- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (8 video files (4 hr., 1 min., 30 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Media entrepreneur John Edward Oxendine was born on January 20, 1943 in New York City. He received his B.A. degree in political science and sociology from Hunter College in 1965 and his M.B.A. degree from Harvard University's Graduate School of Business in 1971. After serving at First National Bank of Chicago and the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, Oxendine was named president and chief executive officer of Broadcast Capital Fund, Inc. in 1981. In 1987, he founded and became chairman and chief executive officer of Blackstar Communications, Inc. He formed Blackstar, LLC with Fox Broadcasting in 1994, and purchased Broadcast Capital, Inc. in 1999. Oxendine was chairman, president and CEO of both Blackstar, LLC and Broadcast Capital, Inc. He served on several corporate boards, and was inducted into the Hunter College Alumni Hall of Fame in 1987 and the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council Hall of Fame in 2001.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with John E. Oxendine
- John E. Oxendine
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Curt Champagne.
- OCLC
- 1000519328
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with John E. Oxendine.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
040130
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Curt Champagne.
- Event
Recorded Boca Raton, Florida 2014 September 9.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Media Executive Entrepreneur.
- Added Author
Oxendine, John E., interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Champagne, Curt, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.