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词条 Dewey Hughes
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. Personal life

  4. In film

  5. References

Dewey Hughes (born 1932) is an African American former radio personality and was Petey Greene's manager.

Early life

Dewey Hughes was born in South Carolina in 1932.{{fact|date=March 2019}}

Career

Hughes was introduced to Petey Greene by his older brother Milo at Lorton Reformatory and hired Greene to work as a disc jockey at WOL. Hughes also worked as co-producer and director of Greene's television talk show Petey Greene's Washington from 1976 to 1982. Greene succumbed to liver cancer on January 10, 1984. [1]

Hughes purchased WOL-AM. with his then current wife, Cathy Hughes, in Washington which became the cornerstone of the Radio One Network.[2][3][4][5] He went on to win 12 Emmy Awards as a producer/director for an NBC affiliate.

Personal life

Hughes was married to Cathy Hughes from 1979 to 1987[6] and currently lives in Los Angeles, California where he writes and produces music.{{fact|date=March 2019}} He has a son, Michael Genet, an actor and screenwriter.[7]

In film

Hughes was portrayed by Chiwetel Ejiofor in the 2007 film Talk to Me.[7]

References

1. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/19/AR2007081901444_pf.html|title=Left Out of the Picture|date=August 20, 2007|first=Neely|last=Tucker|work=The Washington Post|publisher=Nash Holdings|location=Washington, D. C.|accessdate=March 31, 2009}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.mediabistro.com/articles/details.asp?aID=11141&|title=SO WHAT DO YOU DO, CATHY HUGHES, FOUNDER OF TV ONE AND RADIO ONE?|website=Mediabistro|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|location=United States|date=February 9, 2011|first=Janelle|last=Harris|accessdate=March 31, 2019}}
3. ^{{cite news|first=Steven|last=Overly|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/with-purchase-of-radio-station-wol-in-1980-cathy-hughes-launched-a-media-empire/2014/08/11/cd0a80fa-20b5-11e4-86ca-6f03cbd15c1a_story.html|title=With purchase of radio station WOL in 1980, Cathy Hughes launched a media empire|work=The Washington Post|publisher=Nash Holdings|location=Washington, D. C.|date=August 11, 2014|accessdate=March 31, 2019}}
4. ^{{cite news|first=lea|last=Simon|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/25/business/mining-an-untapped-market-radio-one-becomes-a-force.html|title=Mining an Untapped Market, Radio One Becomes a Force|work=The New York Times|publisher=The New York Times Company|location=New York City|date=December 25, 2000|accessdate=March 31, 2019}}
5. ^{{cite magazine|first=Chandrani|last=Ghosh|url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/1999/0920/6407086a.html|title=The Comeback Queen|magazine=Forbes|publisher=Forbes Media, LLC and Integrated Whale Media Investments|location=Jersey City, New Jersey|date=September 20, 1999|accessdate=March 31, 2019}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/cathy-hughes-39|title=Cathy Hughes|work=The HistoryMakers|publisher=The HistoryMakers, Inc.|location=Chicago|accessdate=March 31, 2019}}
7. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/talk-me-158516|title=Talk to Me|first=Michael|last=Rechtshaffen|agency=Associated Press|work=The Hollywood Reporter|publisher=Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group (Valence Media)|location=Los Angeles|date=June 21, 2007|accessdate=April 1, 2019}}
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