Atlanta is Black History Radio and TV Schedule

We’ll be updating this schedule during the month so check back often.

RADIO

Closer Look

  • Coffee Conversation at Ke’Nekt Cooperative. The focus is on community-based literacy initiatives. Also, in honor of Black History Month, there will be live readings of excerpts from children’s books by Black authors. (Thursday, 2/27)

City Lights

  • Kicking off the month with Lois’s interview with Victoria Christopher Murray about her book, “Harlem Rhapsody” and interview with Ruben Studdard about his upcoming performance at the Roswell Roots Festival (a festival celebrating Black History and Culture) – (Monday, 2/3)
  • Lois’s interview with Ibi Owolabi and Jocelyn Bioh about “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding.” The play welcomes you into Jaja’s bustling hair braiding salon in Harlem where every day, a lively and eclectic group of West African immigrant hair braiders create masterpieces on the heads of neighborhood women. (Tuesday, 2/4)
  • Playwright and Pulitzer Prize-finalist Zora Howard discusses her play “Bust,” an “interrogation of what it costs to be Black and free.” (Monday, 2/10)
  • Interview with Chris Aluka Berry about the book “Affrilachia: Testimonies” (The book and the exhibition feature the works of Chris Aluka Berry’s intimate photographs that highlight the experiences of people of color in Appalachia.) – (Wednesday, 2/12)
  • 2/18/25 – Lois will be in conversation with American singer, songwriter, pianist and podcaster, Avery Sunshine. The Washington Post described her music as “a radiant brand of soul,” and some of her hits include, “Blackity Black,” “All I Need,” and “Do it Afraid.” (Tuesday, 2/18)

WABE 90.1 Special Programming

  • The Other Moonshot (4-part series) – Fridays 2/7, 2/14, 2/21, 2/28 at 9-10 p
  • Witness History: Black History Month – Saturday 2/1 at 7-8 pm
  • Selected Shorts: Changing the Narrative – Saturday 2/8 at 7-8 pm
  • Haitian Voices: Exodus, Community and the Vital Role of Music – Saturday 2/15 at 7-8 pm
  • Unlocking the Gates: How the North Led Housing Discrimination in America – Saturday 2/22 at 7-8 pm

WABE Classical – Special Programming

  • Atlanta’s King Celebration Concert (Saturday 2/1 at 5-6 pm)
  • “Every Voice with Terrance McKnight” (Sundays 2/2, 2/9, 2/16, 2/23 at 5-6 pm)

TV PROGRAMMING

  • WABE/My Money Mentors: Mondays beginning February 3, 8-9p
  • WABE/Closer Look: Xernona Clayton:  Feb. 9 at 8p, Feb. 10 at 9p
  • PBS/Finding Your Roots: Thursdays beginning February 6, 8-9p
  • PBS.“The Great Migration”: Thursdays beginnng February 6, 9p
  • WABE/Building Atlanta- The Story of Herman J. Russell: February 16 at 8p, February 17 at 10p
  • WABE/CNN “Good Trouble- The John Lewis Story”: February 17 at 9p
  • WABE The Alonzo Herndon Story: February 17 at 11p, February 24 at 9p
  • PBS/”American Coup: 1898 Wilmington Massacre: February 23, 6p
  • WABE/ReDefining History- 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre, February 23, 8p
  • WABE/Olympic Pride, American Prejudice, Februarjy 23, 8:30p