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>Roland Martin Looking for New Gig as Tony Cox’s Gig Ends

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>The newspaper blog, Richard Prince’s Journal-ism reports on Roland Martin’s efforts to secure the soon to be empty hour-long hosting chair prior to the Larry King Show on CNN.Current host Campbell Brown has decided to leave the slot due to low ratings. Meanwhile the radio news and information program, “Upfront with Tony Cox” ends it’s run on several HBCU public radio stations across the country.Read more in Journal-isms online column. The first post, by the way is a report on a Chicago Tribune story on skin lightening creams that contain mercury, a banned substance by the FDA. Don’t be alarmed, … Continue reading >Roland Martin Looking for New Gig as Tony Cox’s Gig Ends

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>Black Radio in Trouble; Black Public Radio is in Even Bigger Trouble

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>Source: Richard Prince’s Journal-ism Veteran journalist Tony Cox says the African American-oriented daily talk show he hosts on about 15 public radio stations is in financial trouble and might not last much longer. But social critic Michael Eric Dyson, whom Cox replaced on many of those stations, is set to return with his own show in March. “We’re victims of the economy,” Cox told Journal-isms. “Public radio is suffering across the board, and black public radio is even worse. “We knew it was a gamble and a risk even from the beginning. We were anticipating that the quality of the … Continue reading >Black Radio in Trouble; Black Public Radio is in Even Bigger Trouble

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>Tony Cox Gets a New Show on NPR "Upfront"

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> Great news for fans of NPR’s News and Notes… (which was cancelled in March) How did this happened? Well Michael Eric Dyson pulled another “Michael Eric Dyson.” Tony Cox, who has worked with Tavis Smiley, Ed Gordon and Farai Chideya as they attempted to carve out an African American talk-show niche at National Public Radio, is being given his own public radio show, Cox told Journal-isms on Tuesday night. The show will be part of the offerings of African American Public Radio Consortium, which in 2002 produced the Smiley show and in 2005 NPR’s “News & Notes” program with … Continue reading >Tony Cox Gets a New Show on NPR "Upfront"

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>News and Notes from NPR- Counting Down to Last Show

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>I am literally having a meltdown (not really) about where to find a quality daily African American News Program on the radio. I know there are some on the weekend, and there is “The Front Page” on KJLH in Los Angeles from 4:30-6:00AM PDT Mon-Fri that comes to mind; but there is nothing to compare to News and Notes now hosted by Tony Cox. Yesterday’s show covered the following topics: As the median home price in Detroit falls to $7,500, what does the future look like for the Motor City?; Ebony and Jet magazines struggle to stay afloat. Will Black … Continue reading >News and Notes from NPR- Counting Down to Last Show

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>Farai Chideya Leaves Host Chair With Grand Master Flash Interview

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> Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five are synonymous with the birth of hip hop. The rap group’s DJ “Grand Master” is ionterviewed by News and Notes host Farai Chideya. Flash was the group’s mastermind, and in the late 1970s, the group’s performances in New York public parks and nightclubs helped give hip hop its identity. He chronicles his life and career in the book, “The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash: My Life, My Beats.” Listen to the radio interview as Grand Master Flash talks about how the group’s most famous records drove him to drug addiction. Farai bids her farewell … Continue reading >Farai Chideya Leaves Host Chair With Grand Master Flash Interview