Celebrating Black History on KBCS:
February 4, 2025 - 6:00 pm

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.
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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 7th – 5am
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 Feature – LiveWire: 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 31st – KBCS 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

Black History Month 2025 on KBCS