Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Pluria Marshall, Jr. Pluria Marshall, Jr.
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Other authors / contributors: | Marshall, Pluria, Jr., 1962- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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Sound characteristics: | digital
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Digital file characteristics: | video file
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Notes: | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. Larry Crowe, interviewer. Recorded Los Angeles, California 2013 November 15. Vendor-supplied metadata.
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Summary: | Broadcast executive and publisher Pluria Marshall, Jr. was born on January 17, 1962 in Houston, Texas. Marshall graduated from Clark Atlanta University in 1984 with his B.S. degree in business administration and management. In 1981, Marshall was hired at KLTV in Texas. He worked for Turner Broadcasting, WLBT-TV and WLBM-TV until 1990. Marshall also worked for the Buford Communications Group from 1984 until 1990. Then, in 1993, he became general manager and owner of WLTH Radio in Gary, Indiana. He also purchased the KHRN radio station in Hearne, Texas in 1994. In 1992, Marshall bought The Informer & Texas Freeman. He then purchased the Los Angeles Wave Publications Group in 1998. In 2013, Marshall launched Integrated Multicultural Media Solutions. He was a member of the National Black Media Coalition and the National Association of Broadcasters. Marshall served on the board of the National Newspaper Publishers Association.
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