Twin Cities Radio: Talker Jason Lewis Quits On-Air

Jason Lewis

Conservative talk radio host Jason Lewis quit his show during the middle of his program Thursday evening, according to twincities.com.

"The Jason Lewis Show" was syndicated by the Burnsville-based Genesis Communications Network and heard in the Twin Cities on Clear Channel's KTLK 1130 AM.

"He told me two months ago he intended to retire Aug. 1," said Mike Crusham, president and market manager of CCM+E Minneapolis/St. Paul. "He decided not to go public with it until today. I think he is serious about it. I hope he is not. He is one of the best talk show hosts I have ever worked with or listened to."

A couple of hours after he quit, Lewis said via his Twitter account:

Today I left the radio biz for something better. Read more http://t.co/scRwf0cDeN < #GoingGalt
— Jason Lewis (@jasonlewisshow) August 1, 2014

The tweet included the hashtag #GoingGalt and a link to the website galt.io.

A Jan. 30 article in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal describes galt.io as a "Libertarian tech startup" co-founded by Lewis.

Lewis spent a decade at KSTP-AM before leaving the station in 2003 for a job at WBT in Charlotte, N.C. He returned to the Twin Cities in 2006 for a job at KTLK. Lewis' show was syndicated in 2009.

Clear Channel's Crusham said the station is planning on running the "Joe Pags Show," from WOAI in San Antonio, starting next week in Lewis' KTLK time slot.