Women in broadcasting ownership

[Doug Drown]

Indeed.  And then there was Ruth Meyer, the legendary former PD of 
WMCA, WHN and WNEW in New York, who died early this year.  Like the 
late Mac Richmond, Miss Meyer had an instinct for knowing what 
constituted great radio.   -Doug

On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 22:51:52 -0400, "Dan.Strassberg"  wrote:
I don't remember her name, but (Kathy <something>), the CEO of Radio
> One, which owns a bunch of stations, is a woman--an African-American
> woman, at that. And in its heyday, wasn't the legendary WDIA Memphis
> owned by a woman? I also wonder how many names you might turn up if
> you were to Google "women owners of US radio stations past and
> present."
>
> I suppose that being the general manager of a hightly successful
> independent station in market #1 in the 1940s doesn't really count in
> the ownership category because I don't know how large her ownership
> stake (if any) was, but in the '40s, Bernice (Tudi) Judis was, I
> believe, PD, and eventually GM, of the legendary WNEW (AM) in New York
> City. She is credited with originating the music-and-news format, with
> which WNEW competed very effectively against the major-network O&Os of
> the day. 
>
> I don't know whether Ms Judis's life story has ever been turned into a
> book, and if it hasn't, it may be too late to write such a book, since
> Ms Judis and nearly all of the many show-biz legends who often paid
> homage to her are also long gone, but if no such book was ever written
> and Donna wanted to write another potential best-seller, a biography
> of Ms Judis would seem to be an excellent candidate. If the book
> turned out well, I can even imagine it being turned into a movie
> staring, say, Meryl Streep;>)
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Drown" <vzeej5wn@myfairpoint.net>
> To: <boston-radio-interest@BostonRadio.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 5:52 PM
> Subject: Women in broadcasting ownership
>
>
> > Here's an interesting question for everyone on the Board: Who can
> > come up with names of women who have owned broadcasting stations?
> > This occurred to me this morning. I can think of two off the top of
> > my head: Katharine Graham, obviously, of Post-Newsweek; and Helen
> > Sloane Dudman and daughter Martha, who for years owned WDEA and WWMJ
> > in Ellsworth, Maine. Beyond them, I'm scratching my head trying to
> > think of others. -Doug
> >
> >
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