*For these inside and out of doors of the radio and report business, sadly we’re informing you of the current passing of Kevin Fleming in Los Angeles from pancreatic most cancers. He was 65
Fleming made his peaceable transition Thursday morning (September 21, 2023) round 6:30am. He fought an almost one-year battle with pancreatic most cancers. His son Dylan and spouse of almost 40 years Maria had been his caregivers throughout his sickness. His sister Stephanie who’s a resident of Scottsdale, AZ often traveled to L.A. over the previous yr to assist with the caretaking. Additionally, we should shout out his finest buddy Rick Nuhn (Dylan’s Godfather) for his unimaginable assist via this journey.
Fleming’s leisure enterprise expertise has been huge and various. It consists of radio, data, administration, and publishing of The City Buzz.
A local of Minneapolis, Kevin attended Clark School in Atlanta, acquiring a level in Broadcast Administration and Communications.
Radio profession highlights embody WAOK & WIGO in Atlanta and WWDM-Sumter, SC. His first main market programming job got here as Program Director of KGFJ-LA.
Kevin joined the report aspect of the enterprise as Regional Promotion Consultant for Island Information the place he was quickly promoted to Vice President of Black Music. After a quick stint at Third Stone Information, Kevin was chosen as Vice President and Common Supervisor of Perspective Information underneath the possession of mega-producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.
In the course of the early Nineteen Nineties, Kevin returned to radio as Operations Supervisor and Program Director of KACE/KRTO in Los Angeles. He additionally began consulting radio stations in programming and total operations.
In 2000, he joined Gavin Journal as its City Editor, increasing the journal’s protection of city radio and music whereas sustaining his radio consulting enterprise. In 2002 he based The City Buzz info publication and web site.
Kevin was additionally employed by Radio One to program the corporate’s flagship station KKBT-LA and remodel it into the first-class main market city grownup model, KRBV.
Most just lately, Kevin was PD of Pacifica Radio’s KPFK in Los Angeles. He was the consummate lecturer and all the time keen to share his data of radio programming and the music business at conventions, seminars, and webinars as an professional panelist.
As talked about up prime, Kevin Fleming’s different accomplishment/success was his influential on-line business journal, The City Buzz (www.TheUrbanBuzz.com). He was on the helm for greater than 20 years. Beneath, his son Dylan provides an replace on the standing of the publication and its future.
“Since 2001, the City Buzz has served as your business tip sheet, connecting the dots of music/leisure information for the radio/report enterprise group. We need to thanks on your assist and patronization of this platform. The Buzz will stay on and proceed to not solely serve its objective however go to new heights. In due time there can be extra updates on the path we’re taking it from right here. Please respect my household’s privateness throughout this troublesome time. We respect your love and assist.
“We sincerely need to thanks on your prayers, messages, cellphone calls, and donations within the final 11 months. Moreover, we humbly encourage you to donate to our GoFundMe account.”
As of this posting, funeral companies are pending.
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