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The WBGO Story...Bright Moments from Newark to the World
Documentary
Honorable Mention • 2021
55 min
Tinton Falls, NJ, US
A group of urban leaders and community activists looking to make a positive change in Newark, NJ came together in the 1970"s after the Newark riots, to create WBGO, New Jersey"s first public radio station. The film tells how this small radio station owned by the Newark Board of Education was turned into a powerful cultural force heard throughout northern New Jersey and New York City and now reaches millions of Jazz listeners around the world. Featuring interviews and stories from people who helped launch the station, including its founder, Bob Ottenhoff and Mrs. Dorthaan Kirk (widow of the great multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk), who was key in helping WBGO grow to where it is today.