Eric Bolling Named Co-Host of Happy Hour on FOX Business Network

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Eric Bolling will join Cody Willard and Rebecca Diamond as co-host of FOX Business Network’s (FBN) Happy Hour, announced Kevin Magee, Executive Vice President, FOX News.

Happy Hour (5PM-6PM ET) is a daily business news program set inside the Bull & Bear bar at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City that provides irreverent banter on the day’s market activity in a lively open forum atmosphere.

In making the announcement, Magee said, “Eric’s knowledge of the markets and energy issues has been instrumental to us during this historic time in our nation’s economic history. I am pleased he’ll now take on a new role at FBN as co-host on Happy Hour.”

Bolling added, “Happy Hour is a dynamic show that takes the headlines and market reactions and turns them into useful and intelligent information. I am excited to take on this new role as co-host.”

Since joining FBN in March 2008, Bolling has served as a contributor providing daily commentary to Money for Breakfast, America’s Nightly Scoreboard and Happy Hour, among other programming. Bolling is also an independent trader based out of the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) specializing in trading commodities such as crude oil, gold, and agricultural commodities.

Prior to this, Bolling served as a CNBC contributor for two years, where he was a panelist on Fast Money. He also was the recipient of the Maybach Man of the Year award at the Trader Monthly Awards in January 2007.

FOX Business Network (FBN) is a financial news channel delivering real-time information across all platforms that impact both Main Street and Wall Street. Headquartered in New York—the business capital of the world—FBN launched in October 2007 and is available in more than 40 million homes in major markets across the United States. Owned by News Corp, the network has bureaus in Chicago, Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, Washington, DC and London. On the web at www.foxbusiness.com.