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So What’s Up With Dr. Sheryl Underwood A New Season on THE TALK on CBS; Participates at CBCF ALC; Expands Terrestrial Radio
Presence; the Launch of “Sheryl Underwood Radio – The App, Podcast and Urban Radio Theater; A
Time To Laugh at Megafest and Inspiring students at University of Illinois and Fresno City College
Los Angeles, CA, September, 2015 – Sheryl Underwood, or should we say Dr. Sheryl Underwood,
having received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Benedict College in Columbia, SC,
continues to share her gifts, talents and wisdom with the world as host of the six-time Emmy
nominated CBS television show THE TALK and as host of her namesake of “Sheryl Underwood
Radio” all while bringing joy and laughter as a working comedian. She continues to lend her
celebrity and insight to help strengthen communities and support education, especially Historically
Black Colleges and Universities.
So What’s Up with Sheryl?
THE TALK kicks off a new season on September 14
With Sheryl at the table, CBS television’s THE
TALK returned for season 6 on September
14. Like many of our favorite shows, THE TALK
has been on summer hiatus, but the ladies have not
been knitting at home, they’ve been traveling the
country meeting and mingling; catching up on
personal and professional projects and getting
ready for a new, dynamic season of juicy conversation; entertaining and informative segments and
amazing performances.
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation invites Sheryl to Moderate and Participate in Annual
Legislative Conference Panels
Congresswoman Alma
S. Adams, representing
North Carolina's 12th
District, invited Sheryl
to moderate the
"HBCU College and
Career Fair" Panel as
part of the
Congressional Black
Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Conference (CBCF ALC). The HBCU Panel, held on
September 18, addressed the Importance of our nation’s Historically Black Colleges and
Universities, both academically and economically. Panelists were Angela Burt-Murray Co-Founder
of Cocoa Media Group and former Editor-in-Chief of Essence Magazine; Lance Gross, Actor, Media
Personality; Dr. Ivory Toldson, Deputy Director for The White House Initiative on HBCUs; Meagan
-more- Fitzgerald, Reporter, NBC4 and Angela Talton, Senior Vice President, Global Diversity and
Inclusion for Nielsen Corporation.
On Saturday, September 19, Sheryl participated in an Issue Forum on Caregiving in the African
American family titled "Returning the Love: Conversations About Caregiving," hosted
Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, representing New York’s 9th district. Other panelist were
Congresswoman Clarke, actor Blair Underwood, radio
host Donnie Simpson (Moderator), and Edna KaneWilliams, AARP SVP Multicultural Leadership.
Though a card-carrying Republican, while at the CBCF
ALC Sheryl had chance to chat with “her” President
Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.
The CBCF ALC is attended by over 9,000 people from across the country and features 70 public
policy forums, a national town hall, networking sessions, procurement fair, prayer breakfast, the
Phoenix Award Dinner and more.
The Launch of Sheryl Underwood Radio – THE APP “It’s Radio In Your Hand”
Sheryl has jumped into the “app pool” releasing Sheryl
Underwood Radio-The App, a mobile gateway to all things
Sheryl Underwood. From her radio show to her
philanthropy, to breaking new talent, users can access full
show episodes - all through The App. Sheryl Underwood
Radio – The App is available in the App Store and on
Google Play for just $1.99. Fans of her popular Sheryl
Underwood Radio show can listen to full radio show
episodes, heard around the country on terrestrial radio.
Sheryl Underwood Radio provides entertaining and enlightening conversations covering
relationships, entertainment, sports, hot topics as well as lively panel discussions. Now all of that,
can be carried around in your hand! Also, her signature Sheryl Underwood Radio PODCAST is now
available on iTunes.
Featured under her Pack Rat Productions, Inc. brand banner, Sheryl Underwood Radio – The App
will also open the door for up-and-coming talent to be showcased under NEW SHOWS,
BREAKING NEW MUSIC and the URBAN RADIO THEATER sections of the app. Sheryl says, “I
want to give new talent a platform. We can do that with this app.” Sheryl Underwood Radio – The
App also provides a venue for quality audio productions created outside the Sheryl Underwood
brand.
2 Urban Radio Theater to Share the Legacy and Impact of Sororities and Fraternities
Underwood, who is also 23rd International President of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., plans to
use Sheryl Underwood Radio – The App as a tool for good. She says “as a member of the Greekletter community and as a radio, TV and film entertainer, I understand the impact that media and
technology can have on sharing the story of our organizations to the wider community. I’d like to
continue doing my part to communicate the important legacy and positive impact that sororities and
fraternities, and their members, have on our world and culture by inviting sororities and fraternities
to write, produce and perform a radio theater presentation depicting the history of their sorority or
fraternity. Not only will these productions be featured on The App, they will also be promoted on
her land-based radio shows. She adds, “Each organization submitting a “show” will receive a $500
honorarium for their broadcast quality audio production.” The very first broadcast quality
submission accepted for airing on the app, will be showcased on the terrestrial version of the Sheryl
Underwood Radio show, which airs in markets across the country and on four HBCU campus radio
stations, with more being added. For more information check out the Urban Radio Theater section of
the app.
Sheryl Underwood Radio Continues to expand on Terrestrial Radio; Available to HBCU
Stations as part of HBCU Initiative
Sheryl Underwood Radio, is heard on terrestrial radio 3-7pm daily
on North Carolina A&T State University radio station WNAA 90.1 FM Greensboro, NC; WVAS-FM - Montgomery, Alabama; 97.5 KDEE FM
- Sacramento, CA; WMFA - Raeford, NC; KMGG, 99.9 THE BEAT Albuquerque, NM, Benedict College radio station WBCT 90.9 Columbia, SC, KOYO-LP 107.1 FM - Oroville, CA, KOUS-LP 96.3 FM -Monroe, LA, WTSX-LP
104.9 FM - Kokomo, IN, KBOL-LP 100.1 FM - Waterloo, IA and online at Tunein.com.
Sheryl Underwood Radio is Sheryl Underwood and four very smart, funny and good-looking guys David Raibon (Officer Sexy), Harry Southerland (Country Lawyer), James Kelley (The White Jim
Kelley) and Executive Producer Vic Frost (aka Super Producer).
The show is being offered to HBCU Radio Stations at no cost, as part of the Pack Rat Foundation
For Education: HBCU Initiative. For more information on securing the show or the HBCU Initiative
contact Rob Wilkins, Senior Vice President of Affiliate Relations and Promotions/HBCU Initiatives
at Sheryl Underwood Radio 855-Sheryl-1. And speaking of Rob Wilkins…
Welcome ROB WILKINS to the Sheryl Underwood Radio Team
Rob is an experienced radio and television producer who comes to Sheryl Underwood
Radio with 20 years of combined experience in broadcast media including:
Music/variety programming; Talk/reality programming; Celebrity talent management;
Live event productions and Syndicated radio programming. Rob’s national career
began as the Executive Producer for the Nationally Syndicated Michael Baisden Radio
show and moved onto senior producer for The Doug Banks show, then senior-level
3 producer for the nationally syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show. Rob was responsible for creating
the nationally syndicated Mo’nique Show (Radio One) for Academy Award winning actress
Mo’Nique, as well as the Skip Murphy Show (Reach Media, Inc.) A year after developing
Mo'Nique's nationally syndicated radio show, he took that success into the launch of Mo’Nique’s
self-titled late-night BET television show – producing and writing on more than 300 episodes. Rob is
credited with conceptualizing and producing the all music performance shows, the cast reunion
shows and the episodes honoring some of the entertainment industry’s legends.
Bishop T.D. Jakes and Megafest family welcomed Sheryl to A Time To Laugh
On August 20 Bishop T.D. Jakes and Megafest welcomed
Sheryl to the stage to MC the lighter side of the mega festival
known as Megafest. A Time To Laugh brought Sheryl, and a
talented slate of young comedians, to the event to the delight
conference attendees.
Sharing “The Funny Side of Life” as part of the Fresno City College Speakers Forum
As a 1985 graduate of Fresno City College Sheryl returned to the campus on Monday, Sept. 21 to
present “The Funny Side of Life” as part of the Fresno City College Speakers Forum and the
California Endowment. After graduating from Fresno City College with an associate degree in
liberal arts, Underwood attended the University of Illinois at Chicago where she earned a Bachelor
of Arts degree in liberal arts. She later earned a master’s degree in media management mass
communication from Governor State University in University Park, Illinois.
Sheryl Inspires Students at the University of Illinois
On September 9, Sheryl inspired students to get involved and make a
difference. She also left them feeling that anything is possible. Sheryl,
as a former intern for Oprah Winfrey on WLS-TV and with WBBM
radio as an undergraduate, remembers a time when women of color
were a minority in the entertainment industry. Sheryl illustrated the
power of encouragement by saying that because someone at UIC said
she could make it in media and entertainment, she believed she could
do it.
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