DETROIT, MI (July 27, 2010) - WDET today announced the addition of The Michael Eric Dyson Radio Show to its weekday line up. This daily, one-hour program is hosted by award-winning author, scholar and social commentator Dr. Michael Eric Dyson. A Detroit native, Dyson is a major American thinker on how media, race, politics and the arts intersect and collide. The Michael Eric Dyson Show presents a smart, fun and unconventional analysis of issues and culture. It debuts on 101.9 FM, WDET Monday, August 2 at 1pm.

"Michael Eric Dyson is the latest addition to WDET's line-up of brilliant, iconoclastic hosts," according to J. Mikel Ellcessor, WDET's General Manager. "His daily presence on Detroit's airwaves will give the city yet another reason to sit up and engage with WDET and local media, in general. Detroiters want to be heard and they have something to say. Dyson is much more than another talk show. He's a partner who is helping WDET and Detroit take our story to the world."

Michael Eric Dyson joins a weekday line-up on WDET that includes WDET's Craig Fahle Show and award-winning national programs hosted by Micel Martin, Terri Gross, John Schaefer and Krista Tippett.

The Michael Eric Dyson Radio Show is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Wayne State University is a premier urban research institution of higher education offering more than 400 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to nearly 32,000 students.

Contact: Ron Jones
Voice: 313-577-4255
E-mail: RonJones@wdet.org