Greg Mack has over 30 years experience in the radio and music industries. Greg is sometimes referred to as the “Godfather” of Hip-Hop and Rap Radio. Starting his career in San Antonio, Texas in 1975 at KTSA/KTFM, Greg worked his way into other Markets such as Corpus Christi(KEYS-AM/KZFM-FM) and Houston(KMJQ-Majic 102) before moving to Los Angeles. It was at the heritage station KDAY-1580AM in 1983 that Greg Mack developed the radio format that is now known variously as “Hip-Hop”, “Rap”, and/or “Rhythmic”.

On the basis of major market programming and ratings success at such Los Angeles stations as KDAY and KJLH, Greg formed his own communications company, MacKNificent Broadcasting, LLC, to provide the corporate base for his programming, consulting, and music business interests. Greg has held ownership in several radio stations throughout California since 1991. He’s currently in the process of purchasing another.

MacKNificent Broadcasting, LLC also provides music and programming consulting to various stations in large and medium sized markets and has been instrumental in the development of a movie based on his industry experience as well as his memoirs. Greg has been featured and/or mentioned in several film and television documentaries chronicling the history and development of the Rap and Hip-Hop music genre.

Mack maintains strong contacts in the music industry. In 1989, Greg released the album “What Does It All Mean?”on Motown Records featuring various artists he once aired and/or introduced in the early days of the Rap genre’s development. During his early days at KDAY, Los Angeles, Greg was instrumental in the careers of such music celebrities as Dr. Dre, Easy-E, NWA, M.C. Hammer, and many others…