Background
Ski, Frank was born on May 9, 1964 in New York City. Son of John and Sandra Rodriquez.
host journalist philanthropist
Ski, Frank was born on May 9, 1964 in New York City. Son of John and Sandra Rodriquez.
He also was a house music artist who recorded as Doo Doo Brown in the 1990s. From 1998 to 2012 he was the host of the Frank and Wanda Morning Show alongside co-host Wanda Smith on the Atlanta urban contemporary radio station WVEE. Career highlights In 2002, the Honorable Reverend Jesse Jackson awarded Ski the title of "Journalist of the Year" by the Rainbow Push Coalition. After Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, Ski spearheaded a fundraising movement to help the victims.
He raised $500,000 to support the causes of the Hosea Williams Feed the Hungry and Homeless and Metro Atlanta Respite & Development Services.
Ski hosts the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame. The Walk is a partnership between the Trumpet Awards Foundation and the National Park Service and was created in 2004 to give recognition to civil rights leaders who promote justice and equality.
In 2009, he finished second (to Neal Boortz) in an unscientific ajc.com poll for the most obnoxious Atlanta radio personality. Radio & television Talk with Rodney Ho"s poll on whether V-103 should keep Frank Ski (during the time of his contract re-negotiations) was 59% "Number".
He has recently been criticized for his support of Bishop Eddie Long during his sex scandal, though now attends another Atlanta church.
Ski had a lengthy career as a larger-than-life radio personality in the Baltimore radio market and he was one of the pioneers of Baltimore club music at V-103-Baltimore(1988-1996) and at WERQ Baltimore(1996-1998) before moving to Atlanta in 1998. Awards and recognition Personal life The couple have three sons together and Frank has a fourth son from a previous relationship. The Foundation is an Atlanta area organization created by Ski in 2000.
Its mission statement is "exposing kids to their future through science, technology, athletics, and the arts".
The foundation hosts a yearly Youth Bowl football competition. lieutenant gives young people the opportunity to travel abroad on excursions that support the foundation"s science, technology and art programs and organizes a yearly trip to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
There have also been excursions to the Galapagos Islands (2007), the Amazon rainforest (2008) and an international artistic enrichment trip to Florence, Italy (2009).
Spokesperson National Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Foundation, Baltimore, 1995-1997, Drinking and Driving, 1994, 95, Mayor's Child Care Conference, Baltimore, 1996, Many Little League Programs, Baltimore, 1990-1997. Member National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, National Association of Black Journalists.
Married Tanya Parker, April 29, 1995. Children: Franklyn, Jarrett.