Loving music as a child came natural for Lee Cherry. Dabbling in Band in Junior High and High School, then from (Phone hidden) playing and performing as a singer in a few local and regional acts.
In late 1989 Cherry moved his focus to radio, the love of all music became the joy for his labors. Starting at a very small Country station AM1320 he slowly digested all the workings of the industry. In a year he moved into the FM world which opened the door to the business he enjoyed so much. Over the next eighteen years, Cherry would work the fast paced and ever changing business. Over this time Cherry worked at many reporting and 100k watt stations. At one time during his radio career he was Operations Manager in operational control of a cluster of five FM stations. Working closely with Record Companies and with some of the most dominant names in the radio business such as Alan Sneed of Indianapolis and Joel Salkowitz one of the inventors of Sirius XM Radio and Vice President of S-XM Programming. During this time he also worked closely with Bob Furnad, CNN Executive and Headline News President.
Today Cherry lives in North Carolina and operates Lee Cherry Entertainment which blankets a myriad of vessels within the music and media business. Major Media and Promotional contacts are a part of the Lee Cherry Entertainment stable. Cherry is also the founder of Cherry Crown Records.
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