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Troy

NEW SHOW ALERT!!! The Troy Johnson Show is on! M-F from 10a-12noon...105.7 WHFS. (www.fmtalk1057.com

About Me

YOU CAN CHECK ME OUT ON "THE TROY JOHNSON SHOW" ON 105.7 WHFS MONDAY-FRIDAY FROM 10am-12noon. If you don't live in Baltimore, you can still hear me streaming live on the internet: WWW.fmtalk1057.COM Troy Johnson has been in the radio industry for nearly 18 years having won numerous awards and honors including the 2000 Baltimore A.I.R Awards for Best Morning Show and Best New Talent in Market, The Key to the City of Baltimore in 2002 and The Mayor's Business Recognition Award in 2002 for outstanding work on the Baltimore Believe Campaign. He is President of The Association of Black Media Workers, and a member of the National Association of Black Journalists.For 7 years Troy played a key role in serving on Baltimore's most popular morning show team, "The Big Phat Morning Show" on 92Q. From it's beginnings in 1999 with his partners Marc and Marva, to his last show as apart of the crew on September 29th 2006, Troy has been, and still is, all about Baltimore!Over the past year and a half, Troy Johnson has made a significant transformation from "hip-hop", to "hot talk". Troy brings his broadcast experience from mainstream urban radio, over to talk radio. His unique point of view and humor add a refreshing twist to the issues of the day.The Troy Johnson Show on FM Talk 105.7 has become a slick and innovative program that is not only funny, but also focuses on educating and informing the community. By sparking dialogue and debate, The Troy Johnson Show is generating a buzz with the listeners of Baltimore, and beyond."I'm originally from Chicago, but I've spent a little time in Indianapolis, St. Louis, a few years in Ohio for school, but I'm in B-more holdin' it down!" Make sure you hit me up I'm here to network with you! Oh!!!!! Check out my 2 cousins Craig and Chris Rob in my top 8...two talented brothas that are doin' big things! That's my family y'all...we let it do what it do! LOG ON TO MY MYSPACE MUSIC PAGE SO YOU CAN HEAR SOME CLASSIC BREAKFAST FLAKE SONGS from back in the day!!!
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My Interests

News & Current Affairs, Sports, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Travel, Cooking & Fine Dining, and Community Activisim & Awareness. CHECK OUT MY MAN LAZEE LAMONT! (AKA Crayon Smiff!) He's got a tight show! (Watch it all the way thru...I'm at the end of the joint!)..

I'd like to meet:

I'd like to meet people in the radio/television/communications industry. I'd love to network with people in the U.S. and U.K; who may have some insight on how to connect with media outlets that would be interested in a highly skilled person...who can announce, do production and voiceovers, and even character voices! :)I edited my profile at Freeweblayouts.net , check out these Myspace Layouts!

Music:

Hip-Hop, Jazz, Blues, Rock

Movies:

"Crimson Tide", "Love, Sex & Eating The Bones", "The Waterboy", "Lord of The Rings", "The Star Wars Trillogies", "The Blues Brothers","Napoleon Dynamite", "Belly"

Television:

"The Boondocks","The Sopranos", "The Wire", "Sanford & Son", British Sitcoms, "The Superfriends" (From back in the day!), "Meet The Press", "60 Minutes", The Discovery Channel & The History Channel

Books:

"Makes Me Wanna Holla", "The DaVinci Code", "Freakanomics", "The Covenant with Black America"

Heroes:

Paul Robeson, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Colin Powell, Thorgood Marshall, Col. Guion S. Bluford, Lance Armstrong, Howard Stern, Gen. Russell Honore'

My Blog

Tim Russert 1950-2008

"If it's Sunday&it's Meet The Press." That's how most of my Sundays over the last few years have started. My weekend ritual ALWAYS includes Meet The Press&usually over bacon and waffles in front ...
Posted by Troy on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:09:00 PST

Let music be music, and let porn be porn!

I saw something posted on Perez Hilton (www.perezhilton.com) the other day, and it pissed me off. I was really hoping that I hadn't reached the C. Delores Tucker phase of my life, but then again, mayb...
Posted by Troy on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:12:00 PST

Time on my hands...

I'm in the midst of a typical weekend for me. Other than going to check out the movie Iron Man, (Which was aaight, not the best, just aaight.) I relaxed, and didn't do too much. My plans to ...
Posted by Troy on Sun, 04 May 2008 09:47:00 PST

If you cant read this, mabye youre an illiterate peasant.

State Rep. Douglass Bruce (R-Colorado) made inflammatory statements this week about immigrants entering the state of Colorado. "We don't need 5,000 more illiterate peasants in the state of Colorado,"&...
Posted by Troy on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:34:00 PST

Hussein, and the magic flag pin!

I am amazed, and concerned about the fact that the story of Barack Obama not putting his hand over his heart at the Iowa steak fry last summer, is still being discussed and e-mailed by people. Listene...
Posted by Troy on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:31:00 PST

Hello!

Welcome to The Troy Johnson Show Blog. This is the first time I've actually "blogged" (my original posts are available at www.fmtalk1057.com). I wish I had some original, outstanding, piece of literar...
Posted by Troy on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:29:00 PST

The Backroom is closed!

..>   January 5th at 1:07am The Backroom with Troy Johnson & Jon Boesche' aired it's last show. Jon and I had the chance to work together for a little over a year, and it was some of the...
Posted by Troy on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 11:57:00 PST

Open letter on www.marvadevents.com

To: Baltimore I just wanted to take time out to thank each and everyone that listened, emailed, met me at an event, hated or loved the breakfast flakes...even those that never listened because they lo...
Posted by Troy on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 01:07:00 PST

FYI

Listeners of the Big Phat Morning Show on 92Q (WERQ) got a surprise when they turned on their radios yesterday morning. The on-air team of Troy Johnson, Marc Clarke and Sonjay, known for its lively di...
Posted by Troy on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 02:22:00 PST