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Ellie Dylan (born Elinor Angel Helman September 8, 1952) is currently the President and Founder of The Skyshapers Foundation (dba Skyshapers University) and the CEO, President and Founder of SKY U, LLC. Both Companies are involved with motivating children to excel. Dylan began her career in radio as a college disc jockey and rose to become ‘the most listened to female disc jockey in the United States’ on NBC Radio:〔(January 18, 1978) WNBC Radio News Release / (October/November 1977) Arbitron Rating〕 First, by taking her 7:00pm to midnight time shift on WMAQ Radio from 17th place in the ratings to the number-one rated show in Chicago;〔(September 19, 1975) NBC InterDepartment Correspondence; July/August 1975 Arbitron Ratings〕 Then, as the first female to do an afternoon drive shift on AM Radio in a major market. Dylan became the first woman to hold a morning drive time position on AM Radio in a major market at WNBC Radio in New York City.〔(1977) WNBC Radio News Release〕 Dylan next moved to television as the Host and Producer of “You!,” a weekly television series on WABC-TV in New York. Her program grew into a solid ratings success following Dylan’s initial telecast, which was nominated for three Emmy Awards.〔(February 1980) WABC-TV Biography〕 Her “You!” show went on to win an Emmy Award and became number one in the ratings.〔(February 1979) WABC-TV / Nielsen Ratings Report〕 Dylan later established Skyshapers University and Sky U to develop and produce multimedia programs to motivate elementary school-age children to excel. Over 7.5 million children and more than 10,000 schools across America have participated in Skyshapers University programs.〔 == Early life == Ellie Dylan was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, but spent her formative years in Columbus, GA. She later explained that growing up in the Deep South during the Civil Rights Movement had a profound impact on her life.〔(June 22, 1975) Terry, Clifford, Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine Cover Story〕 Dylan left Georgia to attend Tulane University in New Orleans and spent her junior year abroad at the University of London.〔 Returning to New Orleans, Dylan graduated with honors, Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude, from Tulane and was accepted by Tulane’s Law School.〔 Dylan relates that during those college years, she experienced two life-changing events which shaped her future. The first occurred when her freshman English professor gave Dylan an “F” on a major paper she had written, explaining that she would continue to fail Dylan until she worked at her full potential. (This professor later bestowed the honor of Phi Beta Kappa on Dylan upon her graduation in the top percentile of her class at Tulane in 1974.) During her college years, Dylan was also a disc jockey on WTUL, the Tulane campus radio station,〔(1977) WNBC Radio New Release〕 where she played music from The Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, etc. and began to discover the power of the media to create change. Dylan relates that her passion for radio became such that on every college vacation she attempted to get a job at a “real radio station” in her hometown, only to be told time after time “Women are not on the radio.” Finally, the summer before she was to begin law school, Dylan was hired to do radio shows on WWRH-FM and WPNX-AM in her hometown.〔 There she posed pointed questions to the likes of David Duke, Grand Dragon of the KKK., and Lester Maddox, controversial Georgia Governor, who is reported to have walked off her show. Thereafter, a local radio station employee told Dylan “You’ll never make it in radio. Because you’re different.”〔 Soon after, Dylan heard about a nationwide talent search for ‘The Queen of Country Music’ from WMAQ Radio (the NBC-owned Chicago radio station, which covers 38 states and Canada). Dylan sent in a three-minute biographical tape backed by Earl Scruggs banjo picking. Again, Dylan was “different” and won the talent search.〔(Malcolm N. Carter, '' Not Another Imus'' )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ellie Dylan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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