KBLA TALK 1580 ANNOUNCES NEW WEEKDAY SCHEDULE FEATURING TAVIS SMILEY, CORNEL WEST, JESSE JACKSON JR., AND D.L. HUGHLEY

Station to broadcast the most audacious line-up of Black male talkers in the nation

LOS ANGELES: KBLA Talk 1580 today announced a bold new weekday line-up of some the nation’s most progressive and provocative voices beginning Monday, January 6, 2025, a date that will live in infamy.

Dr. Cornel West, renown scholar and former independent candidate for president, and former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. will join KBLA White House Correspondent Dr. Nii-Quartelai Quartey and nationally syndicated hosts Tavis Smiley and D.L. Hughley who already appear weekdays on KBLA Talk 1580, the flagship station of SmileyAudioMedia, Inc., based in Los Angeles.

Dr. West is co-hosting the show “Truth Time” with the visionary and powerhouse public intellectual, former Ohio State Senator Nina Turner. Each day the two firebrands will sound off on the news of the day from an unapologetically progressive perspective.

“The Jesse Jackson Jr. Show” will feature daily commentary from the former congressman on trending topics and a broad range of guests who will mix it up with Jackson.

“A More Perfect Union” with Dr. Nii-Quartelai Quartey will serve as a daily pop culture and political news digest with unfiltered conversations, unafraid to say the quiet part out loud. Whether it’s the headlines shaping the world or the bold voices shaping the culture, Dr. Quartey will curate a smarter, more meaningful take on the day’s news and events without fluff, fear, or favor.

“I am both humbled and deliciously proud that Dr. Cornel West, Nina Turner and Jesse Jackson Jr. have decided to join us at KBLA Talk 1580 as we continue to build the most innovative and empowering Black talk media platform in the nation,” said Smiley, Founder of SmileyAudioMedia, Inc. and Chief Visionary Officer for KBLA Talk 1580. “No talk station in America can match the intellectual firepower that we will be launching on Monday, January 6^th.  KBLA Talk 1580 is proud to have more Black women hosts than any talk station in the country including Dominque DiPrima, the first Black woman to host her own radio talk show in L.A. morning drive, and Adrianne Shropshire, Executive Director of BlackPAC.

“After all the bickering about Black men during the recent presidential campaign, now is the time to pass the mic to more Black men of different generations to facilitate conversations you won’t find anywhere else,” concluded Smiley. “It’s going to be a rough four years. This is what resistance looks like.”

Starting Monday, January 6, 2025, “Tavis Smiley” will broadcast weekdays from 9am to 12pm, followed by “Truth Time” with Cornel West and Nina Turner at 12pm, “The Jesse Jackson Jr. Show” at 1pm, the “The D.L. Hughley Afternoon Show” 2pm to 4pm, and “A More Perfect Union” with Dr. Nii-Quartelai Quartey, 4pm to 6pm, all times Pacific.

Listeners can tune into KBLA Talk 1580 live daily by downloading the KBLA1580 app, listen online at the KBLA1580 website, or by watching on the KBLA1580 YouTube Channel. All shows hosted by Smiley, West/Turner, Jackson and Quartey will be available daily on all major podcast platforms after live broadcast.

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