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Denham Jolly

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  • Comment: Few points:
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    * in this sentence: "He was the founding president of the Black Business and Professional Association[1]" what is the "[1]" referring to? Ntb613 (talk) 05:38, 22 September 2016 (UTC)
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B. Dehnam Jolly is a businessman, publisher, broadcaster and civil rights activist and author of In the Black: My Life (ECW Press).

Early life and education

Jolly was born in Negril, Jamaica. He studied at McGill University, graduating in 1955 with a degree in science.[1]

Career

Jolly conducted research about nutrition for the government of Jamaica.[2] After moving to Canada, Jolly taught science at Forest Hill Collegiate in Toronto.[3] He was the founding president of the Black Business and Professional Association and later served as the publisher of the newspaper Contrast.[4][1] He was also active in the civil rights organizations and outspoken on social justice issues as a member of the Black Action Defence Committee and other organizations.[5] He launched Canada's first Black-owned radio station FLOW 93.5 CFXJ-FM through Milestone Radio.[6][7] The fight to get the license took a dozen years and his struggle was featured in the Washington Post as an example of racial barriers in Canada (For Some, the Racial `Mosaic' Pales at Top, December 29, 1997) [8]and the Toronto Star ("Nobody said that urban would be easy: Denham Jolly uses unique personality to continue his quest to create a black radio station.)[9]. The license was finally awarded in June 2000.[10] It was supported by both the Toronto Star[11] and the Toronto Sun, which ran an editorial saying that "At long last the dinosaurs at the Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission have admitted Toronto needs a black-owned urban format station on the FM dial." The Milestone decision was "music to our ears."[12]

FLOW 93.5 went on air in February 2001. The station was not only Black-owned, but became the first to play and actively promote Canada’s Black musicians like Drake and Shad and countless others. Its hip hop programme, O.T.A. (On the Air) Live! was described as Toronto's most beloved radio show by Vice.[13] FLOW 93.5 also broke new ground for numerous Black Canadians in the Canadian radio industry and in 2005, only four years after its founding, won the Station of the Year Award in the Contemporary Hit Radio category at the Canadian Music Week Industry Awards.[14]

Mr. Jolly was on the boards of the YMCA and the Toronto International Film Festival[15]and he has won numerous awards for his cultural contributions including the Black Media Pioneer Award.[16]the African Canadian Lifetime Achievement Award[17]and the Canadian Urban Institute's City Soul Award in 2006.

Jolly sold his radio holdings in 2011.[18][19] His memoir, In the Black: My Life will be published in February 2017 by ECW Press.

Personal life

B. Denham Jolly has two brothers and two sisters: Barbara, Desmond, Hyacinth and Winston. He married Carol Castleman in 1965. The marriage that lasted 17 years and produced three children Nicole, Michael and Kevin.

References

  1. ^ a b "Denham Jolly honoured". Jamaica Gleaner, Eddie Grant, March 8, 2012
  2. ^ Wilma Patricia Holas (2000). Millennium Minds : 100 Black Canadians. Pan-African Publications. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-9682734-4-9.
  3. ^ Dawn P. Williams (2006). Who's who in Black Canada 2: Black Success and Black Excellence in Canada : a Contemporary Directory. Who's Who in Black Canada. pp. 200–. ISBN 978-0-9731384-2-9.
  4. ^ "Denham Jolly". Profile at Bloomberg.
  5. ^ "Remembering: Black-rights activist Dudley Laws". National Post, Peter Kuitenbrouwer | March 24, 2011
  6. ^ "Canada To Get First Black-Owned, Urban-Format Radio Station". MTV News. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
  7. ^ Carol Tator; Frances Henry; Winston Mattis (1998). Challenging Racism in the Arts: Case Studies of Controversy and Conflict. University of Toronto Press. pp. 131–. ISBN 978-0-8020-7170-5.
  8. ^ Howard Schneider (December 29, 1997). "WashingtonPost.com: Canada Special Report: For Some, the Racial `Mosaic' Pales at Top". Washington Post.
  9. ^ Toronto Star, January 30, 2000. p.D7
  10. ^ Canada (2000). The Canada Gazette: Part II. Queen's Printer. p. xliv.
  11. ^ Black Community gets its radio voice, Toronto Star, June 29, 2000, p.A27
  12. ^ A Radio Milestone, Toronto Sun editorial, June 19, 2000
  13. ^ "Exploring the History of 'O.T.A. Live': Toronto's Most Beloved Radio Show - Noisey". noisey. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
  14. ^ "Flow 93.5 takes home CHR station of the year award ". Broadcaster Magazine, March 8, 2005
  15. ^ "Yanka Van der Kolk B Denham Jolly and Allen Karp attend the Board... | WireImage | 81203849". www.wireimage.com. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
  16. ^ "Media Pioneer to be honored in Black History Month". caribbeantales-newz.blogspot.ca. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
  17. ^ "African Canadian Achievement Awards | 2011 Awardees". africancanadianachievementawards.com. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
  18. ^ "CTV takes over Flow 93.5 FM | Toronto Star". thestar.com. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
  19. ^ " Radio pioneer sells station". Mississauga News, Feb 03, 2011

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  1. ^ B. Denham Jolly (14 March 2017). In the Black: My Life. ECW Press. ISBN 978-1-77041-378-8.
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