Syndicated radio personality Tom Joyner will appear in a state appeals court in Columbia, SC on Thursday (10/14) to seek posthumous pardons for two great-uncles who were put to death for what he says was a crime they didn’t commit. Thomas and Meeks Griffin were executed on September 29, 1915 one day after their arrest and conviction for the slaying of a man in South Carolina. Joyner learned of the story when Harvard scholar Henry …

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 …

RadioTime Inc., a developer of technology for finding and listening to radio online, has released the first RadioTime.com Top 19 Programs, a list of the most listened-to programs on RadioTime.com for the month of June 2009. The inaugural list is dominated by well known syndicated radio talkers but also shows how RadioTime enables listeners to discover lesser-known shows airing around the world.The five most popular programs are “Rush Limbaugh,” “Steve Harvey,” “The Savage Nation,” “Glenn Beck” …

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 …

Premiere Radio Network syndicated morning host Steve Harvey obviously is feeling the need to defend himself regarding news of his replacing Tom Joyner on Clear Channel’s WVAZ in Chicago. In an interview with Phil Rosenthal in last Friday’s (4/10) Chicago Tribune, Harvey let off a little of his frustration at being pegged as the fall guy in the move that saw Joyner released as the V-103 morning talent after 13 years. Steve is right to …

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.

RushmoreDrive.com, the first-of-its-kind targeted search engine for the Black community, today announced a partnership with Citadel Media, formerly ABC Radio Networks. Citadel Media syndicates some of the country’s top Urban programming including The Tom Joyner Morning Show, The Michael …

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 …