Tom Joyner Show Replaced With The Steve Harvey Morning Show In Chicago!

"Tom Joyner has been a great partner with V103 for the past 13 years, making it difficult to part ways," WVAZ-FM program director Derrick Brown told the Chicago Tribune. "We appreciate all Tom's hard work and wish him continued success."






Joyner has been a favorite on the Chicago airwaves dating back to his beginnings in the 1980s. On the other hand, Harvey began his radio career in 1996 at WGCI-FM and now boasts the #1 syndicated radio show on black radio with a reported 7 million listeners daily. The two broadcasting powerhouses, who both had cameos in Tyler Perry's latest hit movie 'Madea Goes To Jail,' successfully co-existed in the major market for years.

Harvey, who coincidentally appeared on Oprah Winfrey's Chicago-based talk show to promote his best-selling book 'Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man' yesterday was-- up until today-- only heard on WGCI-FM. The popular comedian's show is expected to air on both Clear Channel-owned stations until March 31. On April 1, a new programming effort will be unveiled.

"Steve Harvey is an entertainment and marketing juggernaut," Brown told the newspaper. "There are very few entertainers who have successfully tackled radio, TV, film, stage, online and publishing. ... Being a 'King of Comedy,' nobody can beat Steve being funny."

*TOM JOYNER RELEASES STATEMENT:

We always say that when we come back from vacation something big has either happened or is about to happen. Well, this one topped them all. After 16 years, the Tom Joyner Morning Show won’t be broadcast on a local Chicago radio station, at this time. For Sybil and me, our relationship with the Chicago radio listeners goes back more than 20 years and believe me it has not ended by any stretch of the imagination.

Friends and family in the Chicago market will continue to listen to the Party with a Purpose on www.BlackAmericaWeb.com . So this isn’t the end, it’s just a change.

Even though we’re heard in more than 100 markets around the country, Chicago is home, it’s the Mother Ship, the Flagship, all those words that mean it is the place that launched the TJMS. It’s where we came from and where we always could go back to. And we’re still there, just in a different way—for now! We’ve had great times in Chicago and we’ll be there soon to officially thank the thousands and thousands of you who made us what we are, and will be here with us as we take this to another level. We got where we are by knowing who you are, what you want and by Super Serving our audience, just like my mentor John H. Johnson taught me to do. This world is changing but the doing the right thing never does, and we will continue to do what we’ve always done for the African American Community.