KJLH

Erich C. Nall  |   OW Contributing Columnist
Aug 12 2010

An Ultimate Transformation Moment

Today’s Ultimate Transformation Moment is directed towards parents and coaches.

We’re approaching football season, the beginning of school, and our children are participating in conditioning programs getting ready for their respective sports. Many of these activities are being done outside in the sun. As they participate in these practices, hydration is an important component that will enable youth athletes to have a positive experience.

Jun 25 2009

News and Public Affairs Director of 26 years

Los Angeles, CA -- She built it and they came: growing from 50 women in the year 2000 to over 5,000 women, men and children in 2009. The “it” was the KJLH Women’s Health Forum and the “she” is Jacquie Stephens, who until last Tuesday, June 16, served as the award-winning News and Public Affairs Director of KJLH for 26 years.

Brittney M. Walker  |   OW Staff Writer
Jun 18 2009

New legislation may help artists and hurt Black radio

Los Angeles, CA -- The nation’s Black radio stations are at the edge of their seats, waiting to see if empty DJ booths and dusty equipment will be their fate. Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) authored a piece of legislation that could put many Black radio stations out of business. The Performance Rights Act (H.R. 848) will enforce a royalty fee for broadcasting non-subscription or free transmissions.

Karen Slade, general manager at local radio station KJLH, says the bill would definitely hit Black radio hard.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.