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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Jonesy off air (again) at 100.3 The Beat

Jonesy is no longer hosting mornings on 100.3 the Beat.

The radio station had syndicated her show, based from New York's Hot 97, since January, but is now playing a mix of music in a show called "The Morning Beat."

Jonesy was dumped by Hot 97 on July 3, but was still heard on The Beat through Monday's show. She was off-air yesterday and has been removed from the station's Web site. Jonesy, aka Tarsha Jones, aka Miss Jones, did not return requests for comment yesterday, and calls to Radio One, which owns The Beat, were not returned yesterday.

There is nothing related to her absence from The Beat posted on her website.

UPDATE: Still no word from Jonesy, but Elroy R.C. Smith, operations manager for Radio One Philadelphia got in touch this afternoon with a comment. "I would like to wish Ms. Jones and her team all the best. Until further notice or until we find that undeniable morning show, we are moving in a more music direction "The Morning Beat." This is another way of us responding to the primary need of the young audience that music is the star,” Smith wrote.
Posted by Dan Gross @ 9:09 AM  Permalink | 10 comments
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Posted 10:44 AM, 08/06/2008
MsShel330
I don't know why they hired Jonesy in the place; knowing her controversial history, it was only a matter of time before she was fired.
Posted 11:05 AM, 08/06/2008
mahorn
Two radio related columns today - Great work Dan
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Posted 12:44 PM, 08/06/2008
suave1
I use to listen to Miss Jones years ago and she was funny. But over the years you can tell she started to get "Real" bitter about female singers like Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige and especially Beyonce. Is it because her Singing Career flopped? She continues to get beside herself and become extremely negative and insentive (Tsunami; Whitney Houston incident - Remember). I hope she finds within herself to change from within - People want to hear the positive instead of the Negative!
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Posted 02:07 PM, 08/06/2008
doingtherightthing
Interesting.... Q102 pulled the same thing with Diego, when they fired Booker & the morning crew (at the height of their popularity)... And, now they have a show with Elvis Duran based out of NYC -- and Diego can only speak during the commercials. I'm so glad that Philly's radio stations care so little about their local audience. Way to disconnect yourselves from us!
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Posted 10:33 PM, 08/14/2008
franknbeans
oh well, her show was so boring. I never bothered changing the station from power 99 to the beat in the morning
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