Jovon Broadcasting Corporation

Joseph Stroud, an Oak Brook resident, is the president and founder of the Jovon Broadcasting Corporation and the president of Telephone USA Investments, Inc. The Jovon Broadcasting Corporation is a Tinley Park-based firm that operates WJYS-TV, the only African-American-owned television station in the Chicago area. WJYS-TV's programming includes religious shows and infomercials. Telephone USA Investments is a telecommunications firm.

The Jovon Broadcasting Corporation is a career patron of unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate Roland Burris (D).

From 1993 to 2001, the Jovon Broadcasting Corporation contributed $286,170 to candidates for Illinois statewide constitutional and legislative office, 100% of which was contributed to Democrats.

Last revised June 2011.