``The Tom Joyner Morning Show '' to Air On Washington DC Station WMMJ-FM Beginning August 28; Radio One Stations in Houston and Boston Also to Broadcast Joyner.Business Editors DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 8, 2000 ABC Radio ABC Radio is a broadcasting unit of Citadel Broadcasting Corporation.[1] ABC Radio was, from 1945 until 2007, the division of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) focused on AM radio and FM radio broadcasting. Networks and Radio One have signed a letter of intent to broadcast "The Tom Joyner Thomas "Tom" Joyner (born November 23, 1949) is an American radio host. His daily program, The Tom Joyner Morning Show, is syndicated across the United States and heard by over ten million radio listeners. He is married to fitness guru Donna Richardson. Morning Show" on Radio One's WMMJ-FM in Washington DC, KMJQ-FM in Houston, and WILD-AM in Boston later this month. Tom Joyner's popular urban morning show is set to debut on the three stations on August 28, 2000, ABC Radio Networks announced today. The show will air from 6 am to 10 am, each weekday. Tom Joyner has been broadcasting on WHUR in Washington DC since 1995. This will be the first time Joyner has aired in the Houston and Boston markets Boston Market (known before 1995 as Boston Chicken), headquartered in Golden, Colorado, is a chain of American fast-food restaurants. Founded in December 1985 in Newton, Massachusetts, the chain grew rapidly in the early and mid-1990s, filed bankruptcy in the late 1990s, and . Statement from Tom Joyner "WHUR has been more than an affiliate of 'The Tom Joyner Morning Show.' They have been a flagship station In broadcasting, a flagship station is the station which originates a broadcast network, or a particular radio show or TV show, primarily in the United States and Canada. This includes both direct network feeds and syndication, but generally not backhauls. of our morning show. They are owned by Howard University Howard University, at Washington, D.C.; coeducational; with federal support. It was founded in 1867 by Gen. Oliver O. Howard of the Freedmen's Bureau, to provide education for newly emancipated slaves. A normal and preparatory department was opened the same year. , and everyone knows how I feel about supporting Black colleges. "With the state of the radio industry, it is harder and harder for independent operators to succeed. WHUR has defied these odds and I feel privileged to have contributed to their success. Our partnership with WHUR has been a valued one and I will miss being part of their family. "'The Tom Joyner Morning Show' is going to be expanding our relationship with another company that shares our vision: Radio One. They are the largest black-owned radio group in the world. By joining up with Radio One's WMMJ in Washington DC we are expanding a relationship that will also enable us to continue to do great things for our listeners throughout the country. We are now going to be heard in Houston and Boston, two top-ten markets we have never been heard in before. I am excited about continuing my relationship with listeners in the Washington DC area through WMMJ." Statement from Traug Keller, President, ABC Radio Networks "We appreciate the relationship that ABC Radio Networks has enjoyed with WHUR, and wish the station much continued success," said ABC Radio Networks' President Traug Keller. "As our audience continues to grow, we look forward to bringing Tom and the Crew to WMMJ listeners in the Washington metropolitan area The Washington Metropolitan Area, formally known as the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA is a U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as of November 2004. . We're also eager introduce the Houston and Boston markets to the entertainment and unique humor humor, according to ancient theory, any of four bodily fluids that determined man's health and temperament. Hippocrates postulated that an imbalance among the humors (blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile) resulted in pain and disease, and that good health was that Tom brings to listeners every morning." |
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