Carol Jenkins, a writer and producer, is an Emmy award winning former television anchor and correspondent, and Founding Chair of the Board of Greenstone Media, the talk radio network for women.

Ms. Jenkins is the author, with her daughter Elizabeth Gardner Hines, of Black Titan, A.G. Gaston and the Making of a Black American Millionaire. It was selected by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association as one of the best non-fiction books of 2004. She is an executive producer of the PBS documentary, What I Want My Words To Do To You, which won The Freedom of Expression Award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2003.

Ms. Jenkins enjoyed a 30 year, award-winning tenure with several New York City news departments, including 23 years at WNBC-TV, where she co-anchored the pivotal 6 p.m. newscast. She was most identified with her reporting of national political stories, including from the floor of Democratic and Republican national conventions that yielded Presidents Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton. She hosted her own daily talk show, Carol Jenkins Live, on WNYW-TV.

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The Women's Media Center Statement on Don Imus’s Reported Return to Radio

The Women's Media Center expresses its grave concern over the reported return of Don Imus to the airwaves so soon, and, presumably, so profitably for himself, Citadel Broadcasting Corporation, and ABC Networks. It sets an unfortunate example for those who care about the treatment of women in this society, and raises again the discriminatory nature of the medium itself.

During his absence, the radio industry has done nothing to cure one of the ailing roots of its Imus problem: the severe imbalance of women and men who work in radio. In 2007 it is still, shockingly, a man's medium: at least 85 percent of radio managers and programmers are white men, as are the voices we hear over our publicly owned airwaves. Women and minorities own somewhere in the 3% range of radio stations (Source: Mentoring & Inspiring Women in Radio). In a medium that seems to care little about its women listeners, it is no wonder that hosts find themselves crossing the line into sexism, or, in the Imus case, sexism and racism.

We urge the public to demand a correction of "the radio problem" that extends way beyond one man. Women must demand full participation in radio, and hold stations and networks accountable to hire women as hosts and in the executive suites.  You can reach Citadel Broadcasting by phone at (702) 804-5200.

In addition, we urge anyone thinking of advertising on Imus’s show to carefully consider his comments regarding women and minorities, and to do their homework before funding this kind of inflammatory speech.

When Imus left CBS radio and MSNBC, the networks had an opportunity and obligation to address the root problem by increasing the diversity of the voices they broadcast. Instead, he was replaced by more men. This problem has gone on long enough. It is far past time for women--and fair men--to agree to include the "invisible majority" of women in media.

 Carol Jenkins, President

Please click here to read exclusive WMC commentary from Faye Anderson, on the September 25 U.S. House of Representatives hearing, ““From Imus to Industry: The Business of Stereotypes and Degrading Images.