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Remember *The Scene*? It's getting a tribute!

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Your Favorite Detroit Dance Show Is Getting A Tribute

So let me tell you—if you grew up in Detroit, you know about *The Scene*. Forget your national shows, on God, this was *our* show. WGPR-TV, Channel 62, every Saturday afternoon. That's where you saw the flyest outfits, the smoothest moves, and heard the new music before anyone else. Now, the Concert of Colors is gonna feature a tribute to *The Scene*, and honey, my heart just swelled a little thinking about it.

This ain't just some old dance show. This was a whole cultural moment.

* It was on WGPR-TV, the first Black-owned television station in the country, right here on East Jefferson. That's history, baby.

* *The Scene* ran from '75 to '87, showing off funk, R&B, and even some of that early Detroit techno before the world caught on.

* It was a place for young Detroiters to shine, to see themselves on TV, to feel good. And trust me, back then, feeling good together was everything.

Now, why does this matter to us, right here in Detroit? Because it's a piece of our soul, a thread in the fabric of this city that we often forget to celebrate. It's about remembering where we came from, the joy and the creativity that always bubbled up, even when things were tough. It's about acknowledging the pioneers like WGPR and the kids who showed up week after week, making that studio on East Jefferson feel like the center of the universe. This tribute at the Concert of Colors isn't just music; it's a homecoming.

Detroit on the wire — we don't leave, we rebuild.

You know Marcus and the crew gonna be talking about this on the show tomorrow, get into it live at mornings.live.

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