| Summary: | Radio host Beverly Elaine Johnson was born on May 10, 1953 in Memphis, Tennessee. She received her B.A. degree in English literature from Rust College in Holly Springs, Mississippi, and her M.S. degree in educational media technology from Jackson State University. She also graduated from Southwest Tennessee Community College's Substance Abuse Program and The Drug Court Institute. Johnson's broadcast career began in Jackson, Mississippi in 1976. In 1983, she was hired at the WDIA radio station in Memphis, Tennessee. She worked in a number of positions, from disc jockey to public service director to news/community affairs director, programming assistant, and marketing assistant. Johnson then became anchor and talk show host of WDIA's "The Bev Johnson Show," which first aired in 1987. She was co-owner of Heart 2 Heart Collaborations Counseling Services, and taught at Southwest Tennessee Community College as an instructor of speech and fine arts and language and literature.
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