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Rudolph Brewington held a number of positions including news anchor, WUST Radio, Washington, DC; news director, WOOK Radio, Washington, DC; reporter/sportscaster, W’WDC Radio, Washington, DC; and news anchor/correspondent at WRC/NBC Radio/WRC-TV, Washington, DC, before briefly leaving broadcasting to become vice president & general manager of Radio-TV Monitoring Service in Washington, DC. Brewington co-founded “Black Agenda Reports”, a nationally-syndicated radio production company, which produced and marketed feature programs for over 200 radio stations. In 1981, Brewingtonjoined the Sheridan Broadcasting Network as a news anchor/correspondent. Convinced broadcasting was his life’s work. Brewington became a talk show host at WOL Radio, Washington, DC, followed by a position as panelist and announcer with the nationally- syndicated television news/interview program “America’s Black Forum”, and a talk show host of the daily news/interview program “Evening Exchange” and producer/announcer with WHMM-TV, Washington, DC. In 1994, Brewington accepted a position as a public affairs expert with the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, and in 1995, he launched a successful telecommunications distributorship while simultaneously operating a Los Angeles, California-based radio production company with his twin brother, which distributes radio programs nationally and internationally. The company, B&B Productions, produces radio programs including the award-winning “Marvin Gaye: Pride and Joy” and “King: Celebration of the Man and his Dream.” In his broadcast career, Brewington garnered numerous awards and honors, including an EMMY Award; Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award; American Public Health Association Ray Bruner Fellowship; numerous CEBA (Communications Excellence to Black Audiences) Awards; Chesapeake AP Spot News Award; Virginia AP Spot News Award, and other industry accolades. Skilled in both broadcast and print journalism, Brewington was nominated in 1990 for a Pulitzer Prize and other major newspaper awards for an investigative series entitled “Domestic Surveillance: America ‘s Dirty Little Secret.” |