Forty years ago a not-so-quiet revolution began on the radio airwaves of Washington D.C., fueled by an outspoken talk show host named Petey Greene. A new movie based on his story stars Oscar ...

It was another blustery cold Tuesday in January when 20,000 mourners spent hours standing on the ice-covered pavement outside the Union Wesley AME Church to pay their last respects to a beloved ...

Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene (Don Cheadle) ... (Chiwetel Ejiofor), he pretty much elbowed his way into a job at WOL-AM, a near-moribund Washington, DC radio station, ...

"Now, D.C. is Chocolate City, y'all know that, right?" booms the man in the navy blue leisure pants, long, belted vest and peach-toned long-sleeve shirt with the collar open wide. He's standing on ...

Opening Friday, "Talk to Me" is a true Washington story: Don Cheadle stars as Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene, a hustler and ex-con who, after getting out of prison in the mid-'60s, became a broadcast ...

By the time Greene started his Sunday talk show Petey Greene's Washington on WDCA-TV in 1972, he'd developed a following that could chant his signature closing lines ("I'll tell it to the hot, I ...

Talk to Me,” which stars Don Cheadle and opens tomorrow in theaters, offers one of the strongest movie portrayals yet of black radio’s community power. “Talk to Me” focuses … ...

Bill Iddings | "Wake up, g--dammit!" That's how one-time Virginia prison intercom system announcer Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene used to rouse his listeners, who were fellow inmates, in the joint.

WUSA-TV’s Bruce Johnson posted an old news clip (WMV) a couple of days ago that contained his report on Ralph Waldo “Petey” Greene’s 1984 death. A version of Petey Greene’s story is told ...

An admiring and often amusing portrait of the late Washington, D.C., radio and TV talkshow host. With “Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene,” an admiring and often amusing portrait of ...