
Radio One: Cathy Hughes
How I Built This with Guy Raz
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How Did You Get the Money?
Howie Viltis: Kathy Hughes bought a radio station for $1 million in 1978. She had to come up with the money, and she couldn't get loans from any of her banks. Howie tells us how she convinced one female bank teller that he was not too young to be doing this job. He also talks about Muhammad Ali's bidding war for the D.C. station.
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