Rachell Montgomery

Rachell Montgomery, a lifelong Chicagoan, has always followed her own
heart, and her endless love for music and all things entertaining led her into
the competitive world of broadcast radio.

Rachell\'s broadcasting career began in Washington, D.C. at WKYS-FM radio
with an internship with Radio/TV Icon, Donnie Simpson, the original host of
BET’s Video Soul. According to Rachell, “watching Donnie work was like watching
magic. He was so intelligent, so cool and always ahead of the trends... and
that\'s what I wanted to be!\"

Upon receiving her B.A. from Columbia College Chicago, Rachell landed a job
at the historic radio station WGCI-FM, where she worked with noted radio
personalities Doug Banks and Tom Joyner, now both nationally-syndicated hosts
heard each day on Urban radio stations across the country. Rachell’s earliest
radio influences range from Dr. Demento to Howard Stern. Rachell says
\"Stern is not just the King of All Media but a perfect combination of a
best friend, ass and a genius...now, that\'s a combination that can’t be
beat...lol!\" In addition Rachell also lent her considerable talents to
Chicago legendary radio stations WXRT-FM, WSCR-AM, WVAZ-FM, WPWX-FM, WSRB-FM
and WBEZ-AM.

In the fall of 2000, Rachell channeled her energies to television and
created the only urban/alternative video show in Chicago, THE ULTIMATE, seen
weekly via on Comcast, WOW and RCN cable networks on Chicago Access Network
Television(CAN-TV). The program was originally created to provide an outlet for
African-American artists whose music didn\'t fit the traditional R&B genre
and was ignored by mainstream media. According to Rachell \"artists like
Mandrill, Martin Luther, Alice Smith, Craig David and Carolina Chocolate Drops
are stellar performers may not get the exposure they deserve because their
music goes against the traditional R&B/Hip-Hop grain. So The Ultimate steps
in to shine that \'ever lovin\' light\'...without Wolfman Jack, of
course...lol!\"

As the self-proclaimed “unknown-known person”, Rachell also gives back to
the community by teaching a radio broadcasting courses at Kennedy-King College,
one of the City Colleges of Chicago and hosting The Ultimate Doctor Who Classic
Series at Columbia College Chicago, which returns the Fall of 2014 and her
\"Who Knows\" segment will be heard on Talk Zone Internet Radio this
Summer.

Not bad for someone who as a child used to steal her mom’s wigs and high
heels and pretend she was Cher. With a very active imagination and
\"Quitters never win\" as words to live by, Rachell Montgomery
continues to be creative force and we love it!!