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{{short description|American national radio talk show}}
'''Don and Mike''' are two radio talk show hosts with their radio show, the aptly named ''The Don and Mike Show''. The show is nationally syndicated on the [[CBS]] owned [[Westwood One]] Radio Network, based out of the [[Washington DC]] station [[WJFK|106.7 WJFK]].
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| syndicates = [[Don and Mike#Affiliates|26 affiliates]]
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| starring = [[Don Geronimo]] and [[Mike O'Meara]]
| announcer = [[Dude Walker]]
| creators = [[Don Geronimo]] and [[Mike O'Meara]]
| writer =
| director =
| producer = John Nolan, Frank Murphy, Diana Silman, Charles Broyhill, Lisa Herndon, John Normand, BethAnn McBride, [[Robb Spewak]]
| narrated =
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| first_aired = 12-11-1985
| last_aired = 4-11-2008
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The '''''Don and Mike Show''''' was an American nationally [[Radio syndication|syndicated]] [[Talk radio|radio talk show]] hosted by the [[shock jock]]s [[Don Geronimo]] and [[Mike O'Meara]], which aired from December 1985 through April 11, 2008. The show debuted on [[WAVA-FM]] in 1985 as ''The Morning Zoo with Don and Mike''. The official name of the show became'' The Don and Mike Show'' when the duo moved to WJFK-FM in 1991. In the later years, the show was carried on 20–30 stations across the [[United States]] by the [[CBS]]-owned [[Westwood One (1976–2011)|Westwood One]] Radio Network. The show's [[flagship]] station was [[WJFK-FM|106.7 WJFK-FM]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] In 2007 the show ranked #66 in the [[Talkers Magazine]] Heavy 100.<ref>{{cite news|title=2007 Heavy 100 |url=http://www.talkers.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19&Itemid=44 |work=Talkers Magazine |access-date=2007-08-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080116142514/http://www.talkers.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19&Itemid=44 |archive-date=2008-01-16 }}</ref> Geronimo retired in 2008.<ref>{{cite news| title=Don Geronimo's Sayonara Song| date=2008-02-23 |url=http://blog.washingtonpost.com/rawfisher/2008/02/don_geronimos_sayonara_song.html| newspaper=Washington Post | access-date=2008-06-08| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523102920/http://blog.washingtonpost.com/rawfisher/2008/02/don_geronimos_sayonara_song.html| archive-date=2011-05-23}}</ref> The show's last live regular episode with Geronimo was broadcast March 13, 2008 and Geronimo hosted a farewell show April 11, 2008.<ref name='randr'>{{cite news |first=Mike |last=Stern |title=Geronimo Pulls The Rip Cord |url=http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRWebSite/NewsStoryPage.aspx?ContentID=WDm0rnuQBFo%3d&Version=0 |work=Radio and Records |access-date=2008-04-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080416031551/http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRWebSite/NewsStoryPage.aspx?ContentID=WDm0rnuQBFo%3D&Version=0 |archive-date=2008-04-16 }}</ref> After Geronimo's retirement, the remaining cast members formed the ''[[Mike O'Meara Show]].''


== Characters ==
==Personalities==
The show was co-hosted by O'Meara and Geronimo. News briefs and occasional commentary were provided by [[Buzz Burbank]]. The show was most recently produced by former show intern [[Robb Spewak]]. Phone calls were screened by [[Joe Ardinger]] .
* [[Don Geronimo]] - Don, of Don and Mike (real name: Mike Sorce)
* Mike O'Meara - Mike, of Don and Mike
* Buzz Burbank - News Guy (real name: Mike Elston)
* Robb Spewak - Assistant Producer, Don's right hand, on air often
* Joe Ardinger - Disgruntled phone screener
* Beth Ann (B.A.) McBride - Producer of the Show, on air occasionally
many, many others.....


The show included four news reporters over the course of its run. David Haines (1985–1989), the program's original newsman, died on July 10, 2005 <ref>{{cite news | title=Obituaries | date=2005-07-13 |newspaper =Washington Post | pages =B05 }}</ref> Laurie Neff was the second newsperson.<ref>{{cite news | title=Barry | date=1988-06-22 |newspaper =Washington Post }}</ref>
== Show Format ==
The premise of the show is comedy, bringing in goofy guests, or making fun of current events, taking random calls from listeners and discussing as much of their personal lives as they see fit. The show's popularity comes from a lack of respect for all radio niceties, and a raw gritty style. The show is live, on a 2 minute delay to allowing dumping of anything that violates [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] regulations, but anyone on the show is allowed to say what they wish, and unlike most other radio shows, Don and Mike will openly belittle any caller who gets on their nerves.


Geronimo announced on February 4, 2008, that he would leave the show on May 30. That date was moved up to April 11, 2008,<ref>{{cite news|title=WJFK's Don Geronimo to Retire This Month |publisher=Washington Post |url=http://www.readexpress.com/read_freeride/2008/04/wjfks_don_geronimo_to_retire_this_month.php |work=Express |access-date=2008-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080406224008/http://www.readexpress.com/read_freeride/2008/04/wjfks_don_geronimo_to_retire_this_month.php |archive-date=2008-04-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref> in a surprise announcement from the WJFK program director which also included the return of Beth Ann McBride as producer.<ref name="randr"/> The show was then known as ''The Mike O'Meara Show''. It continued along with a similar format, minus Don, up until July 2009 when the show was cancelled following the decision to turn WJFK into a sports talk station.<ref>{{cite news | first=Kara | last=Rowland | title=Don Geronimo to leave talk-radio show | date=2008-02-05 | url =http://washingtontimes.com/article/20080205/BUSINESS/573627930/1006 | work =Washington Times | access-date = 2008-02-05 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Legendary Don Geronimo to Exit WJFK-FM on May 30 |date=2008-02-05 |url=http://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/$rol.exe/headline_id=n17597 |work=Radio Online |access-date=2008-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504124505/http://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/%24rol.exe/headline_id%3Dn17597 |archive-date=2008-05-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.insidenova.com/isn/news/local/manassas/article/omeara_out_in_wjfk_format_change/39464/|title=O'Meara out in WJFK format change|date=2009-07-14|publisher=InsideNova.com|access-date=2009-07-16|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120907112003/http://www.insidenova.com/isn/news/local/manassas/article/omeara_out_in_wjfk_format_change/39464/|archive-date=2012-09-07}}</ref> [[Westwood One (1976–2011)|Westwood One]] also continued to syndicate the show in its new lineup up until its cancellation. ''The Mike O'Meara Show'' took a 5-month hiatus and returned as a daily podcast in December. Don Geronimo broadcast out of Washington D.C. WJFK 106.7 The Fan for a brief stint in 2013. In April 2014, Geronimo joined former D&M partner Buzz Burbank's RELM Network to host his own podcast, ''The Don Geronimo Show'', lasting only four months, citing RELM did not pay him. Burbank denied the claim, saying Geronimo "was paid every penny he was owed to that point".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thedailyrecord.com/2014/08/15/radio-god-leaves-the-relm/|title='Radio god' leaves the RELM|date=15 August 2014}}</ref>
Despite their lack of respect, people continually call in. There is an epidemic of callers who, when told they are on the air, say nothing. This is caused because the callers, while on hold, are listening to the show through the phone, and when they hear "Don and Mike Show, you're on the air," they simply do not know they are being addressed. Don particularly becomes infuriated when the caller, after several moments, finally says "is it me?" There are many social mores involved in the Don and Mike Show, one of the most notable is to those calling in with a joke. If a caller wants to tell Don and Mike a joke, they are required to agree that if neither Don nor Mike laugh at the end of the joke, the caller's phone number will be given out on the air, and a barrage of calls from other listeners will ensue.


Geronimo now{{when|date=July 2023}} hosts and owns his own show.
The format of the show has changed slightly over the years. The format now is similar to the format that was used during the early 1990's. Over the years the show had begun to get more and more sexually graphic, always in the sense of fun however, and by 2003 many of their best old bits had been put aside. The recent FCC Crackdown caused by [[Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy|the incident at the Super Bowl of 2004]] had forced the overt sexual references to be eliminated, along with some other off color material, so Don and Mike fell back on some older bits. One famous game, ''Honk for Cash'', has callers park their cars in a left turn lane, wait for a green light, and subsequently receive $1 every time another car honks at the caller. In recent months, a multitude of new guests have been brought to the show by the efforts of their new producer, Beth Ann McBride.


== History ==
==References==
{{reflist}}
Don and Mike have been on the air together for approximately 20 years in one incarnation or another.


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==External links==
==Death of Freda Wright-Sorce==
* [http://donandmikewebsite.com/ The Don & Mike Show Radio Archives] A website with [[podcasts]] of old ''Don & Mike Shows''


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On [[July 10]], [[2005]], Don Geronimo's wife, [[Freda Wright-Sorce]] [http://www.eastcoastbob.com/Freda.jpg] died as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was 50 years old, and considered an integral part of "The Don and Mike Show". The show's opening monologue on [[July 11]], [[2005]] was dedicated to remembering Freda. Don was on hiatus until [[August 1]], [[2005]], when he returned to the air. Without the other members of the show, he spoke as Mike Sorce, his real name, not as the "Don Geronimo" radio persona, spoke touchingly about his wife and read love letters they had written over the course of 25 years (including a letter he discovered Freda had left in the family safe to be read in the eventuality of her death), played their favorite songs ("[[Don't Worry Baby]]" by [[The Beach Boys]] and "[[Everlasting Love]]", and took a few phone calls. He spoke emotionally on-air for two hours before he promised fans The Don and Mike Show would return to normal the following day.
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Cards/Letters may be sent to:
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Sorce Family

C/O WJFK-FM
10800 Main St
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In lieu of flowers please send donations to:

Worcester Humane Society
P.O. Box 48
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[http://www.intercom.net/npo/worhum/form.html Online Donation Form]

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== External Website==
*[http://www.donandmikewebsite.com/ Don & Mike Show Offical Website]
*[http://www.Wjfk.com/ WJFK website, audio stream]

{{WJFK_daily_schedule}}

[[Category:Radio_comedy]]
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Don and Mike Show
Don and Mike Show logo
GenreTalk
Running time4 hours
Country of originUnited States
Language(s)English
Home stationWJFK-FM
Syndicates26 affiliates
StarringDon Geronimo and Mike O'Meara
AnnouncerDude Walker
Produced byJohn Nolan, Frank Murphy, Diana Silman, Charles Broyhill, Lisa Herndon, John Normand, BethAnn McBride, Robb Spewak
Original release12-11-1985 –
4-11-2008

The Don and Mike Show was an American nationally syndicated radio talk show hosted by the shock jocks Don Geronimo and Mike O'Meara, which aired from December 1985 through April 11, 2008. The show debuted on WAVA-FM in 1985 as The Morning Zoo with Don and Mike. The official name of the show became The Don and Mike Show when the duo moved to WJFK-FM in 1991. In the later years, the show was carried on 20–30 stations across the United States by the CBS-owned Westwood One Radio Network. The show's flagship station was 106.7 WJFK-FM in Washington, D.C. In 2007 the show ranked #66 in the Talkers Magazine Heavy 100.[1] Geronimo retired in 2008.[2] The show's last live regular episode with Geronimo was broadcast March 13, 2008 and Geronimo hosted a farewell show April 11, 2008.[3] After Geronimo's retirement, the remaining cast members formed the Mike O'Meara Show.

Personalities

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The show was co-hosted by O'Meara and Geronimo. News briefs and occasional commentary were provided by Buzz Burbank. The show was most recently produced by former show intern Robb Spewak. Phone calls were screened by Joe Ardinger .

The show included four news reporters over the course of its run. David Haines (1985–1989), the program's original newsman, died on July 10, 2005 [4] Laurie Neff was the second newsperson.[5]

Geronimo announced on February 4, 2008, that he would leave the show on May 30. That date was moved up to April 11, 2008,[6] in a surprise announcement from the WJFK program director which also included the return of Beth Ann McBride as producer.[3] The show was then known as The Mike O'Meara Show. It continued along with a similar format, minus Don, up until July 2009 when the show was cancelled following the decision to turn WJFK into a sports talk station.[7][8][9] Westwood One also continued to syndicate the show in its new lineup up until its cancellation. The Mike O'Meara Show took a 5-month hiatus and returned as a daily podcast in December. Don Geronimo broadcast out of Washington D.C. WJFK 106.7 The Fan for a brief stint in 2013. In April 2014, Geronimo joined former D&M partner Buzz Burbank's RELM Network to host his own podcast, The Don Geronimo Show, lasting only four months, citing RELM did not pay him. Burbank denied the claim, saying Geronimo "was paid every penny he was owed to that point".[10]

Geronimo now[when?] hosts and owns his own show.

References

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  1. ^ "2007 Heavy 100". Talkers Magazine. Archived from the original on 2008-01-16. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
  2. ^ "Don Geronimo's Sayonara Song". Washington Post. 2008-02-23. Archived from the original on 2011-05-23. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
  3. ^ a b Stern, Mike. "Geronimo Pulls The Rip Cord". Radio and Records. Archived from the original on 2008-04-16. Retrieved 2008-04-03.
  4. ^ "Obituaries". Washington Post. 2005-07-13. pp. B05.
  5. ^ "Barry". Washington Post. 1988-06-22.
  6. ^ "WJFK's Don Geronimo to Retire This Month". Express. Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2008-04-06. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
  7. ^ Rowland, Kara (2008-02-05). "Don Geronimo to leave talk-radio show". Washington Times. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
  8. ^ "Legendary Don Geronimo to Exit WJFK-FM on May 30". Radio Online. 2008-02-05. Archived from the original on 2008-05-04. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
  9. ^ "O'Meara out in WJFK format change". InsideNova.com. 2009-07-14. Archived from the original on 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
  10. ^ "'Radio god' leaves the RELM". 15 August 2014.
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