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WLRN-TV Documentary, “Deep City: The Birth Of The Miami Sound”

09/23/14 - Tuesday’s Topical Currentsrecalls the early days of soul music . . . in Miami. The first black-owned music label was created by Willie Clarke and Johnny Pearsall.  They learned their trade on the streets of Overtown and at Johnny’s Record Store. Numerous Miami artists charted music during the period, including singers Betty Wright and Helene Smith. This original “Miami Sound” is documented in a new WLRN-TV documentary “Deep City: The Birth Of The Miami Sound.” Listen to Topical Currents . . . Tuesday at 1pm.

Air Dates on WLRN Channel 17:

Tuesday, September 23 at 9 p.m. PREMIERE

Repeats:

Thursday, September 25 at 9 p.m. | Friday, September 26 at 8 p.m. | Saturday, September 27 at 2 p.m. | Saturday, September 27 at 10 p.m.

Watch “Deep City: The Birth Of The Miami Sound” Trailer:

http://youtu.be/RKiJ_DOhrDg

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WLRN Radio's Joseph Cooper says producing and hosting Topical Currents is the most rewarding experience of his long radio career, which began at the University of Missouri School of Journalism in the 1970s.
Richard Ives came to WLRN in September 2000 to begin a new career in radio. Born in Fort Lauderdale, his family moved to Long Island, New York, where he grew up. After graduation from college and an unsatisfying stint in a job that, as he puts it, "paid the bills but for which I had no passion" he found himself contemplating a midlife career change after being laid-off.