President/CEO , Talk Radio PRO,LLC A Mediacasting & New Media Management Company and All American Management group,Inc
Washington D.C. Metro Area
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- President/CEO at Talk Radio PRO,LLC a Mediacasting & New Media Management Company and All American Management Group,I
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- Vice President of Operations at Radio One Inc
- President/General Manager at Radio Disney, Walt Disney Company
- President/General Manager ABC Radio/Chicago at ABC/Disney
- President /General Manager at NewsTalk 890 WLS-AM Chicago
- President/General Manager ESPN Radio 1000 at ESPN Radio 1000
- General Sales Manager at NewsTalk 630 WMAL-AM Washington
- General Sales Manager at United Broadcasting, WJZE FM/WDJY-FM
- Education
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- University of Maryland College Park
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Zemira Z. Jones’s Summary
Veteran broadcaster with 32 years experience and covering a wide range of broadcast platforms including radio, at the station and network level, television, satellite radio and new media. Jones has managed CHR, Classic Rock, Alternative Rock Active Rock, Modern Rock, Urban Contemporary, Urban AC, Jazz, Country, News/Talk, Radio for Kid's 6-11, and Sports formats across the country.
• Radio Ink Magazine named Zemira one of America’s “ 8 BEST MANAGERS IN RADIO” nationally. Radio and Records Magazine also voted Zemira as one of the TOP MANAGERS IN RADIO and his radio station WLS as News/Talk Station of the year.
• From 2004-2008 Zemira was Vice President of Operations for Radio One Inc. the nation’s 7th largest radio company with operational oversight for all 71 owned radio stations
• 1995-2004 President and General Manager ABC Radio/Chicago including News-Talk 890 WLS , Alternative Rocker WZZN-FM The Zone, Radio Disney 1300 WRDZ-AM and ESPN’s, ESPN 1000 WMVP-AM. He launched the flagship station that started the ESPN nationwide syndication. which is now over 300 radio stations nation wide.
• 1992-1995 General Sales Manager of the legendary Washington D.C. station WMAL-AM. Zemira first became a General Manager in 1982 with United Broadcasting Company with WRQC-FM, in Cleveland Ohio.
• Jones’ Radio career started in 1976 in Baltimore with United Broadcasting Company’s WLPL-FM/WSID-AM and then WXYV-FM owned by Schering-Plough Broadcasting. Jones’ reputation as a strong seller elevated him to Baltimore’s number one rated television station WJZ-TV owned by Westinghouse broadcasting and worked with the yet undiscovered local talk host" Oprah Winfrey for three years.
• Served on Board of directors of Reach Media, parent company of The Tom Joyner Morning Show. The Illinois Broadcasters Assoc., Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, Streetwise Newspaper, Volunteers of America of Illinois, Associated Press Advisory Board, and Silver Cross Hospital.
Zemira Z. Jones’s Specialties:
Management and executive coaching, marketing and advertising strategy and execution, sales management ,media management, talk radio and spoken word programming , broadcast talent coaching ,broadcast revenue generation, inventory management
Zemira Z. Jones’s Experience
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President/CEO
Talk Radio PRO,LLC a Mediacasting & New Media Management Company and All American Management Group,I
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
March 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)
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ALL AMERICAN MANAGEMENT GROUP,INC provides innovative Management & Marketing Solutions for businesses that demand exponential growth...and they get it ! -
Vice President of Operations
Radio One Inc
(Broadcast Media industry)
2004 — 2008 (4 years )
Managed operations for the nation’s seventh largest radio broadcasting company and the largest company that primarily targets African-Americans. He held oversight responsibilities for all 71 owned radio stations and low-power television in 22 markets. He initiated and launched Syndication One that syndicates national radio personalities and a News Talk programming. He also managed the companion News-Talk product for Radio One, “Channel 169 The Power” on XM Satellite Radio.
He managed and hired company General Managers and Regional Vice Presidents.Instituted new strategies that increased market share, Created new programming content, improved operational efficiency and cash flow throughout the company. This included new approaches to non-traditional revenue generation, state of the art sales training, a cutting edge management intelligence system, and best-of-breed inventory management system. -
President/General Manager
Radio Disney, Walt Disney Company
(Broadcast Media industry)
1999 — 2004 (5 years )
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President/General Manager ABC Radio/Chicago
ABC/Disney
(Broadcast Media industry)
November 1996 — June 2004 (7 years 8 months)
Served as market manager for the four ABC/Disney owned radio stations including the top rated News Talk stations in the country News-Talk 890 WLS. Chicago’s Alternative Rock station WZZN-FM The Zone, Radio Disney 1300 WRDZ-AM and the flagship station for ESPN, ESPN 1000 WMVP-AM. ESPN 1000 became the network model that propelled ESPN to nationwide syndication success and now enjoys over 300 radio stations in syndication nation wide.
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President /General Manager
NewsTalk 890 WLS-AM Chicago
(Broadcast Media industry)
1995 — 2004 (9 years )
Restored an ailing 50,000 watt WLS to profitability by increasing revenue by almost 100% within his first year after the station experienced negative cash flow for 10 years straight prior to his leadership. The station went on to ratings dominance within a few short years and rose from a 17th ranked position to a top four ranking in one of the most competitive talk radio markets in the country. Jones reengineered the programming line up including the most successful talk duos in the market ,The Roe and Garry Show. This show took a 23rd ranked PM drive ranking to #1 among persons 12+, Adults 25-54, and 35-64 within 5 years. The long standing morning show "Don Wade & Roma" enjoyed their best ratings performance ever and became one of Chicago’s most successful morning shows.
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President/General Manager ESPN Radio 1000
ESPN Radio 1000
(Broadcast Media industry)
1999 — 2001 (2 years )
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General Sales Manager
NewsTalk 630 WMAL-AM Washington
(Broadcast Media industry)
March 1992 — November 1994 (2 years 9 months)
Prior to his 9 year run as President of ABC Radio/Chicago Zemira also served three years as General Sales Manager for ABC’s legendary Washington D.C. station WMAL-AM. From the start he outperformed budget by more than 112% in his first year after hiring a brand new team of sellers. He suffered no account executive turnover throughout his post as GSM. His stellar performance at WMAL became a catalyst for his promotion to Chicago but that was not his first GM position
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General Sales Manager
United Broadcasting, WJZE FM/WDJY-FM
(Broadcast Media industry)
1986 — 1992 (6 years )
Zemira Z. Jones’s Education
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University of Maryland College Park
B.S. , Business Adminstration and Marketing , 1971 — 1976
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Zemira Z. Jones’s Honors:
•Radio Ink Magazine named Zemira one of America’s “ 8 BEST MANAGERS IN RADIO” nationally.
•Radio and Records Magazine also voted Zemira as one of the TOP MANAGERS IN RADIO
•WLS named as News/Talk Station of the year.
•Black heritage Image Award 2003 for Excellence in Radio & media Relations
•Won “SALUTE TO BLACK PRESIDENTS’ Award in 1999 by The National Black Expo
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