Dan Gasby began his television career in 1977 at a start up UHF television station, WPTY- TV, in Tennessee. Over a 7-year period, he rose from Account Executive to his position as General Sales Manager of WAWS-TV in Jacksonville, Florida. In 1985, Gasby joined Camelot Advertising Sales, a division of KingWorld Entertainment, as an Account Executive in the National Barter Syndication division, where he sold Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy and the Oprah Winfrey Show, the three most successful shows in the history of TV syndication.

In 1989 Dan Gasby successfully completed the transition from television sales to production as Creator and Co-Executive Producer of Big Break, a musical variety show hosted by Natalie Cole, and the forerunner to American Idol. Gasby's production feats continued with the first televised Essence Awards in 1992. He served as Executive Producer for the 25th Anniversary Essence Awards celebration in 1995. Concurrently, Gasby was named Senior Vice President of Television Marketing for KingWorld Media Sales. In 1995, Gasby also served as Creator and Co-Executive Producer for the Newsweek American Achievement Awards, shot on location at The Kennedy Center, featuring national and internationally well known celebrities as guests and presenters that included Julio Iglesias, Meredith Baxter, Aaron Neville, Jimmy Smits and Debbie Allen.

Gasby teamed with his wife B. Smith in 1996 as Creator and Producer of B. Smith With Style, a weekly syndicated lifestyle program. The first broadcast appeared in the fall of 1997. Gasby helped to expand B.'s publishing ventures when he served as publisher for B. Smith Style, a unique lifestyle magazine.

As Chief Executive Officer of B. Smith Enterprises Ltd., Gasby's experiences and expertise in television, marketing and production are essential to the growth and expansion of B. Smith in the lifestyle arena. He has created and Co-Executive produced four primetime lifestyle specials for TV One, a network devoted to bringing quality programming to African American families. The specials include a Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine's Day and an upcoming Juneteenth show. He also launched B. Smith Group Licensing with an exclusive relationship with top retailer Bed Bath & Beyond.

Gasby also oversees the day to day operations for all three B. Smith restaurants located in New York's Times Square theatre district, Washington DC's historic Union Station, and the scenic Long Island Hampton Village of Sag Harbor, New York. The B. Smith Restaurant Group was formed in May 1998 and is in the process of expanding its holdings. The DC-based restaurant recently celebrated its 10-year anniversary.

Dan Gasby is a member of the of Parents Executive Council at American University in Washington, D.C., serves on the University’s board, and is a longtime member of the Board of Governors of the International Radio and Television Society Foundation.

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