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WBGO'S The Art of the Story with Doug Doyle
The Art of the Story

Celebrating 2026 NEA Jazz Master and former WBGO host Rhonda Hamilton

By Doug Doyle
Published December 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM EST
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On this episode of The Art of the Story, we celebrate Rhonda Hamilton who is the recipient of the 2026 A.B. Spelman NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship for Jazz Advocacy.

The 2026 NEA Jazz Masters include Carmen Lundy, Airto Moreira, Patrice Rushen and former WBGO announcer Rhonda Hamilton
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The 2026 NEA Jazz Masters include Carmen Lundy, Airto Moreira, Patrice Rushen and former WBGO announcer Rhonda Hamilton

In this episode we hear a portion of Rhonda's 1998 WBGO Archive interview with saxophonist Benny Golson.

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Doug Doyle
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.
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