September 25, 2006

Channel 56 to offer series on race

"Bridging the Racial Divide," the first in a series of prime-time telecasts on race relations in Metro Detroit debuts Tuesday, Sept. 26, on WTVS-TV (Channel 56) with radio simulcasts on WDET-FM and WJR-AM. It will be co-hosted by former Channel 4 anchorman Emery King and WJR air personality Paul W. Smith. The show was taped before an audience at Wayne State 's Schaever Recital Hall. The format has King hosting a dinner with seven black participants and Smith hosting a dinner with white participants at different restaurants, both groups discussing the same issues. Three participants from each group will then form the panel for the telecast.

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