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Tosha Thomas
Urban Network "Snapshots" Coordinator

 

As the Urban Network "Snapshots" Coordinator, Detroit native Tosha Yvonne Thomas provides a valuable link of pictorial exposure for executives in the music and entertainment industry. Anytime you flip through the pages of The Urban Network, one of the industry's most trusted trade publications, you'll see the handiwork of Tosha Thomas.

 

Tosha attended Howard University in Washington DC where her studies involved radio production and communications. More of a "hands-on" person with tenacity and a very high spirit, Tosha found out about a unique opportunity within National Public Radio and pursued it! At NPR, students were allowed to produce programming and this sparked Tosho's interest and led her to the world of broadcast journalism.

 

Adhering to the philosophy that luck is simply preparation meeting opportunity, Tosha began work at Howard University's student-run WHBC-AM as an on-air personality and assistant music director. In her junior and sophomore years, she was an intern at WHUR-FM, Washington, DC's #1 urban radio station and birthplace of the "Quiet Storm" format.

 

After graduating from Howard University with a B.A. in Communications and a double minor in Journalism and African-American studies, Tosha took a position as a segment producer for the independently owned national news service, TPT News. While news radio was a great learning experience, Tosha's heart was in Urban radio, she later returned to the halls of WHUR-FM as assistant to Program Director, Hector Hannibal. Under Hector's tutelage, she was able to learn many aspects of programming and the business of radio.

 

Eager to learn more, coupled with the desire to spread her wings, Tosha moved to California where she began work at The Urban Network. Under the supervision of Graham Armstrong and the mentoring of Miller London, Tosha quickly moved from being a Radio Research Associate, to Urban Network's "woman of many hats." She soon stepped up to Snap Shots Coordinator and in the latter part of her four-year tenure at Urban Network, her duties expanded into the Gospel arena, as Gospel Chart Coordinator for the Heavenly Hits feature. Tosha also performs as the CD co-coordinator for Urban Network's Future Jams.

 

In her spare time Tosha loves to cook and enjoys the company of her many friends and industry associates. Her future goals include the publishing her first novel that involves her true-to-life experiences at Howard University and completion of her studies for a Masters Degree.

 



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