Bob Law introduces his new film

Saying It Loud

Radio Giving Voice To Black America

Radio personality and community activist Bob Law has written and produced an important new film. SAYING IT LOUD, Radio Giving  Voice To Black America.  In this, his first solo effort at film making, Bob has assembled colleagues from the entertainment industry and the  political arena to help him tell the actual story of the growth and development of what has been known as the Rhythm & Blues world.

The film, which has been very well received by audiences at screenings through out New York City, explains the very real significance of Black Radio from the emergence of commercial radio to the glory days of Black personality radio. SAYING IT LOUD shows how Black radio did indeed give voice  to the ideas and aspirations of Black Americas from the early days of the civil rights movement, the Black Power movement,Jesse Jackson’s initial presidential campaign, right up to the Million Man March.

With this film, Bob Law takes us on a journey that reveals how Black radio effectively created a Black entertainment industry while at the same time launching the careers of almost every major Black vocalist.

In SAYING IT LOUD we have conversations with Black music icons and pioneers like Lloyd Price, whose debut and career launching record Lawdy Miss Clawdy was the first record to ever sell one million copies, and Gerald Alston lead singer of the Grammy Award wining Manhattans, there are conversations with legendary radio personalities like Imhoptep Gary Byrd & Bobby Jay both members of the WWRL Radio dream team of the 1970’s, the film will introduce you to Radio legends like Jocko Henderson, Herb Kent, Al Benson and Hal Jackson.as well as some of the newer personalities on the scene. 

The film is more than a history lesson. It offers insight into the political and economic decisions that have affected Black radio. Salt of the rap super duo Salt n Pepa offers candid thoughts on content and artist as well as parental responsibility. After placing the Black entertainment experience in a political and cultural perspective SAYING OUT LOUD offers insights on how to reestablish Black radios power and prominence. 

After a successful public screening in St.Louis and in celebration of (June) Black Music Month, Bob has begun to show the film to general audiences throughout the country. Perhaps this film can spark a movement to restore meaningful Black radio and the Black music that once nourished the very spirit of the Black community.