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 A judge wants a former aide to John Edwards to appear in a North Carolina court to explain why he should not be held in contempt for not turning over a “private” videotape authored by the candidate’s mistress.

Via: WTVD.com Glaxo Smith Kline could be handing out pink slips Thursday at one of the largest employers in the Research Triangle Park.

Via: KTLA.com A man who authorities say killed his 9-month-old son and himself in San Bernardino County reportedly had details about his murder-suicide plans posted on facebook.

VIA: CNN.COM Win or lose, the Colts’ appearance in the Super Bowl this coming Sunday will mean a delayed start for Indianapolis Public Schools the following Monday. IPS will follow a two-hour delay.

Via: WRAL.COM A police chase ended Wednesday morning with the driver of a stolen pickup truck crashing on Interstate 40 East, which shut down several lanes near Jones Sausage Road.

Via: WTVD.COM The Wake County School Board has released the results of its two week survey asking parents about year-round and traditional calendars.

Via: CNN.com Dr. Conrad Murray expects to surrender to Los Angeles authorities this week on charges relating to the death of Michael Jackson, his lawyer told CNN on Tuesday. “Dr. Murray is more than ready to surrender and answer to any charges,” Ed Chernoff. For more of this article CLICK HERE

A second Federal judge has ruled President Obama’s health care law unconstitutional for its requirement that Americans purchase commercial insurance. The ruling “even[s] the score at 2 to 2 in the lower courts as conflicting opinions begin their path to the Supreme Court,” according to the New York Times: But unlike a Virginia judge in […]

Over the years there have been several African American sitcoms to grace to TV screen.  Check out our gallery that pays tribute to those sitcoms:

The President will respond to your questions in a live YouTube interview at the White House on Monday, February 1st, at 1:45 p.m EST. This is your opportunity for an exclusive interview with the President. CLICK HERE to participate and send in your questions!

Via: WRAL.com At least four people are dead in connection with the winter storm that left much of North Carolina coated with frozen precipitation. Governor Beverly Perdue told a media briefing on yesterday that one of those victims, a pedestrian, was killed in Wayne County on Saturday night when he was struck by a snow […]

Via: WRAL.com Flights transporting critically injured Haitians into the United States will resume today. Flights were temporarily suspended because of logistical issues including space to care for the injured. The evacuated patients are those whose medical needs could not be met by doctors working in Haiti. Nearly 23,000 people have been seen by U.S. personnel […]