- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 21 min., 14 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Radio executive Marv Dyson was born on November 28, 1937, in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from Parker High School in 1955, and attended the College of Emporia, graduating in 1959. In 1968, Dyson worked for Johnson Publishing Company's WJPC-FM radio station in Chicago, becoming president and general manager. In 1978, Dyson left WJPC-FM to work for Clear Channel's WGCI-FM and WVAZ-FM as a sales account executive. He became general manager of the station in 1981. Dyson was promoted to president of WGCI-FM in 1994, after leading the station to Chicago's highest audience ratings. In 2003, Dyson retired as general manager of Clear Channel's urban radio station group. Dyson was an early investor in Urban Radio Communications, and in 2005, the group's properties doubled, making it the second-largest African American-owned radio company in the country. Dyson co-owned thirteen radio stations and served as director of operations at Kennedy King College's radio station, 89.3 WKKC-FM.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Marv Dyson
- Marv Dyson
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- OCLC
- 1003150475
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Marv Dyson.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
022114
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Sasha Daltonn, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- Event
Recorded Burr Ridge, Illinois 2007 January 20.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Broadcast Executive.
- Added Author
Dyson, Marv, 1937- interviewee.
Daltonn, Sasha, interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.