American Urban Radio Networks honors the 2007 Urban Knight Award winners

(February 20, 2007) American Urban Radio Networks (AURN) held its sixth annual Urban Knight Awards at the Radio Advertising Bureau 2007 Conference last week in Dallas, Texas. The Urban Knight Awards were initiated in 2002 to honor the valiant efforts of those primarily in Urban Radio sales who have led the charge as innovators in improving marketing in the Urban consumer marketplace.

This year Pierre Sutton, Chairman of Inner City Broadcasting Corporation and David Kantor, Vice Chairman and CEO of Reach Media, were inducted into the Urban Knight “Hall of Fame”.

“For nearly four decades Inner City Broadcasting has been one of the leading broadcasting companies serving African Americans, they have some great players on their team, but Pepe Sutton has been one constant force guiding it” said Jerry Lopes, President of Program Operations & Affiliations for American Urban Radio Networks.

“From ABC, where he first worked with Tom Joyner, to Chancellor-AM/FM, to Reach Media, David Kantor’s instinct and intellect have clearly helped him to become one of the premiere marketers in Urban radio,” said Lopes.

Urban Knight Award recipients this year are:
- Hugh Brown, Dir. of Urban Marketing, Media Audit
- Earl Jones, Regional VP, Clear Channel Chicago
- Sherman Kizart, SVP & Dir. of Urban Marketing, Interep
- Brian Knox, SVP & Dir. of Corporate Diversity, Katz Media
- Deon Levingston, VP & GM, WBLS-FM New York

AURN is the only African-American owned radio network company in the United States. It is the largest network reaching Urban America with more than 25 million listeners each week.


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