Los Angeles, California
Email: dominiquediprima@gmail.com
Email: dominique@dominiquediprima.com
Radio & TV Host
Experience
Interviewing Guests, News Correspondent, Radio & TV Show Host, Reporter,
Segment Producer, Community Organizer, Actress
Skills
Teleprompter, IFB, Studio Live-To-Tape, Magazine-Style Packages,
Field Reporting, Fluent Spanish Red Carpets, Expert Emcee for Stage Shows
Radio
Current: Morning Drive Host – First Things First with Dominique DiPrima KBLA Talk Radio 1580
June 2006 – September 2008 – Stevie Wonder’s Morning Thunder – Co Host/Anchor 102.3 KJLH
July 2005 – June 2021 – The Front Page – Daily Talk Radio Host – 102.3 KJLH
March 2000 – June 2003 – The Steve Harvey Morning Show – Co-Host 100.3 “The Beat” L.A.
November 1994 – June 2003 – Street Science – Talk Radio Show Host KKBT 92.3 “The Beat” L.A.
Television & Film
Election Coverage ~ Correspondent/Guest Anchor – Fox Soul TV – Los Angeles
Business of Being Black with Tammi Mac ~ Contributor – Fox Soul TV – Los Angeles
Life & Times ~ Guest Host – KCET/PBS – Los Angeles
Home Turf ~ Host – KRON/NBC – San Francisco
News Center Four ~ Reporter – KRON/NBC – San Francisco
Appeared as an actress on TV Co-Starring in the following roles:
She Spies, The X-Files, The Parkers, A Smart Parents Guide to TV
Appeared in the Film “Orizuru 2015” as a News Anchor
Education
San Francisco State University – Bachelors Cum Laude
Jean Shelton Acting School, Rick Edelman Scene Study, Bay Area Theater Sports
Social Media
Instagram: diprimaradio
Website: www.KBLA1580.com
Website: www.dominiquediprima.com
Twitter: diprimaradio
YouTube: @diprimaradio
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/firstthingsfirstkbla1580
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1045184/
Biography
Dominique DiPrima is currently the host and producer of First Things First with
Dominique DiPrima on KBLA Talk 1580 where she is making radio history as the first African-American woman to host a commercial drive-time talk radio show in Los Angeles.
Prior to helping to launch Tavis Smiley’s talk radio startup, Dominique was host and producer of the early morning talk show The Front Page with Dominique DiPrima on Stevie Wonder’s Los Angeles radio station KJLH 102.3-FM for 17 years. In addition, Ms. DiPrima acted as Co-Host and Senior Producer for the syndicated Michael Baisden Show and Co-host and News Director for The Steve Harvey Morning Show. On television Ms. DiPrima hosted Home Turf with Dominique DiPrima for 8 seasons on San Francisco’s NBC affiliate KRON-TV garnering 5 Emmy Awards.
Dominique DiPrima has been bridging worlds her whole life. Ms. DiPrima was born in New York City but raised in California. Her mother is Beat poet/feminist Diane DiPrima, her dad, writer Amiri Baraka, is considered the father of the Black Arts Movement. The daughter of two activists and of two coasts, of an African American father and an Italian American mother, she has a unique perspective.
Dominique loves talking to people from all walks of life, it’s a skill she perfected while attending 16 different schools by the time she graduated from twelfth grade. She also loves to listen and that ability has served her well talking to the people of Los Angeles on the air almost every day for over two decades and keeping abreast of current events and emerging movements.
Dominique is deeply involved in her community, emceeing, speaking and participating at countless non-profit events and fundraisers. She was the Director of the acclaimed Summer of Success violence prevention program in Baldwin Village in 2003 and 2004.
DiPrima served as a Commissioner on the Status of Women under L.A. Mayor Antonio Villariagosa. She was named Los Angeles Pioneer Woman of the Year by the L.A. City Council in 2019.
Dominique lives in South Los Angeles with her son and a large yellow dog.