Tavis Smiley Quits Tom Joyner Morning Show Friday

Atlanta, GA 4/11/2008 02:37 PM GMT (FINDITT)

Tavis Smiley reportedly quit his weekly political commentary position with the Tom Joyner Morning Show on Friday.

The move was announced on air on the show Friday morning. However, the exact reasons for his resignation were not determined.

Smiley became a frequent commentator on the Tom Joyner Morning Show, a nationally syndicated radio show broadcast on African-American stations, in 1996.

In 2000, Smiley and Joyner began hosting annual town hall meetings called "The State of the Black Union" which were aired live on C-SPAN.

Smiley currently hosts Tavis Smiley, a late night talk show televised on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) network. Smiley also has a column, "The Smiley Report", on the Black America Web website.

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