Tom Joyner

Founder of REACH Media Inc., the Tom Joyner Foundation, BlackAmericaWeb.com, and host of the nationally syndicated The Tom Joyner Morning Show, Tom Joyner is one of the most influential, inspirational, and dynamic personalities in the country.  From small, southern Tuskegee, Alabama, this 1999 Radio Hall of Fame inductee and winner of the prestigious Marconi Award, has ignited a sense of pride in the hearts of eight million listeners in more than 115 radio markets, instilling the significance of unity and giving back to one’s community.

Savoy Magazine’s 2002 Person of the Year, Tom registers voters during his city-to-city Sky Shows.  He and members of his crew also have prompted major companies to stop discriminating against African Americans and Hispanics in advertising.  They are in the trenches with the U.S. Department of Health and Human services, raising health awareness among African Americans.  But Tom doesn’t stop there.  His Tom Joyner Foundation, a charitable 501c3 non-profit organization, was started in 1997 for the sake of African American students in need at historically black colleges and universities across the nation.  The foundation has raised more than $25 million to date for this single cause.

The four-time Billboard Award winner's created BlackAmericaWeb.com in June 2001 to encourage interaction between African Americans.  It is an easy-to-use, comprehensive well of information on the African American experience, and its primary goal is to mobilize the African American community through healthy information, thoughtful entertainment and star-inspired empowerment.

A graduate of Tuskegee (Institute) University, Tom began his broadcasting career in Montgomery, Alabama, at WRMA-AM immediately after graduation.  With a bachelor of science in sociology in hand, he ventured into several other markets, including WLOK-AM in Memphis; KWK-AM in St. Louis; KKDA-FM in Dallas; and four different stations in Chicago.

In the mid-1980s Tom made his claim to fame when he accepted simultaneous positions as the Morning Drive man at Dallas' KKDA and Afternoon Drive man at Chicago's WGCI.  Flying everyday between the two cities to work eventually earned him national recognition, the name "Fly Jock," seven million frequent flyer miles, syndication and undoubtedly the largest audience of any Urban radio program.

Tom resides in Dallas with his wife, fitness guru Donna Richardson. He has two sons, Thomas Jr., the chief executive officer of the Tom Joyner Foundation, and Oscar, the president and chief operating officer of REACH Media, Inc.