Pasadena, CA (Fri., Jan. 28, 2005) - On Friday, February 4 at 10 a.m., 89.3 KPCC will broadcast AirTalk live from Leimert Park, the second stop in the AirTalk 20th Anniversary Tour. AirTalk host Larry Mantle will be joined by a panel of guests at the Lucy Florence Coffee House in Los Angeles to discuss arts and culture within the black community.

Other topics covered in this round-table discussion are the upcoming Pan African Film and Arts Festival, black car culture and much more. Listeners are invited to attend the event and must R.S.V.P. to AirTalk@kpcc.org. The Lucy Florence Coffee House is located at 3351 West 43rd St., Los Angeles.

Mantle has hosted AirTalk since its inception in April 1985 making it the longest continuously running radio talk show in Southern California. Throughout 2005, 89.3 KPCC will be celebrating AirTalk's 20th anniversary with broadcasts from a different significant Southern California location each month.

This program is supported in part by grants from Southern California Edison and the California Community Foundation. Established in 1915, the California Community Foundation is one of the largest and most active philanthropic organizations in Southern California, with assets of more than $600 million. In partnership with its donors, the foundation supports nonprofit organizations and public institutions with funds for health and human services, affordable housing, early childhood education, community arts and culture and other areas of need.

KPCC is the flagship station of Southern California Public Radio. In the past three years KPCC has won more awards for excellence in journalism than any other radio station in Southern California. KPCC is also the fastest-growing public radio station in the country, airing the signature public radio news and talk programs from NPR, along with Air Talk with Larry Mantle weekdays from 10 a.m.- 12 Noon, and Talk of the City with Kitty Felde weekdays from 2-3 p.m.