*UPDATE* It took longer  than we expected but the deal to bring Tom Joyner back to New York is done. The show will return to WRKS on February 7th to compete directly against Premiere Radio’s Steve Harvey on Inner City Broadcasting’s WBLS. The D.L. Hughley radio experiment at Emmis Communications’ WRKS New York  seems to be  over. Caught in the middle of one of the most complicated and contentious public disputes in …

The lawsuits continue to fly surrounding the D.L. Hughley Morning Show. URBan Radio Communications who served as the show’s syndicator in an effort to roll out the show nationally, filed a multimillion lawsuit against Emmis, claiming the owner of Hughley’s flagship station WRKS KISS FM New York, “wrongfully interfered” with the host’s contractual relationship with his syndicator. URBan says it’s also due at least $800,000 in promised inventory on the station. Under the initial three-year …

On paper this could shape up to be one of the most compelling morning show radio battles in a long time. Original King of Comedy D.L Hugley has been tapped by Emmis to do mornings at Urban AC WRKS 98.7 KISS FM New York. This puts Hughley in direct competition with fellow King of Comedy and Premiere Radio Network syndicated radio host Steve Harvey who has been holding court across town at Inner City Broadcastings …