Amplify Color Podcast Host Ryan Cameron Discusses The Future of Radio

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After listening to the episodes of Amplify Color, I learned that Black artists have contributed much to our culture via broadcast radio. Some of the most influential DJs in our modern culture were subjects of the show's episodes.

From... Dyana Williams, who got her start in radio back in the 1970s when she joined the staff of 96.3 WHUR-FM in Washington D.C. Two years later she returned to her hometown of New York City to become an on-air personality and the first Black-Latina woman to host rock music station WRQX-FM. Her career in radio has left a legacy of fighting for Black musical creatives and is proof that radio personalities can have a positive impact on our world outside the airwaves.

...To Wendy Williams, who first rose to prominence as New York City’s #1 “Shock Jocktress.” Listeners will learn more about how, through many personal and professional trials and tribulations, Wendy persevered to achieve new heights and land in the National Radio Hall of Fame.

So in this last, and bonus, episode, "Amplify Color" we are treated to a conversation between Amplify Color host Ryan Cameron and Allan Coye, SVP, Digital Strategy & Business Development and GM of Interval Podcasts at Warner Music Group.

Learn all about a life in radio as Cameron reminisces about his journey on the airwaves, the people he’s met and things he’s learned, and also what the future of the medium holds and how Black voices will continue to shape it.

Amplify Color is hosted by Ryan Cameron, a 2x Emmy winner, the host of “Voice of Atlanta,” a member of the Georgia and Black Radio Hall of Fame, and long-time Atlanta DJ. Emp;lify Color is produced by Warner Music Group's in-house podcast network, Interval Presents.

Please see below for a list of previous episodes:

● Episode 1: The Foundation of Black radio

● Episode 2: Jack L. Cooper

● Episode 3: WERD (America’s 1st Black Owned Radio Station)

● Episode 4: Petey Greene

● Episode 5: Cathy Hughes

● Episode 6: Dyana Williams

● Episode 7: Tom Joyner

● Episode 8: Mr. Magic

● Episode 9: Stretch & Bobbito

● Episode 10: Robin Quivers

● Episode 11: Big Boy

● Episode 12: Sway Calloway

● Episode 13: Wendy Williams

● Episode 14: Charlamagne tha God