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Mike Huckabee may end radio show

The way Mike Huckabee's handlers talked about it in 2012, "The Mike Huckabee Show" was going to give talk radio king Rush Limbaugh a run for his money. Instead, just over a year after the show's launch, Huckabee is already considering calling it quits.

"Within the next month, I’ll decide if I want to continue it or not. I know we will, but it’s just such an incredibly intensive process that I really have to decide that I want to spend that kind of time,” he told Arkansas Business on Monday. “I’ve got to always weigh how much time I’m putting in it and what the return is. How long it will take to make it what I call hopefully disgustingly profitable. That’s what one always hopes for in a deal like this.”

Huckabee's remarks came in the wake of reports that Limbaugh himself was threatening to part ways with Cumulus Media, Huckabee's syndicator and the owner of 40 channels that carry Limbaugh's program. Cumulus Media is holding an earnings call on Tuesday, during which CEO Lew Dickey may shed more light on both Huckabee and Limbaugh's futures with the company.

UPDATE (10:10 am.): In a statement to POLITICO, Huckabee said:

"I anticipate going forward, but we're at a decision point in the contract and hopefully all parties will agree to the terms and we will keep growing the show as we have from 50 affiliates to 225 in just over a year."

Mackenzie Weinger contributed to this report.

(h/t Daily Caller)