Johnny Green Honored By Columbia NAACP

Cumulus Media says loud and proud that longtime Columbia radio personality “World Famous Johnny Green” will be recognized for his outstanding community leadership at the Columbia Branch NAACP’s 38th Annual Freedom Fund Awards Gala. The event takes place Friday, September 26 at 7pm at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center.

Green, a fixture on WLXC-FM (Kiss 103.1) is heard weekdays from 10am-3pm and hosts the “Saturday Night Juke Joint” on Saturday evenings. For two decades, he and Kiss 103.1 have supported the Annual Dr. James R. Clark Memorial Sickle Cell Walk, which honors families affected by sickle cell disease and raises funds for the James R. Clark Memorial Scholarship Fund.

Over his more than 25 years on Columbia’s airwaves, Green has also lent his support to numerous charitable organizations and events, including the Alex English – Let’s Share Foundation, RCCASA Foundation, Juneteenth Festival, National Association of College Deans, Registrars, and Admissions Officers, and SC Uplift Community Outreach.

This year’s gala carries the theme “Remembering the Legacy.” The keynote address will be delivered by Rev. Nelson B. Rivers III, Pastor of Charity Missionary Baptist Church in North Charleston and co-president of the Charleston Area Justice Ministry. Rev. Rivers, a nationally recognized civil rights leader who has appeared on CNN, NPR, and 60 Minutes, is also a recipient of South Carolina’s highest honor, the Order of the Palmetto. In addition to Green, honorees include Michael Spencer, Rev. Thurmond Bowens Jr., Tiffany Wider, Rep. Leon Howard, and Dr. John H. Dozier.