`the queen of all media` and more on classic weekend

‘the queen of all media’ and more on classic weekend
This weekend’s Magic
City Classic festivities
will be filled with radio
folks, from Wendy
Williams, a member of
the National Radio Hall
of Fame, to Tom Joyner,
a longtime popular
syndicated radio host.
Some are doing standup; some are doing
their shows here; all are
here for the Classic.
Wendy Williams
TOM JOYNER
STEVE HARVEY
Sheryl underwood
rickey smiley
WHO :
Former radio star and now
host of TV’s “The Wendy
Williams Show,” which airs
weekdays at 2 p.m. on CBS 42.
Tuskegee native and host of
radio’s syndicated “The Tom
Joyner Morning Show,” which
airs daily at 5 a.m. on
KISS-FM 98.7.
Star of radio’s “The Steve
Harvey Morning Show” (airing
daily at 5 a.m. on Hot-107.7 FM),
TV’s “The Steve Harvey Show”
and “Family Feud” and the
Spike Lee movie “The Original
Kings of Comedy.”
This Arkansas-born comic
and actress has appeared in
films such as “Beauty Shop”
and “I Got the Hook Up.” She
recently left “The Tom Joyner
Morning Show” for “The Steve
Harvey Morning Show.”
Birmingham-born standup
comic (and graduate of
Alabama State University) who
now helms his own syndicated
morning radio show (airs here
on WENN-FM 102.1).
KNOWN
FOR :
Her outrageous and sometimes
provocative sense of style, and
a brash approach to interviewing. Her catch-phrase? “How
you doin’?” Robin Givens
is starring as Williams in an
upcoming film.
His colorful cast of characters
(including J Anthony Brown
and Sybil Wilkes) and his
philanthropic and social
programs, including regular
voter registration drives.
His ever-growing brand
includes books, his TV and
radio work and a clothing line.
Her topical humor is often
adult in nature. Her live performances, as well as those on
radio, TV and in the movies,
have gotten positive reviews.
His clever prank calls and songs
based on his radio bits,
including “Roll Tide,” featuring
his character Buford.
QUOTABLE :
“I feel like I fit up there with
the rest of them,” she says of
her TV talk show. “I’m very
glad that the public is watching the show and loving the
show and being responsive to
the show.”
“We do a show for African
Americans, that’s what we do,”
Joyner has said. “You hear us
talking about us. You hear us
laughing at us. You hear us
trying to empower us. It’s us
about us.”
“I incorporate my skills as a
comedian into it,” he has told
The News about his radio
show. “The thing about being
a comedian versus a comic
is that I can be funny on any
subject. If it’s a news story, a
letter or e-mail from a caller,
a guest, I can be funny.”
“I would call myself a sexually
progressive, God-fearing, black
Republican,” she says.
“‘It means a lot, with the history
of Birmingham, with people like
Nell Carter, Eddie Kendricks,
Ruben Studdard — the list goes
on and on and on,” he told The
News last year. “It’s a lot of
pressure performing at home
because Birmingham is where you
grew up and went to church.”
Classic
Connection :
As Ambassador for this year’s
classic, she’ll appear in the
Magic City Classic Parade,
which starts downtown on
Saturday at 8 a.m.
“World’s Largest Tailgate
Party,” today at 5 a.m. at
Legion Field and featuring the
Bar-Kays and others.
His radio show airs live from the
BJCC this morning, and he’ll do a
stand-up show Saturday at
8 p.m. at the BJCC Concert Hall.
At the Comedy Club Stardome
tonight at 7:30 p.m. and 9:45
p.m. and Saturday at 7:30 p.m.,
9:45 p.m. and 11:55 p.m. 444-0008
or www.stardome.com
Tonight at 8 at the Alys
Stephens Center. Tickets
at 975-2787 or
www.alysstephens.org.