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Public outcry over conditions at Delaney Hall and a chat with Force MD's about their Sony Hall event

By Doug Doyle
Published August 11, 2026 at 7:48 AM EDT
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On the August 8 WBGO Journal...

Public outcry as another detainee has died at the ICE detention center in Newark known as Delany Hall...

Delaney Hall in Newark
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Delaney Hall in Newark

And host Doug Doyle chast with three of the current members of the legendary R & B group Force MD’s….as they celebrates more than four decades of music with an event at Sony Hall in NYC on August 31...

Force MD's will celebrate the group's legacy at Sony Hall in NYC on August 31, 2026
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Force MD's will celebrate the group's legacy at Sony Hall in NYC on August 31, 2026

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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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