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      *Urban radio stations and newspapers across America are joining forces with celebrities to launch a massive nationwide voter registration effort in urban areas.      

        Blair Underwood, Vivica A. Fox and Holly Robinson Peete are just some of the celebrities scheduled to participate in "Operation Voter Registration," a live two-hour radio broadcast this Sunday (Oct. 5) from 6 to 8 p.m. on the East coast and 3 to 5 p.m. on the West coast at Westwood One studios.      

       “'Operation Voter Registration' is intended to entertain, educate and inspire the nearly 8 million unregistered African American voters,” says Marc Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League, one of the broadcast sponsors. “This is a no-huddle operation, coming together in the final week before many important electoral deadlines.”      

       In addition to the live program on October 5th, "Operation Voter Registration" will produce electronic press tours during the next two weeks with celebrities reaching out to urban radio stations in states where the deadlines are different than October 6th.  Between now and Election Day, they will also conduct extensive Get-Out-The-Vote efforts, linking celebrity talent with electronic and print media.      

       Other celebrities scheduled to participate in the bipartisan outreach include: Armstrong Williams, D.L. Hughley, Hill Harper, LeVar Burton, Malcolm Jamal Warner, Mario Van Peebles, Nikki Giovanni, Patti Austin, Rosario Dawson, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Wendell Pierce.       

       Over 250 black newspapers with more than 15 million readers per week are also conducting voter registration and voter turnout drives in each of their respective cities.