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Kesha Monk
Air Personality, KKBT - Los Angeles

 

NABFEME NABFEME is proud to salute the women of color who are making a difference in music & entertainment. It is even more of an honor when that woman is a young, spirited “go-getter” like Kesha Monk. Kesha Monk is a phenomenal radio personality, talented vocalist and instrumentalist. She is a 1995 graduate of Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina and holds a degree in Mass Communications. Most recently, Kesha was named midday air personality at KKBT in Los Angeles. A move that took her from her native New York where she was waking up New Yorkers with Isaac Hayes In The Morning on WRKS (KISS-FM). Born and bred in Queens, New York, it is no surprise that this brilliant young lady embraced a career that involved her passion for music. Kesha is a product of a musical family, both of her parents were professional gospel recording artists and her great uncle was legendary jazz musician, Thelonious Monk. She graduated from the world acclaimed high school of Music and Art in Manhattan, where she majored in instrumental music and played the bassoon in various citywide orchestras. Realizing where her heart was, coupled with an extreme hunger to learn more, Kesha changed her major from Music Education to Mass Communications during her last year in college. She was so fascinated with the broadcast industry, she spent every spare minute at her college radio station. In essence, this is where it all started for Kesha! Following graduation, she landed her first gig at WAUG as the afternoon personality. Thereafter, she landed a part-time seasonal opportunity at WFXC-WFXK. Following this brief stay, she was hired as the full time Quiet Storm host at WQOK. Her smooth and sultry vocal skills led to consistent #1 ratings for 7 Arbritron Rating periods in a row! In mid 1999, she ventured to WJJJ in Pittsburgh, PA where she took the city and airwaves by storm! In as little as six months, the Achievement in Radio, Board of Governors nominated Kesha Monk as the "Best New Talent in The Market." Her passion for the broadcast industry, her tireless energy, determination, and dedication will make Kesha Monk one the nation's most dynamic personalities in history.

 

 



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