Vinny Brown is a native New Yorker who we are honored to have on our Board Of Directors.\u00a0 Vinny is a successful radio Air Personality, MD, PD, Operations Manager & L.A. Station Executive VP. Brown\u2019s unprecedented achievement in NYC Urban Radio remains unrivaled. As PD he\u2019s credited for leading WRKS to record setting market dominance with repeated #1 ratings.<\/p>\n
Vinny moved to crosstown rival WBLS\/WLIB as Operations Manager maneuvering them form #18 to #1 in their demo before heading to the L.A. market. \u00a0He has built a strong reputation for developing on-air talent as well. It includes working directly as PD, with a number of high profile air personalities from Steve Harvey to Wendy Williams, who both launched syndication from the studios of WBLS, as well as popular Hip Hop DJs Funkmaster Flex, DJ Red Alert, Kid Capri, NYC\u00a0Caribbean Icon Dahvad Levy & more. Through the years Vinny has also personally worked with many celebrities preparing them to become on-air radio performers such as Stevie Wonder, Isaac Hayes, Nick Ashford & Valerie Simpson, Roberta Flack,\u00a0Hezekiah Walker,\u00a0Paul Mooney, Les Brown and others.<\/p>\n
Vinny\u2019s experience includes network programming, national radio syndication & the development of international shows for stations in Kobe\u2019 and Tokyo Bay Japan. Vinny\u2019s background includes voicing nationally aired radio spots and producing TV commercials for radio stations. Vinny\u2019s national TV appearances include a judge on \u201cStar Search\u201d, as himself in the sitcom \u201cMartin\u201d and contributing commentary on \u201cUnsung\u201d & \u201cUncensored\u201d. He was also portrayed in the Lifetime biopic\u201d Wendy Williams: The Movie\u201d & was a consultant to the movie \u201cJuice\u201d featuring Tupac Shakur & Omar Epps.\u00a0 Vinny has received numerous awards within the radio industry and was honored by the Foundation in 2001.<\/p>\n
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