Hello and welcome. It is Eric Erickson here, the Eric Erickson show across the nation. The phone number,

should you wish to be a part of this program, 877-97-9-3-7-4-25. I would like to just pause for a moment and welcome

the folks at WM-A-Y. That is my newest affiliate.

They started yesterday, and I was so busy with a bunch of other stuff, I didn't say hi.

It was Pye Day.

I was busy.

I'm sorry, but welcome.

I hope you like hanging out with us here on the Eric Erickson show nationwide, 21 affiliates

and our latest Springfield, Illinois,

and I can't wait to get up there and meet you guys. The phone number, if you'd like to be a

part of the program, 877-973-7-4-25. Remember my name is spelled E-R-I-C-K, E-R-C-K, and

E-R-C-K-S-O-N.

And you can always go to E-K-Eriksson.com.

We have a 24-7 live stream.

You can get what I'm writing. Read me. You can get all the recipes there. There are links for all of that at the top of the site. and you can always follow me online everywhere at E.W. Erickson, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube,

you name it, E. W. Erickson. Now, we've got a lot of news we've got to cover, but I got to do something

to set the stage for this program today. I need to play you a piece of music. I need to set the

stage. This is very selfish of me.

I realize when I'm news talk and this, well, this is news for me.

It's not for you guys.

But just show me a little grace, please.

No, no. Bear with me here. There's a reason I'm playing this music.

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