Tom Joyner Announces Retirement

Longtime radio host Tom Joyner, a fixture on the morning airwaves for 25 years, announced Tuesday that he is hanging up his microphone. The 67-year-old, who is the first successful syndicated urban radio morning host, announced he news on his show, which airs on Atlanta’s Kiss 104.1. In audio posted on Black America Web Tom Joyner announces, “I’m putting in my two-year notice.”“At the end of the contract that I just signed, at the end of 2019, will be the end of the ‘Tom Joyner Morning Show.’ I’m retiring, and for the next two years, we’re going to reminisce, go down Memory Lane and talk about all the things that we’ve done for the past 25 years.”