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December 11, 2020

Radio icon Tom Joyner talks about recovering from a stroke

Tom Joyner the legendary radio personality talks about recovering from a stroke earlier this year and why health is important.
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May 1, 2018

Attorney for R. Kelly victim thanks #MeToo and #TimesUp support to help ‘end Kelly’s predatory reign’

S. Lee Merritt released a statement thanking the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements for helping to close in on the embattled star…
October 19, 2017

Radio legend Tom Joyner announces retirement after 25 years

Radio legend Tom Joyner, the Fly Jock, has announced that he is retiring.
August 29, 2016

Faizon Love claims Katt Williams struggles with being gay

Comedian Faizon Love has something to say about Katt Williams and his recent violent antics. He has proposed that the
December 1, 2015

Tom Joyner reportedly being forced into early retirement

Tom Joyner is a legend when it comes to syndicated radio, but he's reportedly being forced into early retirement....
November 6, 2013

Dear Don Lemon: 'Stop-and-frisk' isn't effective no matter what you call it

OPINION - Don, given what happened to you over a decade ago, you could not possibly believe that black men…
August 27, 2013

President Obama to Tom Joyner: ‘It’s not enough just to have a black president’

theGRIO REPORT - President Obama sat down with radio host Tom Joyner on Tuesday ahead of his national address, which…
July 16, 2013

Rachel Jeantel offered a full scholarship to any HBCU by radio host Tom Joyner

theGRIO REPORT - Radio personality Tom Joyner invited George Zimmerman trial witness Rachel Jeantel to his morning radio show on…
January 26, 2013

Tom Joyner: Tavis Smiley 'fascinated with his own legacy', wants to be remembered like MLK

theGRIO REPORT - Tom Joyner, Tavis Smiley's onetime friend and host of the show that made Smiley a household name…
December 5, 2012

Tom Joyner pledges to pay student loan of deceased son whose mother was hounded by his creditor

MADAME NOIRE - Today, we have a great update to this story: Tom Joyner has pledged to pay the loan…
August 24, 2012

Artur Davis still sour on Obama, ducks question of whether Romney would help blacks

In an interview with American Urban Radio Networks' reporter April Ryan and radio host Tom Joyner, former Democrat and ex-Barack…
June 25, 2012

Black media groups confront the FCC on the 'demise of black radio'

theGRIO REPORT - A group of black media organizations on Monday will deliver a letter to the FFC chaiman demanding…
December 5, 2011

Wendy Williams has 'no reason to lie' about Oprah letter

theGRIO REPORT - Wendy Williams spoke with 'The Tom Joyner Morning Show' to set the record straight on letter she…
August 12, 2011

Cornel West, Tavis Smiley playing poverty games

The funny thing about the much ballyhooed and ridiculed Tavis Smiley/Cornel West joint production poverty tour is how the tables…
June 9, 2011

Tom Joyner helps put HBCUs in the online market

theGRIO REPORT - Minority enrollment in colleges are dropping due to costs. A new initiative aims at providing black college…
March 9, 2010

Slideshow: Friends or foes? Where black leaders stand with Obama

Who among these influential African-Americans support the president or challenge him the most?...
February 23, 2010

Tavis Smiley vs. Al Sharpton: ‘Is there a need for a black agenda?’

Tavis Smiley confronted the question "Is there a need for a Black Agenda?" and announced the symposium on the Tom…
October 14, 2009

South Carolina board pardons Tom Joyner’s ancestors

VIDEO - Two great-uncles of syndicated radio host Tom Joyner, sent to the electric chair for the 1913 murder of…