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Imhotep Gary Byrd
Imhotep Gary Byrd (born March 14, 1949) is an American, New York City–based radio talk-show host and executive producer, radio DJ, poet, songwriter, music recording artist and producer, rapper, writer and community activist.
Byrd began his career in Buffalo, New York, in 1965, as a 15-year-old radio DJ. In 2015, he celebrated 50 years as a radio personality.
For more than 30 years, he has been a talk show host at WBLS and WLIB radio in New York City.
Gary Byrd and the GB Experience was an American male/female vocal/instrumental group, who had a single titled "The Crown", in the UK Singles Chart. It was released on the Motown label, entered the chart on July 23, 1983, at number 21, and rose to a high of number 6; it remained in the chart for nine weeks. It had previously been released in the US on Stevie Wonder's short-lived Wondirection label but did not receive the proper promotion because its release coincided with the purchase of Motown by MCA Records, where the small label was overlooked.
Byrd began his career in Buffalo, New York, on WUFO in the 1960s, discovered and mentored by broadcaster-educator Hank Cameron as a radio prodigy at age 15. As a teen, he integrated Buffalo broadcasting as a radio personality on the general market McLendon station WYSL. By the age of 19, he was tapped by radio programmer Jerry Boulding to be a DJ on soul station WWRL, where he created his music infotainment show, "The GBE: The Gary Byrd Experience."
Since the 1980s (after being hired by Percy Sutton & Hal Jackson, co-founders of Inner City Broadcasting), he has been a talk show host on WLIB, WBLS and WBAI. During the 1990s, he created the "Global Black Experience," a live broadcast for the Apollo Theater.
During the 1980s, Byrd was also a radio and television personality in England, hosting shows on the BBC and other British networks. His 1984 BBC television special with Gil Scott Heron and James Brown earned national awards.
Currently, Byrd can also be heard nationally as "The Voice" of Sirius XM’s Soul Town Channel ("Classic Soul & Motown"). His weekly talk and music program, "Radio GBE," is heard live every week on Pacifica radio station WBAI.
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Imhotep Gary Byrd
Imhotep Gary Byrd (born March 14, 1949) is an American, New York City–based radio talk-show host and executive producer, radio DJ, poet, songwriter, music recording artist and producer, rapper, writer and community activist.
Byrd began his career in Buffalo, New York, in 1965, as a 15-year-old radio DJ. In 2015, he celebrated 50 years as a radio personality.
For more than 30 years, he has been a talk show host at WBLS and WLIB radio in New York City.
Gary Byrd and the GB Experience was an American male/female vocal/instrumental group, who had a single titled "The Crown", in the UK Singles Chart. It was released on the Motown label, entered the chart on July 23, 1983, at number 21, and rose to a high of number 6; it remained in the chart for nine weeks. It had previously been released in the US on Stevie Wonder's short-lived Wondirection label but did not receive the proper promotion because its release coincided with the purchase of Motown by MCA Records, where the small label was overlooked.
Byrd began his career in Buffalo, New York, on WUFO in the 1960s, discovered and mentored by broadcaster-educator Hank Cameron as a radio prodigy at age 15. As a teen, he integrated Buffalo broadcasting as a radio personality on the general market McLendon station WYSL. By the age of 19, he was tapped by radio programmer Jerry Boulding to be a DJ on soul station WWRL, where he created his music infotainment show, "The GBE: The Gary Byrd Experience."
Since the 1980s (after being hired by Percy Sutton & Hal Jackson, co-founders of Inner City Broadcasting), he has been a talk show host on WLIB, WBLS and WBAI. During the 1990s, he created the "Global Black Experience," a live broadcast for the Apollo Theater.
During the 1980s, Byrd was also a radio and television personality in England, hosting shows on the BBC and other British networks. His 1984 BBC television special with Gil Scott Heron and James Brown earned national awards.
Currently, Byrd can also be heard nationally as "The Voice" of Sirius XM’s Soul Town Channel ("Classic Soul & Motown"). His weekly talk and music program, "Radio GBE," is heard live every week on Pacifica radio station WBAI.