Born in Easton Maryland and raised in the Historic Hill Community Tarence Bailey Sr. is a native of Talbot County, Maryland, and was raised in the Historic Hill Community, the oldest free Black commun...

Born in Easton Maryland and raised in the Historic Hill Community Tarence Bailey Sr. is a native of Talbot County, Maryland, and was raised in the Historic Hill Community, the oldest free Black community in the U.S. still in existence today. He is a descendant of both Betsy Bailey, grandmother of Frederick Douglass, and Modesty Green, grandmother of Harriet Tubman. Bailey has spent most of his career in logistics and transportation and has traveled to every state east of the Mississippi River. In the Bailey family tradition, he also served 10 years in the Maryland National Guard, including a one-year deployment in Kandahar, Afghanistan, with the 115 th Military Police Battalion, First Combat Team, First Armored Brigade. Bailey was involved in several historic missions and was a member of the Guardian Angel detail that provided security to the first generation of female Afghan police officers during their training. He also was selected to operate the battle space control and command vehicle while providing force protection for 1,800 soldiers and civilian personnel. In February 2021, Bailey established the Bailey-Groce Family Foundation and Operation Frederick Douglass on the Hill. He worked with partners to erect the Frederick Douglass Family Legacy Mural in the Hill Community that details 400-year history of the African American experience in the United States. In his efforts to preserve African American History and Culture, Bailey was instrumental in creating Civil Rights Heroes Day to commemorate the life of Frederick Douglass on Feb. 20. Bailey has been working to build the Grace Brooks Building in The Hill Community to house an African American Cultural Center and the Frederick Douglass Society of African American History, Culture and Affairs. During his distinguished career, Bailey has received numerous honors and awards. Military awards include Afghanistan Campaign Medal with Campaign Star, Good Conduct Medal, Warrior Leadership Medal, NATO Medal, National Defense Medal, and two State Emergency ribbons. He was named as one of the 101 Men of Distinction of the Eastern Shore and received the Maryland Legacy Award. In 2021, the city of Rochester, NY, celebrated Tarence Bailey Sr. Day.

3x Great Grandson of Perry Bailey, brother of Frederick Douglass. Talbot County native Roger, better known as "Mack", is the youngest of nine siblings and last surviving son of Harry H Groce and Pearl...

3x Great Grandson of Perry Bailey, brother of Frederick Douglass. Talbot County native Roger, better known as "Mack", is the youngest of nine siblings and last surviving son of Harry H Groce and Pearl Bailey Groce. Roger was born in 1945 in Easton, MD. Roger and Aleta S. Groce are currently celebrating 27 years of marriage. Roger is a faithful member of Union Baptist Church Easton, MD where he served on the Usher Board for over 25 years. Roger also is a member of the Preston Maryland Motor Cycle Club, a faithful brother of 40+ years. Roger retired from Waverly Press of Easton MD after 33 years of employment. He presently works part-time at Acts as a Medical Driver of 13 years in Easton, MD.

Dr. Stephanie Poplar is a Maryland-based nonprofit business development professional, motivational speaker, radio host, and community leader whose career spans more than 25 years. Background and Educ...

Dr. Stephanie Poplar is a Maryland-based nonprofit business development professional, motivational speaker, radio host, and community leader whose career spans more than 25 years. Background and Education Dr. Poplar grew up in public housing and overcame early challenges through education and mentorship, developing a deep commitment to empowerment and service. She holds an M.A. in Legal, Ethical & Historical Studies and a B.A. in Government & Public Policy from the University of Baltimore, as well as an A.A. in General Studies from Stevenson University. She also maintains professional licenses in Maryland real estate sales, life and health insurance, and home improvement; credentials she uses to promote financial literacy and homeownership. Professional and Community Work Dr. Poplar is the founder of We Care Baltimore, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded with her late mother, Dorothy Mae Holmes-Geathers, which provides training and community programs aimed at breaking cycles of poverty and increasing self-sufficiency. She also leads She Wins University and Stephanie Poplar Business Solutions, initiatives designed to train entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders, and emerging professionals. She has collaborated with community and business leaders including former Baltimore City Police Commissioner Chief Hamm and Edwin Avent, former publisher of Heart & Soul magazine, supporting nonprofit and workforce development projects across various states. She has recently partnered with School of the Great Commission to honor leaders across the globe. She is the Vice President of Recruitment and Retention. Media and Public Engagement A seasoned media figure, Dr. Poplar has been involved in radio broadcasting for over 19 years and currently hosts programming on WOLB 1010 AM each 1st, 3rd and 5th Friday from 2-3:00pm, and Praise 106.1 FM on Saturday's from 12-12:30pm, where she delivers motivational, faith-based, and community-focused content to thousands of listeners weekly. Leadership and Recognition Through her initiatives, Dr. Poplar has trained countless individuals, especially women and youth, in personal development, business formation, and workforce advancement. Known for her "education, enlightenment, and empowerment" approach, she continues to serve as a bridge-builder connecting diverse communities, industries, and leaders around shared goals of opportunity and equity.

Eric Ekow Ewusie is a dedicated professional with a diverse background in social work, tourism, and NGO management. His true passion lies in using his expertise to tackle social issues, offer support...

Eric Ekow Ewusie is a dedicated professional with a diverse background in social work, tourism, and NGO management. His true passion lies in using his expertise to tackle social issues, offer support to individuals engaged in volunteerism, and make a positive impact on humanity. With a caring and empathetic nature, Eric is driven to uplift the vulnerable in society and has a track record of providing essential aid to those in need. Over the past 13 years, Eric has wholeheartedly committed his time, resources, and talents to the world of volunteerism, guiding countless individuals in discovering their career paths and actively engaging them in various volunteer activities. His extensive experience in the hospitality industry and international volunteer work has allowed him to build a valuable social network, enabling him to mobilize resources effectively for the benefit of the less fortunate. Since 2021, Eric has been running empowering and sustainable programs for single mothers, further emphasizing his dedication to uplifting disadvantaged communities. He has been instrumental in connecting cured lepers with vital food and medical assistance and helping financially challenged individuals find sponsors for their medical needs. Aside from his professional endeavors, Eric serves as a branch pastor at Charismatic Evangelistic Ministry (CEM), Salvation Temple in Kakumdo, Cape Coast, Ghana. His strong sense of faith and community involvement reflect his commitment to making a positive difference in the lives of others. On the personal front, Eric is happily married to Charity, a talented fashion designer, and together they are blessed with three beautiful daughters: Jenelle, Shekinah, and Neriah. With an unwavering dedication to humanitarian causes, Eric Ekow Ewusie continues to be an inspiring force for change, igniting the flames of compassion and kindness in the hearts of all who cross his path.

Through his 28 year journey in radio and beyond, Dondre’ “Donni-Oh!” Phoenix has quietly made an impactful career, both locally, as well as nationally. Believe it or not, in March of 1994, just ...

Through his 28 year journey in radio and beyond, Dondre’ “Donni-Oh!” Phoenix has quietly made an impactful career, both locally, as well as nationally. Believe it or not, in March of 1994, just to get his foot in the door, Phoenix started out as a weekend on-air personality on WCEM Continuous Country AM-1240 in Cambridge, MD. He then moved over to its sister station, Mix 106.3 From 1995-1998. During these years (1994-99), starting at age 23, he wore many hats outside of radio, owning a clothing store (Flavaz in Easton, MD) for several years, playing with the Atlanta Hawks NBA Summer League team and playing in several pro basketball leagues as well. The teams included the Columbus Horizon (CBA), Quad City Thunder (CBA), Lehigh Valley Lightning (ABA) and the Long Island Surf (USBL). A newborn daughter had arrived and he had gotten married. Later, a son was born as well. So yeah, needless to say, the young guy’s plate was stacked. In 1999 Phoenix moved on to Magic 98.9 in Salisbury for two years, before moving to Philadelphia to assist with public relations for his friend and college basketball (University of MD-Eastern Shore) teammate Mike Harris’ entertainment management company, BEST Sports & Entertainment (now Best Sports Consultants). Through the experience and network connections while with Best Sports Consultants, in 2000, Phoenix launched Flavaz Promotions. “Mike is the consummate professional. He taught me a lot about relationships and how very important it is as it pertains to business“, says Phoenix. They organized, provided entertainment and product placement for events in the Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, DC and Salisbury, MD areas. From 2002-2004 Flavaz Promotions provided gift bags for the nominees at the BET Awards. In 2008, Flavaz also organized “A Tribute To Bernie Mac Comedy Show” hosted by legendary comedian Chris “The Mayor of Rap City” Thomas and headlined by Reginald “Bruh-Man” Ballard (Martin, Bernie Mac Show). “I interviewed Chris when I had my show on XM. We exchanged numbers and stayed in contact through the years. I hit him up about him putting together a comedy show for me and he said, say no more… and he made it happen. It was an incredible honor to do the show in tribute to the legendary Bernie Mac. Reggie “Bru-Man” provided various items of Bernie Mac’s to “raffle-away” at the show. It was absolutely incredible!“, says Phoenix. Rewinding back just a bit, in June 2002, Phoenix was hired as a mix show DJ at “The Flow” on XM Satellite Radio in D.C. Sept 2002 he became the host of his own show, The Essence, on The Flow channel, weekdays 4pm-9pm. He became assistant music director of “The Flow”, Sept 2003. With the merging of Sirius and XM in 2008, now SiriusXM, the Flow’s channel name was changed to Heart & Soul. In May 2004, Phoenix went on to WPGC 95.5 to do overnights. Upon his return to Salisbury’s Magic 98.9 in February 2006, he launched ItzYourzRadio. “After being at several different radio stations and seeing multiple program formats throughout the industry, I had seen a void in regards to consistently recognizing local/unsigned talent“, says Phoenix. So his intent with ItzYourzRadio was to, in part, provide a platform for local/unsigned recording artists to display their talents. With ItzYourzRadio on Magic 98.9, Phoenix coordinated a show that would spotlight local/unsigned artists. Phoenix played their music and interviewed select talent as well. It enabled the local area to become familiar with and support some of the talent who were within the untapped local music scene. As the platform grew, it went beyond local artists and included national and international recording artists who were unsigned. In June of 2015, Phoenix launched his own internet radio station through Tunein. October of 2020, he moved the station to a different server and became certified with BMI, ASCAP and SoundExchange. That certification allows the artists who are registered with them to receive royalties based on the amount of radio spins the artists receive on ItzYourzRadio. ItzYourzRadio is also monitored by Digital Radio Tracker (DRT), which tracks and records each song that is played. The DRT charts are the most popular monitored source for digital radio stations in the world. Dondre’ “Donni-Oh!” is also a member of the Heat DJ Coalition. The Heat DJ’s CEO is The Flipmode Squad’s Rampage (first cousin of Busta Rhymes). The international DJ coalition promotes, markets and provides radio platforms for major and indie artists, internationally. February 26, 2017 ItzYourzRadio returned to FM with “ItzYourzRadioLive” on Live 97.5 in Salisbury, MD. Phoenix continued its same local/national unsigned recording artist spotlight segment. Hosted by Dondre’ “Donni-Oh!” Phoenix added more talent to the platform, which includes co-host, Jonathan “J-Mo” Molock, two DJ’s (DJ Cheese and DJ Randy P), a sports reporter (Devon “POV” Mason), specialty segments saluting musical legends and guest interviews, both locally and nationally. “One thing that I have always done is give people an opportunity. Someone gave me an opportunity…. Ron Banks believed enough in me to bring me onboard when he decided to launch Live 97.5 FM… If I’m in position to eat, so are my people,” Phoenix says. Some of the local recording artist guests have included Devon Beck, LegaCi, Fatal Da Cannon, King Aboriginal, Loreal Lewis, SB, Hots, Uncle Nitty, Jade and more. Local authors on the show have included Lewanda Jackson, Michelle Boulden-Hammond, Robin Lake, Etta Bland, Ty Bolden and more. National interviews have included Judge Joe Brown, Emory Jones (Rocnation Apparel), Eric Nolan (of the legendary O’Jay’s), Agnez Mo (International Pop Star), Monifah (singer and R&B Divas reality show star), Wes Moore (author and Maryland governor candidate), Daniel “Booby” Gibson (former NBA player and TV Reality star), Ochino Sparks (hip-hop artist formerly of Rocafella Records), Smooth B (hip-hop artist from the legendary group Nice & Smooth), Bill Pettaway (legendary music producer), Rampage (hip-hop artist), Special Ed (hip-hop artist), Edo G (hip-hop artist), Positive K (hip-hop artist), MC Shan (hip-hop artist) and Simone Green (former Chief Photographer of Death Row Records), amongst many others. During the 2020 election, ItzYourzRadioLive utilized its platform to allow local candidates to share their message. ItzYourzRadioLive’s Jonathan “J-Mo” Molock, currently a Baltimore resident, but a Cambridge, MD native, is heavily engaged in the social and political activism of his hometown Cambridge, MD. For the 2020 local elections, he was on the campaign team of LaJan Cephas. “We discuss politics quite often on our show, but we wanted to get more involved and become more engaged in the political process. I became a member of the National Black Agenda Consortium and Talbot Rising, two social activist groups. Jonathan led an effort to hold local slumlords accountable and joined city council candidate LaJan Cephas’ campaign team“, Phoenix says. ItzYourzRadioLive allowed several candidates to come on the show and share their proposed policies. ItzYourzRadioLive also opened the phone lines and allowed listeners to call-in to voice their concerns and ask the candidates questions. It bridged the gap between candidates and the community, which allowed the voting community to have some input into the voting process. Through ItzYourzRadio’s social activism and its relationship with one of Wes Moore’s campaign members, Jahan Manokey, ItzYourzRadio was selected as Maryland Governor candidate, Wes Moore’s media partner/ambassador for the Eastern Shore. During the election process, ItzYourzRadioLive began to see the impact of their platform and its influence beyond politics. ItzYourzRadioLive receives several letters from listeners who are incarcerated. ItzYourzRadioLive would always send a shout-out to those who are incarcerated, particularly ECI and SCI, located in the Salisbury, MD and Lower Delaware areas. Even when he was at Magic 98.9 several years ago, Phoenix would talk to formerly incarcerated men that he knew and they would share with him the impact that ItzYourzRadio had on them. Being that he knew many incarcerated, “behind the walls”, were tuning into the show, he made it a priority to recognize them and to give them some words of encouragement. Phoenix opened up his show to allow those who are incarcerated to send in poems to read on the air and even give their own shout outs through letters, if they’d like. Just allowing them to have a voice through his platform. One letter in particular really moved Phoenix and crew. It was sent in by Charles Connors. While most deserve to be incarcerated based on their crimes, many should receive no sympathy. However, some are really good people and may have made some bad decisions along the way. Then there’s a percentage that are simply getting screwed by the system. Here are portions of Charles Connors’ letter: “Dear ItzYourzRadio, First and foremost I send my utmost respect to you and yours. I want to send sincere and complete gratitude for what you guys do for me every Sunday with your show. It is the highlight of my week for real.” “I’m serving a 32 year sentence for forgery and 2nd degree assault. I know it’s crazy right? Only dude I know in here with 30+ years and doesn’t have a body.” “I feel if you’re a public figure, in any capacity, you need to make a positive impact or you’re not utilizing your platform to its full potential”, says Phoenix. For airplay consideration, unsigned recording artists, send your music to: If you’re an author and have a book to promote, email us your information for interview consideration to: If you are involved with a community organization and would like to promote your services, send us your information for interview consideration to: * ItzYourzRadioLive airs on Live 97.5 FM every Sunday 4pm-7pm. If you’re not in the local area, you can listen via any mobile device at live975.com or searching Live 97.5 on the Tunein app. You can follow everything ItzYourzRadio, including guest schedule, past shows, articles and the “24/7 ItzYourzRadio” radio station at itzyourzradio.com Here’s a timeline, “snap shot”, of the athletic and musical bio of Dondre’ “Donni-Oh!” Phoenix. Donni Oh’s entertainment career achievements: 1989 – Donni-Oh!’s “Flava” mixtape series began through 2001 1993 – Attended the Columbia School of Broadcasting 1995-’03 – Owner of Flavaz Urban Wear (Clothing Store) 1995 – Evening on-air personality at Mix 106.3 FM (Cambridge) 1999 – Mid-day on-air personality on Magic 98.9 FM (Salisbury) 1999-’02 – Public Relations assistant at B.E.S.T. Sports & Entertainment (Philadelphia) 2000 – DJ for Egypt, Boyz II Men, Big Tiger & Friends Celebrity Party in Baltimore 2001-present – Launched Flavaz Promotions 2001 – Organized NBA Star, Theo Ratliff Basketball Camp 2001 – Assisted with NFL Star Terrell Owens’ feature on ESPN’s The Life 2002 – DJ for NBA star Rasheed Wallace’s NBA All-Star Party in Philadelphia 2002-04 – Afternoon drive on-air personality/asst. Music Director on Sirius/XM Satellite Radio (DC) 2006-’09 – Host of ItzYourzRadio on Magic 98.9 FM (Salisbury) 2008 – Organized A Tribute to Bernie Mac Comedy Show 2009-present – ItzYourzMedia (TV, radio, internet, voice-overs, production) 2015-present – Launched ItzYourzRadio (Urban radio format) on Tunein 2016-present – Launched Soul Talk 100 (Black talk radio format) on Tunein 2017-present – Joined Live 97.5 FM to re-launch ItzYourzRadioLive on FM Donni Oh’s sports career achievements: 1988 – Five-Star Basketball Camp All-Star 1989 – McDonald’s High School All-American 1989 – Maryland High School All-State 1989 – Kenner League (Pro-Am Summer League) 1990 – All-MEAC (UMES) 1991 – University of MD-Eastern Shore Male Athlete of the Year 1993 – Atlanta Hawks (NBA Summer League) 1993 – Columbus Horizon (CBA) 1994 – Quad City Thunder (CBA) 1994 – Lehigh Valley Lightning (ABA) 1999 – Long Island Surf (USBL) 1999 – Kenner League (Pro-Am Summer League) Dondre’ “Donni-Oh!” Phoenix EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Ricardo Williams – “He Ain’t Me” produced by Grammy Award winning producer Kyle West Currently available for all Program Directors and DJ’s NOW AVAILABLE: AWARD WINNING SINGLE Charted at #11 on The Top 150 DRT Global Independent Airplay Singles In rotation on 60+ radio stations (Oct 2020 – March 2021) Ricardo Williams – “Come Over” Available on TIDAL https://tidal.com/browse/track/156734305 PROGRAM DIRECTOR: *ItzYourzRadio Real Radio Is Back 24/7 LISTEN HERE: http://itzyourzradio.com *Soul Talk 100 Real Talk For The Soul 24/7 LISTEN HERE: http://soultalk100.com *ItzYourz411 Daily News 24/7 CLICK HERE: http://itzyourz411.com