{"id":30088,"date":"2021-11-29T16:32:28","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T21:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=30088"},"modified":"2021-11-29T16:32:28","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T21:32:28","slug":"urban-one-honors-set-to-premiere-on-mlk-day-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/29\/urban-one-honors-set-to-premiere-on-mlk-day-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Urban One Honors&#8221; Set to Premiere on MLK Day 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30089\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Urban-One-Honors.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Urban-One-Honors.webp 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Urban-One-Honors-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>Today, Urban One announced the return of the annual URBAN ONE HONORS taping in Atlanta, GA on Friday, December 3, 2021. 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