KJLH

Mar 7 2013

The only R&B station with a continous live local air staff

KJLH-FM (102.3) is among the most popular and innovative radio stations in Los Angeles. It debuted in 1977 with an R&B format initiated by original owner John Lamar Hill (owner of the adjacent Angelus Funeral Home), who offered stereo broadcast of the recording industry’s most popular Black artists.

David L. Horne, Ph.D.  |   OW Contributing Columnist
Oct 4 2012

Practical Politics

On Saturday, Oct. 6, at the Nate Holden Theater, 4718 W. Washington Blvd., radio station KJLH/Front Page and the Council of Black Political Organizations (COBPO) will sponsor a policy debate between Maulana Karenga, Ph.D., chair of Africana Studies, California State University, Long Beach, and David L. Horne, Ph.D., professor of Pan African Studies and Public Policy, California State University, Northridge.

Jasmyne A. Cannick  |   OW Contributor
Apr 5 2012

Funds needed to bury the youth

After totaling donations made at a Carsonrally and from listeners to Los Angeles arearadio station KJLH-FM, more than $2,000 was donated to the Kendrec McDadeMemorial Fund to help defray the cost of funeral services for 19-year-oldkilled on March 24 by Pasadenapolice after a false 911 report of an armed robbery.

Jan 19 2012

Named station of the year

Radio Free KJLH, 102.3FM was honored with the 2012 Stellar Award as Radio Station of the Year during gospel music’s biggest night, held at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tenn., over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend.

The Stellar Awards are given to Gospel’s best and brightest each year.

The honor is significant for KJLH, not only because it is the Stellar Award—gospel’s highest honor—but because the station is not a 24-hour gospel radio station.

Dec 1 2011

CAAM holds event to benefit health outreach program

The WOCI, Women of Color Inc. entertainment networking group is hosting “Girl’s Night Out: Shopping 4 A Cause,” a holiday shopping cultural event at the California African American Museum to raise money for its Black Beauty Shop Health Outreach Program (BBSHOP). More than 400 women are expected to come out on Saturday from 6 to 10 p.m.

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.