*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 …

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 …

ABC Radio Networks got him on in New York on WRKS “Kiss FM” from 7p-12a. Where does that leave longtime “Kissing After Dark” host Lenny Greene? Probably on some other daypart. McKnight will follow the other ABC syndicated show on KISS, Michael Baisden, who started his career in syndication on the flagship about 5 years ago. According to ABC VP of Programming and Distribution Ed Pearson, The new Brian McKnight show will be a blend …