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.

Cumberland County Sheriff’s Detectives have arrested the mother of a 7-year old boy who brought a gun on to a school campus.

The North Carolina city where sit-ins took root as a popular form of protesting segregation in the 1960s is recognizing the 50th anniversary of those events.

Toyota announced Wednesday night that it is adding another 1.1 million vehicles to an an earlier 4.2 million vehicle recall originally announced in November.

North Carolina will begin selling tickets to the Mega-Millions multi-state lottery game next Sunday, officials said Tuesday.

Toyota is suspending U.S. sales of eight recalled vehicle models to fix accelerator pedals that stick.

A California school district has added a new book to the controversial list of literature that is considered unfit for young eyes. It’s the dictionary.

A Kansas man who encouraged his children to try to kill their mother by beating her with a baseball bat has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.

“Sleep tight. Don’t let the bed bugs bite.” That old bedtime saying has become harder to follow as the number of bed-bug infestations in North Carolina has increased.

Four burn patients from Haiti are flying to Raleigh-Durham International Airport on Tuesday morning so they can receive treatment in North Carolina, according to state emergency management officials.

Via HuffingtonPost.com Republicans have turned overwhelmingly against President Obama, while Democrats are still largely supportive — leading to the most polarized approval ratings ever recorded during a president’s first year in office, a new report by Gallup finds. Over the course of this past year, Obama has averaged a job approval rating of 88 percent […]

Via NYTimes: If you made a charitable contribution to the relief effort in Haiti, you may be able to claim a deduction on your 2009 tax return. Normally, contributions are deductible only for the same tax year in which they are made, but both houses of Congress moved quickly to make an exception, which allows […]