| Ben Ferguson | |
| Birth Date: | 28 August 1981 |
| Alma Mater: | University of Mississippi |
| Known For: | Conservative political commentator |
| Occupation: | Television and radio talk show host & political commentator on CNN |
Benjamin Grant Ferguson (born August 28, 1981) is an American cable television talk show host and a radio talk show host on 600WREC/Memphis, TN. His radio show originates from his home in Texas. His nationally syndicated radio show, The Ben Ferguson Show, airs throughout the United States Sunday nights on Radio America and is syndicated by ICON Radio Network.[1] Since 2018, his show The Ferguson File has aired middays on CRTV, which in December 2018 merged with BlazeTV to form Blaze Media. He is also a regular political commentator on CNN.
Ben Ferguson was born to Bruce and Karen Ferguson on August 28, 1981. He has an older sister, Holly. Ferguson was homeschooled by his mother in Memphis, TN through the tenth grade. Ben has Scottish ancestry. A local talk-radio host throughout his teens, Ferguson attended Tusculum College, but later, graduated from Westminster Academy. He went on to the University of Mississippi,[2] intending to play tennis; he became a member of Kappa Alpha Order fraternity.[3] He graduated from Ole Miss in 2004. Ben married Anna Bradley Ferguson in March 2010.
Ferguson is a member of Students for Saving Social Security (S4). In July 2005, as S4's political director, Ferguson was selected by the White House to join President Bush and Ben Stein for a town hall meeting in an effort to educate the public on the issue of social security reform. Ferguson also spends several weeks a year on the road speaking at youth leadership conferences, high schools and college campuses nationwide. He has become a regular keynote speaker for several groups, including Congressional Youth Leadership and Lead America.
Ferguson is an avid critic of former Memphis Mayor W. W. Herenton. When Herenton resigned and then decided to run again for mayor not two weeks later, Ferguson entered the political scene and pulled a petition to run for Memphis City Mayor.[4] He withdrew from the election when Herenton also withdrew.
At 13, Ben Ferguson became the youngest radio talk show host