Dorothy Brunson

Dorothy Edwards Brunson (March 13, 1939 – July 31, 2011) was a notable African-American broadcaster.

Between 1973 and 1979, Brunson was an executive with Inner City Broadcasting Corporation, which owned five radio stations including WLIB and WBLS in New York City.^[1]

After leaving Inner City Broadcasting, Brunson was the first African-American female to own a radio station in 1979, WEBB in Baltimore, Maryland. She also later purchased radio stations in Atlanta and Wilmington, North Carolina.^[1]

Brunson would sell off her radio stations in 1990 to provide funding to establish WGTW-TV in Burlington, New Jersey, a suburb of Philadelphia, becoming the first African-American woman to establish a television station.^[2][3][4] She later sold WGTW to Trinity Broadcasting Network.

Death

Brunson succumbed to ovarian cancer at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore on July 31, 2011, at age 72.^[3][5]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "The thrill of winning - profile of Dorothy Brunson CEO of Brunson Communications Inc - International Business Profile Series". Black Enterprise (Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc.). November 1995. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1365/is_n4_v26/ai_17464258. Retrieved 2007-11-16. 
2. ^ Baltimore Sun: "Radio station WEBB is sold owner says format to stay", October 19, 1990.
3. ^ ^{a b} Baltimore Sun: "Dorothy E. Brunson, radio station owner, dies", August 4, 2011.
4. ^ Reynolds, Rhonda (August 1994). "25 black women who have made a difference in business - brief profiles - Cover Story". Black Enterprise (Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc.). http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1365/is_n1_v25/ai_15643640. Retrieved 2007-11-16. 
5. ^ http://obit.josephhbrown.com/obit_display.cgi?id=957991&listing=Current&clientid=josephhbrown

External links

• Dorothy Brunson v. Kalil & Company, Incorporated and Brunson Communications, Incorporated (PDF)

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Name	Brunson, Dorothy
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Short description	African-American businesswoman
Date of birth	March 13, 1939
Place of birth
Date of death	July 31, 2011
Place of death