Tom Kent

Tom Kent (born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina), is an American radio personality and author. As the head of the Tom Kent Radio Network (TKRN), Tom hosts and produces syndicated daily, weekend and, 24/7 programming each week on approximately 600 stations. The majority of Kent's programming is centered on classic hits and adult contemporary music formats, with selected programming made available to stations of any music format. There are 24 different syndicated radio products available on TKRN and are heard in seven different formats. Biography Prior to becoming syndicated, Kent worked on the air and in programming at the top 40 radio station WLS in Chicago. Kent also worked on the air at KLIF in Dallas, WIBG Philadelphia, WGCL and WIXY in Cleveland, WMXJ in Miami, WAVA-FM in Washington, D.C. where he was also the Program Director, and WBZZ (B-94) Pittsburgh. In addition, Kent worked in the music industry as a promotion executive for Elektra Entertainment, which was a division of Time-Warner's Warner Music Group. While an executive at Elektra, Kent received many awards including "Promotion Rookie of the Year" and "Promotion Executive of the Year" both separate and individual awards in different years. He helped break and bring to the national music spotlight national music recording artists Tracy Chapman, Third Eye Blind, Keith Sweat, Moby, Natalie Merchant, Simply Red, Missy Elliott, Gerald Levert, Metallica, Yolanda Adams, and En Vogue.