Entertainment
Long-Running Black Radio Shows Hosted by Debi B. Jackson and Imhotep Gary Byrd Go Off the Air
Hal Jackson and wife Debi share a moment before celebrating Jackson’s 65 years of broadcasting at a benefit for the Youth Development Foundation, Wednesday, November 3, 2004, at the Rainbow Room in New York. (AP Photo/Gina Gayle)
(New York Daily News) – Two longstanding institutions of New York black radio have left the air.
“Sunday Classics,” the last show hosted by the late Hal Jackson, finished its run on WBLS (107.5 FM) late last month.
Since Jackson’s death in May 2012, it had been continued by his wife, Debi B., and his executive producer, Clay Berry.
At sister station WLIB (1190 AM), Imhotep Gary Byrd’s Sunday night talk-and-information show, “GBE Mindflight,” had its last show on Easter Sunday.
Byrd’s “Express Yourself,” 7-9 p.m. Sundays, is now simulcast on WBLS and WLIB.
