j, Ortaad*, W. -<KNS)- The
phones were ringing as if
there would be no tomor
row in the pffices of music
newsletter publisher Jack
/> Gibson on. May 13 when .
members of the “Stevie
Wonder Birthday Net
work" started confirming
their participation in what
is now being called “an
/‘Monday, May 13, 1985
will go down in broadcast
ing history," said Gihson,
who is better known as
Jack the Rapper, one of the
pioneer black disc jockeys
in the nation and a former
promotion consultant with
Motown Record Corpora
( tion. “What the black and
i pop stations did has never i.
(in such great numbers)
been done before, and pro
bably Will never be done
again.” • . -v
inuugn me music gun
; asked station and prograp
managers for only an hour
of Stevie’s music to be
played simultaneously at a
specified hour, many sta
tions developed unique and
very personal program
ming for Stevie Wonder
fans throughout the nation.
Typical of the tributes
would be radio station
KFGJ, m Lon Angeles,
p|-Qp^m director
Gibson, th^TpiSSjiedto
air "triple-plays" of the
35 year old superstar’s
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ahon, the astounding le- (
call (he;
wm an array of
utes and answers
to question that revealed a
sizeable amount of infor
mat ion about the black star
who accepted an Apadetny
Award in the name of South
African freedom fighter
Nelson Mandela for Ms
song “I Just Called To Say
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I Love You.”
DooeO Boyd, on the air
from 7 p.m. to midnight, f«
closed the tribute in the Los "
Angeles area by playing
more Woodcr music each
and every hour. It was a '
ll musical feast for those who
; love Stevie and it was c
time for reminiscing over
tunes that Stevie has writ
ten and recorded in his
newly 25 years in show
The “Stevie Wonder -
Birthday Network” cele
brated a togetherness that
Mack radio has never
Aown before, accordtag to
Jack the Rapper, and he is
hoping the feeling of bro
therhood will be only the
beginning of something
fantastic for the future. ,*” •>
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