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Oklahoma City Mother of Two Wins the Tom Joyner Morning Show’s $1 million Promotion Trina Lewis plans to pay off her home, help her church

(Dallas, TX – December 7, 2006) Trina Lewis of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is the winner of the Tom Joyner Morning Show’s $1 million cash call promotion, ending the nationally syndicated radio show’s biggest radio promotion ever.

Lewis, who recently lost her job in October, said she plans to pay off her home and help her member church. “Are you serious?” screamed Lewis as Joyner congratulated her. “I am just shaking. I lost my job in October and I needed this money.” Lewis, married to Dennis for more than 20 years, is the mother a teenage daughter, age 19 and a son, age 15.

Lewis listens to the nation’s # 1 syndicated urban show on Perry Publishing & Broadcasting’s KRMP 1040 AM. The African-American owned media company who has been an affiliate of the Tom Joyner Morning show for more than six years. She said she chose envelope #139 because her grandmother would have been 100 years old and she is 39 years old.

To listen to the unscripted sounds of someone winning $1 million, go to www.blackamericaweb.com/site.aspx/promos/cashcallnew

“We’re all crying in here,” said Joyner as he talked to Lewis. “I’m a man of my word. I said I was giving away $1million before the end of the year. And here we have it. Trina and her family are going to have a great holiday!!”

Last October, Joyner promised to give away the $1million as part of the Cash Call Plus contest. During his four-hour drive time morning radio show, the10th caller every hour who told Joyner the correct three numbers had the option to take $1,000 or use that money purchase an envelope, one of which contained the certificate for 1 million dollars. All contestants who correctly identified the cash call numbers and picked an unrevealed envelope won some amount of a cash prize.

With the end of the $1 million promotion, The Tom Joyner Morning Show will resume its normal $1,000 Cash Call contest in which every hour, the 10th caller must provide Joyner the correct three numbers he has announced during that hour of the show. Joyner has awarded almost $3 million to nearly 2,000 winners.

The nation’s # 1 syndicated urban morning show, which airs in 120 markets reaching nearly 8 million listeners, has distinguished itself over the years as continuously giving back to its listeners with quality programming, highly popular promotions and philanthropy. In addition to the Cash Call Plus prizes, Joyner’s Foundation has raised more than $55 million to help keep students in black colleges. The Morning Show also features news analysis with Jacque Reid, celebrity news with Jawn Murray and political commentary by Tavis Smiley.

REACH Media, Inc. founded by radio and television personality, philanthropist and entrepreneur Tom Joyner, is a multi-media company formed as the parent company of The Tom Joyner Morning Show and several other businesses that will target African-Americans through radio, television, event production and the internet. BlackAmericaWeb.com has more than 1 million registered users and features news and interactive elements, including games, dating and downloadable audio. Radio One (www.radio-one.com) (NASDAQ:ROIAK and ROIA), the nation's seventh largest radio broadcasting company (based on 2005 net broadcast revenue) and the largest radio broadcasting company that primarily targets African-American and urban listeners, owns 51% of Reach Media, Inc.

FOR INTERVIEWS WITH MS. LEWIS, PLEASE CONTACT:
Neil Foote, Director of Communications, Reach Media Inc.
neil.foote@reachmediainc.com, (972) 371-5840 or 214 448 3765 (cell)

FOR INTERVIEWS WITH MS. LEWIS, PLEASE CONTACT:

Neil Foote, Director of Communications, Reach Media neil.foote@reachmediainc.com, (972) 371-5840 or 214 448 3765 (cell)

 

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