Dozens of radio stations across the country on Thursday will pause their normal programming to mark five months since the death of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman who was fatally shot by Louisville, Ky., police officers in her apartment.
The broadcast event is being coordinated by the Louisville radio station 97.1 FM WXOX and Taylor's family, a notice published on the station's website said. At 2 p.m. EDT, stations will pause their broadcasts "to hear one of Breonna’s favorite songs and a message from her family," the station said.
Sharon Scott, the station's general manager, said in an email to The Hill that the tribute will feature the song "Everything" by Mary J. Blige. The song will then be followed by a reading of names representing female victims of police violence, which will be accompanied by sounds from Louisville protests.
Scott said that the broadcast event will represent the third time this year a band of stations interrupted its programming to recognize victims of police brutality.
A group of stations in June went silent for 8 minutes and 46 seconds to honor George Floyd, a Black man who was killed after a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for roughly nine minutes.
