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Honoring legendary jazz performers Hazel Scott and Sarah Vaughan

Hazel Scott
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Hazel Scott

On the March 29 WBGO Journal...

Today, WBGO's David Matthau tells us about efforts to prevent violence at the Jersey Shore this summer….

WBGO’s Kenneth Burns takes us to a vo-tech school in Burlington County that’s one of several expanding programs thanks to an approved bond measure…

We celebrate the 101 anniversary of the birth of jazz singer and Newark legend Sarah Vaughan….

Sarah Vaughan in 1963
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Sarah Vaughan in 1963

And WBGO’s Sheila Anderson chats with Hazel Scott biographer Karen Chilton

Karen Chilton's acclaimed book about jazz pianist and singer Hazel Scott
Karen Chilton
Karen Chilton's acclaimed book about jazz pianist and singer Hazel Scott

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.