EDITOR’S NOTE: We continue to spotlight our 2011 CableFAX 100 honorees, who were featured in a special issue of CableFAX: The Magazine published in Dec. 2011. Here is an excerpt from #92.

Wonya Lucas

Title: President/ CEO, TV One

Years in Cable: 16

Education: Bachelors, Industrial & Systems Engineering, Georgia Tech; MBA, Wharton

Best Advice: Be true to yourself.

Favorite restaurant: The Varsity in Atlanta

Favorite “going out” town: Paris

The one thing I tell my kids about success in life: Passion and commitment while maintaining integrity drive results.

Bands I would actually go see live: Parliament Funkadelic Reunion

Favorite sports team: The Atlanta Braves!

Favorite vacation spot: Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard

Guilty television pleasure: “RuPaul’s Drag Race” (we went to the same high school)

If I could only have authenticated online access to 5 cable networks (not affiliated with my company), they would be: Investigation Discovery, HBO, ESPN, Bravo and A&E ?

 

The Daily

Subscribe
Thursday–July 10

Paramount-Skydance Watch

As we wait for regulatory movement on the $8 billion Skydance-Paramount Global merger, Democrats are making noise that they want the full FCC to vote on the deal.

Read the Full Issue
The Skinny is delivered on Tuesday and focuses on the cable profession. You'll stay in the know on the headlines, topics and special issues you value most. Sign Up

Calendar

Sep 11
2025 Faxies Awards Faxies Nominations Open! Final deadline: 4/4/25
Full Calendar

Jobs

Seeking an INDUSTRY JOB or hiring for one?
VIEW JOBS

In conjunction with our sister brand, Cynopsis, we are offering hiring managers a deep pool of media-savvy, skilled candidates at a range of experience levels and sectors. The result will be an even more robust industry job board, to help both employers and job seekers.

Contact Carley Ashley, [email protected], for more information about posting a job on the website and our Jobs newsletter, sent twice weekly to 85,000 media professionals.