About Sybil Wilkes, The Tom Joyner Morning Show

Sybil Wilkes is the co-host of the Tom Joyner Morning Show, a nationally syndicated radio program heard in over 100 markets with an audience of more than eight million. An original member of the show, initially joining the crew as a news anchor, each morning Wilkes provides “the voice of reason” alongside host Tom Joyner and co-host J. Anthony Brown.

This native Chicagoan began her radio career in 1985 as a production assistant with WKQX-FM, Chicago. She eventually went on to news management and reporting jobs at WINK-AM/FM, Fort Myers, Florida; WRCC-FM, Cape Coral, Florida; and WCKZ-FM, Charlotte, North Carolina. In 1989 Wilkes joined WGCI-AM/FM, Chicago, as a talk show host. In 1990 she became a reporter for Chicago\'s Shadow Traffic Network. While with Shadow, Wilkes delivered morning and afternoon drive traffic updates and worked as one of Tom Joyner\'s WGCI-FM sidekicks.

A noted news and political journalist, Wilkes has landed major interviews with some of today’s top newsmakers including joining President Barack Obama and Senator John Edwards on the campaign trail for exclusive one-on-one interviews as well as a candid interview with Former President Bill Clinton. As an avid reader, she created “Sybil’s Book Club”, started in 1996, which features African-American authors at live events and offers an opportunity for book lovers to meet and engage with their favorite writers.

Being a celebrated radio personality and journalist she has received a number of accolades including The President’s Award from the NAACP Image Awards, and an honorary Doctorate Degree from Bennett College in Greensboro, NC. Most recently, Wilkes has become a national ambassador for the Susan G. Komen Circle of Promise Campaign. She also co-hosts a local Sunday afternoon inspirational radio program with Pastor Frederick Haynes in Dallas. A graduate of Northwestern University, she received a Bachelors of Science in Political Science and Communication Studies.

Wilkes lives by the biblical saying handed down by her parents, “To whom much is given, much is required.” When not using her “Big A” words on the show, Sybil has an interest in politics, photography, and sports.

Wilkes resides in Dallas, Texas.

  5/28/15- Sybil Wilkes dishes the morning’s news and headlines on the TJMS including an update on the severe weather in Texas, comedian Tracy Morgan reaches a settlement in the deadly Wal-Mart  crash and the African man professing his love for Malia Obama. Click the link above to hear the details.

  5/27/15- Sybil Wilkes discusses the morning’s news and headlines on the TJMS, including news of the deadly storms and flooding in Texas and Oklahoma, the Chicago teen who was once a pregnant middle schooler and now is the Valedictorian of her high school and much more. Click the link above.

  5/26/15- Sybil Wilkes discusses the morning’s news and headlines on the TJMS including, the city of Cleveland reaching their settlement with the Department of Justice, the wide spread shootings in Chicago and Baltimore over Memorial Day weekend. Click to link the for more details.

  5/22/15- Sybil Wilkes discusses the news and headlines on the TJMS including, a grand jury indicting the six officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray, the D.C. murder suspect arrested in the slaying of a wealthy family and much more. Click the link for details.

  5/21/15- Sybil Wilkes discusses the morning’s news and headlines on the TJMS, including new footage of Freddie Gray released, the Georgia teacher arrested for letting students have sex in his classroom and much more. Click the link above to hear the details.

  5/20/15- Sybil Wilkes discusses the morning’s news and headlines on the TJMS including news about airbags being recalled, the update on the Waco biker gang and much more. Click the link above to hear the details.

  5/19/15- Sybil Wilkes discuses the morning’s news and headlines on the TJMS including the news of the FBI ruling out bullets hit the Amtrak train, the Waco biker gang bail set at $1M and the POTUS joins Twitter! Click to hear the details!  

  5/18/15- Sybil Wilkes discusses the morning’s news and headlines on the TJMS including, the Philadelphia Amtrak reopening it’s NE corridor, the ISIS leader killed, Shanesha Taylor’s 18-year probation, the biker gang shootout in Texas and much more. Click the link to hear the details.

  5/15/15- Sybil Wilkes discusses the morning’s news and headlines on the TJMS including the death of Blues legend BB King, an update on the Amtrak train crash and the Chicago Bulls lose to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Click to hear the details above.

  5/14/15- Sybil Wilkes discusses the morning’s news and headlines on the TJMS including an update on the Amtrak crash and why the GOP decided to cut funding. Click the link above to hear the details.  

  5/13/15- Sybil Wilkes discusses the morning’s news and headlines on the TJMS including, the news of the Wisconsin DA deciding not to charge officer who killed biracial teen, Verizon buy AOL for $4.4B and the Philadelphia train derailment that killed five people. Click to hear the details.

  5/12/15- Sybil Wilkes delivers the morning’s news and headlines on the TJMS including the news of Ambassador Andrew Young’s car accident, a man found hanging from a tree in Georgia, George Zimmerman involved in a shooting and the latest on #Deflategate. Click the link above to hear the details.