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OPRAH WINFREY
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3. OPRAH GAIL WINFREY
Born January 29, 1954 in
Kosciusko, Mississippi.
Raised by her grandmother
on a farm
Suffered sexual abuse from
a number of male relatives.
Moved to Nashville, TN to
live with her father, Vernon, a
barber and businessman.
Attended TSU in 1971.
4. At the age of 17, began
working at WVOL radio in
Nashville
At 19 years old, she
became youngest person
and 1st African-American
woman to anchor the news
at WTVF-TV
Co-anchor the Six O-Clock
News in Baltimore
Co-host of local talk show,
People Are Talking
5. THE RISE OF THE
OPRAH WINFREY SHOW
In 1984, moved to Chicago
to host WLS-TV’s morning
show, A.M. Chicago
After a month on air,
began surpassing ratings of
her major competitor, Phil
Donahue
Launched The Oprah
Winfrey Show on Sept. 8,
1986
6. HARPO
PRODUCTIONS OR
HARPO STUDIOS
Harpo production
(also referred to as
Harpo Studios) is
an incorporated
US-based
multimedia
production
company founded
by Oprah Winfrey
in 1986.
8. DIVISIONS
Harpo Radio, Inc. is the holding
company for the Oprah &
Friends channel (156 on XM Satellite
Radio). Oprah & Friends features a
broad range of daily and weekly
programming on a variety of topics
including self-
improvement, nutrition, fitness, parenti
ng, health, home, finance and current
events hosted by personalities from The
Oprah Winfrey Show and O, The Oprah
Magazine.
On January 1, 2011, the Oprah
Winfrey Network (OWN) launched. It
is co-owned by Harpo Productions
(50%) and Discovery Communications,
Inc (50%). The network replaced
the Discovery Health Channel, a cable
channel previously owned by
Discovery Communications, Inc.
9. OPRAH’S MISSION
“Originally, our goal was to uplift, enlighten, encourage and
entertain through the medium of television. Now, our mission
for The Oprah Winfrey Show is to use television to transform
people’s lives, to make viewers see themselves differently and
to bring happiness and a sense of fulfillment into every home.”
Oprah Winfrey
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11. Oprah and HARPO Productions, Inc.
Magazine Creator/Editorial Director/Author
O, The Oprah Magazine- April 2000,
international version to
South Africa launched April 2002
O at Home- newsstand-only quarterly
magazine launched
in 2004
Co-authored five books
Satellite Radio Programmer
XM Satellite Radio channel, Oprah and Friends
launched Sept. 2006
Broadway Producer
The Color Purple, December 1, 2005 at the
Broadway Theatre in NYC
Television Program Creator
Dr. Phil- Sept. 2002
Rachael Ray- Sept. 2006
12. HONORARY
ACHIEVEMENTS
Time magazine- 100 Most Influential
People in the World
Time magazine- 100 Most Influential
People of the 20th Century
Newsweek- Most Important Person
in Books and Media
Life magazine- Voted most influential
woman and influential black person
of her generation
Bob Hope Humanitarian Award
Lifetime Achievement Award from
the National Academy of Television
Arts and Sciences
Forbes magazine- published in 2003,
first African-American woman to
become a billionaire
Received more than 40 daytime
Emmy Awards for Outstanding Talk
Show and Outstanding Talk Show
Host
2013: Presidential Medal of Freedom