Jude Thomas Dawam popularly called Uncle Jude has consistently been in the news for the right reasons, either as a budding talent in his growing days or a media guru that he has become in the recent years , a trail of transparency complimented by an unadulterated honesty has been the landmark of his media career as the program shot caller in Dream FM Enugu.
The Plateau State born is versatility personified. Though a trained Pharmacist, he chose his path with destiny which led him to the world of creative arts. First as a musical act, he has cut his teeth with a group known as B flats, signed to Daphela Entertainment and managed by Kiss Entertainment. He was the first runner up of the popular Star Quest competition with his music band called Evolution Six in the year 2007.
This ‘bundle of creativity’ didn’t stop at that, as his relentless drive couldn’t be tamed. He delved into film making, featured in movies like Poka Messiah, Wrong Initiation and Mummy, got nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category alongside veteran actor Jide Kosoko and Blossom Chukwujekwu at the calabar movie awards.
Finally his fate took him to him his deserved destination, Broadcast Media – radio to be precise. Uncle Jude had his first stint with Vision fm and Kiss fm at the federal capital territory, Abuja before arriving at his place of purpose, Dream 92.5 fm Enugu where he with few others built from the scratch. He made history at Dream fm as the first voice to be heard on air from the station. His resolve and efforts are yielding great results as Dream fm stands very tall amongst equals in the Southeast and beyond with wider creative contents and coverage at their disposal.
As the head of programmes, there’s no dull moment, as staff and colleagues attest to his ingenuity and depth. Unlike the norm, staff welfare is very paramount to him and reason salaries are paid when due to boost productivity and better service from the staff and crew.
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The South-East best OAP, actor and motivational speaker, still looks back to his first dream of becoming a global music act as he recently released his first single titled FORM the song comes through with this amazing harmonic construction of sound, lyrics and vocals an effort that was compliment by assistance of another Dream FM OAP, producer and vocalist, Reginald that he collaborated with the song which was produced by Dr Finesse, will definitely leave you wondering who actually rapped on it, a feel of that composition is likely to blow your mind away.
Amongst his notable exploits, he smashed other feats as a Regional judge of MTN Project Fame, MTV base Next VJ judge, Life Lager Beer High Life King Judge and more.
Outside his career, he is a sports lover who plays basketball and table tennis like a pro he is. He is also a social media influencer, married and blessed with lovely kids.
