Stacy'e Jones has been making beats in her basement for years. The president and CEO of
Stanford-Jones Media started her Internet radio business out of her home two years ago. Now she's moved to the Russell Industrial Center with plans of growing her business even more in Detroit.
"I just had to get a place for myself," Jones says. "There is a lot of freedom here. I don’t have to worry about my security deposit if I paint the walls a different color."
She runs
R&B and hip hop stations from her 800 square feet at the Russell today and plans to start a third this summer. The new station will be centered completely on Detroit-based music and is expected to come online by August. You can find her stations
here.
Jones, 23 and a Highland Park resident, got her start in radio right after she graduated from high school and got an internship at a radio station. She learned the ropes of how to run and DJ a station, and she also learned how some radio stations can neglect their listeners.
"I heard the same 15 songs over and over again in the same rotation," Jones says. "They forgot about their listeners."
Jones' stations keep her listeners at the forefront, playing a broad mix of songs they want to hear.
Source: Stacy'e Jones, president and CEO of Stanford-Jones Media
Writer: Jon Zemke
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