Nov. 3, 2009, 3:45 a.m. - Black Talkers, a Web site which covers the black talk media industry, yesterday announced its first list of top radio talk show hosts.

BlackTalkers, located at BlackTalk.com, named Joe Madison, a veteran morning host heard nationwide on XM 169 and WOL-AM in Washington, D.C., to the top of the list over Al Sharpton.

The Web site's "Talented 10" includes:

"1. Joe Madison - He is the veteran morning star heard nationwide on XM 169 and a local institution on WOL-AM.

2. Al Sharpton - He is nationally syndicated via Syndication One on XM 169 and 32 radio stations.

3. Bev Smith - She is a major terrestrial radio presence on more than 30 stations via American Urban Radio Networks.

4. Montel Williams - Making the rare jump from being a mega TV star to radio, he is making waves across the industry via Air America on 48 stations.

5. Warren Ballentine - He is nationally syndicated via Syndication One on XM 169 and 20 radio stations.

6. Mark Thompson (Matsimela Mapfumo) - Has defined himself as a force in Satellite Radio - he is heard on Sirius Left and on XM's America Left.

7. Armstrong Williams - He remains a force in Black Talk through his self-syndicated radio show heard on XM 169 and three affiliates in his home state of South Carolina.

8. Errol T. Louis - He has taken New York City by storm with his show heard on WWRL-AM.

9. Thera Martin-Connelly - She is a rising daily talk show host and program director of a rising radio station, WURD-AM, in Philadelphia.

10. Ray Taliaferro - He was the first black talk show host on a major market radio station in the country and is still making them talk in the wee hours of the morning on San Fran Francisco's big stick KGO-AM."