Herman Cain’s WSB Radio show on hiatus; Erick Erickson takes over
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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.
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183 comments Add your comment
TrishaDishaWarEagle
February 2nd, 2011
4:42 pm
Hussein-O IS a muslim, under indonesian law..
I have no doubt obama is happy with the muslim brotherhood taking a larger role in egypt now..
Jimmy carter(2nd worst president ever)..lost Iran to the pedophile mohammed’s minions
Hussein-o (worst president ever)..lost Egypt to the pedophile mohammed’s minions
Token?
February 2nd, 2011
4:44 pm
For an individual who professes to have been an “executive”, you seem to lack basic English skills.
TrishaDishaWarEagle
February 2nd, 2011
4:46 pm
@BC
Other peoples needs do not constitute a duty upon me, to pay. Never have, Never will. I exist as a free individual, first and always..the Free state of trisha, regardless of the geopgraphy I may share with the needy leeches existing within the country,
Trisha, Trisha, über Alles
TrishaDishaWarEagle
February 2nd, 2011
4:47 pm
Auf Weidersehen!
Black Conservative
February 2nd, 2011
4:52 pm
@Trisha – remember to take down that Cam Newton poster on your way out….
RDDB
February 2nd, 2011
4:56 pm
Eric Eric is AWFUL! Bring back Savage! I can’t get any reception after 6pm on 640 where he is on now!
TruthSayer
February 2nd, 2011
4:58 pm
Let’s get serious here. After Obama, there will probably never be another black man elected as president. Obama was an “experiment”. People expected him to wave a magic wand and make all of the problems of the last 8 years vanish overnight. It wasn’t to be. He was just a fresh face offering change and hope to a nation which was dangling at the end of a rope. Now, people realize that he is not Jesus Christ , but just a man doing the best that he can. Let’s face reality. This is still America and Herman would have to be able to walk on water while tossing corn cobs to flying pigs to win the nomination. Herman, old buddy, use your remaining years wisely and take up time with your grandkids. Take them to the movies, fishing, or on picnics. You will be wasting your time on a bid for the presidency.
Democrat but Independent thinker
February 2nd, 2011
4:59 pm
@Token
Knowledge is power and Ignorance is Bliss…. you took time to critique my language skills but you didn’t comment on the issues of discussion. And this is a blog…not an English class. If precise correct grammer was a requirement then this blog would not exist.
Democrat but Independent thinker
February 2nd, 2011
5:02 pm
@Trisha
If Cam Newton wasn’t your Heisman quarterback what kind of impression would you have of him now.
TRUTH
February 2nd, 2011
5:02 pm
Wait a minute, (laughter), now…, (more laughter), this guy thinks he has a chance. Operative word, thinks. I think I can play Major Leauge Baseball. I think I could be a neurosurgeon. But I couldn’t get wood on a fastball and my degree is in History. Operative word, think…until reality sets in. I know that’s what Herman Cain needs at this point, R-E-A-L-I-T-Y…
Token?
February 2nd, 2011
5:02 pm
“If precise correct grammer [sic] was [sic] a requirement then this blog would not exist.”
We can all cling to hope. : )
Democrat but Independent thinker
February 2nd, 2011
5:11 pm
There are a few adjunct english professor jobs at The University of Phoenix that meeting Token’s level of expertise.
Eric
February 2nd, 2011
5:11 pm
Ha! Presidential bid. Cain, Palin and Gingrich should all run together. What clowns the republicans have.
Vashtai
February 2nd, 2011
5:22 pm
This is a terrible thing to have to say, but Herman will never win a national election. It is mostly because his lack of proper pronunciation and enunciation when he speaks makes him sound very ghetto. Yes, Herman is very smart, but he says fitty, unka and ax for fifty, uncle and ask.
I adore Herman, but....
February 2nd, 2011
5:28 pm
Herman is awesome but:
1) Didn’t he get in trouble for not paying taxes once? Like, A LOT of taxes? Maybe I am confused – I hope I am. I was thinking Herman Cain was in trouble for something a while back….and I thought it was not paying taxes. Does anyone know?
2) I love him, but…..shouldn’t we have him doing a show that covers both slots, and have Dave Ramsey running for President? I would LOVE to have Ramsey or Clark Howard running and would vote for them on any ticket – party wouldn’t even matter.
He does??
February 2nd, 2011
5:29 pm
He DOES say “fitty” and “axe?” No, you can’t do that and be President!
over O
February 2nd, 2011
5:31 pm
But I WOULD vote for him over Obama!
producer
February 2nd, 2011
5:37 pm
i wonder if mr. erickson will be as nasty on his new radio show as he is on his blog. it’s one thing to put it in print, you are distanced from it. it’s another to vocalize ugly, nasty commentary. we’ll see.
Eric
February 2nd, 2011
7:14 pm
Cain should find himself an island smack dead in the middle of the Atlantic and retire.
SMH
February 2nd, 2011
7:57 pm
@Whatever. You are not in any position to tell us what Dr. King’s dream was about. You cannot relate as you stated your are White Conservative. If your ancestors were enslaved and couldn’t each at the counter with other whites then I retract my statement.
SMH
February 2nd, 2011
7:59 pm
Am I the only person that thinks Erick Erickson sounds like he’s talking out of his noise???
This is Mrs. Norman Maine
February 2nd, 2011
8:40 pm
First of all, Herman Cain makes a terrible pizza. For that reason alone, he should be disqualified from holding any public office. Secondly, don’t you have to be at least a little bit likeable to win a public office?
Terry
February 2nd, 2011
10:23 pm
I am sooo glad he is gone. Wsb radio ratings should get a boost. How can he run for anything when he is mostly a divider not a uniter. He is making money for himself. I get tired of these so call conservative trying to capitalize. Call it what it is! Waste of time and money. Go help create more jobs if that is your role and not the government!
The Engineer
February 3rd, 2011
5:13 am
I wonder if he has a birth certificate….
Snoopy
February 3rd, 2011
7:30 am
I think this is wonderful news!
Truthpaste
February 3rd, 2011
11:05 am
I wish him the best of luck because he truly believes that he wants to fix this country, but he can’t blame the “lamestream media” when his plans go awry. His own people are going to trip up, not black people, but these so-called conservatives who will get bored talking about the issues and begin to nitpick. Just like they did with Romney, because he was a Mormon.
Rusty
February 3rd, 2011
12:09 pm
Even if he doesn’t get the nomination he will make a splash in the GOP.
Art Stone
February 3rd, 2011
11:45 pm
As you hear or read Mr Cain’s biography, it’s important to understand he didn’t create Godfather Pizza – it was a division of Pillsbury needed a place of use Mr Cain’s talents. He had been supervising operations of Burger King in Philadelphia, and they put him in charge of turning around Godfather Pizza. Godfather Pizza was mostly a franchise operation, not a company operated chain. Pillsbury got out of the pizza business within 2 years because it wasn’t making enough money – and Herman Cain led a buyout group funded by CitiBank… After the spinoff, many of the franchisees left the chain.
http://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/20/business/godfather-s-pizza-sold-by-pillsbury.html
Free Thinker
February 4th, 2011
7:37 pm
It’s funny how most of you are so negative about Mr. Cain. This is fine but it’s the (hater) tone of a majority of you that’s caught my attention. It’s likely that those select people are the same Government hacks trying to get your hands into everybody’s pockets because you don’t have enough intestinal fortitude or self accountability to get up off your ***** to make a difference for yourselves, your families or this country. Instead, you would rather sit on your couch and tear anybody down the first chance you get because they have decided to step up to the plate. Many of you probably make a career out of it. So keep that followers mentality folks. Maybe one day, some of you might decide to break the mold and actually lead.
Whether he wins or loses is not the point (it doesn’t matter to me personally), the point is that he is attempting to make a difference unlike a majority of you commenting. That is what matters.
Elizabeth
February 5th, 2011
9:42 am
Herman Cain 2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
shannon
February 5th, 2011
8:21 pm
Go for it Herman, this listener is 100% behind you. I have already told out of state friends and family to watch for you name and get on the Cain Train!!! Whooo Whooo!
Jessica
February 6th, 2011
1:05 pm
Herman, sit your deceived butt down. Black folks don’t like Republicans and Republicans don’t like black folks. You don’t stand a chance in hell of winning the nomination. I feel sorry for you!!
$
February 7th, 2011
7:19 am
Thank goodness this ignorant CRAP is off of the airwaves. Hopefully the “hiatus” will be permanent.