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Spreading the word: With broadcast outlets dwindling, local musicians and fans look to revive Boston’s gospel scene

By Talia Whyte

Bay State Banner

Gospel music is alive in Boston.

Barely.

Since the demise of WILD, the genre’s listeners and performers have had to find innovative ways to keep joyful noises on local airwaves.

The scramble started in October 2005, when media corporation Radio One — owner of about 70 radio stations across the U.S., including Boston’s WILD-AM — decided to move the station’s popular format of largely R&B and soul music off of the AM dial and onto a stronger FM signal.

The switch opened up WILD’s 1090 AM signal, which Radio One decided to re-brand as an urban contemporary gospel music channel called “Praise 1090” and sought to emulate ratings successes enjoyed by other powerful gospel stations around the country.

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New Northeastern program to tackle urban health issues

By Talia Whyte

The Bay State Banner

In an ambitious move, Northeastern University recently announced plans to launch a master’s degree in public health (MPH) program in urban health next fall, the first such program at any New England college.

The two-year program, offered through the university’s Bouvé College of Health Sciences, will focus on training future advocates who will address the factors that contribute to health disparities across the strata of race, ethnicity and class.

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Song in their hearts Boston Children’s Chorus gives voice to city youth

By Talia Whyte

The Bay State Banner

On a typical afternoon at the South End offices of the Boston Children’s Chorus, the voices of children are everywhere — in the songs the kids practice with the chorus’ teaching fellows; in the boisterous peals of laughter that fill rehearsal rooms and accompany recaps of what happened in school that day; even in the heads of parents sitting in the waiting room, thinking about what to make for dinner.

For the youth and their families, the Boston Children’s Chorus is all about voices — the music they can make, the community they can create and the social healing they can provide.

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