Ms. Cathy Hughes is Being Inducted into the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame

Written by Stephanie Taylor 

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The National Association of Broadcasters is inducting Ms. Cathy Hughes, founder of Urban One, formerly Radio One, into the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame during the annual Achievement in Broadcasting Dinner.  Urban One is the largest African - American owned media company in the United States of America. " In 1999, Cathy Hughes became the first African-American woman to chair a publicly held corporation ..., " stated cathyhughes.com.  Ms. Hughes taught media classes at Howard University in the 1970s.