Elston Butler exits Pres/GM Post at KBLA-Los Angeles Smiley Radio properties News-Talk KBLA-A/Los Angeles President/GM Elston Butler has exited the station to launch and serve as CEO at DigitaI House Media LLC, a new entertainment and film company. Butler... Read More...
Otis Warren Named VP/Sales At KBLA-LA Tavis Smiley's KBLA-AM (Talk 1580)/Los Angeles, the only Black-owned and operated talk radio station in Southern California has named veteran radio executive Otis Warren as VP of Sales. W... Read More...
LA’S KBLA TALK 1580 ADDS BLACK INFORMATION NETWORK Premiere Networks announced today that BIN: Black Information Network’s national news service has been added to the newly-launched KBLA Talk 1580 in Los Angeles, the only Black-owned and operated talk radi... Read More...
Tavis Smiley Taps Veteran Radio Exec Elston Butler to Lead His New Black-Owned Talk Radio Station KBLA-Los Angeles At the stroke of midnight on June 19, 2021 – that is, Juneteenth 2021 – Los Angeles will have its first and only “Unapologetically Progressive” talk radio station for the African-American listening audience!! ... Read More...
Tavis Smiley buys KBLA-LA Tavis Smiley is making his return to radio, but this time the veteran radio and TV talker is jumping into ownership. Smiley has signed a deal to buy KBLA Los Angeles (1580) from Multicultural Radio Broadcasting... Read More...
TAVIS SMILEY RETURNS TO RADIO Generated by IJG JPEG Library According to broker of record Greg Guy of Patrick Communications, Multicultural is selling KBLA-AM 1580, licensed to Santa Monica, Calif., to Tavis Smiley. The deal is value... Read More...
Tavis Smiley Ordered to Pay $1.5 Million as Jury Rules in Favor of PBS The #MeToo movement has claimed another victim as a Washington D.C. court ruled in PBS favor, finding that former host Tavis Smiley violated the company’s moral clause when he engaged in multiple affairs with s... Read More...
‘The Conversation Tour’ starring Tavis Smiley Tavis Smiley has announced that he will moderate a 5-city town-hall tour entitled “The Conversation: Women, Men and the Workplace. Read more from LA Focus.... Read More...
Tavia Smiley Swings New Deals Less than one month after PBS indefinitely suspended the long-running nightly talk show, Tavis Smiley, The Smiley Group, Inc., has announced multiple new deals across an assortment of platforms aimed at reachin... Read More...
Tavis Smiley Suspended by PBS Amid Sexual Misconduct Claims PBS is suspending distribution of late-night talk show Tavis Smiley following sexual misconduct claims levied against its host. The decision comes after the public broadcaster conducted an investigation into... Read More...
