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Portland Observer
Thursday, February 5, 1976
Page 5
Roy Jay heads recruitment
M a r t i n L u th e r K in g , Jr.
A m an who had a Vision.
Roy Jay, general manager of KQIV FM
107, the nations la, gest Quadraphonic
Soul and Jazz aUtion, Roy Jay was
recently appointed National Director of
Recruitment for the National Association
of Television and Radio Artiat. Jky. a
native of Oregon, has been a member of
the NATRA for only two years before he
was appointed to the position by Kitty
Broady, President of the organization.
NATRA is a group of related industry
nersons. including major record com
yantes and artists from eoast to coast. Jay
said that the group has been especially
instrumental in the upward mobility of
minorities in the field of broadcasting.
KQIV and the Broadcasting Division of
the Roy Jay Organization are the only
representatives to the Association in the
entire Northwest according to Pipkin.
Jay’s position will entail recruitment
activities and promotions to encourage
new members from all broadcasting
people across the country regardless of
how large or small.
KQIV FM 107 has announced a slight
change in the musical entertainment
portion of the 100,000 watt Quadraphonic
station. According to Program Direstor,
Jimi Pipkin, KQ4 is leaning more toward
a progressive adult music (soul and jazz)
sound than in previous months. Roy Jay
said that KQIV has curtailed it's request
line invitations to the public by eighty
percent.
Accounting of more than
200 300 calls per hour has kept the
broadcasters extremely busy in produc
ing their programs.
Entertainment guide
By Allen Jones
Pipkin and Jay agreed that the new
format of progressive Blues. Soul and
Jazz has had a favorable impact on the
stations sales division, which accounts for
a 100 percent increase in clients for the
month of January.
KQ4 is still in the midst of construction
of new broadcast facilities which will be
completed later in "76. Jay said the
construction and engineering for the new
transmitting facilities is running about
six months behind schedule, due to back
order of new equipment.
When completion and the incorporation
of the new sound, KQ4 will be able to
broadcast to a much larger listening
audience, w
Picture for ■ moment the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D C Then imagine 200,000 dneouraged people
there Iron, across the country Millions more watching television sets at home Everyone is there to hear
one person talk Imagine that one person is h * i What would you tell them ’ Whal could yon possibly
say? Without making any guarantees that things wraild get better'’ One man solved that very pt'iblem by
starting each of hrs sentences with one simple phrase. "I have a dream" That t n a n was Martin Luther
King. Jr. the tarty human rights leader ever who could give people a dream and keep everyone loudly
convinced Ihat someday the dream would crane true. >
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. i» among six Rlack Americana being honored during
McDonald’s "Soul of a Nation" program. Historical profiles of six Black Americans
who have made outstanding contributions to the progress of our country have been
designed with beautiful artwork on the front and in depth biographical information on
the bark.
O LETA ADAM S
Black profiles presented
In celebration of America's Bicenten
nial. the McDonald's restaurant at Union
and Fremont is introducing a special
program railed Soul of a Nation, honoring
Black Americans who have made out
standing contributions to the progress of
our country.
“Soul of a Nation consists of six
historical profiles of great Black Ameri
cans and their accomplishments." an
nounced Al Idiviske, owner operator of
the Fremont and Union McDonald's
restaurant. "Two new Black profiles,
designed with beautiful artwork and
suitable for mounting at home or school,
will be available Ire»-while «upplurs last
at the McDonald's Union and Fremont
restaurant each week during the month
of February.
No purchase will be
necessary to get a historical profile."
The program will begin February 6th
in honor of the birthday of Dr Martin
Luther King. Jr. and the beginning of
Black History week
The six Black Americans to be honored
in this program include. Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr, Frederick Douglass,
newspaper publisher and author; Ma
thew Henson, explorer and first man to
conquer the North Pole; Mary Mclx-od
Bethune, founder of Bethune Cookman
College; W.E.B. DuBois, founder of the
NAACP; and Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
who performed the world's first success
ful heart operation.
Selection and research on the six Black
Americans cited in Soul of • Nation were
conducted hy two distinguished Black
scholars, Dr. Curtis Wilson and Dr.
William F. Pickard.
Dr Wilson is
Director o f' Black Studies at Cleveland
State University and is widely recognized
as one of the ten most authoritative
experts on Black History in this country.
Dr. Pickard, currently an associate
professor al Wayne State University, is a
former Executive Director of the Cleve
land, Ohio chapter of the NAACP.
Manager of the Union and Fremont
McDonald's restaurant is Steve Wells. z
• Hear V E R N O N JO R D A N talk
about the comparison of himself to
Whitney Young, Jr.
• Enjoy M ELBA M O O R E’S
musical message: “Purlie."
• Keep up on your Black Heritage
and play "Can You Dig It?" with
N IP S E Y RUSSELL.
• Join BILLY TAYLOR at the piano
as he salutes the music of Fats
Waller.
• And enjoy entertainment for the
whole family by tuning in to
America’s first weekly Black Affairs
Series hosted by T O N Y BROW N.
M onday, February 9th
10:30 pm
KOAP-TV Channel 10
Black on Black 76, a radio program, is hosted by Jerry Griffin. Griffin has been in
radio for several years but he does it only as a part-time job. Full time, Griffin is a
student at Portland State University and an administrative assistant for the Martin
Luther King Scholarship Fund. In between times he keeps busy in a number of
activities including karate, sailing and music.
Black on Black is aired Sundays at 6:00 p.m. on KOAP TM (91.5) in Portland and
KOAC AM (550) in Corvallis and Eugene. At 6:30, Black Perspective on the News
follows.
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Top entertainers scheduled
N orthw est R eleasing Corporation,
celebrating its 25th year in the entertain
ment business, announced that thirty top
attractions have been scheduled for its
1976 77 Entertainment Series.
The new Series, an electric blend of
music, drama, dance and family oriented
shows, features the return of pop
superstar Neil Diamond and the Portland
debut of singer Olivia Newton-John.
Other contemporary stars on the new
Series include folk balladeer Gordon
Lightfoot. Mac Davis. Helen Reddy and
the long awaited Tony Orlando and
Dawn, who were forced to cancel last
year's concert because of a television
commitment.
Appealing to a broad crass section of
musical tastes are Danny Davis and The
Nashville Brass, master showman Harry
Relafonte. the effervescent Preservation
Hall Jazz Band and the versatile British
song stylist Cleo Inline, who kicks off
the new season Thursday, March 11th.
Ameriran soprano l^ontyne Price
heads the list of classical presentations
which includes pianist Philippe Entre
mont. the Johann Strauss Ensemble and
the esteemed Osipov Balalaika Orche
stra.
Drama is represented with stage
presentations like "Give ‘Em Hell,
Harry!," starring veteran actor Ed
Nelson, and The Royal Shakespeare-
Company's production of "Hamlet." This
year's dance attractions include a host of
folkloric troupes, like the internationally
acclaimed Folk B«iiet of Yugoslavia and
the Japanese Folk Ballet.
The spectacular Chinese Acrobats of
Taiwan and the ever popular Royal
Lipizzan Stallion Show return to provide
entertainment for the entire family.
Inaugeraled six years ago, Northwest
Releasing's Entertainment Series offers
subscribers special rates, preferential
seating, the convenience of having tickets
mailed to their homes or offices, and
advance notice and discount prices on
shows added to the schedule during the
year.
Advance orders placed now for the
Entertainment Series may be charged to
Lipman's accounts. Discounts are applied
when tickets are purchased for five or
more shows.
Series brochures with
ticket prices are available at The Ticket
Place at Lipman's, or by calling 227 5558*
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O LETA A D A M S • • •
Looking at some of the characteristics that it takes to make an artiat successful in
todays music industry, you have to consider, their natural singing and musical
abilities, their vocal control, their timing, their rappor with the audience, personality,
their physical appearance and their exposure nationally. Oleta Adams appears to
have it all gift wrapped with a golden bow on top. She opened Monday night at the
Center 4 I-ounge in the Ramada Inn. and what an opening it was! The gifted young
Black songstress had it all together. With selections like; “A Miracle of You"; Stop
and Smell the Roses"; "Love Keeps Us Together"; “Leroy Brown”; Mr. Bo Jangies”;
Ease on Down the Road”; “People" and others. Although Ms. Adams has only been
singing professionally for four years; she is quick to say, however, “My father wanted
a singer and a piano player and I was it!" If you haven't had the pleasure of seeing and
hearing OleU Adams in person, don't deny yourself of the absolute pleasure she s
great!!!
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Petite, the five-foot two inch vocalist packs more style and power into her 93 pound
frame than anyone on the music scene today.
The daughter of a minister who calls Yakima. Washington home. OleU celebrated
her twentieth birthday by flying to Los Angeles where she signed with Bob Banner
Associates as the featured female singer in Peggy Fleming s world famed presentation
of “A Concert on Ice." An auspicious occasion for the little lady from Yakima, her
move into a major production was not merely one of the conventional Hollywood
Cinderella stories.
At age eleven when most little girls were trading in their dolls for a record
collection. OleU was the official conductor and accompanist for the choir at her father’s
church. Of particular credit to her prowess at the task is the fact that her choir group
was continually swamped with offers to appear at other churches and music festivals.
By the time she was a sophomore in high school OleU was somewhat of a local
celebrity in Yakima and in consUnt demand for performances before luncheon clubs
and public service groups which abound in her community.
“I sang at so many luncheon and dinner functions that I almost never ate at home .
after the ninth grade,” she laughs.
A tribute to her popularity and success is the fact that citizens of Yakima got
together in a fund-raising program to send OleU to Europe as part of the American
Institute for Foreign Study program.
Although her first club engagement was an artistic triumph, the two-week sUnd at
the Town House in Cedar Rapids, Iowa was a financial bust.
“After I paid the plane tickeU for a back up group, bought wardrobe for them and
myself...I figure it cost me about «175 to play the date," says OleU.
“It worked out a little better when I was booked into the service club at Vandenberg
Air Force Base in California and everything really fell into place when 1 was signed for
five-weeks at the Signature Club in Anchorage. Alaska.
“OleU Adams is a young Black singer with a great big voice. She seems equally at
home in jazz, rock and popular music. Her control is good and encompasses nice
subtleties." Judy Fi^hcer, Westbury. L.I.
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“Miss Adams has a powerful voice despite her 93 pounds and she can make it ‘silky
or sad with ease." John Matiello, Today's Post Staff.
“Singer OleU Adams my be tiny in suture, but she has a tremendous voice. Her
renditions of Feeling Groovy’ and Don’t Rain on My Parade' brought^ cheers from a
very receptive audience." Barbara Schoeneweis, Asbury Evening Press.
“Her voice was rich and her style dynamic...." Olga Ramona Pannone, Oakdale.
Connecticut.
While OleU played the plush Washington Plaza's Oak Room in Seattle, Walter
Evans (Seattle Times) observed that the work of the past three years... lias paid off.
OleU definitely is star material and she’s proving it...with songs like From This
Moment On' and ‘Feeling Groovy.’ Where did she get all the moves? I don’t know, but
she’s got ’em."
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