7 Walt “Baby” Love
My initial experience with Walt “ËœBaby’ Love was not a good one. I had been fired from my PD gig in Denver in 1991 and I was a regular reporter to R&R and I called him and asked if he had heard about any PD gigs. He said “What the fook do y’all think I am a god damn employment agency” (lol). I don’t think I ever said two words to him after that.
Bio on Walt For over 35 years Walt “ËœBaby’ Love has continued to bring his own unique blend of Christian faith, inspirational personal experiences and motivation to millions of listeners each week. He currently hosts three uplifting radio programs ““ The Urban AC Countdown, Gospel Traxx, Making It Happen and the Countdown with Walt Baby Love, which reached its 25th year on the air in August 2007. Walt is heard on over 200 radio stations. “If you put your faith in God, trust Him and do your part, God will do his part ” “ Walt currently resides in metropolitan Los Angeles with his wife Sonya and son Stephan. He and his wife also manage the Walt and Sonya Love Lupus and Cancer Research Foundation, a 501c3 non-profit organization created to raise monies in finding a cure for lupus and cancer.
Growing up in Detroit, I went to school with Donnie Simpson, who was also known as “The Love Bug” but I think you missed including a woman perhaps more influential than Donnie who was on WJLB at the same time. Martha Jean “The Queen!” I will NEVER forget the Queen on the air during the Detroit Riots in ’67 urging citizens “Go back to your homes! There is nothing for you in the Streets!” I get chills remembering her, and wonder if there are any airchecks of those chilling days. Martha Jean will always be the epitome of what urban Community Radio is all about. The soul and the Mother of the Community.
FOR BEST FEMALE SINGER: FANTASIA
AND I THINK WE LEFT OFF ” XSCAPE ” FOR BEST BLACK FEMALE GROUP
Herb Kent #10
I’m having a hard time with that. Herb has been on the air in EVERY DECADE since the 40’s that’s 70 years of broadcasting. http://www.radiohof.org/herb_kent.htm. He should be higher. And the list should be longer to include more females especially Yvonne Daniels and Hattie Leeper
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