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Savage to take Hannity time slot on Cumulus

Talk radio host Michael Savage is expected to announce as early as tonight that he will be taking over Sean Hannity's time slot on Cumulus Media radio stations, according to a source familiar with knowledge of his plans.

As previously reported, Hannity has split with longtime carrier Cumulus Media and last month re-upped with Premiere Networks, which plans to carry his show in several of the key markets where he is currently carried by Cumulus.

In August, Savage told his listeners that he predicted he would take over the Hannity time slot: “I predict, right here, right now, that I Michael Savage and the Savage Nation is going to take over The Sean Hannity Show time slot by the end of the year,” Savage announced. “I am the heir apparent to afternoon drive on the east coast and around America on Cumulus stations, which have the most powerful stations in the radio world.”

(Also on POLITICO: Hannity expected to split with Cumulus)

Savage plans to make good on that promise as early as this evening. On Wednesday, he published an item on his blog urging listeners to tune in to “The Savage Nation” at 9 p.m. Eastern for a "big announcement."

UPDATE (Thurs., Sept. 26, 9:01 a.m.): This is now official:

ATLANTA, September 26, 2013 – Cumulus Media Networks, with more than 5,500 affiliate radio stations reaching 129 million listeners every week, announces that Michael Savage’s The Savage Nation® will move to the highly coveted 3p-6p ET timeslot beginning in January 2014 – bringing his unique brand of “News, Views and Reviews” to drivetime on top radio stations nationwide. The Savage Nation® will air on more than 200 affiliates of Cumulus Media Networks, including 60 stations owned and operated by Cumulus. Some of the cities where The Savage Nation® will air during drivetime include: New York (WABC), Chicago (WLS), Dallas (WBAP), Washington(WMAL), San Francisco (KSFO) and WJR (Detroit).

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