Jackson MS Radio: Tom Joyner Helps Set New McDonald's Record

Celebrated national radio host Tom Joyner donned a visor and red apron with his "Fly Jock" nickname on a button and greeted hundreds of fans and a few unsuspecting lunchers Wednesday morning at drive-through at McDonald's, U.S. 80, in Jackson, according to clarionledger.com.

On the heels of a morning simulcast of his "Tom Joyner Morning Show" from Alpha Media's  WKXI 107.5 FM Kixie 107, Joyner and show co-hosts J. Anthony Brown and Sybil Wilkes helped Joyner's brother, Al Joyner, set a new regional record for the most cars served in a McDonald's drive-through in an hour.

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"Anything that gets hugs and kisses from listeners, I love it," he said beforehand. Could he reach that far out a drive-through window? "I'm sure going to try. You think my arms are too short?"

As it happened, time was too short. A rolling stop was the order of the day as Tom Joyner collected the tickets and Jackson police and Brown's booming, "Go, go, go!" from the second window kept wheels turning at a fairly steady pace.

Tom Joyner's reputation as "The Hardest Working Man in Radio" was intact. The count by noon was a whopping 419, blowing a previous 288 Baton Rouge-set record straight out of the soda dispenser.

The usual hour-long lunch count at that location? About a hundred cars, said Al Joyner, whose My Joy, Inc. McDonald's Inc. has 17 McDonald's in the metro area. Flush with the record, Al Joyner said, "We've got another hour. We're going for 420 now!" in the second hour, yet ultimately drove in at 763 cars at the end of two hours.

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