Kashon Powell

Powell began her career in 1992 at KBXX-FM in Houston, TX as Research Assistant and worked her way through the ranks to become the first female Program Director for the station. In 2002 she was named Urban Editor for Radio & Records (R&R) in Los Angeles, CA. Powell joined Clear Channel/Philadelphia (now iHeart) in 2004 as Assistant Program Director/Music Director and was soon promoted to Program Director for WUSL-FM and WDAS-FM. She would later move on to serve as iHeart's Director of Urban Programming for Virginia, which included WOWI-FM, WKSA-FM, and WBTJ-FM. In 2015, Powell joined Radio One/Washington D.C. as Program Director of WMMJ-FM and two years later was promoted to Operations Manager of the cluster.

February 2019, Powell became the Vice President of Programming for Radio One. As such, she will be the first woman to hold this position for Urban One. As Vice President of Programming, Powell will oversee the programming strategies for the D.C., Baltimore, Richmond (VA) and Philadelphia markets. In addition, heads the programming for WMMJ and syndicated programs, The Russ Parr Morning Show and Love and R&B with Ralph Tresvant and is also the Creator and Executive Producer of Urban One Honors.