In these precarious socioeconomic times, we need — borrowing a popular urban vernacular — “straight talk with no chaser.” Robert Redding Jr. readily fills the void as he returns to the Atlanta radio airwaves with “Redding News Review,” packing his unequivocal message of hope, accountability, and astute political analysis.
The “Redding News Review” can be heard weekdays on WAOK-AM from 10 p.m to 1 a.m. and on Sundays from 7 to 10 p.m. You can also catch the show via www.reddingnewsreview.com.
“After nearly eight years, it’s good to be back on the air in Atlanta during the week,” said Redding. “As always, I thank the top-notch management at the most important talk radio station for black Americans for believing in what I do.”
Redding, 35, the son of Atlanta minister Robert Redding Sr., brings an impressive pedigree to the Atlanta radio landscape. He has won numerous awards for his work from the Associated Press, American Advertising Federation, Talkers magazine and the Black Web Awards. Redding has also been a frequent guest on “Fox News” and NPR.
Redding’s weekday show can already be heard live from 4 to 7 p.m. ET on WIBB-AM in Macon, Ga., and WLMC-AM in South Carolina. The podcast is also daily on Charlotte’s WGIV-AM/FM.
Redding sat down with rolling out to outline issues that most need redress within the black community:
1. Entrepreneurship: “Until we patronize our black businesses and until we make sure they are strong, we cannot move forward. Until we realize that black businesses are the backbone of our community and patronize them, we will always be on bended knee.”
2. Politics: “I’m an independent. I’m not one of these people who [is] beholding to anyone, not even to this president, who is black. The problem that I see [is] we continue to put all of our eggs in one basket. I’m not talking about going and becoming a Republican. I’m not talking about joining up with the conservatives. I’m talking about being on a political party plantation. We need to politically diversify in our approach to politics.”
3. Education: “It is the key to our future. That’s why I went back to school. As a matter of fact, I graduated two years ago and now I’m 35.”
–terry shropshire
