Who's got the best syndicated morning show?

[iloveradio93173]

Who's got the best syndicated morning show? Tom Joyner? Steve Harvey? Ricky Smiley? Big Boy? Russ Parr?

 

[ShawtyBlack_ATL]

I'd say Rickey Smiley. His morning show has the energy to get the day started.

 

[hiphopRadio]

I'm In My Mid 20's so i like Ricky Smiley. I Think Russ Parr Morning show sucks since i first heard his show on the old Hot97.7 Boston.

 

[Scholarm1111]

You forgot about Yolanda Adams and of course there is Baisden and Doug and DeDe in the afternoon.

Around 20 years ago, I can remember getting up at 5 AM when visiting markets such as Chicago and Detroit to catch the opening theme song of the Tom Joyner Morning Show and roll the tape. It seemed special back then. Tom Joyner had been the "fly jock" just a few years prior and the show was fun to listen to. TJMS also wasn't heard in nearly as many markets at that time.

What do I miss today? Local morning and afternoon shows that gave urban radio stations a sense of local distinctiveness! Shows like Carter and Sanborn on WUSL and BJ Berry on WDAS when I moved to Philadelphia in 1992 or Donnie Simpson on WKYS and Robin Breeden on WPGC during the summer I spent in DC in 1991. Even most of the larger city urbans today lack both local morning AND afternoon shows.

 

[kilamanjero]

You forgot about Yolanda Adams and of course there is Baisden and Doug and DeDe in the afternoon.

Around 20 years ago, I can remember getting up at 5 AM when visiting markets such as Chicago and Detroit to catch the opening theme song of the Tom Joyner Morning Show and roll the tape. It seemed special back then. Tom Joyner had been the "fly jock" just a few years prior and the show was fun to listen to. TJMS also wasn't heard in nearly as many markets at that time.

What do I miss today? Local morning and afternoon shows that gave urban radio stations a sense of local distinctiveness! Shows like Carter and Sanborn on WUSL and BJ Berry on WDAS when I moved to Philadelphia in 1992 or Donnie Simpson on WKYS and Robin Breeden on WPGC during the summer I spent in DC in 1991. Even most of the larger city urbans today lack both local morning AND afternoon shows.

Amen to that! I miss live and local urban morning shows in large cities. It seems like the lackluster "Frank & Wanda in the Morning" on V-103 in Atlanta is the last of the kind.

 

[salemjedi54]

You forgot about Yolanda Adams and of course there is Baisden and Doug and DeDe in the afternoon.

Around 20 years ago, I can remember getting up at 5 AM when visiting markets such as Chicago and Detroit to catch the opening theme song of the Tom Joyner Morning Show and roll the tape. It seemed special back then. Tom Joyner had been the "fly jock" just a few years prior and the show was fun to listen to. TJMS also wasn't heard in nearly as many markets at that time.

What do I miss today? Local morning and afternoon shows that gave urban radio stations a sense of local distinctiveness! Shows like Carter and Sanborn on WUSL and BJ Berry on WDAS when I moved to Philadelphia in 1992 or Donnie Simpson on WKYS and Robin Breeden on WPGC during the summer I spent in DC in 1991. Even most of the larger city urbans today lack both local morning AND afternoon shows.

Amen to that! I miss live and local urban morning shows in large cities. It seems like the lackluster "Frank & Wanda in the Morning" on V-103 in Atlanta is the last of the kind.

KKDA-FM still has a local morning show. Doesn't KBXX in Houston have a local morning show?

 

[mr.ric]

You forgot about Yolanda Adams and of course there is Baisden and Doug and DeDe in the afternoon.

Around 20 years ago, I can remember getting up at 5 AM when visiting markets such as Chicago and Detroit to catch the opening theme song of the Tom Joyner Morning Show and roll the tape. It seemed special back then. Tom Joyner had been the "fly jock" just a few years prior and the show was fun to listen to. TJMS also wasn't heard in nearly as many markets at that time.

What do I miss today? Local morning and afternoon shows that gave urban radio stations a sense of local distinctiveness! Shows like Carter and Sanborn on WUSL and BJ Berry on WDAS when I moved to Philadelphia in 1992 or Donnie Simpson on WKYS and Robin Breeden on WPGC during the summer I spent in DC in 1991. Even most of the larger city urbans today lack both local morning AND afternoon shows.

Amen to that! I miss live and local urban morning shows in large cities. It seems like the lackluster "Frank & Wanda in the Morning" on V-103 in Atlanta is the last of the kind.

KKDA-FM still has a local morning show. Doesn't KBXX in Houston have a local morning show?

Yes, The Madd Hatta Morning Show in Houston. Pretty good show. It especially has gotten better recently after a certain "annoyance" left the show a few months ago.

 

[ShawtyBlack_ATL]

Could local Urban morning shows come back? I know CC has local Urban morning shows in NYC, Philly, Augusta, Memphis, San Fran, Detroit and Chicago. Radio One never put Smiley nor Parr on in Houston nor Columbus.

 

[kilamanjero]

You forgot about Yolanda Adams and of course there is Baisden and Doug and DeDe in the afternoon.

Around 20 years ago, I can remember getting up at 5 AM when visiting markets such as Chicago and Detroit to catch the opening theme song of the Tom Joyner Morning Show and roll the tape. It seemed special back then. Tom Joyner had been the "fly jock" just a few years prior and the show was fun to listen to. TJMS also wasn't heard in nearly as many markets at that time.

What do I miss today? Local morning and afternoon shows that gave urban radio stations a sense of local distinctiveness! Shows like Carter and Sanborn on WUSL and BJ Berry on WDAS when I moved to Philadelphia in 1992 or Donnie Simpson on WKYS and Robin Breeden on WPGC during the summer I spent in DC in 1991. Even most of the larger city urbans today lack both local morning AND afternoon shows.

Amen to that! I miss live and local urban morning shows in large cities. It seems like the lackluster "Frank & Wanda in the Morning" on V-103 in Atlanta is the last of the kind.

KKDA-FM still has a local morning show. Doesn't KBXX in Houston have a local morning show?

They do, but the overall playlists of both stations turn me off completely. I'm fan of full-service urban stations.

 

[mr.ric]

You forgot about Yolanda Adams and of course there is Baisden and Doug and DeDe in the afternoon.

Around 20 years ago, I can remember getting up at 5 AM when visiting markets such as Chicago and Detroit to catch the opening theme song of the Tom Joyner Morning Show and roll the tape. It seemed special back then. Tom Joyner had been the "fly jock" just a few years prior and the show was fun to listen to. TJMS also wasn't heard in nearly as many markets at that time.

What do I miss today? Local morning and afternoon shows that gave urban radio stations a sense of local distinctiveness! Shows like Carter and Sanborn on WUSL and BJ Berry on WDAS when I moved to Philadelphia in 1992 or Donnie Simpson on WKYS and Robin Breeden on WPGC during the summer I spent in DC in 1991. Even most of the larger city urbans today lack both local morning AND afternoon shows.

Amen to that! I miss live and local urban morning shows in large cities. It seems like the lackluster "Frank & Wanda in the Morning" on V-103 in Atlanta is the last of the kind.

KKDA-FM still has a local morning show. Doesn't KBXX in Houston have a local morning show?

They do, but the overall playlists of both stations turn me off completely. I'm fan of full-service urban stations.

Trust me, if I had to choose between those two, I would pick KKDA-FM. At least they don't play no damn Justin Beiber.

 

[kilamanjero]

You forgot about Yolanda Adams and of course there is Baisden and Doug and DeDe in the afternoon.

Around 20 years ago, I can remember getting up at 5 AM when visiting markets such as Chicago and Detroit to catch the opening theme song of the Tom Joyner Morning Show and roll the tape. It seemed special back then. Tom Joyner had been the "fly jock" just a few years prior and the show was fun to listen to. TJMS also wasn't heard in nearly as many markets at that time.

What do I miss today? Local morning and afternoon shows that gave urban radio stations a sense of local distinctiveness! Shows like Carter and Sanborn on WUSL and BJ Berry on WDAS when I moved to Philadelphia in 1992 or Donnie Simpson on WKYS and Robin Breeden on WPGC during the summer I spent in DC in 1991. Even most of the larger city urbans today lack both local morning AND afternoon shows.

Amen to that! I miss live and local urban morning shows in large cities. It seems like the lackluster "Frank & Wanda in the Morning" on V-103 in Atlanta is the last of the kind.

KKDA-FM still has a local morning show. Doesn't KBXX in Houston have a local morning show?

They do, but the overall playlists of both stations turn me off completely. I'm fan of full-service urban stations.

Trust me, if I had to choose between those two, I would pick KKDA-FM. At least they don't play no damn Justin Beiber.

Well, KBXX suppose to still be a rhythmic, so that would explain it all. Houston is one market CBS shouldn't sleep on when it comes to an urban-leaning rhythmic crossover station like WZMX or WPGC. It it is in the top-10, has always been a more recession-resistant market, and possesses a growing young black professional and exploding Hispanic population. Their mire existence with a station like that would put Radio One's Houston cluster on their toes because CBS sales/marketing team are beasts when it comes to ad revenue. The bonus would be the high likelihood of a local morning show.

 

[bringbackradio]

Could local Urban morning shows come back? I know CC has local Urban morning shows in NYC, Philly, Augusta, Memphis, San Fran, Detroit and Chicago. Radio One never put Smiley nor Parr on in Houston nor Columbus.

Local AM drives so far came back in Kansas City and Orlando. Steve Harvey failed on KPRS and WJHM and both went back local, except WJHM took on Rickey Smiley shortly before going rhythmic. Same for Hampton Roads - Doug Banks failed on WOWI, and Russ Parr simply went off the air when WWHV was sold. Basically that leaves Memphis as the last urban market in the south supporting TWO hip hop/rnb stations to never utilize AM syndication (not counting Star and Buckwild on the former WAPW).