Focus on the Family founder James Dobson will be stepping down from his daily radio show at the end of February 2010, reports Dan Gilgoff at the U.S. News & World Report site. An official announcement from the organization came at the end of last week.

Gilgoff speculates: “Going forward, Dobson will turn some heads when he appears as a guest on Focus radio shows or on the Fox News Channel. But you can’t maintain the kind of bond honed through daily contact with listeners with occasional media appearances.”