Editing Ring of Fire (radio program) (section)

==History==
Facility space was allocated in December 2003<ref>{{cite web |url=http://beradio.com/mag/radio_ring_fire/ |title=Ring of Fire debuts a new talk facility |last=Likis |first=Bobby |work=Radio Magazine |date=June 1, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311122759/http://beradio.com/mag/radio_ring_fire/ |archive-date=March 11, 2007}}</ref>  and ''Ring of Fire'' aired its first broadcast on May 1, 2004, on the newly founded [[Air America (radio network)|Air America]] radio network. It remained there until the network closed almost six years later. [[Dial Global]] then picked up the program and has syndicated it since. The radio program was featured in the 2006 documentary film ''[[Jesus Camp]]''.<ref>{{Citation |last1=Ewing |first1=Heidi |title=Jesus Camp |date=December 22, 2006 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486358/ |type=Documentary |publisher=A&E IndieFilms, Loki Films |access-date=February 14, 2023 |last2=Grady |first2=Rachel}}</ref>

The original cohost for ''Ring of Fire'', along with Mike Papantonio, was [[Robert F. Kennedy Jr.]], when the show started on Air America Radio in 2004. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continued to be one of the expanding number of hosts on ''Ring of Fire'' until the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] spread around the world in 2020, when his outspoken [[anti-vaccine]] views put him at odds with the other hosts and most listeners, leading to his departure.

David Bender, who hosted another Air America program, ''[[Politically Direct]]'', first appeared on the show when Air America 2.0 was launched in May 2007. Bender returned to the program as a full-time host after the network [[Air America (radio network)#Closure|closed down]], but announced on December 11, 2010, that he was again stepping away from the program;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ringoffireradio.com/2010/12/11/a-message-from-david-bender |title=A Message From David Bender |website=Ring of Fire Radio |date=December 11, 2010 |access-date=December 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306092045/http://www.ringoffireradio.com/2010/12/11/a-message-from-david-bender |archive-date=March 6, 2012}}</ref> Seder announced on ''[[The Majority Report]]'' podcast December 17, 2010, that he would be Bender's replacement.