BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Maine horror writer Stephen King is offering an antidote to what he sees as the biases of rightwing radio talk shows by hiring a former Green Party vice presidential candidate to host a morning talk show with another broadcaster on two of the three radio stations he owns.

In a rare public appearance Tuesday, King held a news conference in Bangor at the headquarters of his three-station Zone Radio network.

“The Pulse Morning Show” will be co-hosted by 50-year-old Pat LaMarche and 43-year-old Don Cookson, a former television reporter. LaMarche ran for vice president as a member of the Green Party in 2004.

During the news conference King said, “We’re a little to the left, but we’re right.”

The show will begin airing at 6 a.m. on Sept. 12.