BaD Radio Show

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BaD Radio

Genre	Sports/Talk2
Running time	3 hours
Country	USA
Language(s)	English
Home station	KTCK (AM)
Starring	Bob Sturm, Dan McDowell, Donovan Lewis, Jake Kemp, Mino
Producer(s)	Jake Kemp
Recording studio	Dallas, TX
Website	Bob, Dan, and Donovan's site

The BaD Radio Show (short for Bob and Dan) is a midday radio program on Dallas, Texas radio station KTCK, "1310AM, The Ticket". The show is hosted by Bob Sturm, Dan McDowell, and Donovan Lewis, airing Monday through Friday from 12pm to 3pm.

Cast members

Bob Sturm

Originally from Wisconsin, Bob graduated from Liberty University and started his broadcasting career in Lynchburg, Virginia. He eventually came to Dallas in 1998, where he became the host of The Ticket's night time show. He is affectionately referred to as "The Sturminator." Bob is often called a "sports bully" on the show because he constantly intimidates his audience and guests with his encyclopedic sports knowledge, declaring that he's not "just some dude in the next cubicle over." Bob also hosts the Dallas Cowboys pre-game show. Bob's Blog is updated daily.

Dan McDowell

Dan is Bob's counterpart—a native of Cleveland, Ohio, Dan graduated with a degree in Communications and a minor in Sports Science from Ohio University. McDowell hosted a midday show in Youngstown, Ohio and eventually moved to Dallas, in 1999, to become the host of The Ticket's midday show. It is well documented in P1 lore that Dan brings the funny, while Bob brings the lunch pail.

Donovan Lewis

Donovan was the show's "Yuck Monkey," in Ticket lexicon, and delivers the show's opening. He transferred to "The Ticket" in 2006 after working for sister station KDBN "93.3 The Bone", where he was known as "The Bone Brotha." He is known to his audience on "The Ticket" as "The Great Donovan," "Donnie-Doo," or "Stink". A proud member of Alpha Phi Alpha while a student at East Texas State University (now Texas A&M-Commerce), Donnie has several regular segments, including, Daily Donovan, where he visits a variety of sports-related topics, Ask a Black Guy, and the wildly popular Ghetto Jeopardy.

Donovan is also a frequent executor of the 'Upper Decker', stating that it is "just what you do in the community."

Donovan became co-host of the 10-12 show with Norm Hitzges in 2015.

Tom Gribble

Tom is the show's former producer. Not born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Tom graduated from Texas A&M University and started his radio career as an intern for Kidd Kraddick, on flagship station KHKS "KISS FM". While there, according to Dan, Gribble fathered "Big Al." He also earned the nickname "Flakeboy," (not be confused with "AM Flakeboy" Dan) originating from a stunt during which he went to a supermarket and asked for a single flake of cereal. Gribble then served in Iraq. Afterwords, he returned to Dallas and became the producer of BaD radio. Tom can often be seen going about town screaming phrases such as, "This is amazing," "Merry Christmas Philadelphia," "Merry Christmas Eagles," and "3 and 0 in the month of December against the NFC East, on the road." Tom Gribble is also known as "Scoops Callahan: The 1920s Reporter Guy". Tom enjoys working out.

Grubes

Michael Gruber currently attends The University of Phoenix and majors in Women's Studies. But he's most well known for his friendship with Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki based on Dirk's purchase of Gruber's parent's home in Dallas, Tx.

He recently announced a long time ago that he will be leaving the ticket to attend the University of North Texas, and then left.

Jake Kemp

With Gribble's departure, Jake Kemp moved up the show ladder as the producer . He also hosts the podcast "It's Just Banter," with fellow KTCK employee, T.C. Flemming, as well as "The Shake Joint" with Sean "Sea Bass" Bass.

Kemp is perhaps most well known for his hatred of space and space-related topics. He is a proud alumnus of Richland High School (Texas).

Bits

Homer Call of the Week

Homer Call of the Week, one of the "most popular segments of the show," is a collection of audio highlights in which sports announcers express overzealous zeal for the team they are paid to cover. Clips are voted on by the hosts, ranked based on absurdity, weekly.

Gay or Not Gay

Bob Sturm and Dan McDowell ask the hypothetical question, “is this gay, or not gay?,” based on descriptions of situations submitted by listeners. The bit is a tribute to broadcasters Opie and Anthony, who originated it.

Ask Sports Sturm

Host Bob Sturm reviews questions, submitted by listeners, which cover unusual or challenging sports topics.

What's on my Tivo

Bob and Dan discuss TV shows of the day based on the contents of their DVRs.

Guest Booking League (GBL)

During the summer sports lull, after hockey and basketball end, a draft of potential future guests is conducted. In order to level the playing field, Hollywood A-listers are placed in a category separate to that of the more bookable personalities. This is commonly a venue the show utilizes to recall memorable film and TV characters (like The Oh Face Guy from Office Space and Jon Gries from Napoleon Dynamite) and to learn what the actors who portrayed them are doing, now. Rather than crowning a league champion, the show institutes a punishment for the two lowest point totals. Past punishments have included going to Dallas Stars game in full medieval knight's costume and skydiving (though not at the same time). For an unknown reason, likely related to the Ebola crisis caused by friends touching their friends, the GBL did not take place in 2014.

1920s Reporter Guy – Scoops Callahan

Tom Gribble takes on a persona of a cub reporter from the 1920s, complete with 1920s lingo. This character is commonly referred to as "Scoops Callahan." The character asks legitimate questions in an unconventional way, typically at the end of a sports press conference.

Irv and Joe Game

On road trips, BaD Radio competes to see who can pirate the most airtime off of a local radio station by posing as a caller. Extra seconds are awarded for changing topics, working in ticket host names and dropping in a "baby arm."

Ron Wolfley

"Snap in to a Slim Jim!"

External links

• The Ticket
• Bob, Donovan and Dan's official web page
• Bob Sturm's Blog
• BaD Radio Podcast
• Sports By Brooks reports on ESPN'S Lee Corso cracking up on Dallas Radio
• Unofficial Official BaD Radio forum