Arab/Muslim Radio Talk Show Hosts Combine Broadcasts to Link Arab, Muslim and Mainstream Audiences in Dearborn and Chicago

posted on: Feb 3, 2010

Radio talk show hosts Laila alhusinni in Dearborn and Ray Hanania in Chicago announced they will be combine their weekday radio shows to create one simulcast every Friday to link audiences in both cities and regions.

alHusinni is the host of “Good Morning Michigan” which broadcasts Monday, Wednesday thru Friday on WNZK 690 AM Radio in Dearborn throughout Michigan from 8 to 9 am Eastern time.

Hanania is the host of “Mornings with Ray Hanania” which broadcasts Monday thru Thursday on WJJG 1530 AM Radio in Chicago and Northern Illinois from 8 until 9:30 am and Friday 7 until 9 am Central time.

Both Michigan and the Chicagoland region are homes to the country’s largest concentrations of American Arabs. The two live talk radio shows will merge their Friday programs to broadcast one show, called “Radio Baladi,” to connect Arab and Muslim American listeners in both regions.

“We are very excited about this networking to bring Arab and Muslim listeners in Dearborn and the Detroit region together with Arab and Muslim listeners in Chicagoland,” said alHusinni, a Syrian Muslim American whose program is broadcast in Arabic and English.

“This has never been done before and I am proud to be working with Laila alHusinni to not only connect Arab and Muslim Americans in the Midwest but to also help educate Americans about our mutual interests, the Middle East and Arab and Muslim heritages,” said Hanania, a Christian Palestinian American and award winning journalist who writes for a dozen newspapers around the world.

The radio shows are also broadcast live on the Internet and will be podcast on iTunes and other podcast outlets each week.

The focus of the programs will be Arab, Muslim and Middle East issues, alHusinni said. Listeners will be encouraged to call in to either the Dearborn studio at 248-557-3300 or the Chicago studio at 708-493-1530.

The simulcast is sponsored by advertisers including PalestineNote.com, the leading online web site on Arab and Muslim issues, Ziyad Brothers Importing and ZiyadRecipes.com, one of the nation’s largest distributors of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern foods, and H&R Block, the nation’s leading tax preparation company.

The first broadcast begins Friday Feb. 12, 2010 at 7 am in Chicago and 8 am in Dearborn.

Born in Damascus, Syria, alhusinni graduated from The University of Damascus and worked for a number of local Syrian newspapers from 1990-2000. Laila alhusinni immigrated to the United States in 2001 and launched her show, one of the nation’s largest radio broadcast shows to Arabs and Muslim. Hanania is a veteran, award winning journalist and columnist. His columns appear in newspapers across the United States and in the Middle East. he is a columnist for PalestineNote.com, Arabisto.com and the Jerusalem Post newspaper. Hanania is the winner of three SPJ Lisagor awards and was named “Best Ethnic American Columnist” by the New America Media and is the recipient of the 2009 M.T. Mehdi Courage in Journalism award.

For more information on alHusinni, Hanania or Radio Baladi, or to listen to the live broadcast on the Internet, visit their web site at www.RadioBaladi.com. (Baladi is the Arabic word for “homeland.”)

“Good Morning Michigan”
U.S. Arab Radio Network
Mon, Wed – Fri, 8 – 9 am
Host: Laila alHusinni
2249 Gridley Park
Dearborn, MI, 48124
STUDIO: 248-557-3300
Tel: (313) 570-2206
Fax 🙁 313) 768-5104
lealhusinni@yahoo.com

“Mornings with Ray Hanania”
Urban Strategies Group
Mon – Fri, 8 – 9:30 am
Host: Ray Hanania
PO Box 2127
Orland Park, IL., 60462
STUDIO: 708-493-1530
312-933-9855
708-575-9078 eFax
rayhanania@comcast.net