Powell Earns Radio One VP/Programming Stripes

• Urban One announced that Radio One Washington, D.C. Operations Manager Kashon Powell has been elevated to Vice President of Programming for the DC, Baltimore and Philadelphia markets. As such, she will be the first woman to hold this position for Urban One.

Ms. Powell will continue to manage the six-station D.C. cluster — Urban AC WMMJ (Majic 102.3 & 92.7), Urban WKYS, Inspirational WPRS (Praise 104.1), Urban Gospel WYCB-AM (Spirit 1340), Sports-Talk WTEM-AM (The Team 980) and Urban Talk WOL-AM, as well as oversee day-to-day programming for WMMJ and the syndicated Russ Parr Morning Show and Love and R&B with John Monds.

Powell began her radio career in 1992 as Research Assistant at KBXX (97.9 The Box)/Houston and worked her way up through the ranks to become the first female Program Director for the station. [Ed. Note: We were privileged to work with Kashon in 2002 when she was named Urban Editor for the late, legendary Radio & Records in Los Angeles]. Powell joined Clear Channel Philadelphia in 2004 as APD/MD of WUSL and WDAS-FM and was subsequently upped to Program Director. She later moved on to serve as iHeartMedia’s Director of Urban Programming for Virginia, which included WOWI & WKSA-FM/Norfolk and WBTJ (The Beat)/Richmond. In 2015, Powell joined Radio One Washington as PD of WMMJ (Majic 102.3 & 92.7), and two years later was promoted to Operations Manager of the cluster.

Commenting on her executive elevation, Powell said, “I’m honored to be entrusted with the programming and content creation of stations with such rich tradition and culture. I’m thrilled to be a part of the brain trust that continues to cultivate content across our numerous programming platforms.” David Kantor, CEO of Radio One, said, “I’m delighted to have Kashon in this position. Not only has she proved to be an outstanding programmer with the huge success of our Washington cluster but it will be great to have the voice of a woman, our primary demographic, among our senior programmers. I know Kashon’s contributions to the company will be enormous.”