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Saturday Afternoon Jazz (WBGO) (Jazz)

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Host: Monifa Brown
Monifa Brown is a graduate of Temple University where she earned a degree in Music Therapy with a concentration in classical voice. Prior to Temple she studied voice at New York's esteemed Fiorello H. LaGuardia-The High School for the Performing Arts. Currently, she hosts 'Saturday Afternoon Jazz,' a weekly live straight-ahead jazz program broadcasted on WBGO/88.3 FM (and wbgo.org) from 2 to 6 PM EST. Brown joined WBGO in May of 1996 as a fill-in announcer and by the fall she became a regular host. "Music is a pillar and spiritual force in my life," states Brown who gained her first radio experience at WRTI - Temple University's Public Radio Station. After Staying with WRTI for three years, Brown became the host of a Friday evening program and later the host of the station's highest rated program, "Turn on the Quiet." In addition to radio, Monifa Brown is a seasoned publicist who has worked in NY for over five years for some of the most prominent clients in the jazz industry. Upon graduation from Temple University, she was hired as a writer/publicist for DL Media. Her clients included such notable artists as Terence Blanchard, Freddie Hubbard, Jack DeJohnette, Leon Parker and Joe Lovano. She has also worked for George Wein's Festival Productions and contributed articles to Down Beat and Black Elegance magazines. In the summer of 1999, the Danish Consulate extended a special invitation to Brown to attend the Copenhagen Jazz Festival, which she reported on for WBGO and Down Beat Magazine.
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Genres: Jazz
Location: Newark, NJ
Language: English
Networks: WBGO

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Saturday Afternoon Jazz (WBGO) (Jazz)

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