TAVIS SMILEY AND KBLA TALK 1580 ANNOUNCES NEW SUNDAY MORNING SHOW

Just a thirty day period shy of its very first anniversary, Tavis Smiley and Smiley Audio Media, Inc. are excited to announce KBLA’s new clearly show, “A A lot more Fantastic Union,” hosted by journalist, educator, and KBLA Discuss 1580 Main National Political Analyst Dr. Nii-Quartelai Quartey. (PRONOUNCED very first name: Knee-QUART-tah-lie and previous identify: Main-tay).

Beginning Sunday, Could 22, 2022 from 10 a.m. PT to 12 p.m. PT , this two-hour nationwide general public affairs plan, executive produced by Smiley, will feature notable journalists, industry leaders, lawmakers, changemakers, tastemakers, and everyday people motivated to do their section to get to outside of today’s divisions make perception out of information of the day and supply listeners a prospect to develop a much more excellent union. 

“A Much more Great Union” claims to provide countrywide news of consequence, educated viewpoint and assessment beyond the headlines. Each and every Sunday, KBLA Communicate 1580 listeners can tune in for powerful material thoroughly curated by Dr. Quartey, who is alumni of “The Oprah Winfrey Show”  and a Washington D.C. insider with L.A. street trustworthiness as an advocate, organizer, and changemaker. 

“Now much more than ever the Black constituency ought to to start with be created aware, and then armed with data that can support advance the problems we treatment about and repel the strategies that are antithetical to the finest passions of our group,” claimed Smiley. “The time is now for ‘A Much more Great Union,’ which isa weekly show built to preserve our group in the know with a moderator like Dr. Quartey, who retains his ear to the ground and his heart attuned to the will cause we care about.”

In addition to his new position at KBLA Speak 1580, Dr. Quartey serves as the nationwide affairs contributor for TheGrio.com and a standard political commentator seen on cable information, these kinds of as MSNBC. This drop, he will join the school of Pepperdine College Graduate School of Training and Psychology for its new D.C.-centered Social Entrepreneurship and Improve software.  He’s remarkably regarded as a public mental on issues at the nexus of organizational management and social accountability. Dr. Quartey is often sought out to comment on issues similar to racial equity, general public policy, elections, lifestyle and id. 

During the 2020 election cycle,  he served as the senior policy advisor to the Biden-Harris presidential marketing campaign.  Prior to election time, he supercharged AARP’s local community, state, and countrywide affairs do the job as the organization’s initially senior advisor and countrywide LGBTQ liaison.  

“I’m deeply humbled to speak real truth to energy, elevate the do the job of the change makers among us, and amplify Black voices doing their part to build a more perfect union, in a time these kinds of as this,” stated Dr. Quartey, the new moderator of “A Much more Ideal Union.” “Taking this on-air journey with the whole help of the legendary Tavis Smiley evokes me to deliver my A-sport to each individual job interview in hopes of creating a product big difference in the life of everyday listeners.” 

“A Much more Great Union” joins an previously expanded and fascinating KBLA Talk 1580 weekend lineup. Other common voices and shows on the airwaves incorporate “Café Mocha,” hosted by Los Angeles hip hop icon YoYo, comedienne and talk display host Loni Like and voice actress Angelique Perrin as nicely as civil rights attorney Areva Martin with her demonstrate, “Areva Martin Out Loud.” Moreover, the Black Lives Matter (BLM) radio show, “This Is Not A Drill,”  hosted by BLM/LA co-founder Dr. Melina Abdullah has been a mainstay due to the fact the launch of the station. 

On Juneteenth 2021, Los Angeles released its 1st and only “Unapologetically Progressive” communicate radio station for the African American listening audience! KBLA Discuss 1580 is the only Black-owned and operated speak station in Southern California!

Throughout the week, Smiley is on the airwaves with his own exhibit, “Tavis Smiley,” plus, he’s backed by a fantastic weekday lineup and offering people anything to converse about!! With award-winning hosts like Dominique DiPrima and political commentator and comic DL Hughley, KBLA Communicate 1580 boasts an all-star lineup of hosts who can talk candidly and passionately to the troubles folks of colour face day by day hoping to navigate lifetime and realize their California hopes and dreams. KBLA Communicate 1580 serves an audience extensive ignored by talk radio in Los Angeles – that is, people of coloration and progressives. Curiously, KBLA 1580 AM is a heritage station and the primary property of the legendary Hip-Hop station KDAY.