Vince (AKA Vinson) Sanders is a retired broadcaster with more than 35 years on the job. He started his career as an on-air talent in 1958 at WBEE in Chicago and retired in 1995 as Vice President and General Manager of WWRL in New York City.

 

Before his move to WWRL, Sanders was Vice President of Broadcast Operations at the National Black Network (NBN) from 1973 through 1983. Sanders joined NBN after leaving NBC News where he worked as an anchor/reporter from February ‘71 through June ‘73. He was awarded for his production and narration of “The House That Jack Built,” a critically successful piece of journalism examining the racial patterns and conditions of housing in America. This NBC special broadcast won, among others, the Gabriel Award.

 

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Sanders is a founding member of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) and a past board member of the Central Florida Theatre Alliance. He was inducted into the NABJ (Region IV) Hall of Fame in 2005.

Sanders has also authored two books, “Can’t Get HERE from THERE” and “That’s Not Funny!”

 

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Hobbies:  golf, audio productions

 

Most memorable assignment/interview:  Interview with Lucas Mangope, South African former president of Bophuthatswana

 

Favorite Musician:  Louis Jordan.  “He was the 20^th century soul man.”  

 

Primary source of news:  MSNBC,  Washington Post, and New York Times