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Carl NelsonGround-breaking, Peabody Award-winning broadcast news journalist Carl Nelson, has interviewed Presidents, Prime Ministers, Heads of State, politicians, authors, celebrities, civic leaders, and people from all walks of life over a four-decade career that has taken him from Nelson Mandela’s prison cell in South Africa to the Rodney King Riots in Los Angeles, to his present career as host of Washington DC’s latest daily newsmaker radio program, The Carl Nelson Show, a 4-hour daily news program that airs Monday-Friday, 6:00am-10:00am EST, originating from Radio One’s flagship radio station WOL- 95.9 FM & 1450 AM. The show is also syndicated in Baltimore on WOLB-1010 AM.

Carl Nelson was the first reporter allowed to interview Nelson Mandela on the eve of his historic 1991 release from his South African prison and, as News Director for Stevie Wonder’s KJLH Radio, was the only news reporter allowed across police lines during the 1991 Rodney King riots. KJLH’s acclaimed coverage of this civic unrest garnered KJLH the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award, an NAACP Image Award, a Golden Mike Award, the Los Angeles Press Club Award, and several other industry-wide awards.

 Nelson began his broadcasting career in 1971 at WYNT Radio in New York City. In 1974, he was recruited by Inner City Broadcasting Company, owners of WLIB Radio and WBLS Radio. After stints at several radio stations in Los Angeles, Nelson was named News Director of Stevie Wonder’s KJLH Radio, a position he held for a quarter of a century (1980-2005). In addition to his managerial responsibilities, Nelson was deeply involved in Wonder’s Bid to make Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday a national holiday, he was also led in the station’s critically-acclaimed coverage of local, regional, and national politics, breaking news, and national events, including coverage of all the US political conventions.

 Nelson has interviewed former US Presidents Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, former South Africa Premiere Peter Botha, Zambia’s first President Kenneth Kaunda, Namibia’s Former President Sam Nujoma, former South African President Jacob Zuma, dozens of US political leaders including former US presidential candidate Rev. Jesse Jackson, Senator Edward Kennedy, Representatives Maxine Waters, John Conyers and Diane Watson, Julian Bond, Andrew Young, TD Jakes, and, among many others.

 Nelson’s celebrity interviews include: Dionne Warwick, Elizabeth Taylor, Oprah, Michael Jackson, Prince, Sidney Poitier, Dionne Warwick, Sammy Davis Jr., Gladys Knight, Smokey Robinson, Redd Foxx, Luther Van Dross, Quincy Jones Berry Gordy, Magic Johnson, Muhammad Ali, O.J Simpson, Kareem Abdul Jabbar Richard Pryor and Nancy Wilson, to name but a few.

 In 1996, The Black Radio Exclusive Magazine named Carl News Director of the Year. Nelson is a graduate of the New York Institute of Technology, and a member of the Society of Professional Journalists, the Radio Television News Directors Association, and the Black Journalists Association. Formerly the co-owner of WSRF AM radio in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Nelson sits on the President’s Advisory Board at St. Thomas University, Miami, FL.

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clemInterested in scheduling a guest on The Carl Nelson Show, Washington D.C.'s new premiere talk radio program? Please contact Lynda Hudson, Producer at lyndahudson@ymail.com or by phone at 954.410.1791

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The Carl Nelson Show broadcasts on WOL Washington D.C 95.9 FM & 1450 AM and WOLB Baltimore on 1010 AM

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The Carl Nelson Show broadcasts on WOL Radio 95.9 FM 1450 AM, Washington, D.C. and on WOLB. Radio 1010 AM Baltimore Monday-Friday 6:00 am-10:00 am ET

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Recent Programs

Some of the recent guests on the Carl Nelson Show include:

U.S Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz - DNC Chair
U.S Congressman John Lewis
U.S Congressman John Conyer
U.S Congresswoman Frederika Wilson
John Burris - Civil Rights Attorney & MSNBC Legal Analyst
Laura Murphy - Director of the ACLU's Washington Legislative Office
Hilary Shelton - Director to the NAACP's Washington Bureau / Senior VP for Advocacy and Policy
Fmr Gov. of VA Tim Kaine - current Dem candidate for U.S Senate
Rev. Jamal Bryant - Pastor of Empowerment Temple AME Church (Baltimore, MD)
Dennis Kimbro, Motivational Speaker
Dick Gregory, Social Activist
Jesse Jackson, Operation Push
Sidney Miller, BRE Founder
Mark from Anaheim, Researcher
Runoko Rhasidi, Researcher
Dr. Delbert Blair, Metaphysicist
Ashra Kewsi, Researcher
Merira Kewsi, Researcher
Jim Clingman, Economist
Neely Fuller, Author
Doctah Bee, Researcher
Dr. Julianne Malvaux, Bennett College
Don Mizell, Producer
Lonnie Listen Smith, Recording Artist
Bryan Jackson, Recording Artist

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Read this exclusive article from the Huffington Post about Carl's experiences from the 1992 L.A. Riots.

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