KRDP's flagship public affairs series, Soul Star Live examines news, current events, arts, culture, health and wellness from a Black and African-American perspective.

Calvin J Worthen is KRDP’s Program Director. Calvin hosts the weekly Blues/Jazz/Soul program BLUE FRIDAY, and the Tuesday edition of the station’s Black and African-American public affairs program SOUL STAR LIVE focused on social justice topics. Calvin also anchors the weekend edition of Soul Star Live, which spotlights some of the best segments featured on the show throughout the week.

Hailing from Chicago, Illinois, Calvin has been in radio since 2001 as host of a late night show on WVOE. He completed his undergraduate degree in kinesiology from the University Of Northwestern-St. Paul and his master’s in business and industry education from the University of Minnesota. In 2010 he was awarded the Jane Matteson Jazz Educator of the Year, and in 2011 was the National Association of Black Storytellers 1st place winner of the “Signifying and Testifying” Tall Tales Contest. Recently, he was featured with Arizona Storytellers Project. Calvin performs freelance voice work and has narrated a collection of audio books on Audible. As a well-rounded athlete and fitness expert, he spends down time exercising and playing sports. Calvin is a vocalist, a percussionist and a thespian with a number of years of experience in performance.

Floyd Alvin Galloway, known on air as Alvin Galloway, is host and producer of the weekly radio program THE ALVIN GALLOWAY SHOW, Sundays, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.

A native of Rockford Illinois, he is a freelance writer, photographer, storyteller, entrepreneur, parent and community servant focusing on social improvement, educational issues, youth development and spiritual enhancement. His mission is to make his community and the people of the community better.  Mr. Galloway’s motto is “Today is a great day to make somebody’s day great.”

Over the years Alvin has served or currently is serving on various community boards, including The Chandler Unified School District Budget Committee, and the South Chandler Self-Help Foundation, Arizona Center for Disability Law, Boy Scout Troop and Pack 208, and his church, the Historic Tanner Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church Likewise, he has assisted the Arizona Lost Boys Center, and a principal in reactivating the East Valley branch of the NAACP in late 1980’s.

As a journalist he regularly contributes to news outlets and has served as a contributor to WVON’s Perri Small talk radio program in Chicago, Minority Engineer and Women Engineer Magazines and New American Media, now Ethnic Media Services. He is owner of AGE2 Management Services and Great Press America Media Relations.

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