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
Today we shine the spotlight on Canton Jones! In an interview today with Cheryl Jackson, Canton talks about his mission for the church he pastors, Free Life Church. He also talks about his involvement with the Preachers of Atlanta and how he felt when Chance The Rapper performed on the Grammy’s with Kirk Franklin and […]
Today has been deemed #ADayWithoutImmigrants! All across the world businesses are closed today in solidarity to prove the power of immigrants in the United States. The protest, aimed at showing the impact of the immigrant community and taking a stand against Donald Trump‘s policies, has been gaining substantial traction through word of mouth in recent days. […]
True love is at the very heart of the gospel and the gospel is the manifestation of God’s love. The gospel is the ultimate act of love. It is only through the gospel we come to receive this true love. We have been given the capacity to know true love, enjoy true love, live in […]
Gospel Legend Pastor Shirley Caesar was honored last night during the Grammy Awards with A Lifetime Achievement Award. The Recording Academy failed to properly vet the video montage and mistakenly added a clip of CeCe Winans instead. The Internet would not let them live it down, however Pastor Caesar was gracious and quoted “Its Alright! Just honored […]
There is no limit to the love of a real friend. Breakdown: I have had many friends in my lifetime, some that I knew were only going to be around for a season and others I thought were going to be my friends for life. In some cases I was right, but in many cases […]
In an extremely rare rebuke, US Senator Elizabeth Warren was cut off while reading a 1986 letter written by Corretta Scott King about Attorney General Nominee Jeff Sessions. Warren was rebuked on the Senate Floor charging that Warren violated Senate rules against an impugning another Senator. She took to Facebook live and read to the […]
Mary, the mother of Jesus, was engaged to Joseph, but before they could get married the Holy Spirit made Mary pregnant. Joseph loved her so much that he decided to separate himself from her privately. Breakdown: Joseph and Mary were a young couple engaged (not dating, not shacking up, not friends with benefits) to be married. […]
Vice President Mike Pence cast a historic tie-breaking vote to confirm Betsy DeVos as the next Education Secretary after the Senate was evenly divided over the controversial pick. Melissa McCarthy’s Saturday Night Live impression of White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer was dead on and hilarious! Everybody’s been waiting to see his reaction to […]
Hate what is evil but love what is good and do what is just and right in your community. Break Down: Growing up I was told that the word “hate” wasn’t good because it was such a strong word. However, as time passed, I realized that sometimes it should be used to help make a […]
Love God With Everything You Have Breakdown: Like everybody I was nervous when I first learned to swim. In the beginning, I would only put part of my body into the water. The problem, of course, was that I would never learn how to fully swim unless I put ALL of me into the water. After […]
Follow Praise 104.1: Earnest Pugh stopped by Praise 104.1 and The Cheryl Jackson show to talk about his new single “I Need You To Breathe“. However, during the interview we learned about some of the amazing work the Pugh is doing which includes building a new church in the Memphis area where he grew up. […]
We spoke to Josh and Jimmy Jenkins about their stage production “Black Boy Blues”. The production is free at First Baptist Church of Glenarden this Saturday, February 4th. Check out the interview with Cheryl Jackson: