Keith Winslow (b. 1949)
Birthplace:
Austin, Texas, USA
Born:
July 8, 1949
Keith B. Winslow has been in the music and entertainment industry since 1969, starting out as the valet & road manager for the legend Little Richard. He moved to Atlanta, where he became a licensed booking agent through the Helen Greer Agency, working with promoters, doing advanced promotion, and ”New York Fresh Festival” when the industry changed direction as Disco and Rap music came on the scene. At this junction, Keith got into radio. He acquired a FCC broadcasting license through Columbia School of Broadcasting (1971), This was a natural progression into marketing, advertising, and sales, plus broadcasting for Radio and cable TV. Doing Cable from Atlanta to Dallas Texas, then to Brunswick Ga. where he did cable and radio at WPIQ in Brunswick and WKBX radio Kings Bay, Georgia Military Submarine Base. Keith entered Gospel music in 1995 and worked with artists like The Soul Stirrers, Robert Blair and the Voilairs, the Blind Boys, and many others and I moved to Miami. After September 11, Keith met up with Al Fearon of Vibez Radio and created the “Gospelypso” radio show. In late 2009, while working with Mr Paul Murray of Studio 104, Keith was introduced to Waddell McGee and Kevin Humes from American Veterans Alliance, and they asked Keith to develop an internet radio station to support veterans. It is WVET at https://ontheairtoday.com/wvetonlineradio, and they are still on the air at Sunshine Radio 96.7 fm St Petersburg, Florida. Keith was inducted into the National Black Radio Hall of Fame in 2022 in St. Louis. Gospelypso Radio program was syndicated on Biggs Radio in Chicago, Atlanta, Indianapolis & Southern California in 2024. He is writing an autobiography, An Entertainment Adventure Starts Here, to be published soon.