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Faye Brown Blackwell, born Ethel Faye Brown in Monroe, Louisiana on May 10, 1942, is an American entrepreneur, and business executive. She is African-American.

he met and married Fred Blackwell, a business entrepreneur and forman at a plant refinery, which was a very smart move on Blackwell part because the two business minded individuals made a great combination and quickly became movers and shakers becoming one of Lake Charles sucessfull, power couple

In 1979, Blackwell founded Blackwell Properties, and with husband Fred Blacwell bought houses, land and accuired property throughout Lake Charles, by this time blackwell had become known throughout her community as smart, fair and concerned when it came to dealing with anyone.

Blackwell was contacted by several memebers of her community to seek public office in which she did, and led a very fair and sucessful bid for the first female City Council in the City of Lake Charles. After her first 4-year term ended Blackwell did a clean sweep beating her opponents by a landside with over 95% of the voters supporting her and for the next 12 years she remained the incumpent unopposed. Blackwell accomplshed great things while on the Council and was known through-out the state as hard but fair her intergity and reputation was never compromised and remained flawess throughout her tenure. Blackwell even served a brief period as Mayor-pro tempro. Some of the accomplishments made during her years on the council include, renaming of a main intersection to Martin Luther King Hwy, and introduced an trash collecting system that the city still uses.

Blackwell is also a minority owner of B&C Broadcasting, Inc. In 1987 Blackwell was approched by a couple of shady business owners about an FCC license for aquiring an FM radio Station on frequency 105.3 Fm. Through mandy trial and pain she accuired her license and launched Lake Charles, first radio station owned and operated by an African America the R&B station KZWA-105.3 FM, which is well known today as KZWA-104.9FM the city's #1 Urban Adult radio Station, which is sucessful and the heart of Lake Charles, and in 2003 became the #1 overall radio station in Lake Charles, La according to Arbritron a victory that had not been accomplished in 25 years, Blackwell's radio station as it is affectionaly nicknamed was #1 in every demographic. 12+, 18-34, 18-49, 25-54.

Blackwell and B&C Broadcasting went continue to dominate the airways.

Blackwell chose local banker and Mcneese graduate Anthony Lee Bartie to be her chief finacial officer and and after recognizing his sharp accounting and leadership ability, Blackwell promoted Bartie as Station Manager and Traffic Manager in which he handled sharp pecission.

Blackwell's staff included former KPLC ancoherman Charles Washam to lead her sales staff, radio expert Joe Mims as operation manager, and the late Brian Roberson, as Station Manager, Lisa Malveaux in Sales, James "Boom-Boom" Williams as Music Director and Randolph Walker as Program Director. The late Theral Gray, was the News Director and the morning show was headed by B.B. Davis. The midday host was Gina Cook and the overnight airwaves was dominated by the very sexy voice of Mona D.

Presently Blackwell staff consist of longtime employee Station Manager, Anthony Lee Bartie, Operations/Program Director, Radio Veteran Mitch Faulkner from Atlanta Georgia, Sales Manager, Radio Veteran Joe Mims also known as the Old-School Professor, Music Director, Tammy Tousant also known as Brownsuga, Midday announcer, Promotion Director Tara Fannon-Mark form Houston, Texas, also know as The Harley Diva, Account Executive Debbie Ireland, from Atlana Georgia, Production Manager and air personality Al Washington also known as DJ World, Brother Larry Benton, Gospel Announcer, Lisa Malveaux, Jazz on the Boulevard Host and Morning Show News host.

Both Blackwell and her station, KZWA-104.9 Fm have recieved numerous awards, been named Entrepreneur of the Year. She is also the notable and Excutive Director of the MLK Festival, the Juneteent Festival and a host of other community awareness activity throughout the state.

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