''The Tavis Smiley Show'' was an American
public broadcasting radio talk show.
Public Radio International
''The Tavis Smiley Show'' was broadcast on
Public Radio International
Public Radio International (PRI) was an American public radio organization. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, PRI provided programming to over 850 public radio stations in the United States.
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(PRI). It was a one-hour weekly program featuring interviews with news makers, thought leaders and artists and seeks to bring diverse perspectives to the airwaves. It was produced by Smiley Radio Properties, Inc., in partnership with PRI at Smiley's studio in
Los Angeles, California. The program ran two hours per week until October 2010 when the second hour became the sister program ''Smiley & West'', co-hosted by longtime Smiley collaborator Dr.
Cornel West. The show ended in 2017.
History of radio show
The first version of ''The Tavis Smiley Show'' was on
National Public Radio (NPR). It was broadcast daily from January 2002 to December 16, 2004, in Los Angeles, when the host Tavis Smiley decided not to renew his contract with NPR. Some of the reasons cited based on an article by Howard Kurtz for not renewing the contract were 1) Tavis Smiley wanted to tape his show a day in advance, and NPR did not agree; 2) against federal funding policies, Tavis Smiley wished to own the right to rebroadcast the show; and 3) Tavis Smiley appealed to have the budget for promoting the program significantly increased, and NPR did not have the budget to do so.
The show was a
news
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and
opinion
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Definition
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program focusing upon issues of
race,
diversity, and
ethnicity
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and often featured guest speakers. It was an hour-long show.
The show was helped through a collaboration with various public radio stations. It was replaced on some radio stations by ''
News & Notes'' which follows much the same format and topics. Many other radio stations replaced it with the short-lived ''NPR News with
Tony Cox''.
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External links
Official website of the PRI showOfficial website of the PBS showOfficial website of the NPR show
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American talk radio programs
Public Radio International programs
2004 radio programme debuts
2017 radio programme endings