Philly Speaks With E. Steven Collins

E. Steven Collins is one of the most well known and respected names in Philadelphia broadcasting with a distinguished thirty-year history. In additional to his role as Radio One Inc.’s Director of Urban Marketing and External Relations, his weekly show, Philly Speaks with E. Steven Collins on 107.9 WRNB FM, regularly features a distinguished panel of local and national guests and draws hundreds of thousands of listeners each Sunday between 8 and 10am.

No stranger to the national spotlight, Collins’ unique insight and perspective have been in demand with numerous appearances on a variety of local and national television news programs including Fox 29’s Good Day Philadelphia, CN8, Comcast Newsmakers, MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews, Morning Joe and Midday News Hour, as well as CNN’s American Morning with John Roberts, CNN Mid Day and CNN Newsroom with Rick Sanchez.

Collins has an impressive history as one of Philadelphia’s strongest community voices, taking on leadership roles with civic activities including, Concerned Black Men Inc, 10,000 Men Call to Action campaign and 2008’s historic democratic debate night forum at Oxford Pennsylvania’s Lincoln University.

One of the highlights of Collins career was his work with the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists to create and develop a televised Mayoral Debate live from the campus of Drexel University that attracted national and local media coverage and provided a unique insight from a truly minority perspective. The program aired on Comcast Cable earned the team Emmy Award, the highest honor for a televised presentation, in the one-time public affairs special program category.

Collins has been recognized by such prestigious organizations as The United States Congress, The City of Philadelphia, The Urban League of Philadelphia, The Philadelphia March of Dimes and The Philadelphia Alumni Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen to name just a few. Additionally, Collins serves as an executive board member of the Urban League of Philadelphia, and board member of Philadelphia’s Convention and Visitors Bureau Multicultural Affairs Congress, Ivy Legacy Foundation and Marian Anderson Awards Association.

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http://www.electionjournal.org/2010/07/28/the-outrageous-double-standard-of-voter-intimidation/ The Outrageous Double Standard of Voter Intimidation | Election Journal

[...] night on Hardball, Philly radio hosts Michael Smerconish and E. Steven Collins squared off about the New Black Panther voter intimidation case. In a stunning admission, Collins [...]
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I watched the hardball edition on the voter intimidation.
I am writing because I do take issue with the fact that you felt that people were only concerned aboutthis because they watch Fox News. I don’t watch Fox actually living in the rural areas of Missouri, I don’t even have cable which I realize most from a bigger city could not imagine. When I saw the video for the first time and not knowing all the specifics and even now knowing the specifics I probably would not have walked up to enter that building. That was a big club the young man was wielding. We don’t see that behavior in our little town of 5000. So before insulting understand that we can come up with an opinion all on our own and most of us are not lead there by Fox. My dad who is no longer with us said believe half of what you read. This was many years ago and He never had the opportunity to know about the internet. Things I agree aren’t always what they appear at first glance, but the law is clear no voter intimidation. If these young men were not acting in the New Black Panthers best interest, then that orginazation should get rid of them and let them face whatever penalty they should legally and they should denounce the action. It is wrong to try to explain that this is normal for a certain neighborhood as if its okay, its not no matter where a person lives.

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