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WBGO Journal Podcast

An in-depth chat with Grammy Award-winning singer Peabo Bryson and a recap of NYFF63

By Doug Doyle
Published October 12, 2025 at 8:19 AM EDT
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Peabo Bryson values his faith and family
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Peabo Bryson values his faith and family

On the October 11 WBGO Journal...

We’ll hear about the inaugural Larry J. Bell Artist Award…and its recipient pianist Sullivan Fortner….

Sullivan Fortner performs for the first time as a Bell Artist at The Jerome L. Greene Space in New York City
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Sullivan Fortner performs for the first time as a Bell Artist at The Jerome L. Greene Space in New York City

Host Doug Doyle chats with Grammy Award-winning singer Peabo Bryson about his amazing 50-year career…

Peabo Bryson lights up the crowd during his "The Golden Touch Tour"
courtesy of the artist
Peabo Bryson lights up the crowd during his "The Golden Touch Tour"

And our film critic Harlan Jacobson wraps up the 63rd New York Film Festival….

63rd New York Film Festival
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63rd New York Film Festival

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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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