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
Award-winning gospel choir God’s Property reunited Saturday night for a very special performance that included a surprising appearance from former bandleader, Kirk Franklin. In 1997, Franklin received a Grammy for the album, Whatcha Lookin 4, recorded with God’s Property (known as “The Family” at the time). In 1998, God’s Property sued their record label for allegedly coercing the group […]
Stand-up comedians turned television hosts, The View’s Sherri Shepherd and syndicated radio personality Rickey Smiley (Radio-One, Dish Nation), will inject new energy as co-hosts of the 29th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards. The annual salute to Gospel music, The Stellar Awards will be held at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium on Saturday, January 18, 2013. The show will air on the UP television network […]
According to OnlineFellowship.org, Many of you who live or grew up in Black communities in the United States have probably heard of “Watch Night Services,” the gathering of the faithful in church on New Year’s Eve. The service usually begins anywhere from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. and ends at midnight with the entrance of […]
According to Fox 45 in Baltimore, A large community is rallying behind a four-year-old Baltimore County girl. Madison Parrott was born with a number of heart problems. Having seen their daughter survive three heart surgeries, Parrott’s parents are hoping she can get on the transplant list. “Her current heart isn’t working well,” said Dana Parrott, […]
I ran across this blog by Seth Adams Smith on social media and had to share its truth with my Praise 104.1 family. Check it out: Having been married only a year and a half, I’ve recently come to the conclusion that marriage isn’t for me. Now before you start making assumptions, keep reading. I […]
I found these beautiful words on the blog Couples & Co. and just had to share it with my Praise 104.1 family: “My wife got sick. She was constantly nervous because of problems at work, personal life, her failures and problems with children. She has lost 30 pounds and weighed about 90 pounds in her […]
According to NBC-4.com, Drivers in D.C. will begin receiving tickets Monday from more than 100 new traffic cameras that can catch more than speeders. The new cameras can detect drivers who are not stopping at a stop sign or for a pedestrian in a crosswalk. Some are monitoring cars that “block the box,” meaning they […]
Grammy Award winning choir director and church pastor Hezekiah Walker has collaborated with Justin Timberlake, P. Diddy and Whitney Houston; recorded more than a dozen chart-topping albums and become the face of the black Gospel choir over an almost three decades long career. In speaking of his 14th CD, “Azusa The Next Generation,” Walker is […]
As reported by Gerard Bonner of www.bonnerfiedradio.com: Congratulations to the Dallas based a capella groupTEN, who wrapped up season four of NBC’s The Sing-Off. As one of ten groups, the ten-person aggregation went from never singing a capella music at the start of the show, all the way to the finals of this year’s singing competition. […]
According to an ABC7 photographer who was interviewing the victim at the time of the shooting, the man in the Santa suit was struck in his upper back. He was transported to a nearby hospital with the pellet still lodged in his shoulder. Witnesses report hearing two shots. Police believe they came from a second […]
Torrence Glenn of BET.com is one of my good friends who has his pulse on the Gospel Community. His blog The Gospel According to Torrence is always a go to spot the the latest in what’s happening in our culture. Check out his Yes, No and Maybe commentary for 2013. This is his “Yes List” […]
According to Essence.com: When Mary Mary’s Erica Campbell posted a new photo of herself on her Instagram page to announce her recent Grammy nomination, few could have predicted the firestorm it would spark in the Christian community. In the now infamous photo Campbell is wearing a figure-hugging white dress that shows off her curves. Way […]