BIN Touches Down In L.A.
• Premiere Networks announced that BIN: Black Information Network’s national news service has been added to Tavis Smiley‘s KBLA-AM (Talk 1580)/Los Angeles, the only Black-owned and operated talk radio station in Southern California.
KBLA, which launched at midnight on Juneteenth 2021, will feature BIN News’ 60-second newscasts at the top and bottom of the hour, as well as breaking news from experienced and award-winning Black journalists, including Tanita Myers, Chris Thompson, Lauren Crawford, Rey Harris, Jelisa Chatman, Vanessa Tyler, Mike Stevens, Madelyn Woods, Julius White, Morgyn Wood, Esther Dillard, Andrea Coleman, Mike Moore, Teri McCready, Zuri Anderson, Cherranda Smith and Ryan Shepard.
“We’re excited to partner with Black Information Network News,” said Elston Butler, President/COO of KBLA Talk 1580. “We knew it would deliver the trusted news and information that’s valuable to our listeners. Other news sources offered KBLA a nice piece of the news pie, but with BIN, we felt we would receive the whole recipe that our listeners deserve.”
Available on more than 40 stations nationwide, Black Information Network News is a product of iHeartMedia’s BIN: Black Information Network — the first and only 24/7 comprehensive national audio Black News service dedicated to providing an objective, accurate and trusted source of continual news coverage with a Black voice and perspective. With the addition of KBLA, BIN: Black Information Network is now heard in every Top 10 U.S. market.
