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California’s first African American television station is getting ready for a relaunch. Founded in 1978 by the late Chuck Johnson, Soul Beat, the 24/7 channel based in Oakland, highlighted music, ...

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OAKLAND, Calif. - Oakland's Soul Beat, the first Black-owned television network, is once again having its annual summer party this Saturday. For a quarter-century (1978-2003), Soul Beat was Oakland’s ...

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If you lived in Oakland in the ’80s and ’90s, chances are you turned on your television and witnessed history in the making—even if it was 3am and you’d just switched the channel to a call-in show ...

Soul Beat, a Black-owned TV channel in Oakland, created music television For 25 years, from 1978 to 2003, Soul Beat was a 24/7, black-owned, public access TV network and it was the first music video ...

OAKLAND (BCN) -- Bay Area residents can take a step back in time Friday evening to celebrate Soul Beat Day in Oakland at an event honoring Soul Beat, the nation's first Black-owned cable TV network.

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In 1995, Chuck Johnson (center) interviewed the Atlanta-based hip-hop group Goodie Mob, including CeeLo Green (second from the right), about their debut album "Soul Food" for his program "The Rap Show ...

Channel 37 wasn’t just one of the first Black-owned stations in the country — it was a launchpad for Bay Area stars Back in early March, Rynell “Showbiz” Williams was on the phone with his friend ...