'Bev Smith Show' leaving airwaves

Bev Smith, the only nationally syndicated black female talk show host on radio, will no longer be on the air as of Oct. 28 -- and not just gone from Pittsburgh's WGBN-AM, but absent from 30 other AM radio markets across the country, including New York, Philadelphia and Chicago.

Contrary to rumors of ill health, Ms. Smith says she isn't leaving of her own accord. Rather, she was told several weeks ago that "The Bev Smith Show" would no longer be offered to radio stations by American Urban Radio Networks, a Pittsburgh-based media company that produces news, entertainment, sports and information programming for urban radio audiences.

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