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Legendary singer Gloria Gaynor donates substantial art collection to University Hospital's pediatric ward and a preview of Montclair Jazz Fest's Downtown Jamboree

Two-time Grammy Award-winning singer and humanitarian Gloria Gaynor donates substantial Disney-themed Thomas Kinkade art collection to University Hospital's pediatric ward in Newark. Gaynor is with University Hospital's President and CEO Ed Jimenez
University Hospital
Two-time Grammy Award-winning singer and humanitarian Gloria Gaynor donates substantial Disney-themed Thomas Kinkade art collection to University Hospital's pediatric ward in Newark. Gaynor is with University Hospital's President and CEO Ed Jimenez

On the September 2 edition of the WBGO Journal...

Legendary singer Gloria Gaynor pays a visit to University Hospital in Newark (where she was born) and donates some of her Disney-themed Thomas Kinkade art collection to the hospital's pediatric ward….

Host Doug Doyle chats with bassist Christian McBride, the Artistic Director of the 14th annual Montclair Jazz Fest. The festival's Downtown Jamboree is set for Saturday, September 9

WBGO’s Jon Kalish takes us to a summer blacksmithing camp in Minnesota…

and Film Critic Harlan Jacobson is at the Toronto International Film Festival

Doug Doyle has been News Director at WBGO since 1998 and has taken his department to new heights in coverage and recognition. Doug and his staff have received more than 250 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.