''Keepin' It Real with Al Sharpton'' is a daily national

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program by New York City area

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Rev.

Al Sharpton Alfred Charles Sharpton Jr. (born October 3, 1954) is an American civil rights and social justice activist, Baptists, Baptist minister, radio talk show host, and TV personality, who is also the founder of the National Action Network civil rig ...

. While his show is based at New York City's

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, ''Keepin It Real with Al Sharpton'' has also been broadcast on

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since August 13, 2007.Radio One: The Urban Radio Specialist "Syndication One News/Talk Radio Network to Broadcast on XM Satellite Radio Beginning August 13th" http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070727005481&newsLang=en The show is broadcast weekday evenings, from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM in New York City. It also airs in 40 media markets and is syndicated by

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, a subsidiary of Urban One. In June 2005, Sharpton signed a contract with Matrix Media to produce and host a live two-hour daily talk program, which did not air. In November 2005, Sharpton signed with Radio One to host the program which began airing on January 30, 2006.

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