Talent: TOM KENT
Station: WLS Chicago
Date: May 4, 1980
Time: 44:32 (UNSCOPED)
8:02 (SCOPED)

Music was always central to Tom Kent's life and career.

As a jock, Kent starred on such stations as WLS Chicago, KLIF Dallas, KFJZ Fort Worth, WIBG Philadelphia, WGCL and WIXY Cleveland, WMXJ Miami, WAVA-FM Washington, D.C., WIBG Philadelphia and WBZZ Pittsburgh.

As a syndicator - as head of the Tom Kent Radio Network - the North Carolina native presided over a company that produced programming for some 600 radio stations, in numerous formats including classic hits and adult contemporary.

Kent also worked in the music business, as a promotion executive for Elektra Entertainment, with such acts as Tracy Chapman, Simply Red, En Vogue, Missy Elliott and Metallica.

Enjoy Tom Kent on WLS (UNSCOPED) here. 

Enjoy Tom Kent on WLS (SCOPED) here. 

(The Don Shuttleworth Collection)

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