About Carl Nelson

The Carl Nelson Show Launched Mon-Fri 4-7pm on WOL-AM 1450 February 6th 2012 in the nations capital. Ground-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 3-hour daily news program on Radio One’s flagship radio station WOL-1450 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 Kings’ 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 President Ronald Reagan, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, former South Africa Premiere Peter Botha, Zambia’s first

President Kenneth Kaunda, Namibia’s Former President Sam Nujoma, current 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 Rev. Al Sharpton, among many others.

Nelson’s celebrity interviews include: Elizabeth Taylor, Oprah, Michael Jackson, Prince, Sidney Poitier, Dionne Warwick, 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.

Historian Dr. Walter Williams will provide a concise historical breakdown of the pathway from Kemetic mythicism to Christianity.

Legendary Historian Ashra Kwesi will discuss African Kemetic Spirituality in the Origin of the Christmas Holiday. Obie Egbuna discusses his latest play, The Kiswahili Explosion.

Morgan State University Professor Dr. Ray Winbush checks in to discuss the surge in Black-Gun Buying and Black Gun clubs. Dr. Sharon Anderson talks about if America is heading towards a civil war.

Dr. James Small checks in to provide some history of how the US medical treatment of Blacks may be at the core of the resistance to taking the COVID19 vaccines. OG LA Black Panther Muhammad Mubarak details his struggle with COVID19.

Dr. Fox contends there are five core white values that some people are addicted to, which in turn gives tacit acceptance to White domination. Before we hear from Dr. Fox, Educator & Griot Baba Amefika Geuka outlines the reasons why we should be concerned with the push to take the COVID19 vaccine.

Nana Gyamfi claims many of the women were victims of forced sterilization procedures at For-Profit ICE detention centers. Dr. Leonard Jeffries opines on the reluctance of many Blacks to take the COVID19 vaccines.

Dr. Gerald Horne, returns to discuss the turmoil in Ethiopia, Nigeria, Venezuela & the Ghanaian elections. Attorney Dwight Pettit examines Trump's plans to stay in the White House

Dr. Runoko Rashidi will discuss Blacks in Australia & The Pacific Islands. Before we get to Dr. Rashidi, Garveyite, Senghor Baye on the life of the late Dr. Marcus Garvey Jr.

Abdul Alim Muhammad updates us on COVID19. Dr. Alim will also show proof that COVID19 is a planned epidemic to usher in The New World Order.

The Minister of Information Professor Griff checks in to discuss the Racial Divide vs. the Black Divide. Harvard-trained scientist Dr. Leonard Horowitz on the prospect of forced vaccinations & his lawsuit to block the FDA's approval of the vaccines.