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.

Time is running out for parents to weigh in on a new superintendent for Durham Public Schools.

Stung by criticism that aid hasn’t been getting into earthquake-ravaged Haiti quickly enough, U.S. officials say they are taking steps to rectify the problem and the perception.

Former Hillside High School principal Earl Pappy, 51, died over the weekend, according to current Principal Hans Lassiter.

                  Via CNN.com: In the brutal aftermath of Haiti’s earthquake, Jean-Robert Gaillard turned to his low-tech radio for solace and for a lifeline. When the earthquake hit, the 57-year-old from Petionville, Haiti, found most of his normal lines of communication — his cell phone, the Internet, even […]

            Via SingersRoom.com: “Bulletproof” singer/songwriter Raheem DeVaughn has selected the month of March for the release of his highly anticipated third album. Titled “The Love and War Masterpeace,” the forthcoming effort is now locked in for a March 2, 2010 release date. Click here to read more.

Fayetteville’s Mayor is ordering the city manager to revise the police department’s policy of not publicly reporting rapes, following a series of attacks that date back to June.

More than 40 years after her family was forced from their home because they were black, Sallie Sanders received the keys to a new house

A strong earthquake struck Haiti on Wednesday morning, shaking buildings and sending screaming people running into the streets only eight days after the country’s capital was devastated by a previous quake.

A 62-year-old’s rhythmic fashion review has become the Internet’s first viral sensation of the new decade.

Wake County Libraries and the College Foundation of North Carolina will host a series of workshops to help high school students and parents understand the basics of financial aid beginning today,

Neighborhood schools in Wake County could create “pockets of poverty” and move the school system into a policy of segregation because of their socio-economic status,

The U.S. government announced Monday that it has eased the requirements for orphaned children from Haiti to enter the United States on a temporary basis.