Nat Morris

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It’s six o’clock and it’s time to rock, we rock non-stop til 7 o’clock, we don’t stop, we don’t stop….

Those were the opening and closing lines to a Detroit television dance show that was spawned by the nation’s first African American owned and operated television station built from the ground up. That television show propelled the names of Nat Morris and The Scene into the history books on local Detroit television shows.

Nat was fascinated by the sounds emanating from the little box on the table called the radio. That fascination fueled a desire in Nat that later led him to actually get on the radio and even television.

His radio career began in 1970 when he got his first job on radio at WTOY in Roanoke, VA.

In 1972 Nat became a member of the DETROIT RADIO VOICES when fellow Carolinian Ray Henderson recommended Nat to George White, then program director at WGPR-FM, in Detroit Michigan.

In 1975 Nat’s radio show led to him being selected to co-host the television show The Scene along with Ray Henderson on WGPR-TV.

In 1976 Nat became the sole host of the show when Ray Henderson left the show.

The Scene was on the air for 12 years from 1975 to 1987 and was perhaps the most popular local show to be broadcast on the station. The Scene and Nat Morris are immortalized in several books that document the history of local Detroit television including; From Soupy to Nuts by Tim Kiska, 2005 – Momentum Books and TV Land- Detroit by Gordon Castelnero, 2006 – University of Michigan Press.

In 1988 after The Scene, Nat returned to North Carolina and radio where he became Program director for WCLY in Raleigh. While in Carolina, Nat owned and operated The Klubb nightclub in Durham with his daughter, Natosha Morris.

In 1991 Nat returned to Detroit and began to work in independent television with his friend whom he had mentored; R. J. Watkins who was doing a television dance show on WGPR-TV. In 1995 after WGPR-TV was sold, Nat began to air re-runs of The Scene on the then Barden Cable leased access channel under a video production company named after his popular show The Scene. Nat also produced several music video shows on the channel, Video Go Go, On The Move with Mr. Mal and Smiley’s Showcase. Video Go Go aired until 2006 and helped to popularize leased access television in Detroit.