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Eddie Levert, Tyler Perry to Sit in with Tom Joyner During Nationally Syndicated Radio Morning Show
(Dallas, TX – February 12, 2007 ) – R&B legend Eddie Levert of the O’Jays will sit in on the Tom Joyner Morning Show Tuesday morning, and actor/director/playwright Tyler Perry will co-host on Valentine’s Day.
The Tom Joyner Morning Show is heard daily between 6am and 10am on Cleveland’s R&B Leader 93.1 WZAK-FM.
In what is expected to be an emotional and heartwarming show, Levert will spend much of the show reminiscing about his son, Gerald, who died suddenly last year. Gerald’s new CD – In My Songs (Atlantic) – will be released on Tuesday. As part of the show, listeners will be eligible to win CDs, a special video iPod loaded with Gerald’s songs and special edition Teddy Bears. Listeners will be able to go to BlackAmericaWeb.com (http://blackamericaweb.com) to enter to win the gifts as well as call into the show. Visitors to the website also will be able to download songs from the newly release CD.
On Wednesday, Tyler Perry will sit in with Joyner as his new movie, “Daddy’s Little Girl”, is released. One of the movie’s lead actresses, Tracy Ellis Ross, will also call in to the show, airing on 120 markets around the country reaching nearly eight million listeners every week. The soundtrack from the movie will be available from BlackAmericaWeb.com.
The nation’s # 1 syndicated urban morning show airs in 120 markets reaching nearly eight million listeners. Since 2004, Joyner has awarded more than $3 million to nearly 2,000 contest winners and his Foundation has raised more than $55 million to help keep students in black colleges. The Morning Show also features news analysis with Jacque Reid, celebrity news with Jawn Murray and political commentary by Tavis Smiley. Joyner’s website, BlackAmericaWeb.com, has more than 1.2 million registered users. and features news and interactive elements..
Posted on Thursday, March 29, 2007 at 00:27 by 
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