Ken Knight helped pave the way for African Americans to get into broadcast industry
Ken Knight Drive in Northwest Jacksonville is named after the first African American to host a TV show in the city
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Mention the name Ken Knight and many people think of the street Ken Knight Drive, a thoroughfare in a predominantly Black neighborhood in Northwest Jacksonville.
But Ken Knight Drive is named after Adrian Kenneth Knight, a legendary broadcaster who broke barriers in radio and television broadcasting. His niece Martha Washington George is a radio historian who says her uncle got his start at a Daytona Beach country radio station in 1947. He had a significant following that got the attention of people in Atlanta.
National Black Radio Hall of Fame inducts Fort Valley State s station manager
After more than 30 years in the broadcast industry, Shirley Ellis, known as Mama Mia, gets recognition for her hard work in and out of the radio booth. Author: Katelyn Sabater (13WMAZ) Updated: 7:22 PM EST February 4, 2021
FORT VALLEY, Ga. The National Black Radio Hall of Fame is inducting Fort Valley State University’s Television/Radio Station Manager Shirley Ellis this month.
Ellis, known to Central Georgia radio listeners as Mama Mia, has been on the air for more than 30 years.
She’s getting inducted with other Talented Sisters of Radio.