Onyx Magazine honored four trailblazing Jacksonville artists for their powerful impact on Black music at the historic Ritz Theatre on Wednesday night.

The Ken Knight Awards is a gala that celebrates notable journalists who are making strides not only in the media world but also in their communities.

A longtime member of the Channel 4 family was honored Thursday night at the second annual Ken Knight Awards in Jacksonville.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Mention the name Ken Knight and many people think of the street Ken Knight Drive, a thoroughfare in a predominantly Black neighborhood in Northwest Jacksonville. But Ken Knight Drive is named after Adrian Kenneth Knight, a legendary broadcaster who broke barriers in radio and television broadcasting. His niece Martha Washington George is a radio historian who says her uncle got his start at a Daytona Beach country radio station in 1947. This is Ken Knight. AdKen Knight helped pave the way for many African Americans to get into broadcasting.