cathy hughes

Award Winning Actress Meryl Streep and spokeswoman for The National Women’s History Museum saluted Cathy Hughes Founder and  Chairperson of Radio One Inc., with its highest honor at The First de Pizan Awards Gala Wednesday, November 16th, 2011 at The Ronald Reagon Building in Washington, DC. Ms. Hughes received The “Ida B. Wells-Barnett Living Legacy […]

Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare)529 Bryant Street, NW When: Summer, 1977 What: When Cathy Hughes was the General Manager of Howard University’s WHUR, she urged Melvin Lindsey to use Smokey Robinson’s hypnotic “A Quiet Storm” as the theme music for a new format that featured laid back soul and R&B hits that […]

Radio One Founder Cathy Hughes Named Second Most Prominent Black Woman in Media Cathy is arguably the most deserving to be on this list she would be number 1 if it wasn’t for Oprah Winfrey. She is the first black woman to own a publicly traded radio chain, Radio One, providing information and entertainment to […]

The lack of Oscar nominees for people of color, at the recent Academy awards, continues to spark the discussion about the portrayal of Black people in media. Related Article From NewsOne : Past Black Oscar Nominees And Winners [Photos] Recently, the ladies of Sistah Talk TV featured their hot topic on TV One’s Cathy Hughes […]

TV One Chairwoman Cathy Hughes is focused on the positive portrayal of black people from a black perspective and anything or anyone that gets in her way will get a verbal whopping. In this latest interview with Ms. Drama TV, Hughes talks about the vision of TV One in making black people look better, plus […]

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National Action Network (NAN), one of the country’s leading civil rights organizations, has announced the inaugural National Action Network Triumph Awards on this Monday at Rose Hall in Jazz at Lincoln Center. The ceremony will honor those who have made a positive impact beyond their performance on stage nd in the arts and music. Honorees […]

“We grow, we prosper, we do some incredibly wonderful things for the community. We call ourselves a family of stations. The common denominator is ONE family because that’s the name of our corporation. If we stick together, there is nothing we won’t accomplish.” – Cathy Hughes, 1993 The 1990’s was a great decade for Radio […]

“If I can help a few thousand people, then I know that my work has not been in vain.” – Cathy Hughes, 1985 The Radio one legacy begins with the flagship station WOL. In those days what we now know as Radio One was “Almic Broadcasting”; named after the sons of Catherine L Hughes and […]

Radio One Founder and pioneer of African American radio will be visiting Ohio real soon. Cathy Hughes is coming to Cincinnati on September 23rd as part of the Cincinnati African-American Chambers 2010 B2B event. if you would like to meet Cathy and get first hand knowledge from a true leader make sure you make it […]

The Radio Hall of Fame Will Induct Ms. Hughes in November, bestowing its Emerson Award to the founder of Radio One. Hughes is being recognized for her influence and lasting impact on the world of broadcasting. The annual Radio Hall of Fame ceremony will take place November 6, 2010 in Chicago. Here are a few […]

WANT TO LEARN MORE? See below why it is IMPERATIVE that we act to save Black radio: 1. The promotional value of free local radio airplay translates into significant revenues for artists and record labels: According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), record sales in the United States in 2007 were approximately $10.4 […]