Truitt O'Neal
A native of Washington D.C., Tru’s love of radio broadcasting began while attending Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, MD. Tru could be heard most mornings as one of the voices of the E.R.H.S. morning announcement crew.
In 1993, Tru graduated from E.R.H.S. and left the metropolitan area to study Mass Communications at North Carolina Central University in Durham, NC.
While attending NCCU, Tru worked with the school’s jazz & NPR radio station WNCU 90.7fm where he did everything from sports reporting to production training.
In 1998, Tru began working with the campus’s new student radio station AudioNet: Campus Access Radio as manager. The radio station provided news, music, and entertainment to students.
While working at WNCU & AudioNet Tru was offered a once and a lifetime opportunity to work as a part-time on-air personality on Radio One’s Foxy 107, 104. During his stint at Foxy, Tru worked the overnight shift and filled in for Tom Joyner Morning Show producer Gayle Hurd.
A great opportunity presented itself in 2006 when Tru was asked to produce the Russ Parr Morning Show for WQOK K975. It was a wonderful experience.
Tru can be heard regularly on Radio One of Raleigh's WNNL "The Light" 103.9FM delivering the news and weather updates during The Yolanda Adam's Morning Show weekday's from 6-10am.
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Jacksonville’s first Black mayor Alvin Brown is describing himself as the “Jobs Mayor.”
The mayor has launched a high-profile campaign to attract international and domestic investors and companies considering a move or expansion. In the three months leading to the end September, Mayor Alvin Brown took eight trips to locations throughout the country to meet companies interested in doing business with Jacksonville.
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“There’s a sense of optimism that he can help improve the economy. He’s only been in office for just over 100 days but he’s upbeat, energetic and positive. That sets the tone for optimism,” says Mark Woods, columnist for the Florida Times-Union.
Only last month, Brown accompanied a delegation of business leaders on a 5-day trip to Brazilto build relationships with companies interested in doing business in Jacksonville and elsewhere in the state. “We’re taking a very proactive, aggressive approach to position ourselves to compete when it comes to jobs,” Brown said when the trip was announced.
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