There’s a specific kind of morning light in the Caribbean—the kind that hits the water, glows off the sand, and makes everything feel possible. That same energy rides the airwaves every weekend when Empress Cheryl Taylor cracks the mic.
From 9–11 a.m. EST every Saturday and Sunday, her flagship program, The Cheryl Taylor Show, anchors 99.7 DA HEAT MIAMI—a station broadcast through the iHeartRadio global network that brands itself as the Millennial pulse of Miami and a hub for modern Hip-Hop, R&B, Pop, EDM and Afrobeats.
But what Cheryl has built is more than a time slot and a playlist. It’s a Caribbean-rooted ecosystem of talk, music, and emotional truth—a space where grown folks conversations, global sounds, and woman-centered empowerment collide in real time.
CROWNED IN CONVERSATION
HOW EMPRESS CHERYL TAYLOR TURNED THE MIC INTO A THRONE
There are radio hosts, and then there are architects of atmosphere.
Empress Cheryl Taylor belongs in the second category. She doesn’t just introduce songs or keep the station moving between ad breaks. She builds worlds with her voice—worlds where honesty is non-negotiable, joy is sacred, and self-respect is the baseline.
Her superpower is emotional range. One moment she’s laughing with a caller about the small absurdities of daily life; the next, she’s unpacking heartbreak, betrayal, or burnout with the precision of a therapist and the compassion of a big sister. She knows when to turn the music up and let the riddim carry the healing, and when to drop into a quiet, piercing truth that leaves listeners still in their kitchens, hands frozen over the stove, just listening.
It’s that rare ability to curate honest talk in a captivating, polarizing, deeply human way that makes her one of the most dynamic broadcasters in the game. She doesn’t talk at people; she talks with them—and more importantly, she gets them to talk with themselves.
ISLAND BLOODLINE, GLOBAL BEAT
WHY CARIBBEAN ENERGY IS THE WORLD’S HIDDEN ENGINE
The Cheryl Taylor Show is distinctly, unapologetically Caribbean at the core.
Not just in accent or slang, but in spirit.
Caribbean culture has always been one of the world’s biggest silent engines. From reggae and dancehall to soca, calypso, and now Afrobeats-adjacent fusions, the region’s rhythms have shaped club scenes, pop records, festival lineups, and protest anthems across the globe. You hear it in the drums behind chart-topping records, the patois sliding into hooks, the basslines that make entire stadiums move.
Empress Cheryl understands that this isn’t background flavor—it’s foundation.
On her show, Caribbean music isn’t treated as a side dish or a seasonal trend. It’s the heartbeat. Those island grooves—paired with Afrobeats, R&B, and neo-soul—create a sonic blueprint that mirrors the modern diaspora: global, blended, and proudly rooted.
The result is a soundscape that quietly makes a statement:
You can’t talk about world music without talking about Caribbean music.
You can’t talk about global culture without honoring the islands that gave so much rhythm, resilience, and language to it.
And every weekend, that truth beams out from Miami to the world via 99.7 DA HEAT MIAMI and the iHeartRadio ecosystem, turning her Caribbean-rooted worldview into a global morning ritual.
WEEKEND ALTAR
CARIBBEAN SUNRISE RADIO FOR GROWN FOLKS ONLY
From the first drop at 9:00 a.m., The Cheryl Taylor Show feels like an altar for grown energy.
This isn’t shock-jock chaos or gossip-for-clicks. It’s a curated blend of:
- Caribbean riddims that make your shoulders move before you realize it.
- Afrobeats cuts that sound like a conversation between the Motherland and the diaspora.
- Island records that smell like saltwater and sunblock.
- Neo-soul and R&B that wrap the room in incense and reflection.
Over that soundtrack, Empress Cheryl moves with the ease of someone who’s lived several lives and learned from all of them. She talks relationships, mental wellness, faith, boundaries, money, legacy—nothing is off-limits, as long as it’s approached with intention and respect.
For listeners, those two hours become a weekly reset button.
You might be cooking breakfast, cleaning the house, driving across town, or just lying on the couch scrolling your phone—but the show turns all of it into ritual. The beats move your body; the conversations check your spirit.
THE EMPRESS OF “THINK ABOUT IT”
PUSHING LISTENERS PAST AUTO-PILOT
The mark of a real broadcaster is simple:
Do people keep thinking about what you said after the show ends?
With Cheryl Taylor, the answer is yes—loudly.
She’s mastered the art of the “think about it” moment.
The question that sounds casual at first but lingers all day:
- When was the last time you chose peace over familiarity?
- Are you working for a life you want—or just paying bills on a life you’ve outgrown?
- What version of you are you protecting when you refuse to let go of what’s hurting you?
Her tone never slides into judgment. Instead, it carries the grounded authority of someone with decades of life, leadership, and corporate experience behind the mic—a presence reinforced by her polished professional profile off the air as well. She’s lived boardrooms and backstories, and that duality gives her commentary an undeniable weight.
Listeners don’t just tune in to be entertained; they tune in to be disrupted in a loving way. To have their excuses gently—but firmly—challenged. To be reminded, week after week, that they are allowed to want more.
CARIBBEAN WOMAN, COSMIC VOICE
EMPOWERING WOMEN FROM THE ISLANDS TO THE INTERNET
At the heart of The Cheryl Taylor Show is a radical, intentional commitment to women.
In an industry—and a world—where women’s voices are too often cut off mid-sentence, over-explained, or commodified, Empress Cheryl carves out sacred airtime for them. She centers women who are:
- Building businesses and brands.
- Holding families together.
- Shifting culture behind the scenes.
- Surviving, healing, and still daring to dream big.
Her conversations around womanhood are nuanced and layered. She doesn’t romanticize struggle; she honors it and then moves the dialogue toward strategy and self-preservation. She unpacks emotional labor, invisible burdens, and the unspoken expectations placed on Caribbean, Black, brown, and diasporic women around the world.
On her show, womanhood is not spoken of as a burden to bear.
It’s a crown to adjust, polish, and protect.
She champions the kind of empowerment that doesn’t just post quotes on social media, but asks:
Do you believe you’re worthy of the life you keep reposting? And if so, what’s your next move?
SOUNDTRACK TO SURVIVAL
FROM PAIN TO PROMISE, LIVE ON AIR
The Cheryl Taylor Show is built on one core understanding: everybody is fighting something.
Some listeners are quietly grieving.
Some are questioning long-term relationships.
Some are battling burnout, financial anxiety, or spiritual fatigue.
Empress Cheryl doesn’t pretend radio can magically fix all of that—but she absolutely believes it can hold people while they sort it out.
Across her weekend shows, she:
- Talks openly about healing from heartbreak and disappointment.
- Normalizes the idea of seeking therapy, mentorship, or spiritual guidance.
- Encourages listeners to give themselves permission to want softness after surviving hardness.
Between those conversations, the music is chosen like medicine. A neo-soul joint lands right after a tough question about self-worth. An Afrobeats anthem follows a moment about reclaiming joy. A Caribbean classic plays after a segment on resilience, tying the past to the present in real time.
By the time 11 a.m. hits, people don’t just feel “caught up” on culture—they feel emotionally recharged, like they’ve been in a group therapy session disguised as a radio show.
GLOBAL STREAM, ISLAND SOUL
HOW 99.7 DA HEAT MIAMI TURNED HER VOICE INTO WORLDWIDE VIBES
Miami has always been a crossroads city—Caribbean, Latin, American, African, and European influences all colliding on one shoreline. 99.7 DA HEAT MIAMI taps straight into that intersection, positioning itself as a digital-first station with a global footprint through iHeartRadio and online streaming platforms.
Within that ecosystem, The Cheryl Taylor Show stands out as a weekend anchor—one of those programs you can build a routine around. Thanks to iHeartRadio’s reach across mobile apps, desktops, smart devices, and connected cars, Cheryl’s Caribbean-rooted voice cruises through South Florida traffic, rides shotgun on long-haul drives, floats through gym speakers, and fills living rooms way beyond Miami.
The Caribbean has always exported music, style, and slang to the world.
Now, through this platform, it’s also exporting perspective—a way of thinking about joy, survival, and community that feels both deeply regional and universally human.
MORE THAN A SHOW
BUILDING AN ECOSYSTEM OF LOVE, ACCOUNTABILITY & RHYTHM
To call The Cheryl Taylor Show “just a show” is to miss what’s actually happening.
Around Empress Cheryl’s on-air presence, there’s an expanding digital constellation: Instagram reels, TikTok clips, YouTube interviews, Facebook lives, and curated social posts that carry her messages well beyond broadcast hours. Fans share their favorite quotes, debate topics in the comments, and tag friends who “need to hear this episode.”
That extended footprint turns her weekend time slot into a full ecosystem, powered by three pillars:
- Empowerment: She doesn’t simply describe better futures; she urges listeners to build them.
- Agape love: Her tone stays rooted in unconditional concern for people’s well-being—even when the truths are sharp.
- Accountability: Love, in her universe, includes calling yourself out and making new choices.
The show becomes a loop: you catch the live broadcast on 99.7 DA HEAT MIAMI, replay your favorite segments through shared clips, and carry those ideas into your actual life decisions.
THE CARIBBEAN BLUEPRINT FOR A BETTER TOMORROW
At its deepest level, The Cheryl Taylor Show is about refusing to settle.
Refusing to settle for relationships that shrink you.
Refusing to settle for careers that exhaust but don’t fulfill you.
Refusing to settle for a version of success that ignores mental health, spiritual grounding, or joy.
Through every topic she tackles—whether it’s global news, community issues, creative hustle, or personal healing—Empress Cheryl Taylor is offering something like a Caribbean blueprint for tomorrow: resilient, soulful, rhythmic, and rooted in community.
She stands as proof that a Caribbean woman with a mic, a vision, and a global signal can shift how people feel, think, and move before noon.
And that’s the real magic:
Every weekend, somewhere between the Afrobeats, the island grooves, the neo-soul chords, and the grown-folks talk, listeners start to believe in a better version of themselves again.
They start to imagine a life that doesn’t just manage pain—but walks boldly toward promise.
That’s not just radio.
That’s ministry. That’s culture work. That’s legacy.
And it all begins when you press play and step into the kingdom of The Cheryl Taylor Show—where Caribbean light, womanhood, and world-class broadcasting meet in one unforgettable voice.
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