NEW YORK, June 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM today
announced that SiriusXM host and human rights activist Joe Madison's special broadcast of his show, Joe
Madison The Black Eagle, aired live today from Cuba in the first national American radio talk
broadcast from the island country in more than 50 years.
The SiriusXM host's live broadcast from Cuba aired earlier today, Thursday, June 11, at 7:00
am ET on SiriusXM Urban View channel 126. It will re-air on
Thursday, June 11 at 9:00 pm and 11:00pm.
The broadcast, from the Taino studios in Havana, included guests spanning the worlds of
academia, culture, entertainment, and social activism including
Professor Arnaldo Coro, Cuban radio
host, radio aficionado, and professor at the University of
Havana and DeWayne Wickham, USA Today columnist and veteran print
journalist.
The live broadcast is part of SiriusXM host's Joe Madison's 7-day visit to Cuba for meetings with government officials,
tours of landmarks, and previews of new tourist construction sites
in preparation of the predicted waves of American tourists that
some believe will flood the country.
During his weeklong stay in the Caribbean country, Joe
Madison is scheduled to meet with and interview legislative
leaders; artists; journalists; and black leaders in Cuba including Dr. Esteban Morales, Gloria
Rolando, and Gisela
Arandia. A weeklong documentary of highlights, which
will also focus on the role Afro-Cubans in Cuban society and offer
a glimpse at the history of shared interests with African
Americans, will air on SiriusXM Urban View channel 126 beginning
Monday, July 6, 2015.
"Broadcasting from Cuba is a
historic moment and I am thrilled to share it with SiriusXM
listeners. At this crucial point in a new era for Cuba, and in its relations with
our country, it's exciting to hear directly from the voices of
Cuba for the first time in
decades," said Joe Madison, SiriusXM
host.
Award-winning humanitarian and civil rights activist
Joe Madison broadcasts his daily
show on SiriusXM Urban View channel 126 from the SiriusXM studios
in Washington, D.C. A
constant participant in the political and national debate, Madison
is one of the top African-American radio broadcasters in the nation
today most recently breaking the world record following a 52-hour
broadcast to raise money for the construction of the Smithsonian's
National Museum of African American History and Culture, the final
museum planned to be built on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The host also recently
took to the airways to lead the funding efforts to get actor and
comedian Dick Gregory a most
deserved star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Madison has
interviewed the President of the United
States and the First Lady on multiple occasions and is in
constant conversation with politicians, activists and the most
prominent and respected African American stars.
SiriusXM Urban View features conversation, information,
inspiration, empowerment, motivation and companionship from the
African-American perspective.
For more information on SiriusXM and Joe
Madison, please visit www.siriusxm.com and
www.joemadison.com.
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