Rickey Smiley Morning Show

Rickey Smiley Wins 2021 Marconi Award For “Network/Syndicated Personality of the Year”

Rickey Smiley serves as the head honcho for this very site and entertains daily on-air with his hit morning show, and thankfully his greatness was recognized at the 2021 Marconi Awards by winning "Network/Syndicated Personality of the Year."

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National Radio Day (August 20) has been celebrated since the 1990s as a means to highlight the invention of radio and its cultural impact on society. As the first device that allowed mass communication through public airwaves, radio has - and still is - used to share news, music, humor and conversations of common interests to people of various backgrounds around the world.

This week, our very own Rickey Smiley had the pleasure of taking a deep dive back in to 2003 when BB King & Isaac Hayes, and Russell Simmons & Radio One Founder Cathy Hughes were interviewed. 

Rickey Smiley directly challenged the Black community while delivering a passionate and at times emotional update about his daughter's condition days after she was shot multiple times in Houston.

Here's a look at Rickey's beautiful baby girl over the years... 

Rickey Smiley shares that over the holiday weekend, his daughter Aaryn was shot in Houston.

Rickey Smiley is gearing up to host the 21st Annual Super Bowl Gospel Celebration hitting Miami on Thursday, January 30.