Cliff Kelley has distinguished himself as a popular talk show host who brings a wealth of knowledge on local, national and international affairs to WVON's vast listening audience. A native Chicagoan and attorney, Kelley has been in active in Chicago's political arena for more than 30 years, including 16 years in Chicago's City Council. Kelley has been a featured guest on issue-oriented programs on local, national and international television and radio, and is a frequent contributor to Chicago Tonight, which airs on Chicago's public television station, WTTW-Channel 11. He has traveled extensively to the Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Europe.
Wednesday May 6, 2009
Our health awareness topic for today’s show was Heart Disease. The guests for today’s show was Mount Siani’s Anh Nguyen, Advanced Practice Nurse in Cardio Vascular www.hundia@sinai.org. Next, we had a lively conversation with Governor Pat. Quinn. www.illinois.gov
We then had a discussion on Obama, Zardari, and Karzai regarding the AF/PAK meeting. Our special guest was QAMAR-UL HUDA, the scholar of Islam and the Senior Program Officer in Religion and Peacemaking Program at the U.S. Institue of Peace. www.uslp.org or 202.457.1700. We ended the program with a conversation with Father Michal Pfleger of Saint Sabina.
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Monday May 4, 2009
Spring has finally sprung.
We started today’s show with Fox 32 News Meteorologist Amy Freeze. The conversation then turned to the decision on whether or non Ex-Chicago School Board President Paul Vallas will challenge Cook County Board President Todd Stroger for his seat in the next election. Our special guest was Paul Green, Director of the Institute for Politics at Roosevelt University.
In the 4’oclock hour when have a conversation with Terry Savage(savage@suntimes.com) We talked about the economy, personal finance and her 20th year of writing her column for the Chicago Sun Times. Next, we spoke with the new President of Chicago State University, Dr. Wayne Watson (waynedwatson.com)
In honor of health awareness month, our discussion turned to aging. For more information, please email rushgenerations@rush.edu or call 800.757.0202
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April 27, 2009
We started today’s show with a discussion on changes that President Obama wants for credit card companies. Our guest was Montrice Yakimov from the Office of Thrift Supervision.
The conversation then turned to Black/Urban Radio versus Black owned radio in Chicago. Our special guest was Sun-Times columnist, Laura S. Washington (lauraswashington@chicagosun-times.com)
We then addressed the fear of a pandemic in regards to the swine flu. We talked about the plans that officials have devised to deal with the concerns of the public. Our guest was Dr. Ken Alexander from the University of Chicago Hospitals. For further more information on the swine flu visit www.cdc.gov
We ended the program with a discussion on Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas’ launch of a grassroots campaign to ensure that customers take advantage of heating bill assistance. The grant program still has $50 million to assist people in paying energy bills. Our guest was Rod Sierra, Vice President of Public Affairs for Integrys, the parent company of Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas. For more details on the Energy Assistance Program please call 800.571.CEDA(2332)
If you missed all the excitement today, be sure to tune in to Wednesday’s discussion.
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