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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

Pastor Leandria Johnson is being slammed once again after a clip surfaced Monday night of her displaying, what some are calling, the most deplorable behavior ever displayed by someone professing salvation.   Watch: Le’Andria Johnson Apologizes To Fans About Her Viral Live Rant During a chat with her fans on Periscope, Leandria is seen wearing a […]

The city of Baltimore says it has reached a $6.4 million wrongful death settlement with the family of Freddie Gray. Gray died in April after he suffered a critical spine injury while he was in police custody. Six Baltimore police officers face criminal charges stemming from Gray’s death. Gray, who was black, was critically injured […]

According to Razilla, Stephen Curry, one of Christian hip-hop’s most supportive professional athletes, is set to release another shoe influenced by his faith. In February, Under Armour released the Curry One, which featured the tagline “Charged By Belief” and 4:13 on the tongue, a nod to Philippians 4:13, “I can do all things through him […]

According to Deadline.com, Affirm/Sony’s faith-based title War Room looks to have inched out Universal/Legendary’s Straight Outta Compton, $3.87M to $3.85M at Friday’s B.O. Last night, War Room looked like it had some distance from Compton, but morning figures show the F. Gary Gray film with more dough. War Room is the fifth film by director Alex Kendrick, and it’s the second consecutive film […]

Cliffton Ross III makes the top 3 finalist of BET Sunday Best and he represents the DMV.  The voting process will take place all week, so make sure you vote today!  You can call at 1-855-422-1419 (up to 20 times per phone line). You can vote (as often as you can) online at www.bet.com/sundaybest. ‪

  You voted and now Praise 104.1 Honors the top 20 1st Ladies in the DMV!  Congratulations to: Lady Dee Arnold                                        Spring Gate Church Lady Sonja Brownlee                   […]

Gospel Music Association (GMA) announced the nominees in 41 categories for the 46th Annual GMA Dove Awards. The theme of this year’s award show is “Better Together” focuses on the strength in unity. The conference took place at Liscomb University. The awards show will take place on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at Allen Arena on […]

Based on an interview with Marc Hill of HuffPostTV , Bishop T. D. Jakes was accused of coming out in favor of gay marriage. One headline proclaimed his position on LGBT churches is “evolving.” Late last night, Jakes issued a statement on Facebook, which is reprinted below in its entirety. My comment on HuffPo TV drifted […]

    He seems to be the latest You Tube craze getting major exposure! Blogger Southern Soul Paradise says: This is one of those songs that is in so much demand in the south – turn on any radio station in south central Alabama and you will hear it. I’ve never heard of Bishop Bullwinkle […]

Keith Williams stopped by the Praise studio today to introduce his brand new single “Thirsty For The Rain”!  Kieth says, “It’s written for those times when we are longing for a refreshing from the Lord”.

This week Kym Lee teaches us how to keep our make up fresh in the heat.  The key to keeping your make ups fresh and run proof in the heat is SETTING SPRAY!  Check out the Beauty Spot with Make up artist to the stars, Kym Lee!