Host Midday Urban/Adult Contemporary R&B program with live interviews, news, traffic,weather and contests. Operate digital board during air-shift; Monday – Friday. Voice andproduce commercial spots for local and national advertisers. Host live nightclub broadcastson Saturday and Sunday. Represent WWIN at station promotions and special events.• Received The Platform 2016 Black Music Month “Industry Vanguard” Award• My unique and effective approach to utilizing the Facebook fundraising tool for the#22PushUpChallenge resulted in more than doubling my fundraising goal. Thiscaptured Facebook’s attention and the company did a video profiling my efforts at itssocial Good Forum in New York City. My creativity and effectiveness was used as anexample by the number one social media site in the world.• Lifestyled By April Watts, my local style blog, was picked up by Elev8.com. After onlyone week, the blog was syndicated on numerous Urban One web sites including BlackAmerica Web.• Consistently, help account executives increase station revenue by attending meetingswith clients and assisting with the pitch.• Create marketable on-air and web features that assist sales team in increasing stationrevenue.

Weekend/Swing Shift On-Air PersonalityHosted urban adult contemporary music programs. Voiced commercial spots for advertisers.Reported breaking news to the listening audience. Hosted a live nightclub broadcast onFriday. Represented WWIN at station promotions and special events.• Received DCVA Medical Center Award for commitment to veterans.• Created and edited, “Lifestyled With April Watts,” a lifestyle micro site forMymajicdc.com. “Lifestyled” was the first site of its kind for Urban-One stations.

Co-hosted Midday Urban/Adult Contemporary R&B program.• In one book, my presence as co-host brought the midday from 9th to 3rd in the marketin the 25 to 54 demo.• My presence as midday co-host immediately sparked an energy both at the radiostation and in the community.• Became the first non-syndicated personality in Radio One history to be in threemarkets (Baltimore/Cincinnati/DC) simultaneously.

Midday PersonalityHosted Midday Old School R&B program via voice track. Incorporated pre-recordedinterviews, local news, listener calls and contests. Voiced commercial spots for localadvertisers. Represented WOSL at special events for the station.

Producer/Host for WHW Rocks—AMTV and DCTV (Comcast & RCN)Produced and hosted a weekly live-to-tape musical variety show. Supervised andcoordinated in-studio episodes. Coordinated and produced live, on-location finalecompetition.• Outstanding Set Design for WHW Rocks – DCTV Awards• Recognized by the Lung Cancer Alliance for awareness efforts via WHW RocksCreator/Content Editor/Journalist for WHW WebGenerated content and story ideas, celebrity and human interest interviews. Edited andevaluated the offerings of all other contributors, as well produced and hosted segments.Handled marketing and promotions of website.Freelance Voice-Over ArtistRecorded and voiced various training modules and radio spots. Narrated audio for the novelSomething More Than This by Tawnia L. Ramirez.

Midday Personality 2007 – 2008Hosted Midday Urban/Adult Contemporary R&B program.Overnight Personality 2005 – 2007Hosted the over nights and Saturday show before being promoted to Middays. Enjoyed greatsuccess in both time slots. Coordinated and produced live, on-location finale competition.• Live coverage – March on Washington to the US Justice Department – Washington,DC• Live coverage – Millions More Movement – Washington, DC

Midday PersonalityHosted Midday inspirational music program.• Cast as a celebrity judge for TV One’s Gospel Challenge

Freelance JournalistCovered assignments and wrote hard news, investigative and entertainment articles.

On-Air PersonalityHosted Midday Jazz program; public affairs specials, news reports and on-air fundraisers.Consistently exceeded on-air fund-raising goals for Midday program.• WPFW On-Air Fundraisers (quarterly) – Washington, DC •1999 – 2002• One of the top fundraising pitchers at the station. Used as a pitch partner for other onair personalities during their day parts.• Handled live coverage of the 2001 September 11 attacks for 8 hours; partiallyunscripted.Programming AssistantLiaison between Development and Programming departments. Assisted Program Directorwith all aspects of programming and premium procurement. Responsible for a large segmentof administrative work. Acted as external media liaison.