For more than 40 years, Patrick Ellis's beloved and popular radio show 'Gospel Spirit' filled the homes and cars of Washington, D.C., with the sound of church.
Sunday mornings, filling the homes and cars of Washington, D.C., with the sound of church.
Each Sunday, Ellis chose music that would inspire, uplift and speak to his devoted listeners. And he filled the airwaves with their lives, too, sharing community and church announcements and marking birthdays, anniversaries and special occasions.Jacquie Gales Webb was a longtime colleague of Patrick Ellis at WHUR. She sayswas"everything that the faith community needed to hear as they prepared to go to their services.
"Over the 40 years, so many generations of not only African Americans, but all cultures within the Washington metropolitan area listened to Patrick Ellis and made listening to him their Sunday morning ritual," she says. Listen to her remembrance in the audio player above, and we should note that Jacquie Gales Webb is the vice president of radio for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides some of NPR's funding.
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