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Michael Bourne, longtime radio host for WBGO in Newark, died on Sunday, August 21. He was 75 years old. Michael Bourne was a presence on the air at WBGO between the end of 1984 and the start of 2022, when he retired from full time hosting duty. He was the host of the Singers Unlimited podcast by WBGO Studios. Previously, he hosted the popular Singers Unlimited (1985-2022) show on WBGO. He also hosted the equally as popular Blues Break for several years. Michael was a senior contributor to DownBeat, writing for the magazine since 1969. Bourne earned a PhD in Theatre from Indiana University -- w...

National Black Music Month, as it was originally known, was established by presidential decree in 1979. That same year, Bob Ottenhoff spearheaded an effort to start WBGO, a Newark radio station with jazz at the heart of its mission.

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This Saturday, Jan. 30, the New Jersey Film Festival will be the first of three film festivals to screen a documentary about the formation of the state's

war zones, not one dime. because of drew's reporting, the senate finance committee is demanding answers from the dvnf. more on that tonight. drew also uncovered yet another veterans charity called the national veterans foundation, which is taking donations, but using only a very small percentage to actually help vets. there are also charities that claim to help abandoned animals but the money trail leads somewhere else. baghdad pups, as far as we can tell, they don't do that at all. the montreal spca, canadian charity that helps abandoned cats and dogged received $13 million in donat...