Tom Joyner
Host
The Tom Joyner Morning Show
Tom Joyner is the founder of the Tom Joyner Foundation, as well as BlackAmericaWeb.com, and host of the nationally syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show, which enjoys urban radio's largest national audience. Tom Joyner is considered one of the most influential, inspirational, and dynamic personalities in the country.
Mr. Joyner's success as a radio personality and philanthropist has earned him several awards and honors, including four Billboard magazine's Best Urban Contemporary Air Personality awards and Impact magazine's Joe Loris Award for Excellence in Broadcasting. He was named Impact's Best DJ of the Year so many times that this honor has been renamed the Tom Joyner Award.
Other notable honors include the congressional Black Caucus' Mickey Leland Humanitarian Award, 100 Black Men's Man of the Year award, the NAACP's President's Award, and the Harold Washington Award for his tireless efforts in the Census 2002 campaign.