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520 a| Broadcast and sports executive Curtis Symonds was born on August 12, 1955 in Bermuda and grew up in Wilberforce, Ohio. In 1978, he received his B.S. degree from Central State University, beginning a career in the cable television industry. In 1979, Symonds worked for Continental Cablevision in Ohio as systems manager. In 1983, he worked for ESPN in Chicago as advertising sales consultant and then as director of affiliate marketing for the Midwest region. In 1988, he joined Black Entertainment Television (BET) as executive vice president of affiliate sales and affiliate marketing. In 1992, he became president and chief operating officer of BET Action Pay Per View and BET International. From 1996 until his retirement in 2001, Symonds served as executive vice president of BET on Jazz. In 2005, Symonds was hired as chief operating officer of the Washington Mystics WNBA team. Symonds also opened Hoop Magic in 2006 in Chantilly, Virginia for area youth.;

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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Curtis Symonds.

Format	Video (Streaming)
Publication	Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description	1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 20 min., 30 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Content	https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2007.154
Subjects	Symonds, Curtis, 1955---Interviews. African Americans--Interviews.

Other author/creator	Symonds, Curtis, 1955- interviewee.
Other author/creator	Gines, Denise, interviewer.
Other author/creator	Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
Other author/creator	HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Variant title	History Makers video oral history with Curtis Symonds
Portion of title	Curtis Symonds
Abstract	Broadcast and sports executive Curtis Symonds was born on August 12, 1955 in Bermuda and grew up in Wilberforce, Ohio. In 1978, he received his B.S. degree from Central State University, beginning a career in the cable television industry. In 1979, Symonds worked for Continental Cablevision in Ohio as systems manager. In 1983, he worked for ESPN in Chicago as advertising sales consultant and then as director of affiliate marketing for the Midwest region. In 1988, he joined Black Entertainment Television (BET) as executive vice president of affiliate sales and affiliate marketing. In 1992, he became president and chief operating officer of BET Action Pay Per View and BET International. From 1996 until his retirement in 2001, Symonds served as executive vice president of BET on Jazz. In 2005, Symonds was hired as chief operating officer of the Washington Mystics WNBA team. Symonds also opened Hoop Magic in 2006 in Chantilly, Virginia for area youth.
Credits	Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Performer	Denise Gines, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event note	Recorded Arlington, Virginia 2007 April 23.
Source of description	Vendor-supplied metadata.
Genre/form	Internet videos.
Genre/form	Interviews.
Genre/form	Nonfiction films.
Genre/form	Oral histories.
Genre/form	Oral histories.
Genre/form	Internet videos.
Genre/form	Nonfiction films.
Stock number	A2007.154 HistoryMakers

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