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Celebrating Black History on KBCS:

February 4, 2025 - 6:00 pm

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KBCS presents the follow programs in our station schedule for Black History Month.  Please tune in to hear these incredible programs to celebrate, educate, and inspire.  

 

There are so many resources provided to KBCS broadcasts thanks to support from listeners, like you!  Please consider making a donation to KBCS at www.kbcs.fm/donate

Please check out the links to the programs to learn more about the stories, producers and studios providing these important productions of Black America.  Please tune-in to some of our regularly scheduled programming providing real talk, challenging concepts and perspectives lifting up and bringing light to contemporary Black America and the global Black Community.

Hard Knock Radio – Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7am

Sojourner Truth – Mondays at 4am

Hip Hop Knuckles – Saturdays at 11pm

Zulu Radio – late night Saturday at 1am

Archive audio for most of the programs on KBCS can be found for a 2 week availability on the program pages at www.kbcs.fm/program

 

>>>> WEEK 1 <<<<

TUESDAY February 4th – TONIGHT!

11pm – after Road Songs:

Black Radio – Series from 25th Anniversary – Hour1 – In the Beginning and Pride and Enlightenment

https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/355118-hour-one-in-the-beginning-and-pride-enlighte

 

WEDNESDAY February 5th

11pm – 2 Hour special after Protest Tunes:

Going Black – The History  or Philly Radio 2 hour special https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/108520

And stay on for the Night Train at 1am.

 

FRIDAY February 7th5am

5am – KBCS Friday 5am Feature: Witness Black History

https://www.apmdistribution.org/apm-presents/2025/witness-black-history-month/

11pm after K-Wave:

AFROPOP Series  –  Black History Month series -The African Roots of Rock n Roll

https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/557998-black-history-month-the-african-roots-of-rock-n-r

 

SATURDAY – February 8th

6am Special feature in CONVERSATION With Isabel Wilkerson – https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/66459-a-conversation-with-isabel-wilkerson

Additional segments and music segues to encore broadcast of locally produced:

Madinah in the Market from Madinah Slaise

 

>>>> WEEK 2 <<<<

TUESDAY February 11th

11pm – after Road Songs:

Black Radio – Series from 25th Anniversary – Hour3 –  Rappers & Rhymers & Sounding Black

https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/355123-hour-three-rappers-rhymers-and-sounding-blac

 

WEDNESDAY February 12th

11pm – after Protest Tunes:

UPFRONT Soul Series — https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/169503-upfront-soul-2025-02-honoring-dr-martin-luther

And stay on for the Night Train at 1am.

 

FRIDAY February 14th

5am – KBCS Friday 5am Feature: The Stoop – Black Love

https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/515616-black-love

11pm after K-Wave:

AFROPOP Series  –  Black History Month series – Shake it Fo Ya Hood https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/558140-black-history-month-shake-it-fo-ya-hood-the-hist

 

SATURDAY February 15th

6am Special feature – Disruptive Narratives Reimaging Black Leadership, Centering Joy and Afro-Futurism for a Brighter Future

https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/551520-reimagining-black-leadership-centering-joy-and-af

Additional segments and music segues to encore broadcast of locally produced:

Madinah in the Market from Madinah Slaise

 

>>>> WEEK 3 <<<<

Tuesday February 18th

11pm after Road Songs:

Black Radio – Series from 25th Anniversary – Hour5 – Civil Rights & Lets Have Church

https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/355822-hour-five-civil-rights-and-let-s-have-church

 

WEDNESDAY February 19th

11pm – after Protest Tunes:

UPFRONT Soul Series — https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/558749-upfront-soul-2025-03-january-21-27-2025

And stay on for the Night Train at 1am.

 

FRIDAY February 21st

5am – KBCS Friday 5am Feature: Unlocking the Gates: How the North Led Housing Discrimination

https://www.apmdistribution.org/apm-presents/2025/unlocking-the-gates/

11pm after K-Wave:

AFROPOP Series  –  Black History Month series – Brief history of Funk https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/558156-black-history-month-a-brief-history-of-funk

 

SATURDAY February 22nd  

6am Special feature – With Good Reason – Black and Fine

 https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/504646-black-and-fine-half

Additional segments and music segues to encore broadcast of locally produced:

Madinah in the Market from Madinah Slaise

 

>>>> WEEK 4 <<<<

TUESDAY February 25th

11pm – after Road Songs:

Black Radio – Series from 25th Anniversary – Hour6 – Music & More Music Less Talk

https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/355824-hour-six-music-and-more-music-and-less-talk

 

WEDNESDAY February 26th

11pm – after Protest Tunes:

UPFRONT Soul Series — https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/559641-upfront-soul-2025-04-january-28-february-3-202

And stay on for the Night Train at 1am.

 

FRIDAY February 28th

5am – KBCS Friday 5am FeatureLiveWire: Special with Tracy K Smith:

https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/512338-black-history-month-special-with-tracy-k-smith

11pm after K-Wave:

AFROPOP Series  –  Black History Month series – Kriolu in New England, The Cape Verdean-American Story

https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/558622-black-history-month-kriolu-in-new-england-the-ca

 

Programs Already Aired before this post:

FRIDAY – January 31stKBCS 5am Feature presents:  With Good Reason: Expanding Our Origin Story  — https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/515240-expanding-our-origin-story-hour

SATURDAY February 1st  — 6am  The Melanin Report S2 Ep6  – Black Women Entrepreneurs

https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/554658-the-melanin-report-season-2-ep-6

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