Genius is Common - Tavis Smiley - Legendary TV Host, Podcast Host, Author, Award-Winning Journalist.

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GeniusIsCommon
Published on Dec 14, 2023
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ENLIGHTENS – We are engagement radio, not outrage radio. Our station fosters an enlightening, sustainable, and restorative language that challenges listeners to reexamine the assumptions they hold, and expand their inventory of ideas. We are unapologetically progressive, but we prefer good ideas over ideology. Our guests and listeners share the wisdom of a lived experience that serves to enlighten others. Because our audience is so diverse, each day is like a live town hall meeting over the airwaves. If you want to know what the citizenry is really thinking, meet us in the public square at KBLA Talk 1580. The KBLA App is in your hands wherever you go; it’s easy to use and best of all it’s FREE!

KBLAEMPOWERS – We are a progressive radio station uniquely, specifically, and unapologetically geared towards African Americans and other listeners of color; soon to be the majority in America. What can a Blues nation learn from a Blues people? This season of political polarization and racial reckoning has made dramatically clear the deepening political, social, cultural and economic divide across America. Black folks and other people of color have always been the conscience of this country. Now, more than ever, the nation would do well to hear the voices of those who have learned to love America in spite of, not because of; fellow citizens who have never given up on this democratic experience.

KBLAENCOURAGES – We provide a platform, 24/7, for folk to express their fears and frustrations, as well as their hopes and aspirations. Fellow citizens need a safe space where they feel comfortable expressing themselves. A space where their views will not be disparaged, dismissed, or demeaned. A station where the hosts look like you, live near you, and value what you value. Our station aims to take more listener phone calls than any other talk station serving the Southern California region. We believe in dialogue, not monologue. We believe that what comes from the heart, reaches the heart. When one listener hears another listener boldly share feelings and concerns similar to their own, that’s what we call making connection; that’s what we call building community.

Serving a coverage area of nearly 12 million Southern Californians, LA’s 1580 AM is an iconic heritage station, and the focus of a forthcoming Netflix documentary.

This moment of racial reckoning and political upheaval has laid bare for all to see, the social, cultural, political and economic disparities which continue to exist throughout our nation.

Martin Luther King, Jr. famously said that, “A riot is the language of the unheard.” KBLA Talk 1580 gives disenfranchised fellow citizens a voice; an empowering, sustainable, and restorative language – a safe space to express their fears, frustrations, experiences, aspirations and hopes during this national time of protest and reflection.

The studios of KBLA are located in historic Leimert Park adjacent to the open air museum, Sankofa Park, a 1.3 mile outdoor museum of small parks and public art celebrating the history and culture of Black Los Angeles.

Simply put, we need your help. We ask that you consider making a donation to help us transform the political, social and economic topography by giving everyday people a voice, 24/7. We have partnered with 7th Generation Advisors to establish a Donor Advised Fund so that your donation to our work and witness will be tax-deductible.

We need your help to retrofit the station technologically and engage programmatically. From our KBLA Talk Theatre Studios to our Speaker Series, from our Youth 2 Leaders empowerment program to our Annual LA Progressive Awards, from our community podcast studios to our On-Site and Virtual Events Division, we need your help to make this effort more than just a radio station, but rather a community portal for progress.

To make your tax-deductible contribution and be recognized on our Donor Wall Board inside the Visual Studio, please call us at 1-800-920-1580 or email us at info@kblatalk1580.com. Checks should be made payable to 7th Generation Advisors, and mailed to the address listed below. Please notate “Friends of KBLA” on the Memo or For entry on the face of your check.

KBLA Talk 1580

In partnership with Seventh Generation Advisors, “Friends of KBLA” is a non-profit corporation (Tax ID: 20-8771636). Your donation is tax-deductible to the extent provided by state and federal law and no goods or services were provided by “Friends of KBLA” or 7GA to you in return for this contribution. Mailing Address: 1223 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 776, Santa Monica, CA 90403 Email: info@kblatalk1580.com

*Special Thanks to Tavis Smiley for interviewing Bruce George. A special thanks to Tavis' Producer Johnny Dorcil for greenlighting the interview with Tavis, and a special thanks to Derrick Muhammad for connecting Bruce with Tavis via Tavis' Producer.

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