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

>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 […]

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

>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 […]

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

> 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 […]

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

>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 […]