Beginning in March, Dr. Dobson will co-host the radio show with his son, Ryan, 39, a tattooed surfer and skateboarder who wrote a book called “Be Intolerant” and who has honed an identity preaching to youth.

“Our nation is facing a crisis that threatens its very existence,” Dr. Dobson said on Dec. 29 in announcing his new venture on his Facebook page. “We are in a moral decline of shocking dimensions. I have asked myself how can I sit and watch the world go by without trying to help if I can. That is what motivates me at this time.

Dr. Dobson will finish hosting his daily radio show for Focus on the Family in February. It now has 1.5 million listeners a day on about 1,000 stations. He has been gradually withdrawing from the leadership of Focus on the Family since 2003, but it is unclear why he decided to start a new organization and create a new show — “to be called ‘James Dobson on the Family.’ ”

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