With over thirty years in the business, Walt 'Baby' Love has made a name for himself as one of the most talented and respected broadcasters in urban radio. A 2003 nominee to the Radio Hall of Fame, Walt, in partnership with Excelsior Radio Network, syndicates four very popular shows out of his Los Angeles studios.

Walt's "The Countdown with Walt 'Baby' Love", celebrating its twentieth anniversary, is the longest running, syndicated R&B show in radio. The Countdown is a six time winner of Billboard Magazine's award for best R&B syndicated radio show. This countdown of contemporary urban music is currently heard on over 150 stations in the U.S., as well as 75 countries throughout the world. The newest addition to our lineup of weekly syndicated programs, "The Urban AC Countdown Show" debuted in January, 2001. It currently airs on thirty Urban AC stations featuring the top twenty Urban AC songs of the week with a look back at yesterday's biggest hits. "Gospel Traxx", which Walt writes, produces and hosts, highlights the best in traditional and contemporary gospel music and is heard on over 200 radio stations nationwide as well as fifteen countries internationally. Most "Gospel Traxx" affiliates air the three hour version. It is also available in a two hour version. In addition, Walt hosts a daily, sixty second feature, "African Americans Making History Today". The feature spotlights African Americans who are making a difference in their communities, the U.S. and the world. It currently airs on over 100 radio stations.

Walt began his broadcasting career while serving in the U.S. Army. While stationed in Erie, PA, he began moonlighting at WWGO. After his discharge from the army, he moved to Houston to take an on air position at KYOK. Walt has broken the color barrier several times during his career. Two years after coming to KYOK, he was hired at Top 40 powerhouse KILT, becoming the first African American to work for the Lin Broadcasting chain of stations in the south. Two years later, Walt became the first African American to work for RKO Radio. During his tenure with RKO, he worked at CKLW in Detroit and at WOR-FM in New York. Walt also served as Operations Manager at WVON-AM and WGCI-FM, Chicago. He has also held broadcast positions at WNBC and WBLS in New York, as well as KHJ, KMPC and KFI in Los Angeles. In addition, for twenty one years Walt was Urban Editor at Radio & Records.

Walt has received the Hal Jackson Award for Excellence, Impact's Salute to Excellence African American Man of the Year Award as well as honors from Grambling University for contributions to excellence in communications. In 1997 he received the UCLA Gospel Trailblazer Award. In 2001 he was named radio personality of the year by the Black Broadcasters Alliance. In 2003 he was honored once again by Radio Ink Magazine as one of the thirty most influential African Americans in radio.

Walt is an ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church denomination and on staff as Associate Minister at First A.M.E. Church of Los Angeles. He is a graduate student in the Master of Arts in Theology program in The School of Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA.

Walt grew up outside of Pittsburgh on his great grandparents' turkey farm. He attended Gannon University, majoring in sociology. He received an honorable discharge from the U.S. Army after serving in northeast Thailand as a paratrooper in the famed 82nd Airborne Division.

Walt currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife, Sonya and their eleven year old son, Stephan.

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