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 ...

"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 ...

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, ...

Cheadle, star of “Hotel Rwanda” and “Crash,” is portraying Washington television and radio talk-show host Ralph Waldo “Petey” Greene, who stood on these very steps to protest poverty ...

The new movie "Talk to Me," about 1970s Washington radio DJ and talk show host Petey Greene, celebrates a man who uses his fleeting moments between spins of hit records to give voice to the anger ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

The Washington Post Style section? You should have seen it when Judy Bachrach and Sally Quinn were tweaking DC’s bigwigs. Radio? Nothing compares to when Petey Greene talked our town through the. The ...

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 ...

In her third feature film, “Talk to Me,” director Kasi Lemmons chronicles the life of Ralph “Petey” Greene (played by Don Cheadle), an ex-con who became an iconic radio personality and ...