The Quiet Storm Station is available now at 96.4HD2 and the Quiet Storm Station mobile app. with the award-winning news/talk show “The Daily Drum” hosted by veteran broadcaster Harold Fisher. The Quiet Storm Station comes as a heritage station as 96.3 WHUR celebrates its 50th Anniversary December 10, 2021.Īs a bonus to loyal listeners to the station, station executives will also keep audiences informed and engaged 7 p.m.-8 p.m. “What better way to kick-off the road to our Golden Anniversary than to have in place a new station with the Quiet Storm format that helped to put 96.3 WHUR on the map,” said WHUR General Manager Sean Plater. His expertise in advocacy and business has paved the way for many up-and-coming Black leaders, activists, and business owners in pursuit of reaching their goals and spurring formative change.The Quiet Storm Station gives listeners more diversity of their favorite slow jams around the clock, seven days a week.Īudiences can hear favorites such as ‘Old Friend’ by Phyllis Hyman to new favorites from artists such as Kem.īeing programmed by WHUR Music and Assistant Program Director Traci LaTrelle, the new station’s music holds to the sound format begun back in 1976 on WHUR by the late Melvin Lindsey. has combined Skinner’s interest in technology and his passionate advocacy of the Black community to protect Black people from racism and xenophobia. In 2012, Skinner formed the African American Super PAC, 1911 United Political Action Committee, and became the first to accept bitcoins for contributions.
It is considered one of the early successful blockchain companies in Africa and is the first to partner with the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe to lower remittance fees across the Diaspora. BillMari utilizes technology to open doors for financial inclusion and economic empowerment. He is also co-founder of and BillMari, the largest Pan-African Blockchain wallet provider. While in Washington, D.C., Skinner became an elected official. He also worked as a patent examiner at the U.S.
As an engineer working in Fortune 500 companies, he developed his ability to innovate the aerospace, aviation, and medical device industries. Skinner has strategically organized and led movements for the disenfranchised. Sinclair Skinner an engineer, activist, and global human rights champion, now hosts I Love Black People on HUR Voices. At Biv 10, he went on to write and produce for music industry veterans such as Will Smith, Slick Rick, Remy Martin, and Yo Gotti. He signed with Rondor Music Publishing as one of their top R&B and hip-hop songwriters. After three years, Rico became an independent producer. He also produced fellow New Edition members Bell Biv Devoe and Johnny Gill. While at Biv 10, Rico wrote and produced several hits for the label’s artists, including Boyz II Men, A.B.C. After high school, he signed with Bivins’ Biv 10 Production Company and moved to Los Angeles. A chance meeting with legendary New Edition and Bell Biv Devoe member Michael Bivins introduced Rico to the entertainment industry.
It was also in high school Rico began making a name for himself locally as a hip-hop music producer and DJ. While attending, he spent countless hours in the school’s music department befriending students and teachers while extracting as much knowledge and information about music as he could. The Quiet Storm on HUR Voices brings the listener romantic, jazz influenced R&B music from the creator of the Original Quiet Storm, heritage station WHUR-FM 96.3 on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. A natural lover of the arts, Rico was accepted into the Suitland High School of Performing Arts Program as a drama major. A child prodigy, he started playing drums at the age of three, and became proficient on piano, guitar, bass, and later turntables. In 1976, he brought the Quiet Storm to the station’s late-night lineup, titled after a romantic hit single by tenor crooner Smokey Robinson. Lindsey began his broadcast career as an intern at Howard University radio station WHUR-FM. Today is the 41st birthday of Alicia Augello Cook, we know her as Alicia Keys. He is widely known for originating the Quiet Storm late-night music programming format. Good evening, time for theOriginalQuietStorm on WHUR 96.3 in DC. Rico Anderson is a native of Washington, D.C. The Original Quiet Storm with John Monds.
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