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Tom Joyner was
born in Tuskegee, Alabama and graduated from Tuskegee University.
He began his radio career as a newsman at WRMA in Montgomery,
Alabama. From there Tom went to Memphis and WLOK, then to KWK in
St. Louis and KKDA in Dallas-Fort Worth. In Chicago Tom worked at
WVON, WBMX and WVON, then went on the air at WGCI.
In 1985, news
headlines read, "The Hardest Working Man in Radio" when Tom began
his mornings at KKDA FM 104 in Dallas-Fort Worth, then commuted by
jet to do afternoons at WGCI in Chicago. He became known as "The
Fly Jock."
Today, his
syndicated daily 4-hour show fills the airwaves of cities across the
country with a combination of music, talk, sports, gossip and comedy
bits with a family cast of companions
and a daily conversation with celebrity guests who include Wesley
Snipes, Bill Clinton, Spike Lee, , Babyface, Seal and Oprah Winfrey.
Tom Joyner
was the first African-American to be elected to the Radio Hall
of Fame in Chicago. His Tom Joyner Foundation helps
students continue their education at Black colleges. Impact
Magazine named him "Best DJ of the Year" so many times that they
finally renamed it "The Tom Joyner Award."
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