TALK SHOW HOST SUSPENDED
posted 31 Jan 2012 13:23 by Gerry Kangalee [ updated 31 Jan 2012 13:44 ] Well-known talk show host and public motivational speaker David Muhammad has had his programs on Power 102.1FM suspended until further notice due to what may appear to be outside political influences.
On Friday, January 27th Mr. Muhammad was phoned by the program manager at the station and told that he is suspended pending an investigation into incitement on the air due to the intervention of government interests. This suspension was revoked by the CEO the next day (Saturday 28th) after he confirmed that neither he; the head of the station nor the directors of the radio station knew anything about the matter. Muhammad was back on the radio as normal on Sunday 29th and Monday 30th. The matter of freedom of speech in the media was discussed generically in this period on I95.5FM as well as on Mr. Muhammad's program 'The Black Agenda'.
On Tuesday 31st Mr. Muhammad was told by the CEO that he is now in fact suspended until further notice. The reason given for this suspension was Muhammad's reaction to the first suspension which was actually fabricated, apparently by another manager within the station who has not been suspended.
Mr. Muhammad has expressed that he is more curious now than ever before that there may be ulterior motives influenced by political entities behind this entire process, and to date no explanation has been given as to how the program manager was misled into being given a false instruction as consequential as it was.
The Black Agenda program commentaries shall continue as normal online and be posted on
www.youtube.com/blackagendaproject. He is expected to either resume duty soon on the same station or possibly on another radio station by Monday, February 27th, 2012.
Muhammad has been conducting the Black Agenda program since 2002 and has dominated the top spot in the most recent MFO Survey at #1 with a night time audience share of 14%. (Roxanne Muhammad)
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