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The WHO Radio Wise Guys is an American radio program broadcast on WHO (AM) in Des Moines, Iowa Saturdays from 12:00 P.M. to 2:00 P.M. (CT),[1] hosted by Dan Adams and Brian Gongol. The show focuses on computers and consumer technology news, with secondary features on science and medical technology. The show is also broadcast via an Internet stream,[2] though both the program and the stream are frequently preempted in the fall and winter by broadcasts of Iowa Hawkeye football and basketball games.

History

Originally aired in 2001 under the name "Dot Com",[3] the name of the program was changed in 2002[4] as the content of the program was expanded to include subject matters beyond the Internet. This call-in show originally aired to replace a similar live technology-oriented program[5] on WHO which was left vacant when host Chris Pirillo[6] left the Des Moines area to focus on television broadcasting[7] and other pursuits.

Hosts

Host Years active on the program
Dan Adams 2003[8]-present
Corey Allen 2004[9]
Dick Apland 2002[10]
Danny Bishop 2001[11]-2004[12]
George Davison 2002[13]-2003[14]
Brian Gongol 2004[15]-present[16]
Jeff Hansen 2001[17]-2002[18]
Ross Peterson 2004[19]-2008
Kevin Wichtendahl 2002[20]-2003[21]

Among the current hosts, Dan Adams is considered an avid Mac OS expert and proponent, while Brian Gongol has a deeper technical expertise on Windows OS or PC-specific topics. Both try to incorporate humor to make the show entertaining as well as informative.

References

  1. ^ Program site
  2. ^ WHO Radio
  3. ^ Archive.org: WHO Radio website archived in August 2001
  4. ^ Archive.org: WHO Radio website archived in February 2002
  5. ^ Archive.org: Lockergnome.com archived in April 2001
  6. ^ Archive.org: WHO Radio website archived in 2000
  7. ^ Internet Movie Database: Chris Pirillo
  8. ^ Archive.org: WHO Radio website archive from April 2003
  9. ^ Archive.org: RadioWiseGuys.com archive from 2004
  10. ^ Archive.org: RadioWiseGuys.com archive from 2002
  11. ^ Archive.org: WHO Radio website archive from August 2001
  12. ^ Archive.org: RadioWiseGuys.com archive from June 2004
  13. ^ Archive.org: WHO Radio archive from October 2002
  14. ^ Archive.org: WHO Radio archive from February 2003
  15. ^ Archive.org: WHO Radio website archive from April 2005
  16. ^ Archival show notes
  17. ^ Archive.org: WHO Radio website archive from August 2001
  18. ^ Archive.org: RadioWiseGuys.com archive from June 2002
  19. ^ Archive.org: WHO Radio website archive from April 2005
  20. ^ Archive.org: WHO Radio archive from 2002
  21. ^ Archive.org: WHO Radio archive from 2003
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