Most Influential African Americans in Radio 2008 (03/24/08)
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
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