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.

VIA: WRAL.COM The head of the Wake County Board of Education on Wednesday called a disturbance and nearly 20 arrests at Tuesday’s school board meeting “sad” and called the state NAACP “irrelevant.” “You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to recognize that there are other motivations other than what’s going on in the Wake […]

WRAL.COM Vice President Joe Biden is making a brief stop in North Carolina to attend a Democratic fundraiser. Biden is scheduled to make an appearance Thursday evening at a reception at The Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill. MORE

From NYDailyNews.com: He’s got a fondness for green – both flowers and cash – and he’s still on the loose.

WASHINGTON — Pushing toward an election-year Supreme Court confirmation vote, a polarized U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday approved Elena Kagan to be the third current female justice.

VIA: WNCN.COM The decision to switch to neighborhood schools has been a divisive one in Wake County, and although the school board has already voted to shift to the new model, groups such as “Great Schools In Wake” said they will still plan to have a presence and a voice at the meetings as the board hashes […]

VIA: WRAL.COM A man accused of torturing a 4-year-old girl who later died told detectives he “lost it” and whipped the girl with a cord after she urinated and defecated in the bed they were sharing, according to search warrants released Tuesday. Teghan Alyssa Skiba, who had had cuts, lacerations, bite marks, head trauma and […]

A Black British couple have given birth to a genetically White baby girl. The proud parents, Ben & Angela Ihegboro, were shocked when they first laid eyes on their light skinned blonde haired baby girl, who they named Nmachi, whose name means “Beauty of God” in the Nigerian couple’s homeland. Doctors determined that the baby […]

Now I know yall remember that whole coupon frenzy that had the lines of KFC looking like the lines of a club on Friday Night. Well not everyone was able to get their finger licking good samples which led straight to a lawsuit. According to the report consumers printed some 10.2 million for the free […]

FROM NYDailyNews.com: Poverty is perhaps the most important factor in whether inner-city heterosexuals are infected with the AIDS virus, according to the first government study of its kind.

VIA: WRAL.COM Leaders of the NAACP and African Methodist Episcopal Zion Churches of the Eastern District continue to encourage other civic, religious, parent and student groups to take part in a mass demonstration Tuesday against the Wake County Board of Education’s planned policy change that they say will lead to resegregated schools. “It’s important for […]

VIA: WRAL.COM A former Durham elementary school teacher is accused of taking indecent liberties with a student. Ariel Allen, 25, was arrested and charged with indecent liberties on July 9, authorities said. He was released from jail the same day after posting a $15,000 bond. MORE