But the beginning of that famous newscast is even more relevant and welcome today:

“Big light in sky slated to appear in east!”

Yes, there was actually some sun visible on my way to work, for the first time in days. Maybe it’ll be possible to get outside at lunchtime for some walking — I tried yesterday, but decided I wasn’t really dressed for a swim and came back into the building. Walking the halls just isn’t the same thing.

When I was growing up in Richmond, there was one station (WANT/990) which was aimed directly at the Black community. I never listened to it. But the top-40 station (WLEE/1480) played a lot of music from Black artists (especially those who recorded for Motown), mixed in with the rest of their playlist.

Listening to Soul Street today reminded me of those days — I heard many familiar artists and songs which I’d heard often on WLEE — and which, for the most part, I hadn’t heard since.

There were some clunkers, but in general, Soul Street was good listening today (though they lost me when they went to a half-hour of Black History Month celebration — I was looking for music, not documentary programming). I’ll be back, but for fairly small doses; I like my soul music mixed in with other formats, not as an exclusive diet.