| Summary: | Radio station manager Karen E. Slade was born on October 18, 1955 in Cleveland, Ohio. She received her B.S. degree in telecommunications from Kent State University and her M.B.A. degree from Pepperdine University. Slade began her career as an account executive for Xerox Corporation in Cleveland, Ohio, eventually becoming a marketing consultant, project manager, and sales manager in Los Angeles, California before moving to Atlanta, Georgia as a regional sales manager. In 1989, she returned to Los Angeles after she was offered the position of vice president and general manager of Stevie Wonder's KJLH radio station. Under Slade's leadership, KJLH Radio received the distinguished George Foster Peabody Award for significant and meritorious achievement and the NAACP Image Award for humanitarian broadcast efforts. Slade was honored by the California Legislative Black Caucus Foundation and the Black Business Association, and received the Phenomenal Woman Award from California State University.
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