Worth's KVIL as a board operator & worked her way up to Music Director. Within three years, she was also simultaneously working at KNUS-FM as a news anchor under the pseudonym "Darcy Kane". By 1973 Jo was in San Francisco as a News Anchor at KNBR and KNAI. She was then named News Director at KFRC, where she continued the phrase "News & Information", stressing the local community as a spotlight in their popular newscasts.
In California, she served as president of the Northern California Radio Television News Directors Association, Co-chaired the National RTNDA Minority Affairs Committee, was a member of California Chief Justice Rose Bird's Commission on courtroom procedures for a radio & TV press, and a member of Sigma Delta Chi and American Women in Radio & Television. In 1979 she became a founding director of the RKO Radio Networks in New York City, serving as Vice President and Director of Programming.
She guided news, sports, and features designed specifically for music radio & was part of the world's first satellite network. Over the next ten years, her company, IS INC, created long form weekly programs in various formats for many clients including RKO Radio Networks, United Stations (Unistar), Westwood One, NBC, James Paul Brown Productions, Youngstaff Limited (in Japan), Premiere Radio Networks & more. The shows highlighted current music artists themselves as the stars of the show, utilizing their own words from personal interviews. From Kim Carnes, Elton John, Thompson Twins, Queen, Debbie Gibson, Steven Tyler, Lionel Richie & Stevie Wonder. She worked hard to share their music & insights with the world. In 2008, Jo was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame & remains a member of the Press Club of Dallas.The item "CARPENTERS Signed Record TICKET TO RIDE Album Autograph KAREN CARPENTER RICHARD" is in sale since Thursday, October 20, 2016. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Autographs\Music". The seller is "another_unique_antique" and is located in Dallas, Texas. This item can be shipped to United States, to Canada, to United Kingdom, DK, RO, SK, BG, CZ, FI, HU, LV, LT, MT, EE, to Australia, GR, PT, CY, SI, to Japan, to China, SE, KR, ID, to Taiwan, TH, to Belgium, to France, to Hong Kong, to Ireland, to Netherlands, PL, to Spain, to Italy, to Germany, to Austria, RU, IL, to Mexico, to New Zealand, SG, to Switzerland, NO, SA, AE, QA, KW, BH, HR, MY, CL, CO, CR, DO, PA, TT, GT, SV, HN, JM.