Reggae Central

Website http://www.reggaecentral.org/
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/reggaecentralkpfk
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/reggaecentralkpfk/

Chuck Foster hosts Reggae Central Sundays from 2-4 PM on KPFK. He features ska, rocksteady, dub, local and international reggae and dancehall with a special emphasis on roots music. Chuck is the author of Roots Rock Reggae: An Oral History of Reggae Music From Ska To Dancehall (Billboard Books, 1999) and The Small Axe Guide To Rockstedy (Muzik Works, 2009, updated 2016). He wrote the Reggae Update column for Beat Magazine for two decades and currently writes the Reading and Reasoning column for Reggae Festival Guide. Chuck started playing reggae on the radio in Southern California in 1982 and began hosting Reggae Central in 1997. Live guests on the show over the years include Dennis Brown, The Mighty Diamonds, Burning Spear, Alton Ellis, Etana, Stranger Cole, Freddie McGregor, Phyllis Dillon, Lucky Dube, Morgan Heritage, The Expanders and many, many more.

Contact email: cfoster907@yahoo.com

Reggae Central Playlists

Current Playlist

Previous Playlists: (select date)
Reggae Central Playlist

REGGAE CENTRAL w/ Chuck Foster 90.7FM KPFK

KPFK is a progressive media outlet challenging corporate media perspectives and providing a voice to voiceless communities. Help keep KPFK a strong and independent source of music, arts, news and information.

Schedule

Aware with Lisa Garr
1:00pm - 2:00pm

Aware is dedicated to communicating information to inspire positive growth and change
LA Review of Books
2:00pm - 2:30pm

LARB
SWANA Region Radio
2:30pm - 3:00pm

Weekly review of politics and culture bringing you the voices of the voiceless from Kolkata to Casablanca.

Hosts, Members of SWANA (South and West Asia and North Africa) Collective.
Trump Watch with Jon Wiener
3:00pm - 4:00pm

Talk about what Trump is actually doing, not just what he's tweeting.