Marv Dyson

CTL-E-2845 · Person · other · 1930s–contemporary

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Chicago broadcast executive (born November 28, 1937); director of operations of Kennedy-King College’s 89.3 WKKC-FM; former president of WGCI-FM, where he discovered Tom Joyner, hired Doug Banks, and gave Steve Harvey his first break in radio.

Notes

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Relationships

WGCI — affiliated with
Marv Dyson was president of WGCI-FM.
WGCI-FM 107.5 — affiliated with
Marv Dyson was president of WGCI-FM.
WKKC 89.3 FM — affiliated with
Marv Dyson was director of operations of Kennedy-King College’s 89.3 WKKC-FM.

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