DORINDA CLARK-COLE'S SYNDICATED RADIO SHOW EXPANDS: Grammy Award winner's weekly show now in 23 markets.

     *Pasadena, CA - GRAMMY® Award-winning gospel music legend Dorinda Clark-Cole is heating up the airwaves with her new syndicated radio show, Serving Up Soul, produced by DMI Music & Media Solutions. 

     In just six months, the dynamic weekend program has doubled its affiliates and is now heard in 23 markets across the nation.

     A hit with both gospel and urban audiences, Serving Up Soul has picked up primetime spots at major market stations including WMDB in Nashville, WAGG in Birmingham and WGIV in Charlotte. 

     "Dorinda Clark Cole is breathing life into the gospel radio world," says Terry Monday, program director at KGTO in Tulsa. "The show is new and refreshing."

     The new lifestyle show offers stations a special syndicated program that includes intimate talks with the hottest names in gospel and secular music, helpful information on recipes and nutrition, health and financial tips, laughter, and today's top gospel hits and classic favorites.

Dorinda Clark Cole

     Targeted for a family-and friends-oriented audience, Serving Up Soul also contains interviews with an exciting mix of gospel and mainstream artists including Patti LaBelle, Bebe & CeCe Winans, Hezekiah Walker, Donnie McClurkin, Smokie Norful, Donald Lawrence, James Ingram, Pastor Shirley Caesar, Kurt Carr, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Sinbad, Mary Mary, Vickie Winans, and many more.

     Leading into the holiday season it's "All About Family" on Serving Up Soul.  Listeners will be treated to special December programming featuring Christmas classics and interviews with Clark-Cole's niece Kierra "Kiki" Sheard; brother-in-law J. Drew Sheard, Pastor of Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ; the Clark Sisters (Twinkie Clark-Terrell, Jacky Clark-Chisholm, and Karen Clark-Sheard); and their cousins J Moss and Bill Moss Jr.

     "I had an upbringing that emphasized family, love and song, all in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, and Serving Up Soul brings that special atmosphere to all who praise His name," says Clark-Cole. "My listeners have access to musicians, recording artists and special friends that have touched my life. I'm excited about sharing that special gift with my radio listening family."

     "Dorinda Clark-Cole brings warmth, excitement, and passion to any undertaking," says Tena Clark, founder and CEO of DMI Music & Media.  "DMI Music is proud to bring Serving Up Soul, a new, entertaining program with a very talented and exceptional host, to listeners across America."

     With a strong initial push, DMI Music has secured a roster of stations for the launch of Serving Up Soul that continues to expand to new markets across the country.  The full list of stations currently carrying the weekly program includes:

·       WCCD/Cleveland, OH
 ·       KRMP/Oklahoma City, OK
 
·       KGTO/Tulsa, OK
 ·       WWSJ/St. Johns, MI
 
·       WTJH/Atlanta, GA
 ·       WTHB/Augusta, GA
 
·       WBXB/Elizabeth City, NC
 ·       WBBP/Memphis, TN
 
·       KTTP/Alexandria, LA
 ·       KHLR/Little Rock, AR
 
·       WIMG/Trenton, NJ
 ·       WGBN/Pittsburgh, PA
 
·       WZHR/Tampa, FL
 ·       WCVG/Cincinnati, OH
 
·       WMDB/Nashville, TN
 ·       WSEL/Tupelo, MS
 
·       WQID/Hattiesburg, MS
 ·       KGGN/Kansas City, MO
 
·       WGPL/Norfolk, VA
 ·       WZFI/Bridgeton, NJ
 
·       WEOM/Thomasville, NC

·       WAGG-AM/Birmingham, AL
 ·       WGIV/Charlotte, NC

     More information on Serving Up Soul and station listings are available at www.servingupsoulradio.com.

     The Clark Sisters have released a new CD in stores called, A Clark Sisters Family Christmas (Karew Records).

In 2008, Dorinda Clark-Cole, a past GRAMMY®, Stellar and Lady of Soul award winner, released her third CD, Take It Back, on the Verity Gospel music label. The 2009 Grammy-nominated CD contains the uplifting title cut, which made an impact on all major gospel music charts and received significant attention on popular Internet video sites, including YouTube. Clark-Cole applies the same winning formula to Serving Up Soul that has brought mega success not only to her ministry, but to her world-renowned family, The Clark Sisters. A true 21st century Renaissance woman, Dorinda Clark-Cole's impressive list of accomplishments includes ministry work, television host, and her own clothing line. Clark Cole recently co-hosted the 2009 Stellar Awards, alongside fellow gospel artist Donnie McClurkin and comedian/actor Sinbad.
 
DMI Music & Media Solutions, the premier full service music branding agency, is home to Natalie Cole's 2009 GRAMMY® Award-winning Still Unforgettable, as well as Aretha Franklin's This Christmas Aretha.  Other DMI releases include GRAMMY® nominated Church Songs of Soul and Inspiration, which features Patti LaBelle, Chaka Khan, Dionne Warwick, Ann Nesby and noted author Maya Angelou, along with a host of other superstars.  DMI Music & Media Solutions has also been at the forefront of music branding for 12 years, crafting strategies and activations that forge strong emotional connections between brands and their consumers for clients such as AARP, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Delta Air Lines, and Kohl's.

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