Posted on 02/02/2011 1:14:05 PM PST by raccoonradio
The former Chairman/CEO of Godfather's Pizza and syndicated columnist has been doing evenings on Cox Radio's talk WSB (750/95.5) for the last three years, but now the Journal Constitution says he did his final show (for now) on Tuesday evening, February 1. Program director Pete Spriggs calls it "a hiatus." Cain will appear on on Erick Erickson's WSB show tonight, and Erickson will inherit the 7-10pm hours, to be followed by Dave Ramsey (10pm-1am). Cain isn't officially running for the Republican nomination, but the website for his "presidential exploration committee" is at http://www.hermancain.com
>>Herman Cain, after three years on AM750 and now 95.5FM News/Talk WSB, aired his final show Tuesday night so he could pursue a possible presidential bid.
Program Director Pete Spriggs dubs it a “hiatus.”
“Depending how it goes and what he decides and how successful he is,” Spriggs said, ” it could be a very long-term hiatus from the air. He has the exploratory committee to explore the possibility of running for president. It’ s been impossible to do that as it needs to be done across the country and do his talk show.”
Beginning Thursday, Cain will be replaced in the 7 to 10 p.m. time slot by Erick Erickson, who joined WSB Radio last month and whose show had been airing from 9 p.m. to midnight.
Financial expert Dave Ramsey, who left 640/WGST-AM at the end of 2010 and joined WSB Radio, will cover 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. He had been airing from midnight to 3 a.m.
Cain, a conservative businessman who also subbed for Neal Boortz over the years, will talk with Erickson from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday night, according to Erickson on his website www.redstate.com.
Erickson has been contributing to CNN’s “John King, USA” for the past few months from 7 to 8 p.m. Erickson did not say how he will reconcile that responsibility but said he will remain with CNN, as well as run his website.
Because of Federal Communications Commission equal-time provisions, if Cain runs for office, it would complicate his ability to air a radio show because an opponent would have the right to request “equal time.”
Spriggs said that is not an issue yet since Cain has not officially declared he was running for office.
Palin/Cain 2012! I am Likein’ it!!!
*ping*
GO HERMAN GO!!!
Not ‘possibly’, on Facebook last night he posted it was specifically because he is running for President.
Not that he'd be good in office, but I miss Godfather's Pizza here in Colorado!
Sorry, Herman. Obama has ruined it for ‘you people.’
Maybe in 2020? After Sarah.
He is running.
I saw him announce on Cavuto a week or so ago.
He gave Neil the honor of his announcement venue
OMG Erick Erickson is horrible. I enjoyed Herman.
However I think that without the WSB blowtorch microphone his support will dwindle.
BS
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