Erskine Ramsay Faush Sr., Preacher, Legendary Birmingham Radio Broadcaster, Dies at 88

By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times

Erskine Ramsay Faush Sr., the Birmingham preacher and radio broadcaster known as the man with the “sweetest voice this side of heaven,” has died. He was 88.

For decades, the Rev. Faush combined his preaching talents as pastor of the Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church in Birmingham with his flair for broadcast during his Gospel Cavalcade on radio station 900 Gold WATV. He became a legend both in the ministry and on the airwaves.

Erskine “Chuck” Faush Jr. said his father was the “preacher’s preacher, the broadcaster’s broadcaster and the servant leader’s leader. Just as Rembrandt painted masterpieces and Beethoven scored music, (the elder Faush) voiced hope, inspiring a city for more than 50 years,” Faush Jr. said. “The icon has signed off the air.”

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