Gospel Superfest To Re-Write TV history 2nd New York City Session

“Many people look at us as the new kids on the block so to speak, and in some regards that may be true, but six consecutive years in domestic syndication is an eternity in the world of television. Shows, like “The Magic Hour with host NBA Superstar Magic Johnson, Vibe with Comedian Sinbad, and most recently ‘The Wayne Brady Show, and the re-birth of Star Search hosted by Arsenio Hall, only made it a year or two in syndication. Even one of my favorite shows ‘City of Angels, with Vivica Fox and Blair Underwood, only ran for two seasons on CBS. And the show that made the host of Gospel Superfest, Clifton Davis, a household word, “Amen”, starring Sherman Hemsley and Anna Marie Horsford, ran for five seasons in “first run network syndication” on NBC. That said, it is obvious that six years in broadcast syndication has to be considered at best, all grown up!”

The Executive Producer of Gospel Superfest, Dr. Bobby Cartwright, Jr. came from one of the most miraculous testimonies that the Christian music industry has ever witnessed. Being a former crack cocaine addict; he was homeless eighteen years ago; he was left by his former wife due to his addiction and had a felony assault case and possible jail sentence pending. Being out on the streets of Dayton, Ohio with no job, or income in site, completely broke and with one suitcase, Cartwright was finally taken in, reluctantly, by his sister Nyra Davenport who is a Pentecostal Evangelist. He adopted what at that time he considered was “his sister’s holly roller religion" and began to re-build his shambled life to what it has become today. Honored with a doctoral degree in the field of Christian Communication, Dr. Cartwright has become an influential figure in the gospel music industry. Television is still one of the most powerful means of communication and advertising and gospel Superfest TV has become a highly sought after opportunity. “I have no formal training in TV and never studied one day in a formal setting as it relates to television or radio”, Cartwright states. He has held positions as a station manager, general sales manager and general manager of both radio and TV properties in the Midwest. “On each job I have had, I either created the position or in the case of radio, made a demo tape and auditioned. And for me to be called in recently by The Word Network to technical consult and art direct, a newly established conference, co-founded by Zomba Record executive Max Siegel, proves that someone is paying attention. My take is that someone other than The Word Network should know what the clear picture is as it relates to the gospel music TV landscape. This is a new era in all aspects of gospel music, not only in TV, but radio, print, Internet, etc, and this is just the beginning of many miracles that God has in store for them that love him and serve him with their talents” he continues to elaborate.