• Mediaweek, Thursday, March 12, 2009 9:45 AM

Through a multi-year deal with Air America Radio, Montel Williams is getting his own national radio show. The program, "Montel Across America," is slated to debut weekdays 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. EST. Williams' new show will take the time period currently occupied by "The Lionel Show."

For 17 years, Williams was host and executive producer of "The Montel Williams Show," one of the longest running daytime talk shows in TV. He is currently launching a multimedia business based on his "Living Well with Montel" brand.

This latest addition to Air America's lineup follows the network's news earlier this week that it created a syndication division for programming that is outside its progressive network lineup. First up: the weekly radio show, "Newsweek On-Air," beginning March 22.

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