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Airing in more than 40 markets from Los Angeles flagship KBLA “Talk 1580,” SmileyAudioMedia’s “Tavis Smiley” show will be offered free to urban-targeted stations for one week during next month’s Democratic National Convention (8/19-22). The SmileyAudioMedia owner/TALKERS  2023 “Freedom Of Speech” award winner will broadcast from the event’s radio row inside the site of the convention – Chicago’s United Center – and other relevant locations. Smiley tells TALKERS, “Black voters will be at the epicenter of whatever happens in Chicago, a fact made more relevant with the increasing likelihood that Kamala Harris will be the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee. If the Democratic Party hopes to achieve victory in November, it will be because Black voters saved the party and, ultimately, American democracy. To date, the 2024 election has been unpredictable and unprecedented. As the battle between the candidates enters its final stretch, the policies discussed and the decisions made will have a profound and lasting impact on Black America. It’s appropriate that ‘Tavis Smiley’ listeners will be at the center of the action as the conversation occurs.” SmileyAudioMedia syndication manager Rob Wilkins (who can be reached at rob@smileyaudiomedia.com) notes, “The 2024 election is a rapidly changing, fluid story. Tavis will serve as the audience’s eyes and ears in Chicago, keeping them on top of stories as they develop during the most important political party convention of the 21^st century.” Two decades ago, Smiley’s book The Covenant with Black America addressed critical issues facing African Americans. Scheduled to be released five days after the DNC concludes (8/27) is Smiley’s updated #1 New York Times bestselling The Covenant with Black America: 20 Years Later. It will provide observations and commentary on cultural, societal, and political implications of this year’s DNC with some of Black America’s most relevant thought leaders. Among stations already agreeing to SmileyAudioMedia’s free one-week offer include: Atlanta urban AC WIGO “AM 1570”; Austin noncommercial urban contemporary KAZI “88.7 FM”; Buffalo urban AC WUFO-AM “Mix 1080” & WUFO-FM “Power 96.5”; Albany, Georgia’s Albany State University-owned WASU-LP “Real Music, Real Talk, Real Radio”; Wilberforce, Ohio’s Central State University-owned smooth jazz/urban gospel WCSU FM “Jazzy 88.9”; and Marshall, Texas’ Wiley College-owned urban contemporary KBWC “FM 91.1.” Tavis Smiley appears at #33 on the 2024 TALKERS “Heavy Hundred.”