WHUT’s Beverly Lindsay-Johnson was honored as part of the NCCB-NATAS Silver Circle
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences — National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter
On Saturday, October 4th at The Williamsburg Lodge, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences — National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter inducted two new members into the Gold Circle and nine new members into the Silver Circle, including WHUT’s own Beverly Lindsay-Johnson.
Beverly Lindsay-Johnson, Television Producer, Entertainment Consultant, and Emmy award winning producer has been producing award winning television programs since 1996. Her mission is to preserve African American history and culture through documentary storytelling. She retired after 30 years of service at Howard University and WHUT-TV Howard University Television located in Washington, DC. WHUT-TV is the nation’s first African American owned and operated PBS station.
Mrs. Lindsay-Johnson produced Evening Exchange, a public affairs television program on WHUT hosted by Kojo Nnamdi. Between 1996 and 2012, she received 24 television industry awards for her productions at WHUT. She received the Central Education Network (CEN) Jerry Trainor Award for her contributions to public television. She is the first woman and first African American to receive this award.
Beverly Lindsay-Johnson at WHUT Studios
In June 2007 her independent documentary "Dance Party: The Teenarama Story" (PBS 2006 WHUT TV, 105 PBS Stations) received the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Chesapeake Bay Chapter Emmy Award for Best Cultural Documentary. “Dance Party: The Teenarama Story” tells of the success of an African American teen television dance show of the 1960’s in Washington, DC. The documentary is included in the permanent collection of The Paley Center for Media in New York City as a program of historical importance. In 2016 she invited playwright, Jiiko Ozimba, to create a theatrical production on the Teenarama story. “Dancing on the Air: The Teenarama Story” made its virtual premier on Vimeo in November 2021. The musical received the 2022 Telly Award in the Non-Broadcast/History Category.
Beverly Lindsay-Johnson with the WHUT team
Her documentary production, “Fat Boy: The Billy Stewart Story” chronicles the life and music career of the DC R&B balladeer the late Billy Stewart. Produced for PBS broadcast, Presenting Station WHUT TV Howard University Television and currently airs on 125 PBS stations nationwide. “Fat Boy: The Billy Stewart Story” received the 2021 Communicator Award in Excellence in the television/film category.
Her latest documentary production is “DC Street Jocks Rocked the House” (2024). The documentary celebrates the DJ nightclub and music entertainment culture during the 1970s and 80s in Washington, DC. “DC Street Jocks Rocked the House” currently airs on WHUT-TV Howard University Television (PBS). The documentary received the 2024 Communicator Award for documentary excellence.
From 2021-2023 she was the Executive Director of the African American Music Association (AAMA) in Washington, DC. She created new programs related to the tradition and culture of African American music. AAMA received the 2022 Communicator Award for the creation of a website “The Nation’s Capital: Doo-Wop from the Street Corner to the Stage”, spearheaded by Mrs. Lindsay-Johnson. In June 2023, she curated two Doo-Wop music exhibits of photography and memorabilia which were displayed simultaneously at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library (Washington, DC) and Harmony Hall Arts Center (Fort. Washington, MD) in celebration of Black Music Month.
Beverly Lindsay-Johnson on set
In continuing with the African American Music Association, she became Curator of a powerful photograph and memorabilia exhibit entitled “Motown DC”, which opened on May 2, 2024. The exhibit features 90+ framed photographs and memorabilia pieces of legendary Motown artists whose music had (and still has) an impact on the music of American and the world. The exhibit also paid tribute to the musicians and legendary artists from Washington, DC who were on the Motown label.
Beverly Lindsay-Johnson is President of Kendall Productions LLC, her multi-media production company. After a 40-year absence and well into her career, Beverly Lindsay-Johnson returned to Howard University in 2017 to complete a B.A. degree in media, which she began at Howard University in 1978-1980. In May of 2019 she graduated with a B.A. degree in Film and Television from Howard University Cathy Hughes School of Communications. She was invited by the Dean to be a keynote speaker at the 2019 School of Communications Graduation Honors and Awards Ceremony