About Samantha

Samantha Thomas is an Emmy Award Winning Journalist, Entertainment/Lifestyle Correspondent and currently a Radio/Social Media Personality.

A Chicago native and Cultural Enthusiast at heart, Samantha started her Media career as a Director, and Television News Producer for several local news markets across the U.S. including Missouri (CBS), Las Vegas (ABC, FOX and CBS), and Chicago (CBS) & (WGN).

It was during her career as a TV News producer that Samantha received an EMMY Award. 

Samantha eventually created her own media lane, and in 2014 started the initial concept of her Web-Series, SmallTALK With Samantha. It officially launched in 2015 with a series of episodes highlighting Chicago Influencers and Chicago Dining.

Samantha knows what's trending, and loves to create and introduce the masses to content that’s inspiring and motivating.

Currently, Samantha is an On-Air Personality at WVON 1690AM | iHeartRadio, Chicago’s oldest African-American owned news talk radio station. She’s the Host of the Evening Show airing Monday - Thursday from 6pm - 9pm where she invites listeners and viewers on social media to simply, “TALK to Samantha.”

Let's start TALKing! 

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