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Reality of A Fantasy
Reality of A Fantasy
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In his autobiography The Reality of A Fantasy, he spins a tale of a young man in love with broadcasting, whose early life seemed more than full of challenges. Losing his father at an early age, young “Turk” had to find it in himself to overcome those obstacles that race and education would put in his way.
Still, he overcame. In the early 1970's, “Turk” found himself in a sales position with Dayton’s pre-eminent Black radio station, WDAO-FM. Though sales was not his dream, he worked hard and persevered. His hard work was recognized when he was given a chance at an on-air shift. His rise was meteoric: from disk jockey to music director to program director in only a few years.
The clear pinnacle of his success was his guidance of a series of Dayton, Ohio music groups to National success. Such groups as “Johnnie Wilder Jr. and Heatwave," “Dayton,” “The Ohio Players,” “Lakeside,” “Platypus,” "Faze O," "Slave," "Zapp," with Roger, "Sun" and many others had their first exposure on WDAO-FM. The wall of gold records awarded “Turk” Logan over the years pays tribute to his uncanny ability to hear a million seller long before others.
In a career marked by experience and knowledge, “Turk” was willing to share his skills and abilities in a broadcast school (The Academy of Broadcasting) as well as with those incarcerated in Ohio’s penal institutions. Recognizing that his career could be an inspiration to other young African Americans at a time when the Black community was almost under siege from the latent violence of “gangsta’ rap” music, “Turk” set himself another mountain to climb: with no undergraduate degree, he decided to embark on earning a Doctor of Philosophy degree.
Enrolling at The Union Institute & University Graduate School in Cincinnati, Ohio, with his long years of success and experience in broadcasting recognized by the school as being of significance towards an earned Doctoral degree, he began a four-year journey to show, through academically validated research, what the violent, anti-woman attitudes of “gangsta’ rap” music were doing to the Black community.
With years of experience in Mass Communications, he also investigated the ramifications of technology on “rap” music, as well as the political ramifications of this music on minority ownership of media outlets. His research was lauded for breaking important ground in applied Mass Communications, and John C. Logan, Jr. was awarded an earned Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1997.
Along with all of his other successes, such as leading the student staff of WCSU-FM to become “The Black College Radio Station of the Year” in 1994, his earning this prestigious degree allows him to do what he has always done: to light the way for others to follow his lead. A prime example of his leadership in the area of programming is the “Urban/Jazz” format he created for WCSU-FM. That format is one of the most highly imitated formats Nationally.
Clearly, Knowledge, Experience and Innovate Leadership are significant characteristics of Dr. John C. "Turk" Logan, Jr.
Today: Dr. Logan has embarked on a New Journey adding WTRK_biz Internet Radio to Logan Communications, Inc. This is a dream come true, I have always wanted to own and program my own radio station. Dr. Logan said, and now I have the chance. Dr. Logan can be contacted at Logancommunications@yahoo.com or www.WTRK.biz. Hear him live from 10 am to 3 pm, Mon. - Fri.
Dayton African American Institute
Still, he overcame. In the early 1970's, “Turk” found himself in a sales position with Dayton’s pre-eminent Black radio station, WDAO-FM. Though sales was not his dream, he worked hard and persevered. His hard work was recognized when he was given a chance at an on-air shift. His rise was meteoric: from disk jockey to music director to program director in only a few years.
The clear pinnacle of his success was his guidance of a series of Dayton, Ohio music groups to National success. Such groups as “Johnnie Wilder Jr. and Heatwave," “Dayton,” “The Ohio Players,” “Lakeside,” “Platypus,” "Faze O," "Slave," "Zapp," with Roger, "Sun" and many others had their first exposure on WDAO-FM. The wall of gold records awarded “Turk” Logan over the years pays tribute to his uncanny ability to hear a million seller long before others.
In a career marked by experience and knowledge, “Turk” was willing to share his skills and abilities in a broadcast school (The Academy of Broadcasting) as well as with those incarcerated in Ohio’s penal institutions. Recognizing that his career could be an inspiration to other young African Americans at a time when the Black community was almost under siege from the latent violence of “gangsta’ rap” music, “Turk” set himself another mountain to climb: with no undergraduate degree, he decided to embark on earning a Doctor of Philosophy degree.
Enrolling at The Union Institute & University Graduate School in Cincinnati, Ohio, with his long years of success and experience in broadcasting recognized by the school as being of significance towards an earned Doctoral degree, he began a four-year journey to show, through academically validated research, what the violent, anti-woman attitudes of “gangsta’ rap” music were doing to the Black community.
With years of experience in Mass Communications, he also investigated the ramifications of technology on “rap” music, as well as the political ramifications of this music on minority ownership of media outlets. His research was lauded for breaking important ground in applied Mass Communications, and John C. Logan, Jr. was awarded an earned Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1997.
Along with all of his other successes, such as leading the student staff of WCSU-FM to become “The Black College Radio Station of the Year” in 1994, his earning this prestigious degree allows him to do what he has always done: to light the way for others to follow his lead. A prime example of his leadership in the area of programming is the “Urban/Jazz” format he created for WCSU-FM. That format is one of the most highly imitated formats Nationally.
Clearly, Knowledge, Experience and Innovate Leadership are significant characteristics of Dr. John C. "Turk" Logan, Jr.
Today: Dr. Logan has embarked on a New Journey adding WTRK_biz Internet Radio to Logan Communications, Inc. This is a dream come true, I have always wanted to own and program my own radio station. Dr. Logan said, and now I have the chance. Dr. Logan can be contacted at Logancommunications@yahoo.com or www.WTRK.biz. Hear him live from 10 am to 3 pm, Mon. - Fri.
Dayton African American Institute
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