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Watch here for the next edition of Newark Today on Thursday, June 16 at 8pm

Michael Hill is the host of WBGO's monthly-call in show Newark Today
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Michael Hill is the host of WBGO's monthly-call in show Newark Today

On the next Newark Today (Thursday, June 16 at 8pm), host Michael Hill will be joined by Mayor Ras Baraka to talk about all the latest around New Jersey’s largest city. We'll also be joined by NJPAC CEO and President John Schreiber about the Lionsgate deal and how it affects Newark's film and television production industry job picture.

Newark Today streams live on the WBGO website (here). We'll be taking calls live at 973-297-0941 starting at 8pm.

The show airs on WBGO 88.3 FM on Sunday, June 19 at 6pm.

Doug Doyle has been News Director at WBGO since 1998. Since then, Doug and his news staff have received more than 300 awards from organizations like PRNDI (now PMJA), AP, New York Association of Black Journalists, Garden State Association of Black Journalists and the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists.