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 ...
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 ...
Take a step back in time Friday evening to celebrate Soul Beat Day in Oakland and Soul Beat, the nation's first Black-owned cable TV network. The inaugural celebration starts at 6 p.m. at The Busy ...
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, ...