Vocalo.org Covers Michael Jackson Tribute in Gary, Indiana on Friday, July 10
Vocalo.org will be broadcasting live from the memorial service to be held for Michael Jackson on Friday, July 10, 2009, at the Gary SouthShore Rail Cats ballpark, U.S. Steel Yard, 1 Stadium Plaza, Gary, Indiana.


CHICAGO, IL, July 09, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Continuing coverage of the Michael Jackson story, Vocalo.org will be broadcasting live from the memorial service to be held for Michael Jackson on Friday, July 10, 2009, at the Gary SouthShore Rail Cats ballpark, U.S. Steel Yard, 1 Stadium Plaza, Gary, Indiana. Vocalo will be conducting pre-memorial interviews with Gary natives and Jackson extended family members who still reside in Gary. The focus will be on telling what the Jackson family means to the area.

"Michael Jackson grew to become one of the world's biggest icons, but his beginnings were humble, right here in Gary. Vocalo.org is going to celebrate the life, legacy and tribulations of one of Gary's own," says Wendy Turner, general manager of Vocalo.org.

Broadcast will begin at 3 p.m. CST; memorial service will begin at 6 p.m. CST, carried in the Lake Michigan region on 89.5FM and worldwide at Vocalo.org/stream.

Audio from interviews related to Michael Jackson can be heard at http://www.vocalo.org/jacksonfamily.

About Vocalo.org

Vocalo.org is a website and radio station committed to fostering conversation between diverse constituents in the Lake Michigan region. Vocalo.org was started in June 2007 as an initiative of Chicago Public Radio to make public radio more open to the public at-large. The station invites everyone to join the conversation by uploading stories, interviews, and text to www.vocalo.org or by calling the hotline at 888-635-1112. Vocalo.org broadcast live from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and features all-night and weekend mix tapes of content during automated hours. Vocalo.org broadcasts on 89.5 FM to a footprint of 2.5 million residents in northwest Indiana, Chicago and southwest Michigan and streams online live to the world. As of 2009, Vocalo.org's online community has grown to more than 3,500 contributors.

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