Syndication One syndicated radio talk show host Warren Ballentine recently scored an exclusive interview with First Lady Michelle Obama “live” from the White House. Ballentine visited the White House on Monday, April 16th as part of their Summit on Entrepreneurship for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions. The Summit offered the opportunity for Ballentine to provide a national African-American audience for small business owners, government experts, and leaders from a variety of HBCUs/MSIs …

Forget Rush Limbaugh‘s rocky first quarter of 2012,  he is still the king of the hill when it comes to Talkers magazines annual “Heavy Hundred ” list of the top radio talk show hosts in America. For the seventh year in a row Limbaugh tops the list of talk personalities vying for a place on the list, including Access.1/Dial Global progressive syndicated radio talker and MSNBC host Ed Schultz who vaults into the top five, a …

Here’s hoping the third time is a charm for syndicated radio host Warren Ballentine. The Syndication One talker returned to the Atlanta airwaves last week on WGUN-AM (1010) anchoring the newly re-formatted progressive outlet. Ballentine (10 am-1 pm) joins a talk lineup on the station that features Dial Global’s  Ed Schultz (1 pm to 3 pm), Premiere Radio Network’s Randi Rhodes (3 pm to 6 pm), Dial Global talker Thom Hartmann (6 pm to 9 …

Syndication One syndicated radio talker Warren Ballentine is out at CBS Radio’s WAOK (AM 1380) Atlanta. There is no official word on why or who may be his replacement in the 10AM-1PM time period. This is not the first time that the show has been shuffled about in the Atlanta market, it was dropped by Radio One owned WAMJ-FM,  picked up by CBS and lost an hour to the now defunct Gail King show. Here’s …

Syndication One talker Warren Ballentine is teaming with The National Bankers Association (NBA), the organization which represents African-American banks and banking executives, to spearhead a national campaign to get minorities and other consumers in the urban areas to bank with minority banks. The campaign, called “The People’s Economic Movement,” is planned to coincide with the unveiling of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial statue in Washington, D.C. August 28, 2011. According to Michael Grant, …

Syndication One syndicated radio talk host Warren Ballentine and Mechanics and Farmers Bank announced that deposits made by people responding to Ballentines grassroots “Community Reinvestment” campaign now total over $1 million dollars.  In late 2009 Ballentine began encouraging his listeners, known as “The Truth Fighters,” to support minority-owned financial institutions which “have traditionally invested in the communities they serve.” Listener response to Ballentine’s on-air messages of encouragement prompted Ballentine and M&F President/CEO Kim D. Saunders …

Syndication One, launched on January 30, 2006 as a joint venture between Radio One, Inc. and Reach Media, Inc. is celebrating its fifth anniversary as one of the leading radio providers of programming targeted to African American listeners.  During its half-decade as the syndicated radio home of the Reverend Al Sharpton, Warren Ballentine, Yolanda Adams, Rickey Smiley, Cory “CoCo Brother” Condrey, and Bishop T.D. Jakes, Syndication One has …

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 …

Syndication One talker Warren Ballentine scored an exclusive chat with President Barack Obama during his show on October 1. Topics included a discussion on jobs, education and second chances for convicted felons. Friday’s interview was the third time that Ballentine has interviewed President Obama, twice as President and once as U.S. Senator for the state of Illinois and came on the heels of the President’s announcement of the resignation of White House …

Syndication One talker Warren Ballentine lost a portion of his 3 hour syndicated radio show in Atlanta this week when CBS Radio WAOK (1380 AM) dropped the first hour of his daily show to make room for Westwood One’s Gayle King Show . The loss of the 10A-11A hour is a setback for Ballentine who fought to get back into the Atlanta market after Radio One Urban AC WAMJ-FM dropped both Ballentine and Al Sharpton …