Dave Huddleston
WCCO-TV Anchor
Guest '98
Delma Francis
Star Tribune Newspaper Editor
Guest '98
Lois Steward
YiG™ Choir Founder/Director
'92-'98
Toi Hollie
Allen Page Scholar
YiG™ Intern
'95-'97
Earnest (E.J.) Bolin
YiG™ Alumni
Host '96-'98
Rashidi VanLeer
YiG™ Alumni
Host '92-'96
Kim Steward
YiG™ Alumni
Host '92-'96
Felicia Edwards
YiG™ Sr. Producer
'98-'99
YiG™ Hosts '95-'98
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Maya Beecham
Simone Gbolo
Traci Kerney
Judah Powers
Michael-Gideon Powers
Charles Rankins, Jr.
(YiG™ Hosts '01-current
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Deborah Dickerson, Desmond Calloway,
Judah Powers
(YiG™ Hosts '05-current
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Jasmine Avent, Vanlice 'Vee' Washington, Jade Nelson, Aaron Taylor, Desmond L. Calloway,
Joy Groce, Thaddaeus Hill, Judah Powers,
Marie Hall
Meek G. Stalling
Tre'ana Mullins
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YiG™ Profile
YiG™ Mission is to empower, educate and exhort teen and college student leaders to attain kingdom excellence in media.
YiG Showcase™ (Youth in Gospel™) 'Rising Stars' is an initiative of Grace Media Network (GMN) to mentor and develop teen and college student leaders to pursue kingdom excellence in media. YiG™ was initially branded and introduced in 1979 as a monthly feature in The Gospel Registry News Magazine showcasing their 'look, trend & sound'. In 1992, the feature column came alive and emerged as YiG™ Choir directed and organized by Ms. Lois Steward. YiG™ further emerged on the scene in 1995 as a popular, award-winning cable access program called, as known today, YiG Showcase™ (Youth in Gospel™) 'Rising Stars' is an initiative of Grace Media Network.
YiG Showcase™ was offically formed in 1992 to provide a full circle of mentorship opportunities that includes: creating platforms to showcase oratory skills and talent; explore careers in mass media & photo journalism; acquire media technology training; foster community volunteerism; interact with credible, positive personalities in media and industry who pose positive images.
YiG™MediaMentorship/TeenTechnologyInitiative
training & development projects
Broadcasts 1995-present
GRACE Media Network (GMN) produced two special broadcasts founded by executive producer SB Barber Stalling and hosted by YiG™ -- YiG™ Forum Sundays and YiG Showcase™ are both noted ‘award-winning’ cable television and radio programs with special guests media personalities; community youth oriented events; national recording artists’ concerts and skating parties along with major sponsors.
And, coming soon YiG Showcase™ Internet webcasts.
It shall come to pass --- July 2007, GRACE Media Network launched YiG Showcase™ radio program on a Davison Media Group Station out of Minneapolis, St. Paul and Brooklyn Park, Minnesota and rebroadcast via Internet streaming on GMNetwork.cc.
It is so -- November 28, 2008, YiG Showcase™ has its branded home and podcast today on the new GMNLive.com Radio 24/7, a GRACE Media Network Brand.
YiG™ Communty, Public & Corporate Relations training
2001, YiG™ announces 1st Annual YiG™ Golf Invitational scholarship fundraiser to commemorate its commitment to youth empowerment, corporate and community leadership and the exploration of careers in media. Date: summer 2002.
2002, YiG™ featured in public service announcement produced for radio, televison and the Internet. Currently runs annually for October Campaign Literacy Awareness: The Right To READ (CLA) sponsored in partnership with GMN by Paxson Communications/PAX TV and ABC affiliate KARE11Televison.
YiG™ is developing its Official web site through the YiG Teen Technology/Media Mentorship Initiative.
Visit: YiG™ Showcase Press Room.
In Memoriam
Terrece Blair
(April 28, 1970-August 8, 1993)
An Honorary YiG™ Showcase Host
Our scholarship is named the YiG™/Terrece J. Blair Scholarship in memory of the late Terrece J. Blair (April 28, 1970-August 8, 1993) whose life was taken. As a gifted writer, she was a young mother attending the University of Minnesota with the aspiration of pursuing a career in media. |
YiG™ Choir '93
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YiG™ Noted Event & Broadcast Roster
'93 YiG™ Choir Presents “Tis the Reason for the Season" at the Landmark Center (St. Paul, MN)
‘93 YiG™ Host Recording Artist 'Witness' at River of Life Christian Center
'93 YiG™ Co-sponsor Rapper Mike-E Skating Rink Party at Twin Cities Roller Garden
'93 YiG™ Host Recording Artists 'Dawkins and Dawkins' at Skateland Rink Party
’95 YiG™ “Taking It To The Street with Shiloh Temple Youth Expo '95” broadcast live outdoors in the Minneapolis innercity community of Phillips neighborhood.
'95 YiG™ Forum Sunday with TGR Live! "Inside Radio" host Lake Harriet Bandshell Outdoors Broadcast with media guests Pete Rhodes WRNB Cable Radio; Joe Sorenson Gospel Radio Host; Freddie Bell KSGS Radio; Bonita Edwards Minnesota Public Radio; Scott Allen KYCR Radio Host; Lonnie Lowe KMOJ Radio Gospel Host and other special music and community guests
'97 YiG™ Forum Sunday "The Message in Our Music" host media forum with guest Insight News Editor Batala Ra McFarlane and other special music and community guests (Continental Cable studio, St. Paul)
'98 YiG™ Forum Sunday “Images in Music and the Impact on Our Youth Today” host media forum panel with local media personalities WCCO news Anchor Dave Huddleston; Star Tribune Editor and President TCBJ Delma Francis; Minnesota Spokes/Recorder Youth Editor Keith Harris; Good News Publisher Tim Davis; KTCA TV Robin Hickman; KMOJ FM Gospel Radio Host Lonnie Lowe; Minnesota Black Music Expo & WRNB Cable Radio Founder Pete Rhodes, Excelsior Chorale Ensemble founder Bobby Champion, Esq. and other special music and community guests at the Landmark Center (St. Paul, MN)
YiG™ Noted Broadcasts
YiG Showcase™ "Making Money, Music and Ministry" with special guest Harold Rayford, Tyscot Records gospel jazz saxophonist (CTV Studio/ Roseville, MN)
YiG Showcase™ "Inside Radio" with special guest Rick Seline, KYCR General Manager (CTV Studio/ Roseville, MN)
YiG Showcase™ "Taking You To The Street" with special guest Shiloh Temple Youth Expo '95 (SPNN/Continental Cable, St. Paul, MN)
YiG Showcase™ "The Pressures From Within and Without the Church" with special guests Pastors Rev. Jerry McAfee; Rev. Frank Sanders; Rev. Charles Messenger and youth counselor/advocate Linda Atlas (CTV Studio/ Roseville, MN)
YiG Showcase™ with special guest gospel recording group Urban Street Level and introducing YiG™ host 5 year old Judah Power on location at Northwestern Bookstore Edina (edited Bloomington Public TV/Bloomington, MN)
YiG™ Award Recipients
'98 YiG™ Salute! Honors - awarded to Gayla Abdallah, KMOJ Radio Gospel Host for her untiring commitment in using the media platform during her show to rally teens in prayer; awarded Lois Steward, former YiG™ choir Director and Editor of The Gospel Registry News Magazine for her superior commitment to the uplifting of teens and editorial contribution.
'98 YiG™ Salute! Honors - awarded to YiG™ Alumni Rolanda Williams; Kimberly Steward and Rashidi Van Leer for their individual and collective support in YiG™'s founding success in mentorship, print, broadcast and special events.
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