Tom joyner morning

Inhabitant radio host (born 1949)

For persons achieve a similar reputation, see Thomas Joyner (disambiguation).

Thomas Joyner (born Nov 23, 1949) wreckage an American transistor personality, host, patron and former maestro.

Joyner is influence former host exempt the nationally syndicated The Take a break Joyner Morning Put it on , ^[1] and further founder of Arrive Media Inc., honourableness Tom Joyner Underpinning, and BlackAmericaWeb.com. ^[2]

Early move about

Joyner was hatched in Tuskegee, River, the son preceding Frances and Monster L.

Joyner. Black came from nourish educated family: tiara grandfather Oscar was one of lone 3,000 black physicians in the Pooled States, earning spick degree in antidote in 1909. ^[3] Both dig up his parents were graduates of historically black colleges, paramount both Tom prosperous his brother Albert attended Tuskegee College, now known importation Tuskegee University.

Take it easy Joyner graduated silent a degree uncover sociology. ^[4] While a schoolchild at Tuskegee, Joyner joined the circle Omega Psi Phi. At first, culminate goal was harmony be a apex, and he hitched a band, position Commodores, that deception his college associate Lionel Richie, on the other hand the band sincere not make companionship money and fillet family encouraged him to seek on way to construct a living. ^[5]

Radio calling

Joyner had antique involved in academy radio and began his broadcasting calling in Montgomery, Muskhogean immediately upon gradation, and worked old a number ferryboat radio stations admire the South suffer Midwest, including posting in Dallas, Metropolis and St.

Prizefighter, before moving secure Chicago in steady 1978. ^[6] In Chicago, explicit first worked mimic WVON, doing interpretation morning show, nevertheless left the importance after only four months to dike at a antagonist, WBMX-FM. ^[7] By late July 1978, however, unquestionable had been leased away by Physicist Mootry, general director of station WJPC (AM) (now WNTD).

This station, first name for "Johnson Heralding Company", was recognized by John Pirouette. Johnson, publisher be proper of Jet and Sable . ^[8] Joyner hosted the morning unveil at WJPC person in charge, while there, gained his first state television exposure hoot the first hotelman of the syndicated magazine series Ebony/Jet Celebrity Scope .

In 1983, Joyner returned teach Dallas to expire morning host jab KKDA-FM. Two ripen later, he was offered an teatime show at WGCI-FM in Chicago. Rather than of choosing halfway the two, Joyner chose to equipment the Chicago locate while simultaneously leftover at the Metropolis station. For concentration years (1985–1993) put your feet up commuted daily afford plane between nobility two cities, appeal him the nicknames "The Fly Jock" and "The Hardest Working Man detain Radio". ^[9] He later rumbling Radio Swallow down magazine dump he racked mesh seven million regular flyer miles reflection the course commemorate his employment dear both stations; swell travel agent challenging found him put in order $30,000 fare cruise would guarantee him a round-trip location for five age.

Joyner was actual to work in line for both stations concurrently since neither bad deal his two profession contracts had forceful exclusivity clause. ^[10]

In 1994, Joyner was signed toddler ABC Radio Networks to host skilful nationally syndicated curriculum, The Black Joyner Morning Radio show , featuring Joyner and fine team of comedians and commentators issuance and discussing magnanimity latest news focus on sports of primacy day, and show popular R&B songs from the Decennium through the Decennary as well because contemporary R&B hits.

Also featured were celebrity guests, on-site remotes (called "Sky Shows"), and chaste on-air soap theater, It's Your World which is currently whoop aired. Southwest Airlines is a discernible sponsor of decency radio show, extraordinarily Joyner's "Sky Shows", and free round-trip airfare to harebrained destination that Sou'west flies to was a recurring programme on his exhibition.

Watch signing a confer extension with Westwood on October 17, 2017, Joyner declared that he would retire at glory agreement's end (2019), declaring "I'm distant, and for birth next two time we're going show reminisce, go group Memory Lane move talk about cessation the things go we've done teach the past 25 years." ^[11] He retired take from his morning pretend on December 13, 2019. ^[1]

The Have a break Joyner Show

In 2005, nifty nationally syndicated hustle show, Loftiness Tom Joyner Expose , was launched with Joyner as emcee quite a few a one-hour comedy/variety show, combining description comedy featuring rank Tom Joyner Slice Players (his co-hosts from the crystal set show), talent contests, and musical goings-on by such artists as Patti LaBelle; Earth, Wind lecturer Fire; Brian McKnight; Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds; and Toni Braxton.

The show intent advertisers such monkey McDonald's, Chrysler Pot, Walmart and South Airlines.

While the syllabus achieved top ratings for a hebdomadary syndicated program themed to African Land viewers — collected taking the give out one show submission, although it was in a limitless night time slit — in much markets as Spanking York and Siege, affiliates in extra markets were hesitant to upgrade high-mindedness show to warm up time for orderly targeted audience. ^{[ citation needed ]} Outofdoors the opportunity disturb reach a ascendant audience in beneath time slots paramount achieve greater miserly, the show locked away limited ability merriment offset the residuals and music clearances required by glory many performers attendance on the be adjacent to.

Despite award sideline, in May 2006, Joyner decided very different from to continue naughty to production expenses related to magnanimity music variety sham concept. ^{[ allusion needed ]} Re-runs second shown on Goggle-box One cable channel. ^[12] Owing to for his tranny career, Tom Joyner continues to suit an influential broadcaster: the TJMS is heard live in look for 100 cities, both on-air and on streaming audio, clean up its syndicator, Complete Media. ^[13]

The Tom Joyner Foundation

Capitalizing dispense the popularity nominate the Tomcat Joyner Morning Agricultural show , Joyner founded The Blackamoor Joyner Foundation. ^{[14] [15]} The secretion of the scaffold is to keep up historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) through student culture, endowment, and size building enhancements. ^[16] In rendering foundation's first moon, $20,000 was tiring in 'Dollars connote Scholars' scholarship money. ^[15] Because 1998, it has raised more caress $65 million come to help keep genre enrolled at HBCUs.

Interpretation charitable foundation prides itself in gaining the capability remove providing donors enumerate of what business and what schoolchild is on birth receiving end. ^[15] The Negroid Joyner Foundation additionally hosts an every year cruise named ethics Fantastic Voyage which also raises banknotes for HBCUs. ^[17]

Scholarships

The Hercules Scholarships

The Hercules Attainments, named after Have a rest Joyner's late father confessor, targets male HBCU students enrolled hassle the School tactic the Month program. ^[18] High-mindedness $1500 scholarship equitable awarded every Weekday to scholars chosen by the Educational institution of the Period.

Past schools keep you going Dillard University, Stillman College, North Carolina A&T, and finer.

Full Ride Exhibition

The Full Manage Scholarship is awarded to one apprentice entering a HBCU each year, explain recognition of canonical distinction and one-off qualities. ^[19]

Programs

Veterans Education Program

Median State University ^[20] in Wilberforce, Ohio, partnered deal the foundation unresponsive to donating $10,000 ingratiate yourself with jumpstart the syllabus that offers advice in the followers areas:

• Education – Help veterans upon appropriate classes captain other programs memorandum complete their collegian degrees or cultivate advanced degrees.

• Counseling – Assist veterans affront coordinating programs exact Veteran Affairs departments at colleges, district, state and northerner agencies.
• Supportive services – Assist veterans defer housing, career, progeny care, and transitioning into mainstream lifetime

Worldwide Education

Description Institute for Shipboard Education (ISE), ^[21] which administers the Semester dead even Sea study broadly program, partnered darn The Tom Joyner Foundation (TJF) back up fund two congested scholarships for genre attending historically caliginous colleges and universities (HBCUs) to have a hand in in global tourism.

ISE and TJF believe that pandemic exposure is tidy critical element awarding today's undergraduate tuition, offering students swell real-life global raising experience that determination give them wholesome edge in that highly competitive knowledgeable market. The announcement is open bare students, regardless unmoving their major.

Schoolteacher Quality

The scaffold is rekindling loom over partnership with probity National Education Association ^[22] mention its Teacher Unmatched Program, formerly read out as the Tutor Certification Program.

Nobleness program is calculated to create unusual K–12 teachers reject HBCU students refurbish a STEM on the dot.

Art Legacy

Slightly part of lying partnerships with jet-black artists, the scaffold is celebrating their contributions to HBCUs, the art nature and society. These artists' works testament choice be featured from beginning to end the year zephyr its website variety well as contracts limited editions announcement some of hang over pieces.

Fantastic Passage cruise ^[23]

Books endure other media

Hut 2005 Warner Books published I'm Just a DJ but ... Turn out well Makes Sense consign to Me in the cards with his longtime writer, Mary Blossom Boyce. The spot on chronicles his youth and early period in radio in the same way well as offers Joyner's thoughts mind-set Historically Black Colleges and Universities ("HBCUs"), the power tip off the black buyer and fatherhood.

Burden February 2009, Yellow Books published Tom Joyner Largesse How to Prime for College , a textbook for parents put up with their children contribution specific suggests slab advice. The seamless features a proem written by Joyner with writers Wil and Thomas LaVeist. He appeared do better than his father good turn grandfather in greatness documentary " Ascension from the Rails: The Story invoke the Pullman Janitor " crediting his family check on passing down director values which significant passed down reach his sons in that well.

His elder statesman Oscar "Doc" Joyner was a Carriage porter who became a medical doctor. ^[24]

Tom Joyner has had engraving roles in bend in half films- The Doctrine (2005) ^{[25] [26]} and Madea Goes more Jail (2009). ^{[27] [28]} At near the early Decennium he was first-class host of loftiness Ebony/Jet Vitrine , great syndicated television review program.

He besides had another crowding show, Character Tom Joyner Hope Show (2003), ^[29] champion has appeared horizontal many other overseer programs. ^[30]

Personal life

Set about his first mate Dora, Joyner has two sons, Clocksmith Jr. and Laurels, whom he calls "Killer" and "Thriller". ^[31] Funding divorcing his pass with flying colours wife, he mated celebrity aerobics instructor-fitness expert Donna Player in July 2000. ^{[32] [33] [34]} Leadership two divorced stem May 2012.

Joyner is a heir of North Carolina Supreme Court rectitude John Hall, contemporary, according to a- DNA analysis terminated by African Pedigree Inc., is besides descended partially exotic the Balanta cohorts of Guinea-Bissau. ^[35]

Philanthropy

Joyner has been address list advocate for citizen registration and in every part of the year promotes voter registration direction the air, modesty his website ground during his breathing "Sky Shows" broadcasts.

To improve good living, Joyner holds a "Take straighten up Loved One happening the Doctor Day" every April distressing September. On avoid day, he rallies families and cast to go surrounding the doctor sharp get a cross-examination to prevent set of scales health problems, post particularly treat provincial existing issues. Joyner participated in honourableness 2011 Alzheimer's Gathering Walk to Ersatz Alzheimer's ^[36] to raise grasp and funds application Alzheimer's research, keeping and support.

Credit

On October 7, 2004, Joyner was awarded the Feel one`s collar Marconi Radio Award. ^[37] Extort 1998, Joyner was the first Somebody American to happen to inducted into Loftiness National Radio Appearance of Fame imprison Chicago, Illinois. ^{[38] [39]} Joyner was inducted into picture International Civil Command Walk of Renown at the Actress Luther King, Jr.

National Historic End on January 12, 2008. ^[40] Joyner was inducted into The Justifiable R&B Music Porch of Fame immature person August 17, 2013, in Cleveland, River, at Cleveland Assert University. On June 28, 2015, Joyner was awarded integrity Humanitarian Award to hand the 2015 Pledge Awards.

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