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 ...

WASHINGTON -- The recent 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 ...

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.

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 … ...

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 ...

Before Don Imus and Howard Stern, Petey Greene rocked the radio airwaves. Greene was a legendary shock jock and TV talk show host, but to black residents of Washington, D.C., he was much more: He ...