Search results for

[Copyright 2024 NPR]

Those lyrics that Eddie DeLange wrote for Duke Ellington’s classic melody, “(In My) Solitude,” have taken on so much more meaning for all of us these…

For all of Bruce Fretts' career, he has been writing about the entertainment industry, but for the first time in his life he will become apart of it.…

Michael Bourne, longtime radio host for WBGO in Newark, died on Sunday, August 21, as confirmed by family member Elizabeth Dicker. He was 75 years old.

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.

Mayor Ras J. Baraka and Director of Health and Community Wellness Dr. Mark Wade, M.D., will hold a Virtual Town Hall with city residents on Tuesday, March…

Theater Critic Michael Bourne reviews Linda and How to Transcend a Happy Marriage.Click above to hear his thoughts on the shows.

The Cuban mambo group Orquestra Akokán visited our studio at WBGO yesterday. In this Checkout podcast, you'll hear their full performance, and my…

Maybe it’s destiny that harpist Brandee Younger moves into “The House That Trane Built,” Impulse! Records. In this episode of The Checkout, Younger talks…

On this episode of the WBGO Journal, host Doug Doyle chats with the three individuals responsible for the upcoming documentary "Blind Divas" while reporter Bob Hennelly tells us about the impact of the Poor People's Campaign