Armstrong Williams (born February 5, 1962) is an American political commentator, entrepreneur, author, and talk show host.

He is the owner of Howard Stirk Holdings, a media company affiliated with Sinclair Broadcasting that has purchased numerous television stations.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (and future Supreme Court Justice) Clarence Thomas,[citation needed] a presidential appointee to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and a legislative aide and advisor to U.S.

[2] Williams is the cousin of South Carolina State Senator Clementa Pinckney, who was a victim of the Charleston church shooting.

Williams joined the lineup at WWRL 1600 AM in March 2005 as co-host with Sam Greenfield on Drive Time Dialogue.

[17] Howard Stirk Holdings revealed in its January 2015 application to purchase Las Vegas station KVMY that it again planned to acquire the WLYH-TV license from Nexstar Broadcasting Group; that sale was completed on November 12, 2015.

[19] On April 24, 2018, Sinclair announced that as part of its merger with Tribune Media, Howard Stirk Holdings would acquire the Sinclair-owned KUNS-TV in Seattle and KMYU in St. George, Utah, as well as the Tribune-owned KAUT-TV in Oklahoma City.

USA Today reported that Williams was hired "to promote the law on his nationally syndicated television show and to urge other black journalists to do the same.

"[21] As part of the agreement, Williams was required "to regularly comment on NCLB during the course of his broadcasts", and to interview Education Secretary Rod Paige for TV and radio spots that aired during the show in 2004.

In a statement to Editor & Publisher (E&P), TMS stated: "[A]ccepting compensation in any form from an entity that serves as a subject of his weekly newspaper columns creates, at the very least, the appearance of a conflict of interest.

[25] E&P contacted 10 newspapers listed as clients on Williams's website to ask if they would continue to carry the column; the majority stated that they would not.