Jamal Ahmad

Congratulations To WCLK Business Bounce Back Contest Winner Phillip Scotton

By Rob Maynard • Sep 30, 2020

Congratulations to Phillip Scotton and his business Primo Atlanta, grand prize winner of the WCLK Business Bounce Back Contest. Phillip along with some college classmates, worked their way into becoming a Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Franchisee, and today they own 8 stores in multiple states, including right here in Atlanta. Their company is black owned and black led.

Andre Harrell Was The Perfect Conduit

By Jamal Ahmad • May 23, 2020

Andre Harrell, December 2019 (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Sean Combs)

I recently penned a tribute to the late Andre Harrell for Soultracks, the biggest website devoted to Soul Music. You can read it here. If you are a fan of old school legends like Heavy D & The Boyz, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Teddy Riley & Guy, Al B. Sure!, Mary J. Blige, Eddie F., Dave Hall, Jodeci, Father M.C., you probably heard them thanks to Harrell.

May 24: Debb Moore, Jamal Ahmad And Your Tributes To Jay Edwards

By David C. Linton • May 23, 2020

Join us on this Sunday for a special tribute to the late John “Jay” Edwards, host of Jazz Tones. Beginning at 2 pm, Debb Moore will kick off our tribute to Jay on The Sunday Jazz Suite with reflections from his fellow WCLK on air personalities and colleagues. Then at 3pm, Jamal Ahmad will host Jazz Tones, playing the music that Jay loved. You’ll hear from artists, members of the Jazz community, and you the listeners as we read some of your comments left here at wclk.com.

#UPFRONT w/Iyanla Vanzant, Jamal Ahmad, Keisha Jackson, Jamil Jude, Thomas W. Jones (AUDIO)

By Ray Cornelius • May 22, 2020

Check out the most recent edition of UPFRONT Inside Atlanta's Entertainment Industry. It features my conversations with Fix My Life star Iyanla Vanzant, WCLK's Jamal Ahmad and Keisha Jackson remember Betty Wright, Andre Harrell and Little Richard and Atlanta theater leaders Jamil Jude and Thomas W. Jones are here as part of my The Show Must Go On: Entertainment and COVID-19 series.

December 31: Ring In The New Year With Ken Ford, Norman Brown, Phillippia--Jamal Ahmad Hosts

Programming on Jazz 91.9 WCLK is made possible in part by Ken Ford, LLC, presenting Ken Ford's New Year's Eve Concert and After Party taking place on Tuesday evening, December 31. Events begin at 7pm at the Renaissance Concourse Atlanta Airport Hotel, located at One Hartsfield Center Parkway in Atlanta. Entertainment features Ken Ford, The King of Strings, with special guest Guitarist Norman Brown and Vocalist Phillippia. They will play live as the New Year arrives. WCLK's SOUL of Jazz Host Jamal Ahmad will be your host for this event.