![]() ![]() The best-selling author took to Facebook where he is extremely active to share the news of his digital radio venture with his more than 3.8 million followers. Kiss and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution are both part of Cox Media Group. After nearly a three-year hiatus from the airwaves, the 52-year-old talent is launching a new podcast in March called The Michael Baisden Podcast. The lawsuit revolved around a 1 million overpayment to the syndicated host from the radio company in 2012-2013. Herman Cain on WSB is ending his syndication deal at the end of the year but will remain on four stations owned by CMG in Dayton, Ohio Tulsa, Okl., Orlando and Jacksonville, Fla.īaisden over the years has also produced films and hosted a couple of TV shows. Radio personality and acclaimed author Michael Baisden has settled out of court with Cumulus Media over a back-and-forth complaint that has been ongoing since 2014. 4 in Nielsen Audio's most recent four-week period covering October, behind only News 95.5 and AM 750, V-103 and Hot 107.9.Ītlanta is home to several other syndicated radio shows, including Rickey Smiley (Hot 107.9), Ed Lover (Boom 102.9), Clark Howard (WSB) and the Bert Show (Q100). are moved earlier to noon to 3 p.m.īaisden, Kidd said, "is an extraordinary talent providing humor, relationship advice and social awareness and solutions for change to the adult audience." Entertainment, politics, current events, relationship issues, parenting, sexual content, music, sports, social issues, etc. Sasha the Diva will work from 9 to noon and Art Terrell and Roy Wood Jr. The talk show where NO TOPIC is off limits. Instead, he just moved the schedule around. Interestingly, Kiss has done so well financially the past couple of years, CMG Atlanta Radio's VP of Programming Tony Kidd said he was able to add Baisden without cutting anybody. "Years ago, they helped me promote my seminars and my books and my stage plays. (He was very involved in Jena Six and the T rayvon Martin case, as well as Barack Obama's presidential campaigns.)īaisden said he's excited to move over to Kiss after spending four years at rival Majic and before then, four years at the now defunct 102.5/Grown Folks Radio. Heard in over 100 cities nationwide, the show had 7 million loyal listeners daily. His meteoric rise to 1 redefined radio with the numbers to back it up. His meteoric rise to 1 redefined radio with the. Michael Baisden is undeniably one of the most influential and engaging personalities in radio history. He said the show will be very much like his old one, with subject matter such as economic empowerment, mentorship, education, politics and relationships. Michael Baisden is undeniably one of the most influential and engaging personalities in radio history. Getting back on air with a syndication deal "is a long process," Baisden said in an interview. He also built his social media presence, with 4.2 million likes on his Facebook page, up from 200,000 when he left radio. He said during his time away from radio, he said he focused his energy on mentoring high school students in Orlando. ![]() The 53-year-old author, speaker and activist declined to comment about that settlement. ![]()
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