My career began over 30 years ago at Turtles Records & Tapes. My journey has included WEAS Radio in Savannah as News Director and Talk show hostess, V-103 in Atlanta, and Capitol Records coordinating national radio promotions for Freddie Jackson ...
BBM Profile: Michael Frisby
I first realized my love for radio hanging around WESY in Greenville, MS when I was in high school. The studio was literally in the middle of a cotton field. In 1966 I enrolled in Howard University. Personality radio was king in D.C. at that time. Th ...
BBM Profile: Ruth Adkins Robinson
The Black Music business started for me with Big Dee Irvin and Ray Charles. Writing for and with the Genius, I got a top 20 hit with “I Can Make It Thru the Days” and a friend for life in Ray. Then, I teamed up with David Oliver writing most of the s ...
BBM Profile: Angelique Miles
I am Angelique Miles and I have had the honor of working as a Music Publishing Executive across a number of different companies, but primarily as a Vice President at Warner/Chappell Music. I love the era of music that I worked in, and it has provided ...
BBM Profile: Lydia Nicole
At 13 years old, I decided to take myself to WBLS-FM radio to meet Frankie Crocker, because I thought he needed to know me and ended up staying there five years. While there, I learned about programming music from Frankie, Wanda Ramos and Hal Jackso ...
BBM Profile: Tony Winger
Growing up I never dreamed that I would become influential in the music industry. As a child, one of my chores was cleaning my Mom’s record collection and making sure her name was stamped on them to keep other family members honest. This seemingly ...
BBM Profile: Dedra Tate
I have been blessed to enjoy 30+ years doing what I love...and I LOVE ENTERTAINMENT!!! After graduating from Howard University, I began my career at MTV, where I landed my dream job in Talent Relations. I left MTV after 3 years, with my boss, to j ...
BBM Profile: Jun Mhoon
My positions included Merchandiser - WEA, Local Promotion - WB, Regional Promo then National Albums - RCA Records, Regional then V.P./Director Gospel Music - A&M Records, COO - Solar Records. I’ve worked with Al Jarreau, Prince, George Clinton ...
BBM Profile: Earl Jordan
In 1973 I started in the mailroom at CBS Records in Philadelphia and my musical journey took me through sales and promotion for Columbia, Capitol and EMI, from Philly to Cleveland to LA and eventually to Warner Bros as VP of Sales, Black Music from 1 ...
BBM Profile: Michael Stradford
My career path began in radio as a DJ/music director/program director in Toledo, Cincinnati, Detroit, St. Louis, Houston and ending up in Los Angeles launching 92.3 The Beat. From there I segued over to the record industry as Quincy Jones' VP of A&a ...