Following in the historical footsteps of Jessie B. Blayton, Sr., the founder of WERD-AM 860 on Auburn Avenue in 1949 comes yet another modern-day radio pioneer. He's Auburn Avenue-based Tom Davis aka "Dr. Love", the founder and owner of Love Internet Radio at www. dr-love.com. Internet radio is in its infancy. Davis, 55, ventured into the uncharted waters six years ago - far ahead of his competitors in the euphoric d.com. era.

"Tom's been an educator for years, he's trained a majority of the young disk jockey's across the nation" opines Allen Johnson, owner of Music Specialists, a 30-year Miami-based veteran of the music industry who has successfully developed an array of entertainment companies. Love Radio is one of his clients. Dr. Love is one of his favorite friends. "He is the first man of color that I've ever met in my life who was able to create grants that created national public radio stations."
Although an accomplished musician and trumpet player as a high school performer in Rockford, Illinois Davis was convinced as a collegian that the engineering side of

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