes is second.
Liggins was born in Omaha but moved to Washington, D.C. at the age of seven when his mother, radio mogul Catherine Hughes, took a job at Howard University. He hosted a talk show on WOL when he was 16 and worked in sales and management for Light Records and as a production coordinator for singer Patrick Anderson in 1983 and 1984.He later returned to WOL behind the scenes and rose to sales manager while purchasing FM stations in Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, M.D., to form the beginnings of the Radio One Empire. In 1999, Radio One went public and made history as the first female African American owned company on the stock exchange. In 2004, he expanded Radio One's media sphere when he launched TV One, a cable network for African American adults.
Hughes began her career in radio in 1969 at KOWH, a black radio station in Omaha. Her success there led to a teaching position at the Howard University School of Communications. In 1973, she was named general sales manager at WHUR in Washington, D.C, and eventually became the station's general manager. Under her guidance, it increased its annual revenues several times over - to more than $3.5 million. In 1978, she left for WYCB, where she served as the vice president and general manager of the station. She, too, helped found Radio One, the largest black-owned radio chain in the nation (65 stations).
3 comments:
Ernie Chambers deserves one of these awards. He's been the inspiration for countless morning show bits!
Oh I get it...Ernie's black and this was an award for blacks. You see..Ernie's black everybody. Aren't I funny?
It's this sort of witty banter (and the attitudes behind it) that drove Ms. Hughes, and countless other talented African-Americans out of Omaha and on to bigger and better things.
At least have the decency to be embarrassed over yourself...
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