DJ planning to Fly away in 2 years

THE FLY JOCK is coming in for a landing.

Longtime radio host Tom Joyner, a fixture on the morning airwaves for 25 years, announced Tuesday that he is hanging up his microphone. The Dallas-based DJ, whose Tom Joyner Morning Show syndicates daily on New York’s Radio 103.9, said the new two-year contract he just signed would be his last.

“I’m putting in my two-year notice,” Joyner (photo) said on his Blackamericaweb.com blog. “I’m retiring, and for the next two years, we’re going to reminisce, go down Memory Lane and talk about all the things that we’ve done for the past 25 years.”

Joyner earned the “Fly Jock” nickname when he hosted a morning show in Dallas and an afternoon show in Chicago, and flew between the gigs every day for eight years, collecting more than 7 million frequent flyer miles.

Joyner said he will continue his activism, which includes voter registration drives and raising money for historically black colleges and universities.

Vanessa Cedeno (left), sister of Abel Cedeno, speaks outside court Tuesday. Her brother (bottom) was charged with manslaughter. Louna Dennis (right), mother of stabbing victim Matthew McCree (below right), said her son was not a bully.

Leonard Greene