An ‘inside’ look at the music industry
by Rob Taylor Jr.
Courier Staff Writer
From the moment your favorite music artist announces their tour, you check to...
But the Hill District native and daughter of legendary WAMO DJ Sly Jock intends to stay busy in Pittsburgh’s Black community
by Rob Taylor Jr.
Courier...
ORLANA DARKINS DREWERY PITTSBURGH, PA, October 8, 2013 – Event management and public relations professional Orlana Darkins Drewery has accepted the position...
CHRIS MOORE, BROTHER MATT, DEBBIE PARKER AND SLY JOCK AT WAMO REUNION PARTY (Courier Photo/J.L. Martello/File) Earlier this month, when Pittsburghers began discussing the possible return of a jazz radio station to the region, some in the Black community had just one question. Would any of the radio hosts on this new station be Black?
2013 50 WOMEN OF EXCELLENCE HONOREE OLGA GEORGE - KDKA PITTSBURGH, PA - The New Pittsburgh Courier will host its 2013 Women of Excellence Awards Luncheon on Thursday, June 20, 2013 in the Grand Ballroom of the Omni William Penn Hotel. This year, the New Pittsburgh Courier is also pleased to be honoring Ms. Bev Smith as the 2013 Legacy Award Honoree. Ms. Smith began her television and radio career in 1971 when she was named Pittsburgh's first African-American Consumer Investigative Reporter for WPXI-TV. In 1975. she was named News and Public Affairs Director for Sheridan Broadcasting and hosted a lively talk show on Sheridan's flagship station, WAMO. Since then, Bev Smith has taken her "fire brand" style of talk shows to KDKA and WTAE Radio in Pittsburgh, WNWS in Miami, WKIS in Orlando and WRC in Washington, DC. Bev also worked at Black Entertainment Television for over thirteen years as the host of the popular national television talk show "Our Voices".
LAURA VARNER NORMAN AND COMEDIAN COREY HOLCOMB AT WAMO100 STUDIOS by Ashley Johnson Courier Staff Writer There has been recent speculation that new changes in management may be in the works at WAMO, Pittsburgh’s urban formatted radio station.
