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Radio GBE - NYC
Fri, Mar 29, 2024 7:00 PM
WITH IMHOTEP GARY BYRD
Award-Winning Radio Broadcaster | Poet & Songwriter | Executive Producer of Radio GBE, The Global Black Experience. Join Imhotep Friday evenings on WBAI for a sound and mind exploration as he delves into the issues, conversations and sounds which shape our experiences in New York City and the world beyond. Catch his program on WBAI 99.5 FM in NY, streaming at wbai.org.
Imhotep Gary Byrd is the award-winning host, creator, and executive producer of The GBE, the longest running Black radio broadcast in the history of New York City. His career as a multi-media radio personality, spoken word-recording artist, songwriter, and motivational speaker has always focused on “raising human consciousness thru communications.” In a career that spans over 40 years, Byrd, as a modern day griot, is dedicated to “telling our story and lifting every voice.”
Imhotep has received numerous awards and honors. Among them are the prestigious Hal Jackson Award from the International Association of African American Music and the Living Legend Award from the Living Legend Foundation. He has also been inducted into the National Black Sports and Entertainment Hall of Fame, along with the legendary Frankie “Hollywood” Crocker and Byrd’s brilliant musical collaborator, Stevie Wonder. Most recently, Imhotep was named as a Black Media Legend for McDonald’s Faces of Black History 2011 Tribute.Imhotep was also honored at the New Federal Theatre’s 40th Anniversary Gala,along with Mayor David Dinkins,Sidney Poitier,Ruby Dee,Amiri Baraka,Ntozake Shange,Alicia Keys,George Faison,Terrie Williams and others as “individuals who changed the cultural life of America”.
