TV One to Launch Live Daily News Show

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TV One this fall will launch a live, one-hour weekday
news/public affairs show as part of amultiplatform news offering from network
parent company Radio One.

TV One will simulcast the last hour of the three-hour News
One Now radio program to be syndicated on Radio One stations across the
country, Alfred Liggins, chairman of TV One and CEO and president of Radio One,
told Multichannel News. The 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. show, which will offer
news and analysis of politics, entertainment, sports and culture from an
African-American perspective, will be hosted by former CNN personality Roland
Martin.

While the network has yet to specify a launch date, Liggins
said the show would most likely debut in mid-September prior to the
Congressional Black Caucus' Annual Legislative Conference. The Radio One
portion of News One Now will also run on the Web via Radio One's
dedicated NewsOne.com site, according to Liggins.

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R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.