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T.C. Smith started 30 years ago in radio in Buffalo and with WUFO
Radio for 10 years with the Community Gospel Hour and the Community Hour
talk show. Now, T.C. is the host of "Gospel At Sunrise" every weekday
morning where it's "T.C. and Company" with Lenore Williams and Elder
Dixon on the "Prayer Line". T.C. has received numerous awards over the
years for his service to the Community.
A native of Pittsburgh, Pa., Lenore Williams has worked for Sheridan
Broadcasting, the owner of WUFO, for almost 20 years. As Station
Manager, she's happy to be a part of "Gospel At Sunrise" and a part of
"T.C. and Company" and the hosta of "Bible Trivia" every weekday at
8:40am. Lenore belongs to numerous community activities and
organizations that keep her constantly moving including the Interfaith
Hospitality Network of Greater Buffalo, Sickle Cell Disease Association
of America, W.N.Y. chapter, W.N.Y. Minority Communication Workers and
the Juneteenth Festival Committee, Inc. to name a few including her
church activities, When all is said and done, Lenore says her true
reward will be when she hears "Well done, my good and faithful servant".
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Curtis Lee Black II (B.K.A. Curtis Lee) was born on April 26, 1954
in Waverly, Alabama. In 1956, he moved to the Buffalo area. In 1972,
Curtis graduated from East High with a Science Degree. In 1978 He began
working for Marine Midland Bank as a Techincal Analysis where he still
works today. Curtis began with WUFO as an intern in 1991 and has grown
to develop and program the "Rhythm and Blues Revue" radio show which
features new and old Blues, Jazz Blues, Traditional R&B (Soul/Blues),
interviews with local and national artists as well as old fashion
comedy. The show can be heard on WUFO Saturdays sarting a 4pm. Lee's
interests include Music Programming, commercial production, music,
tennis, swimming, video editing and Quiet storm muic mixing. One day,
curtis Lee would like to produce a national Blues Video and Radio
Program.
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Greg Haney hosts "Gospel at Sunset" on WUFO. Haney was born and
raisee on the East Side of Buffalo. One day, Greg was sitting at home
and wondering what kind of career he would want to do in his life.
After listening to radio a lot, he said to himself, "That's what I want
to do", and his career was chosen: at the age of 16. When Greg turned
thirty, he packed his bags and moved to Sacramento, California for 3
years. He went to the Columbia School of Broadcasting and, after
graduation, moved back to Buffalo. Before ending up at WUFO, greg also
worked for other area stations playing everything from jazz to hard
rock.
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Theodore Kirkland Hails from Camden, South Carolina. He is married to
the former Winona Washington and they are parents of 3 adult daughters,
Sharon, Adrianne and Cynthis and one grandson Joshua. From 1962-1978,
Mr. Kirkland was a member of the Buffalo Police Department, where he
founded the Afro-American Police Association and initiated the federal
law suit to hire more minority police officers and firemen. A veteran
of the Korean War, Mr. Kirkland is the recipient of an honorable
discharge after serving 4 years in the United States Air Force. His
hobby is writing, and his column appears periodically in the Black
Community newspaper, the Buffalo Challenger. His publishings are mainly
relative to local and universal African American issues. In 1979, he
published an article "A Black Policeman's Perpective on Law
Enforcement" which is used in numerous colleges and police training
academys. During his career, Mr. Kirkland has received numerous
community awards and citations from community groups, Youth groups and
prison inmate organizations including the NAACP, Operation PUSH, ACLU,
Black Professional Women's Organization,Black Firefighters,
Afro-American Police Association.Fraternal and Sorority groups and
others. In 1972, he was cited by the President of the United States and
Congress for his continous community involvement. Mr. Kirkland teaches
in the Black and Puerto Rican Studies Dept. at Hunter College in New
York City and hosts "Kirkland's Korner" on WUFO Fridays at 10pm. |
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Al Parker attended the University of Syracuse, majoring in
Communication. He then spent 4 years in the Marine Corps with a tour
ofduty in Vietnam where he received an Honorable Discharge. Parker
first entered radio in 1966 in Norfolk, Va. In 1969 he left Viriginia
returning to Buffalo and in 1971 joined the team at WUFO and has been
there off and on ever since. Al's experience in radio has taught him
just about every aspect of the business, but he's proud to be a "Jock" |
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Patrick Freeman is the son of the late Dr. James J. and Allie Freeman.
A native of Buffalo, Pat graduated from Bennett High School in 1981. He
is an alumni of Morehouse College and Buffalo State College and hosts
"the Message" on WUFO Mondays at 11am and "Sportstalk P" Wednesdays and
Thursdays at 11 am, the first sports show to look at sports from a Black
perspective. Pat is a member of St. John's Baptist Church in Buffalo
and also a member of the St. John Lodge #16 and the Bison Consistory #29
as well as other community groups. Pat's motto is found in Genesis
1:26, "Then God Said,"Let us make man in our own image.'" |
