*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 …

Comedian Sheryl Underwood ,  known as one of the most highly educated and brilliant stand up comics in the business has abruptly ended her run as a featured player on the Reach Media syndicated radio Tom Joyner Morning Show and has joined the Premiere Radio Network morning offering the Steve Harvey Morning Show.
Underwood will be a weekly contributor on the show and  will serve as “guest host” when Harvey is away. In addition, …

Reach Media’s nationally syndicated radio Tom Joyner Morning Show planned to broadcast live from earthquake-stricken Haiti today but only made it as far as Miami. Joyner told his listeners Friday morning that he got as far as Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, but was unable to get to Port-au-Prince in time to do his show which airs from 5 a.m.-9 a.m. CST.  Joyner said: “We didn’t make it to Haiti, but we’re on the air.”  The …

Rodney Ho of the Atlanta Constitution Journal is reporting that Reach Media syndicated radio morning legend Tom Joyner has signed a deal to remain on Atlanta’s WALR Kiss 104.1 for the next two years. The exact length of the agreement wasn’t revealed but Joyner, who joined the station in 1995 will continue through 2011.

The Chicago Tribune is reporting that Reach Media has  filed a suit against Clear Channel over WVAZ cancellation of the Tom Joyner Morning Show and replacing it with the Steve Harvey Morning Show back in March. The suit filed  by Reach in Texas’ Dallas County District Court, alleges breach of contract by Clear Channel and claims that because the show was dropped without notice, Reach is owed more than $800,000 in affiliation fees and …

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 …

At least for the moment, the WSRB Chicago decision to pick up Reach Media’s Tom Joyner Morning Show is reaping big benefits. Weekly PPM data says that in his first full week on the station Tom has tripled the 25-54 numbers taking them from 0.8 to 2.4.

Tom Joyner returns to the Chicago airwaves on Crawford Broadcasting’s WSRB  April 22nd- and he literally had to pay his way. In what he is calling a “brokered deal” by Reach Media, Joyner resumes his nationally syndicated radio show  in Chicago Wednesday morning. In a statement to his listeners Joyner said:  “Thank you Chicago and all our friends and family from all over the country.” “You have written, you have tweeted and your activism has …

All Access is reporting that Reach Media has agreed to terms with Crawford Broadcasting to return the  nationally syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show to the Chicago airwaves most likely as we predicted here to WSRB. We’ll keep you informed once the details are finalized.

Phil Rosenthal recently spoke to an understandably upset Tom Joyner for an article in today’s Chicago Tribune. The nationally syndicated Joyner, who was unceremoniously replaced at Clear Channel WVAZ (V-103) after 13 years this past Monday, speaks candidly about his firing, the importance of being on in Chicago and how audience data revealed by Arbitrons new PPM methodology is impacting programming decisions. The article is a good read from a newspaper in a town that …