Erickson Held Over @ WSB/Atlanta

• Conservative radio host Erick Erickson has inked a new, three-year agreement with Cox Media Group’s WSB/Atlanta that will keep him on-air through 2020 — and the next presidential election. Erickson joined WSB in 2011 and moved into a prime daypart less than a year later. In addition to hosting Atlanta’s Evening News with Erick Erickson, weeknights from 5-7pm, he also provides political analysis for Atlanta’s Morning News and occasionally fills in for WSB’s Herman Cain.

“We are excited to have Erick as part of our radio family for the long term,” said Pete Spriggs, Director of Branding and Programming for WSB. “He came into radio having never expected to be on radio and has thrived. The contacts in his phone are a Who’s Who of newsmakers and power brokers. Atlanta is genuinely listening to the most connected man in radio.”

Erickson said, “I fell into radio by accident, and it has been fun to really move from being a blogger and TV pundit into the role of talk radio host. These last couple of years were not at all what I expected, but I get up every day excited to keep Atlanta entertained and informed with what is happening locally, nationally, and around the globe.”