Larry Young
Radio Talk Host, Larry Young began his radio career in 1998 on WOLB 1010 AM with The Larry Young Morning Show Monday thru Friday, 7am to 10am. The Larry Young Morning Show is rated the # 1 Black Talk Show in Maryland and also ranked by Talkers Magazine as one of the top 100 Talk Shows in the country 2007 # 99, and 2008 # 86,2009 #63, 2010 #63, 2011 #63 and 2012 #53,2013 #54, 2014 #52, 2015 #50,
2016 #47, 2017 #45, 2018 #45 and 2019 #41.
The Larry Young Morning Show was also named “Best Radio Station” by Baltimore City Paper in 2007, 2008, 2009 and in 2010. He also has been awarded by the community with such awards as the 2007 Pinnacle Award given by American Development Consortium, 2009 Ed Bradley Award given by Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 2011 Unsung Hero Award given by Grace Outreach Fundraising Committee, 2012 Whitney M.Young Jr. Award given by Greater Baltimore Urban League and recipient of TALKERS Magazine Humanitarian Award in June 2015.
From the Sacramento Bee:
A campaign launches Monday to encourage more African Americans to donate blood and register as potential bone marrow donors.
The 10 a.m. kickoff event at Underground Books, 2814 35th Street, will feature Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson and Debbie Meador, a leukemia survivor who received life-saving transfusions.
African Americans are among those least likely to find a bone marrow match, according to a news release by BloodSource, the group behind the campaign.
The effort is meant address a national shortage of blood and bone marrow for African Americans suffering from leukemia, sickle cell anemia and other life-threatening diseases, the group said.
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