Newark

On the September 23 edition of the WBGO Journal, host Doug Doyle chats with pianist Matthew Whitaker, musical director of "Billy Strayhorn" and Pittsburgh Jazz Festival headliner Gerald Albright

WBGO's Ang Santos reports on the groundbreaking ceremony for the Mulberry Commons Pedestrian Bridge

On the September 2 edition of the WBGO Journal, legendary singer Gloria Gaynor donates substantial art collection to University Hospital's pediatric ward and a preview of Montclair Jazz Fest's Downtown Jamboree

The pride of Essex County was remembered by many and eulogized by the Rev. Al Sharpton.

The increased New Jersey Child Tax Credit is expected to be a big help to parents in cities like Newark and Trenton

On the July 15 edition of the WBGO Journal, a 50-year reunion for I.S. 320 in Brooklyn and New Jersey's increased Child Tax Credit is helping parents in Newark and Trenton

SlamBall is making a comeback on ESPN and another successful Montreal Jazz International Festival

On the May 20 edition of the WBGO Journal, legendary sports writer and author Jerry Izenberg talks about growing up in Newark in the 1930s

Hall of Fame sportswriter and author Jerry Izenberg joins SportsJam with Doug Doyle to talk about his memoir Baseball, Nazis and Nedick's Hot Dogs

On the March 5 edition of the WBGO Journal, we pay tribute to Newark's own Wayne Shorter, we get a preview of the Philip Roth Unbound Festival at NJPAC and a feature on Yiddish song in NYC this month