Mike Huckabee

==Media career==
On June 12, 2008, [[Fox News Channel|Fox News]] announced it was hiring Huckabee as a political commentator and regular contributor to their [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 American presidential election]] coverage, in their New York election headquarters.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news |author=Mark Silva |url=http://weblogs.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/blog/2008/06/mike_huckabee_fox_contributor.html |title=Mike Huckabee: FOX 'contributor' |publisher=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=June 12, 2008 |access-date=June 13, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615214431/http://weblogs.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/blog/2008/06/mike_huckabee_fox_contributor.html |archive-date=June 15, 2008 }}</ref>

Huckabee filled in for [[Paul Harvey]] in July 2008.<ref>Vogel, Kenneth. [http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/11728.html Huckabee in talks for own Fox show]. The Politico. July 14, 2008.</ref> A few months later, he signed a deal with ABC Radio Networks (now [[Cumulus Media Networks]]) to carry a daily commentary, ''[[The Huckabee Report]]'', beginning in January 2009.<ref>[http://www.abcradionetworks.com/article.asp?ID=999417 The Huckabee Report]. ABC Radio information page. December 2008.</ref> After Harvey's death his show replaced Harvey's broadcasts.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/03/23/2009-03-23_on_the_radio_how_abc_will_replace_rest_o.html |title=On the radio: How ABC will replace 'Rest' of Paul Harvey spots |last=Hinckley |first=David |newspaper=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]] |location=New York |date=March 22, 2009 |access-date=March 3, 2011 |archive-date=December 3, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203170558/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/03/23/2009-03-23_on_the_radio_how_abc_will_replace_rest_o.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> On April 15, 2015, Huckabee announced that ''The Huckabee Report'' would be ending May 1.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/apr/16/huckabee-giving-up-his-radio-broadcast-/|title=Huckabee giving up his radio broadcast|last=Wire|first=Sarah D.|newspaper=[[Arkansas Democrat-Gazette]]|date=April 16, 2015|access-date=April 16, 2015}}</ref>

Huckabee hosted a weekend show, ''[[Huckabee]]'', on Fox News Channel, which premiered Saturday, September 27, 2008, at 8 PM EST.<ref>{{cite web |author1=CNN Library |title=Mike Huckabee Fast Facts |url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/06/us/mike-huckabee-fast-facts/ |publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=January 4, 2015 |date=August 14, 2014}}</ref> For six weeks in summer 2010, Fox test-ran ''The Huckabee Show'' for the [[broadcast syndication|syndicated]] market; Huckabee was joined by guest co-hosts in the daily spin-off, among them [[Bob Barker]] of ''[[The Price Is Right (American game show)|The Price Is Right]]'' fame.<ref>{{cite web |last=Weprin |first=Alex |url=http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/generalities/mike_huckabee_talks_syndicated_show_as_bob_barker_comes_on_down_168762.asp |title=Mike Huckabee Talks Syndicated Show as Bob Barker 'Comes On Down' |publisher=Mediabistro.com |date=July 26, 2010 |access-date=September 4, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100730105355/http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/generalities/mike_huckabee_talks_syndicated_show_as_bob_barker_comes_on_down_168762.asp |archive-date=July 30, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> ''Huckabee'' ended on January 3, 2015, so that Huckabee could consider the possibility of running for president.<ref name="stelter">{{cite news |last1=Stelter |first1=Brian |title=Huckabee ends Fox News show to mull 2016 |url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/03/politics/huckabee-saturday-announcement/ |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=January 3, 2015 |access-date=January 4, 2015}}</ref>

On April 2, 2012, Huckabee launched a long-form daily talk show on Cumulus Media Networks, who provide the call-in guests. The show, which is targeted at second-tier broadcast stations, features long-form interviews and discussions and airs in the noon to 3 p.m. time slot, directly opposite the market leader in talk radio, ''[[The Rush Limbaugh Show]]''.<ref>Stelter, Brian (February 10, 2012). [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/09/business/media/mike-huckabee-to-begin-new-radio-show.html?_r=2 New Huckabee Radio Show Could Vie With Limbaugh]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved February 10, 2012.</ref> On November 27, 2013, Huckabee announced that the show will have its final broadcast on December 12, 2013, stating that he and Cumulus Media mutually decided not to renew the contract.<ref>{{cite news |last=Weinger|first=Mackenzie|title=Mike Huckabee radio show ending|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/mike-huckabee-radio-show-ends-100437.html?hp=l9|newspaper=[[Politico]] |access-date=November 27, 2013}}</ref>

In a December 2013 interview, Huckabee stated that he would be launching a news organization in partnership with Christian Media Corp. International.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kopan|first=Tal|title=Huck Post joins with Christian Media|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2013/12/mike-huckabee-news-organization-101229.html?hp=r5|newspaper=[[Politico]] |access-date=December 17, 2013}}</ref>

In October 2017, the Huckabee show was relaunched, now produced by and aired on the [[Trinity Broadcasting Network]].<ref>{{Cite web| last = Graham| first = Ruth| title = Church of The Donald| work = POLITICO Magazine| access-date = April 28, 2018| url = https://politi.co/2qSrPO3}}</ref>