The show "Soul Train" was broadcast nationally on TV from 1971 through 2006. And for years, it helped shape musical tastes all across the country. But it began as a local TV show in Chicago.

In 2011, Chicago celebrated the 40th anniversary of the show’s first nationally syndicated episode with a free concert in Millennium Park. Don Cornelius, the creator of “Soul Train.” ...

But Cornelius liked his prank so much that he had Cobb introduce “Soul Train.” The television show started out small, airing on the Chicago UHF station WCIU-Channel 26 before hitting the big ...

Cobb and Don Cornelius, creator of “Soul Train,” worked together at a radio station in the 1960s before the latter launched the series in 1971, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. The variety ...

“Soul Train” was chugga-chugging along, shaping ideas of cool across dance, fashion and culture. Debuting in August 1970 on Chicago’s WCIU-TV, the Saturday morning entertainment show was a ...

"Soul Train," the dance show hosted by DJ Don Cornelius ... minutes of commercials for each episode as it expanded from a Chicago broadcast to a national Los Angeles-based production in color.

Get ready for “the hippest trip in America” with the world premiere of Hippest Trip – The Soul Train Musical,, the ... Journey back to 1971’s Chicago, when Black entrepreneur and radio ...

By Gail Mitchell In kicking off BET’s “house party of the year” — aka Soul Train Awards 2023 — host Keke Palmer ticked off three rules for the annual affair premiering Nov. 26 ...

From 1971 to 2006, “Soul Train” was the place to see some of the hottest Black musical artists on television. But viewers didn’t just tune in for the music, they came back week after week to ...