Now it’s official. After weeks of speculation surrounding Syndication One talker and activist The Rev.Al Sharpton, and if or when he was getting the 6pm slot on MSNBC, the network announced Tuesday that Sharpton will host “PoliticsNation” on weeknights starting August 29. Here’s the official statement from MSNBC:
NEW YORK – August 23, 2011 – Reverend Al Sharpton, the civil rights activist and minister, has been named host of “PoliticsNation,” a nightly program airing weeknights live …

Syndication One talkers the Rev. Al Sharpton and Warren Ballentine return to Cincinnati as Radio One gospel WDBZ (1230) flips back to talk as “The Buzz,” under new OM Steve Harris. WBDZ was originally black talk anchored by longtime Cincinnati talk personality Lincoln Ware before turning Gospel two years ago. Ware remains the local focal point of the revived talk format and is joined by other syndicated radio personalities- Reach Media’s Tom Joyner and American …

Premiere Radio Networks syndicated radio talker Randi Rhodes is set to re-join the weekday lineup at Access.1 Communications owned WWRL-AM New York beginning November 8th. Rhodes was last heard in the market when the station served as the New York  flagship of the now-defunct  Air America Radio.  “New York!  I missed you!  Thank you WWRL for bringing me back home,” stated Rhodes, a Brooklyn native. The Progressive Talk outlet is also home …

Syndication One syndicated radio host The Rev. Al Sharpton has created his own media company and will branch out into weekly television, launching a Sunday morning syndicated TV show. The  civil rights advocate unveiled his 30-minute show, “Education Superhighway,” last week at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 40th …

Black Talkers a new website dedicated to covering talk radio targeted to the African-American community, has released it’s  “Black Talkers Talented 10″ (radio) list. Joe Madison of WOL Washington and XM radio is at the top of what Black Talk founder Rob Redding calls  “The definitive list of top black radio talk show hosts in the talk media industry.”  The list includes a number of syndicated radio talkers, with Syndication One personality Al …

Syndication One syndicated radio talkers Al Sharpton and Warren Ballentine have been removed from the lineup at Radio One Charlotte urban WQNC-FM. The station after months of rumors of a format shift, re-launched Monday as “My92.7 R&B from the 80′s, 90′s and Now.”  According to the station website a one hour talk show hosted by Sharpton remains on the Sunday morning schedule, but there is no word yet as to whether or where the weekday …

Syndication One syndicated radio talker Rev. Al Sharpton is putting  some heat on Rush Limbaugh ‘s bid to acquire an NFL team. Sharpton, responding  to Limbaugh’s  announcement last week that a group headed by Limbaugh and St. Louis Blues owner Dave Checketts were in the running to buy the St. Louis Rams, wrote a letter to NFL commissioner Rodger Goodell requesting a meeting to discuss reasons why the NFL should reject the bid.  …

Syndication One has tapped Yolanda Starks-White as Executive Director of Multi-Media Marketing. In her new role she will be responsible for creating signature events for the various Syndication One brands as well as assisting with custom affiliate events for the company.  Those brands include The Yolanda Adams Morning Show, The Rickey Smiley Morning Show, CoCo Brother Live, Bishop T.D. Jakes, Al Sharpton and Warren Ballentine. In addition, she will supervise all booking and contesting …

Syndication One, a joint venture between Radio One and Reach Media, names Tanita Myers director of operations. She’s spent the last six years as director of syndicated radio operations for Reach, working with The Tom Joyner Morning Show. Myers will oversee operations for The Yolanda Adams Morning Show, The Rickey Smiley Morning Show, CoCo Brother Live, TD Jakes’ “Empowering Moments,” The Al Sharpton and Warren Ballentine talk programs, and other shows. Myers is a 17-year …

Dial-Global’s syndicated Stephanie Miller Show, along with Air America Media’s new Montel Across America show hosted by longtime TV talker Montel Williams made their WWRL-AM New York debuts today. Miller is airing on the station from 11am-noon,  with Williams sliding into afternoon drive from 3-6pm in the slot formerly filled by Ron Kuby. The pair joins a weekday lineup at WWRL that already includes syndicated radio shows hosted by Rachel Maddow, Ed …