AM 560 The Answer Announces Addition of Shaun Thompson as Afternoon Drive Host Salem Media Group , Inc. (NASDAQ: SALM ) announced today that Shaun Thompson will be taking over the 5-7pm timeslot on Chicago's AM 560 The Answer from Steve Cortes effective Monday, March 22, 2021. Thompson has been a weekend and fill-in host on the station since 2016, and most recently, he filled in for Cortes from July through November of 2020 when Cortes took a hiatus to work on the re-election campaign of President Trump. Cortes will be leaving the station to pursue a new national television project. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https:||www.businesswire.com|news|home|20210322005014|en| Shaun Thompson is the new afternoon drive host of AM 560 The Answer, a Salem Media Group station. (Photo: Business Wire) "It's rare in radio to have transition as smooth as this one," said Jeff Reisman, regional vice president and general manager of AM 560 The Answer. "Shaun Thompson has developed such a deep bond with our listeners because he was one of … Full story available on Benzinga.