December 13th, 2012
KTBS weather woman Rhonda Lee discusses her termination on The Madison Show.
SiriusXM Talk Show host, Joe Madison, spoke with Rhonda Lee, the Louisiana weather woman who was fired for responding to an email complaint about her hair, this morning. Ms. Lee called in share her side of the story regarding the course of events that led up to her termination. According to Lee, she was fired for breaking an unwritten rule that forbids employees from responding directly to complaints, a rule that she was not aware of and goes against what she had been told prior to this incident. Madison, who broke the story yesterday, contends that Lee’s firing is a classic example of racism and cultural conditioning.
Dr. Artis Cash, pastor and founder of the Shreveport chapter of the National Action Network, who was also on the call, has requested that the General Manager of KTBS-TV reconsider her termination. Ms. Lee moved to Shreveport from Austin, Texas and is looking forward to returning to the airwaves at KTBS soon. When asked why she would want to continue to work for the station, she replied “I don’t believe in running away from anywhere, anytime. “
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November 26th, 2012
Madison calls on Pres. Obama to Relieve the Suffering of Children
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November 26, 2012
SiriusXM Talk Show Host, Joe Madison called upon President Obama to create a plan that would relieve the suffering of millions of young people in America. On his show this morning, Madison shared statistics from an Op-Ed piece written by Marian Wright Edelman, the President of The Children’s Defense Fund, after which he warned, “the very foundation of this nation will deteriorate, if something’s not done”
Madison went on to say, “Mr President, if you want to be the transformation president you say you want to be, then transform these numbers!”
Hear the entire call to action below
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July 18th, 2012
SiriusXM’s Joe Madison spoke to Dr. Christian Head of UCLA this morning about being black-balled after bringing a discrimination suit against the University.
Dr. Christian Head and his attorney, Shannon Foley, claim he is the victim of persistent harassment and retaliation after filing a report indicating he was being discriminated against throughout his career at the university. The most notable incident involved the release of a photo in which Dr. Head’s face was superimposed on the head of a gorilla being sodomized by his supervisor.
Dr. Head alleges that administrators told vendors were told not to do business with him, doctors were instructed not to perform surgery with him and his pay and benefits were reduced. Dr. Head and his attorney are calling on California Governor, Jerry Brown to intervene.
You can hear a portion of the interview here.
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July 18th, 2012
An armchair discussion between Joe Madison and Valerie Jarrett at The White House's African American Policy Forum held at Morgan State University on Friday, July 13th, 2012.
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June 19th, 2012
This morning during his show, SiriusXM Satellite Radio talk show host Joe Madison, railed against Arizona radio host Barbara Espinosa for her disrespectful name calling of President Barak Obama. Madison challenged his audience to call the station to complain. Hours later, the voice mail boxes of the President and Program Director were full and the lines jammed.
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March 20th, 2012
Contact: Sharon Madison
Sharon.Madison@siriusxm.com
(202) 251-6182
This morning on his national satellite radio show, Joe Madison announced that he discovered audio of George Zimmerman referring to Trayvon Martin as a “f**cking coon” under his breath moments before he shot the teenager to death.
“A listener reached out to me yesterday asking that I listen to the tape carefully. This morning when we got in, I had our engineer clean up the tape and sure enough, there it was”, said Madison.
(quote at :16).
Joe Madison will broadcast live from First Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church in Sanford, Florida later this week. . He will join MSNBC host, Al Sharpton and radio DJ Micheal Baisden as the keynote speaker, at an evening rally in support of Trayvon Martin's family The Rally will air live on The Joe Madison Show Thursday March 22nd on SiriusXM 128 at 7 p.m. EDT. The program will air again on Friday at 6 a.m. EDT.
Joe Madison is a 30 year veteran of talk radio. He is heard on SiriusXM Satellite Radio channel 128 and WOL-AM in Washington DC as well as American Forces Radio.
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February 15th, 2012
Original Airdate: August 9, 2011
Joe Madison Show
SiriusXM Satellite Radio
Host: Joe Madison
Written & Produced: Shawna Renee Oduor
Produced: Efim Shapiro
with assistance from Sharon Madison and Don Wicklin
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September 30th, 2011
Singer, actor, author Tyrese was kicked out of a Delaware radio station on Wednesday for questioning the number of liquor stores in the minority community.
Joe Madison and his listeners had a lot to say about the situation.
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September 30th, 2011
Singer, actor, author Tyrese was kicked out of a Delaware radio station on Wednesday for questioning the number of liquor stores in the minority community.
Joe Madison and his listeners had a lot to say about the situation.
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September 20th, 2011
Original Air Date:
Click the link to hear Joe Madison and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk discuss President Obama's Jobs Act.
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