FILE – In this April 27, 2016 file photo, Tavis Smiley appears at the 33rd annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards in Los Angeles. PBS says it has suspended distribution of Smiley’s talk show after an ...

Tavis Smiley, author of The Covenant With Black America- Twenty Years Later, weighs in on the days political headlines. Smiley is the owner of KBLA Talk 1580, broadcasting out of historic Leimert Park ...

Maybe it’s a coincidence that the great American boxer Jack Johnson and the contemporary artist Rashid Johnson share a last name. Jack, the first Black world heavyweight champion who is considered one ...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is facing criticism from political opponents amidst the California city’s deadly wildfires that have left at least five people dead and many homes and businesses badly ...

Beloved and respected entertainment news journalist, author and host Robin Ayers died Thursday at the age of 44 after battling cancer. Ayer’s death was confirmed by KBLA Talk 1580 on Facebook as well ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--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 ...

KBLA Talk 1580 has a bold lineup of Black male figureheads leading its weekday schedule in 2025. KBLA Talk 1580 has a robust lineup of Black male figureheads leading the station throughout the week in ...

Los Angeles’ KBLA Talk 1580 has announced a revamped weekday schedule of what it calls “the most audacious line-up of Black male talkers in the nation.” Starting January 6, KBLA is introducing shows ...

The Los Angeles radio community is mourning the loss of one of their own. “On behalf of her precious family, it is with profound sadness that KBLA Talk 1580 announces the passing of our beloved ...

Robin Ayers, a respected entertainment news journalist, author and host at KBLA 1580 radio, died Thursday, Dec. 5. She was 44. Ayers’ death was confirmed by Tavis Smiley, a talk show host on the same ...

Los Angeles radio host and journalist Robin Ayers passed away on Thursday, December 5, at the age of 44. KBLA-AM owner Tavis Smiley confirmed the news in a statement on X. Ayers joined KBLA in 2022 as ...