Friday, April 16, 2010

Los Angeles: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community launches new weekly radio program

"I will bring sanity back into our conversations by presenting such spiritual and faith-based context to our day-to-day issues which is common in all faiths but highlighted in Islam." [Imam Shamshad]


Ahmadiyya Times | News Staff | US Desk
Source: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community | Los Angeles
By Ahmadiyya Times staff

Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is launching a new weekly radio program in Southern California.

The program entitled ‘Understanding Islam with Imam Shamshad’ will air live at 10:30 AM PDT (5:30 PM GMT) every Saturday on a radio station recently converted to 'all-talk' format.

The radio station, KSPA - 1510 AM is located in Ontario and offers a wide-area broadcast footprint over large parts of San Bernardino, Riverside, Los Angeles, Orange counties.

The radio station - recently converted to a ‘talk radio’ format with “Southern California Talk” tagline - offers a lineup of popular national and regional radio hosts including Dr. Laura, , Robert Conrad, Doug McIntyre, Laura Ingraham and controversial Michael Savage.


Imam Shamshad Nasir, who serves as the Regional Missionary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community for the Southwest Region, is based at Baitul Hameed Mosque, in Chino, California.

Imam Shamshad is not new to talk radio. He has been offering his views every Tuesday on a weekly segment of the same title on KCAA/1050-AM radio in San Bernardino County.

“I do not intend to offer political commentary,” says Imam Shamshad. “I will bring sanity back into our conversations by presenting such spiritual and faith-based context to our day-to-day issues which is common in all faiths but highlighted in Islam.”

The Ahmadiyya Times readers will be able to listen to the live program stream at the website . [Listen]

The radio station is operated by the legendary Orange County broadcaster, Art Astor who has two other station, in San Diego, KSFD/1450 AM and financial talk KCEO/1000 AM.

-- Ahmadiyya Times staff.

Direct link to the radio program: http://ahmadiyyatimes.blogspot.com/p/los-angeles-radio-show.html

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