Bob & Brian

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Bob and Brian is a talk radio show broadcast from WHQG in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Topics of discussion include politics, celebrity gossip, and sports, along with the random daily events.

Contents

The show broadcasts weekdays from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and repeats as a week-in-review show on Saturday mornings.

Longtime friends who grew up in Union Grove, Wisconsin, Bob Madden and Brian Nelson went to high school and technical college together before teaming up to work in radio in January 1981. They had brief stints for stations in Florida, Missouri, Michigan, and Toledo, Ohio, before moving to Milwaukee's "Lazer 103", WLZR on July 20, 1987 (WLZR has since become WHQG). [1]

Affiliates

Former affiliates

Cast

Current

Former

Segments

Daily

Weekly

Occasional guests

Occasional segments

A list of themes is below:

  • All my Packers
  • Bad Breakups
  • Bad Camping
  • Bad First Dates
  • Bad Job Interview Stories
  • Bad Roommates
  • Boat Launch Stories
  • Bureaucracy
  • Father Knows Least
  • First Car
  • Football Tales
  • Great Outdoors
  • Gym Class Stories
  • Holiday Horror Stories
  • Home Destruction
  • Hunting
  • Lawn Care Disasters
  • Meals Gone Wrong
  • Shortest Job
  • Smashed In The Face
  • Tee’d Off Golfing
  • Vacation Disasters
  • We're Thinking of a Brewer
  • Wedding Disasters
  • Worst Jobs
  • Wreck The Halls

Charitable contributions

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B&B event logos

Compilation albums

Bob and Brian annually release albums containing highlights of the broadcasting year. The cover artwork is illustrated by local Milwaukeean Matt Zumbo. [9] Proceeds from the album sales go to the Hunger Task Force of Milwaukee and the MACC Fund. [10]

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Bob And Brian CD covers from 2011, 2010, 2009, & 2008

Bob & Brian albums

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "B&B Cast Page". Archived from the original on 2010-01-04.
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