Dr. Laura to Call it Quits on the Radio Show

Just a week after a flap over the use of the "N" word on her radio show, Dr. Laura is planning to leave the airwaves:

“My contract is up for my radio show at the end of the year and I’ve made the decision not to do radio anymore,” Schlessinger told King, who also happens to be on his way out this year (for less incendiary reasons).

“The reason is I want to regain my First Amendment rights. I want to be able to say what’s on my mind and in my heart and what I think is helpful and useful without somebody getting angry, some special interest group deciding this is the time to silence a voice of dissent and attack affiliates, attack sponsors. I’m sort of done with that.”

She's on a lot of stations. That'll leave three hours a day for somebody else to fill, so there could be a new syndicated conservative show on the way.