Consumer and lifestyle show Coffee With America has announced a national syndication partnership with Telco Productions, Inc., which has already added 19 new stations in top markets to the show’s current market distribution.

The show, which filled the void left by the disappearance of the Daily Buzz in spring 2015, is hosted weekly by Ebony Steele and Sasha Rionda from Atlanta Broadcast Studio & Productions.

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Steele is best known for her work on FOX TV’s Dish Nation! and radio’s The Rickey Smiley Morning Show. She has been named one of Radio Facts’ Top 30 Women in Media alongside Oprah, Wendy Williams and Soledad O’Brien.

Rionda is a multilingual correspondent.  She is perhaps most recognized for hosting CNN International’s “The Music Room.”  Rionda has interviewed top recording artists Britney Spears, Usher, Moby, and numerous others. 

Among the new CWA affiliates are KDOC (IND) Los Angeles, WWSB (ABC) Tampa, and WFLX (FOX) West Palm Beach, joining an already strong Coffee With America lineup that includes the YouToo America Network, WAGA (FOX) Atlanta and WOIL (Birmingham and the Alabama News Network).

The YouToo America Network airs in 180 markets and on national cable channels across the country. WAGA, in Atlanta (DMA 9), is one of the top FOX affiliates in the nation.

Stations added by Telco include: WADL (IND) Detroit; WMFD (IND) Cleveland; WHDO(IND) Orlando; KNLC (IND) St. Louis; KCWX (MY) San Antonio; WKYI (IND) Louisville; KWHE (IND) Honolulu; WNEM (MY) Flint; WBUW (IND) Madison; KMSS (FOX) Shreveport; WBRZ (ABC) Baton Rouge; WFFT (NBC) Ft. Wayne; WBCB (CW) Youngstown; WFMJ (NBC) Youngstown; KQEG (IND) La Crosse; WGEM (NBC) Quincy; KJNB (FOX) Jonesboro; and WMDN (CBS) Meridian.

“Telco Productions is one of the top syndicators in the country, so the future of Coffee With America looks very bright.  We’re thrilled for our staff and advertisers,” said Meredith Callan, senior executive producer and sales manager for CWA.

Telco distributes more than 40 programs, including Hollywood Uncut, The Hollywood News Report and Designing Spaces. It is also America's largest supplier of quality E/I programs promoting the STEM* Education Goals.

Alex Paen, Telco founder and president, is an award-winning journalist who has created and currently hosts several national syndicated television shows, including “Animal Rescue” (since 1997); “Missing” (since 2003); “Dog Tales” (since 2007) and “Real Green” (since 2010).