Atlanta Best News with Jean Ross and Rick Blalock
Weekday Mornings 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.

Jean Ross Bio

Jean Ross is the co-host of "Atlanta's Best News" with Rick Blalock on Atlanta\'s talk radio station, 1380-WAOK and also serves as News Director of WAOK-WVEE. Excited to be part of the rebirth of the historic WAOK, Ms. Ross plans to make WAOK Talk Radio as popular and important to the community as its predecessor.

Prior to joining WAOK-WVEE, Ms. Ross was a Public Relations Specialist for the National Advancement of Colored People, (NAACP) where she set up interviews and handled media for President & CEO Kweisi Mfume, and publicized the activities and policies of the NAACP through print, Internet, radio and television media.

Jean started her career in radio as a volunteer, then as a reporter-anchor and assistant news director at WEAA-FM (Morgan State University Radio). In 1978, Ms. Ross became one of the first voices on Baltimore\'s V103 FM (WXYV). The next 19 years she worked as news anchor, public affairs director, morning show co-host and then host of her own morning show "Jean Ross and Co." Ms. Ross was also host and producer of the nationally syndicated program "Focus on Women", airing in 50 cities in the U.S. and Caribbean in 1990 and 1991.

During her radio career, Ms. Ross worked in television hosting various cable television programs, video shows and special events. From August 1997 to April 2000 she worked as a freelance reporter and traffic anchor for WJZ-TV. Ms Ross also hosted a syndicated radio show for Jones Radio Network in 2001.

Among her many honors, in 1994 Jean Ross won the prestigious Crystal Award for WXYV from the National Association of Broadcasters for excellence in community affairs. (Only 10 stations receive this honor each year). She was named Baltimore Magazine\'s Top Urban DJ, Public Service Director of the Year for Black Radio Exclusive Magazine, National Personality of the Year for Summit Broadcasting and was a finalist for Major Market Personality of the Year by the National Association of Broadcasters.

Jean Ross is a native of Baltimore, MD. She graduated from Morgan State University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Speech Communications and Theatre Arts.

Rick Blalock Bio:

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