About Karen Clark

Karen Clark, a Durham native, is a graduate of the School of Journalism at the UNC- Chapel Hill. Her desire to pursue a career in broadcast led her to a 4-year stint in commercial radio. Karen’s experience included on-air work G-105 (WDCG) and K97.5 (WQOK) in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Karen’s radio experience led her to a Promotions Manager position with Columbia Records. While working with Columbia, Karen promoted and marketed albums for national recording artists such as Mariah Carey, Will Smith, Beyonce, Wyclef Jean and many others. This promotions position was Karen’s first foray into event planning, allowing her to coordinate parties, autograph signings, performances and regional itineraries for dozens of artists. After three years with Columbia Records, Karen landed a position with West Coast based Capitol Records. Capitol Records boasts an impressive roster of artists including The Beatles, Coldplay, Corrine Bailey Rae and Snoop Dogg.

After seven years in the music industry, Karen, along with her mother, started Something Borrowed, Something Blue, a nationally-recognized wedding and event planning company based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Karen’s events have been seen on the Style Network shows Whose Wedding Is It Anyway? and Married Away. She has been a featured contributor for InStyle Weddings, The Knot and various local news programs and publications

Karen is currently the Midday On-Air Personality at Foxy 107.1/104.3 (WFXC/WFXK.) She enjoys cooking, working out, playing with her young son and volunteering in the community.

Still haven’t paid a parking ticket from the city? Your tax refund check may take a hit next year. In a new, more aggressive approach to collecting overdue parking fines, the city will “intercept” state income tax refunds to extract outstanding debts. The strategy comes as Raleigh searches for ways to boost slumping downtown parking […]

Anonymous “layaway angels” are rescuing Christmas for needy families across the nation. Mystery donors are visiting stores and paying the balance on accounts that allow customers to pay for purchases over several months. Some donors ask the store to apply the money to children’s toys or clothing; they aren’t told recipients’ names. Nor do recipients […]

VH1 honored contemporary divas Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige and Jill Scott and others on Sunday at “Divas Celebrates Soul,” but they owe their careers to the original diva, Miss Diana Ross… so it seemed fitting today when it was announced that Diana Ross will be the Recording Academy’s 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, among […]

Kandi Burruss is more than one-sixth of the “Real Housewives of Atlanta” cast. She’s a business-minded entrepreneur with her own clothing boutique in Atlanta and her own solo reality show in the works. She even has her own iPhone App! Here, she takes us inside her “Kandi Koated Factory”: There’s No Business Like Show Business: […]

Herman Cain may be out of the race for President of The United States, but he is still in the race for expressing heartfelt wishes. He says on his you tube channel: Take a moment and watch our Christmas video message, from myself, my family, supporters, and friends across this great nation of ours. As […]

Deion Sanders used his Facebook page to announce his divorce from wife Pilar. Here  is what he had to say: To My Friends and Family, Pilar and I have decided to end our marriage and move on to the next phase of our individual lives with mutual respect. We are friends and our top priority […]

Naughty By Nature talks with the TJMS about their new CD, Anthem, Inc, on sale now and performs an In Studio Jam! LISTEN

It’s been a while, but the African Bee stopped by the TJMS! LISTEN

BAGHDAD (AP) — After nearly nine years, 4,500 American dead, 32,000 wounded and more than $800 billion, U.S. officials formally shut down the war in Iraq – a conflict that U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said was worth the price in blood and money, as it set Iraq on a path to democracy. Panetta stepped […]

Eric Benet talks with TJMS about love and marriage and the new one on the way…. CLICK HERE FOR AUDIO

Dr. Robin Smith talks with TJMS about depression during the holidays. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Mary J stopped by to visit with the TJMS this week. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN