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About Cheryl Jackson

When it comes to the inspiration brand, Cheryl Jackson is one of the nation's leading media personalities in the format. A trailblazer in the field, she created the first Urban Inspiration Radio Station in the United States while programming Heaven 1580 in Washington DC.

Urban inspiration is a lifestyle driven music format that fuses Pop, R&B, gospel and Contemporary Christian music with today's trending news and current affairs, all with an inspirational twist. Major media outlets have adopted this brand of programming throughout the world, in hopes of marketing their product to mainstream advertisers.

As an champion for the gospel and urban inspiration brand, she was and is instrumental breaking some of the major gospel artists in their quest to establish their careers while coming to the DMV.

A 2x Stellar Award winning radio personality herself, she is the Executive Producer for the nationally syndicated radio show, “Get Up Mornings with Erica Campbell”. She can be heard on Praise 104.1 FM in Washington DC for her highly rated radio show, "Cheryl Jackson in the Midday''; and worldwide on Urban One's Inspiration Network. Most importantly, she’s a wife, a mother, a friend, and a daughter of the King

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YES TO GRACE When you hear a word often enough it began to lose its impact.  This can happen when we see words like grace and forgiveness; they surround us because they are core to our Christian faith.  Instead of switching off when you read or hear the word grace, remember that grace is actually […]

MY IDENTITY There is an emphasis in society on the importance of “finding ourselves.”  it seems a valid endeavor.  we need to know our gifts and skills and have an outlet for them: a purpose for living. we need an identity. As Christians, we have one!  First Peter says we are living stones in God’s […]

MAKE ME PATIENT NOW it’s been said that a prayer for patience is a dangerous one because in order to develop it, trials need to come.  Patience is developed with much practice, even the simple act of waiting – for anything really – is good practice.  Think of the patience Jesus has with us.  Before […]

INVISIBLE Are you feeling invisible today?  You may be surrounded by a crowd of people and yet feel alone and Isolated.  This may be how the woman who needed a healing touch from Jesus felt, but wans convinced he would never notice her among so many.  She reached out and touched him, and found him […]

ALL THINGS NEW The Most beautiful thing about the God we’ve entrusted our lives to is that he makes all things new.  That is a faithful statement – it has always been true and will always be true. As we begin a new year, empty and full of both bright promise and worrisome unknown, we […]

SOMETHING NEW Whether you have generated a color-coded list of goals, dreams, and an execution plan for the next 365 days or you’ve banned resolutions and vowed to make this just another day on the calendar, the clean slate represented by the first day of a new year is filled with an undeniable air of […]

The DMV came together to celebrate “The Maestro”, Richard Smallwood tonight for his 75th Birthday Celebration.  The celebration took place at The 1st Baptist Church of Highland Park where Dr. Henry Davis III is the host Pastor.  Hosted by Pastor Jerome Bell and Jackie Gales Web.  Featured artist include Phillip Carter & SOV, Chester Burke […]

Recorded Wrongs Many experts agree that one of the ways to keep relationships healthy and strong is to avoid words like always and never.  True love releases past mistakes and genuinely believes for the best next time.  This gives freedom from guilt, and permission for the relationship to move on and grow. This truth applies […]

Todd Dulaney’s single “It’s Working” featuring Hezekiah Walker is #1 on the Billboard Airplay charts.  For the 39-year-old Dulaney, a former professional baseball player in the New York Mets organization, “It’s Working” becomes his seventh Gospel Airplay leader — and his record-extending sixth in succession. He one-ups Jonathan McReynolds, who boasts an active streak of […]

The 54th Annual GMA Dove Awards were handed out Tuesday night, October 17th, 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee to a sold-out audience. The show aired tonight, Friday, October 20th, exclusively on TBN and The TBN App and simulcast on SiriusXM The Message. Host Tauren Wells led the all-star night of music with performances from across the […]

STRONGER FOR WAITING Have you ever waited on someone? When you wait, you abdicate your ability to determine when something will happen.  You are dependent on someone else. When we wait on God, it can be incredibly difficult.  Truly waiting on him means we aren’t solving situations on our own.  We wholly place our dependence […]