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Tom Joyner forced out of own radio show by CAC 'friend'

This reads like an Onion story. Tom and Russ are interchangeable except for the music and that's probably where the problem is. Tom, former Commodore, is old school R&B royalty and Russ Parr used to be Bobby Jimmy. I wonder if Tom can make it on Sirius, his music selection is cool as hell most times to start the morning off.

Moving Russ to markets he's native to is nothing earth shattering - he's already on a station that can be heard DC and Baltimore on a good day.
 
Next Black man on the FCC radio list better get that contract ready quick. Joyner has a ton of older consistent fans
 
This is kinda sad to read.....all of those secret power moves being made behind his back.

And forget about the music! Look at what TJ did for civil rights, social awareness, consciousness and providing a platform for black thought and voices. Just because Obama is leaving office, they feel as if TJ should leave the airwaves? Even with all of the stuff going on in Chicago? Just so his replacement can hit the masses with an elevated dosage of buffoonery.


Report: Tom Joyner Being Forced Out of Own Radio Show; Russ Parr to Take Over


Tom Joyner attends the 45th NAACP Image Awards presented by TV One at Pasadena Civic Auditorium on February 22, 2014 in Pasadena, California.
*Tom Joyner, 65, is reportedly being pushed out of his own syndicated radio show to make room for younger talent.

According to a report in the Daily Mail, the radio legend will be forced into early retirement next year so that Radio One – which owns a majority stake in Reach Media’s The Tom Joyner Morning Show – can move its other syndicated host Russ Parr, 56, into Joyner’s chair.



The Tom Joyner Morning Show: (L-R) J. Anthony Brown, Sybil Wilkes and Tom Joyner
Also, Joyner’s forced departure is reportedly timed to coincide with the end of Barack Obama’s presidency in 2016. According to the Daily Mail, a “quiet plan” to phase Joyner out took root in 2014 “to lineup with the culmination of the Presidential election and President Obama’s departure from the White House.”

A source explained: “Tom’s show has always been about community activism, education and social justice and he played a major part in helping President Obama get elected. They felt that the end of Obama’s term would be the ideal time for him to also leave.”

Reach Media has responded to Daily Mail Online’s story, saying: “Any stories that suggest major changes to the Tom Joyner Morning Show are inaccurate. Tom Joyner is under contract with Reach Media until the end of 2017. We expect that Reach will continue to syndicate Tom’s show beyond that date and for as long as he would like to be on the air. There has always been refinements and updates to the show as well as market changes due to local conditions and there may be some in the future; but Tom Joyner and the Tom Joyner Morning show continues to be strong and is a daily Party with a Purpose. Reach is committed to Tom Joyner for the long term who remains committed to radio, his audience and the future.”


Tom Joyner (L) and David Kantor
Ironically, a source told Daily Mail Online that the plan to dump Joyner was masterminded by his best friend and former business associate David Kantor, “the man who actually launched Tom into syndication originally.”

Quick backstory on Kantor:

Joyner launched “The Tom Joyner Morning Show” in 1994 with ABC Radio Networks, where Kantor was an executive. It was Kantor’s idea to launch Joyner into national syndication – and the program quickly became the number one syndicated urban morning show, with more than 15 million listeners daily in over 120 markets at its peak. In 2003, Joyner launched Reach Media with Kantor, who left ABC Radio Networks to run Joyner’s Texas-based media company. In November 2004, Radio One acquired a 53% stake in Reach Media for $56.1 million in cash and stock, which gave the company ownership rights of The Tom Joyner Morning Show and Joyner’s website BlackAmericaWeb.com. In 2012, Kantor encouraged Joyner to sell more stakes in Reach Media to Radio One, a source tells the Daily Mail. In December of that year, Radio One increased its stake to 80% and that decision, according to Daily Mail, “was something that Joyner would live to regret.”

Per Daily Mail Online:

While both Tom and David made millions each time a new deal was done with Radio One; Tom had less control of the company he once owned, while David gained more power.

Each year they would make Tom lay off long-term employees and comediennes like Miss Dupree and Myra J. “It killed Tom to just get rid of the people who had been loyal to him from the beginning, but he had no say in the matter,” the source tells Daily Mail Online.

Joyner – whose current radio contract with Radio One ends in December 2016 – actually learned of his friend Kantor’s plan to end his show next year from some radio insiders who tipped him off.

Those who work in his offices in Dallas say that he’s been distraught about it ever since.

“He’s always moping around and looking like his world is coming to an end. It’s like someone turned the light off in his eyes,” the source says. “Behind the scenes he is always sad and will tell anyone who’ll listen: ‘You know they’re getting rid of me right? I should have never listened to David and sold that stake to Radio One.’”

On October 19, Radio One announced that Kantor had been named the new CEO of its radio division. Insiders speculate that it was Kantor’s exit plan for Joyner that helped secure his new top spot.

“Tom feels it’s the ultimate betrayal. It’s a slap in the face. The man he took on family vacations, the man he gifted with a Bentley, the man he trusted with everything, and the man he called friend was selling him out to advance himself. It’s heartbreaking for him,” the source reveals.



Russ Parr
Radio One plans to move another syndicated host Russ Parr, 56, into Joyner’s time slots in Washington, DC and Baltimore as a replacement test starting in January. Then throughout the rest of next year, Radio One will start transitioning The Russ Parr Morning Show gradually into other major markets, ultimately by the year’s end phasing Joyner out altogether.

“Tom isn’t ready to go and hasn’t even made plans for life after radio. Radio is his passion and it’s all he knows. There’s always a chance of him going to SiriusXM like Howard Stern did, but for now he’s still trying to process his show of 22 years ending,” says the source.

Radio has also been the cause of Joyner’s strained relationship with his sons Oscar and Thomas Jr. By his own admission, Joyner was an absentee father during their early years because of his radio commute between Dallas and Chicago. He then divorced their mom Dora Chatman Joyner in 1996.

The radio business also cost Joyner his second marriage to fitness guru Donna Richardson Joyner, whom he quietly divorced in March 2012 after 12 years of marriage.

Today, Joyner’s morning show airs in 105 markets and reaches eight million listeners daily.


Read more at http://www.eurweb.com/2015/12/repor...w-russ-parr-to-take-over/#QXFFEWouLj0jHe5A.99
 
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Man mudda fucker who help u reach the mountain peak only to gain the control of the situations that come after that. Back handed mudda fuckers...
 
Unless he "Needed" the money there's no need to sell 50+ percent of the company that you created.
 
I never cared much for Joiner's morning show but I respected him because he established avenues like scholarships funds to help students further their educations.

Somehow I expect he'll reappear on radio again.
 
Picasso said:
Unless he "Needed" the money there's no need to sell 50+ percent of the company that you created.
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Sounds like he did himself in. To give up 50% and then 80% of your company and not expect changes is naive. I respect Tom and his work, but you gotta look out for self #1 (maybe he did in getting that $$$).
 
The moral of the story.......never give up control of your own company to someone else. The dude from Men's Warehouse can tell you that.
 
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Never really listened but with the following and the cake they made they can go online with their shit. Gotta stop depending on cacs. His following is enough to do his shit from home or own a studio.
 
White dude used him as a stepping stool... And he aintevenknowit...
Giving up control of his company, no Bueno, if I didn't already know my first question would be "who advised him to do That?".... That cracka azz cracka..
 
I think Tom has been on his way out for awhile but he jus didn't wanna face the music. He's been dropped in several markets over the years and even his homebase of Dallas. Steve Harvey is crushing Tom, ain't know two ways about it.

Now he coulda bowed out gracefully like Donnie Simpson did and wait for the re-up, but he's making folk fire him and painting himself as a victim when in reality his audience just ain't what it used to be.
 
KingAddies said:
This reads like an Onion story. Tom and Russ are interchangeable except for the music and that's probably where the problem is. Tom, former Commodore, is old school R&B royalty and Russ Parr used to be Bobby Jimmy. I wonder if Tom can make it on Sirius, his music selection is cool as hell most times to start the morning off.

Moving Russ to markets he's native to is nothing earth shattering - he's already on a station that can be heard DC and Baltimore on a good day.
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Sorry but Russ' show is far too juvenile for me comparable to the TJMS; even in my 20's I felt the RPMS focused on low-grade humor as opposed to balance the fun and jokes with more serious issues facing black folks (the exception was the 2008 presidential campaign which I think the RPMS did a great job of being an avenue for voters).

Without the TJMS there's no balance which will be sad and a disservice to black radio.
 
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Sorry but Russ' show is far too juvenile for me comparable to the TJMS; even in my 20's I felt the RPMS focused on low-grade humor as opposed to balance the fun and jokes with more serious issues facing black folks (the exception was the 2008 presidential campaign which I think the RPMS did a great job of being an avenue for voters).

Without the TJMS there's no balance which will be sad and a disservice to black radio.
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DL is slowly filling the gap Michael Baisden left but he's a comedian so it's hard to cosign his points once you realize he's more clever than thoughtful.
 
Just heard about this recently. I don't think they even play Tom anymore here. I fuck with him for what he does for HBCU's. Diminishing him will be a big loss in the black community. I think they're trying to compete with Steve Harvey. I can see them wanting to get younger, but has Tom's numbers dropped? Russ Parr isn't exactly young either. IMO it makes more sense to keep Tom for the older people, Steve for the middle aged and The Breakfast Club for the younger listeners.

I used to listen to Russ some in DC and Richmond. He's ok. I guess he has a decent sized name with him doing movies.
 
This light skin nigga has no balls

Smfh

He used to fly from chicago to Dallas everyday.

Didn't he just do that Mcdonald commercial?

Smfh
 

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