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Hello,
    My name is Jay Bohannon.  I am the program director of FM NewsTalk 104.7.  Thank you for visiting wpgb.com and thank you for listening to our great radio station. 
    The purpose of this blog is rather selfish, it's my little venting space.  Here I will provide you with occasional glimpses behind the scenes, trash idiot newspaper columnists and teevee personalities,  and attempt to edit and post the plethora of meaningful e-mails and other materials that I receive and think may interest you.

    Visit often and enjoy!

On Air Details
Just look up and thank the heavens that I am not on the air.  Here is a quick rundown of my history in radio.

WPGB Pittsburgh (current) - Program Director, Operations Manager, Affiliate Relations Director for America's Morning Show with Quinn and Rose,  Operations Manager for Pirates Radio Network.

WBGG Pittsburgh (current) - Program Director, Operations Manager

WTAM Cleveland (1997 - 2003) - Creative Services Director

WJET Erie (1990-1997) Afternoon Drive DJ, Creative Services Director, Assistant Program Director

WKYN St. Marys (1988-1990) Program Director, Afternoon Drive DJ, Production Director

WKQW Oil City (1987) - DJ, producer

WOYL Oil City (1984-1987) - DJ, producer
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Steelers To Lose Super Bowl Trophies
Friday 03-20-2009 3:26pm ET
(I'm not sure of the  author or original publisher of this piece.  It arrived in my e-mail and I have found it reproduced on several websites ... it is a wonderful allegory)

Pittsburgh, PA. The Super Bowl XLIII Champion Pittsburgh Steelers, the
only team to win six titles, will soon be losing half of those trophies. After
a meeting between NFL Commissioner Rodger Goodell and President Barack
Hussein Obama, Obama decided to redistribute half of their Steeler Super
Bowl victories and trophies to less fortunate teams in the league.

“We live everyday in the country that invented the Super Bowl.” said Obama “We are not about to lose this Great American tradition in the wake of these difficult times.” Obama’s plan calls for the Steelers, who are a successful NFL team, to give half of their Super Bowl trophies to teams that are not successful or have not been as successful as the Steelers. “The Detroit Lions are just as much a part of the same fiber of the NFL as the Steelers and they should, no rather will, be entitled to a Super Bowl Trophy as well.” Obama explains in his plan that he has imposed on Goodell and the NFL.

The Pittsburgh Steelers, who by virtue of hard work, excellent team play, stellar draft choices, responsible investing of free agents, careful hiring of coaches and excellent community service and commitment to their fans, has prospered greatly during the past 30 years and have won six Super Bowl Trophies. But President Barack Hussein Obama’s plan calls for the Pittsburgh Steelers to carry the larger burden of the NFL’s less successful teams.

Obama went on to further proclaim, “In these difficult times we are all in this to work together. We must reclaim the NFL Championship Dream for every team, for every city and for every fan.”

“My plan will not affect 31 of the 32 teams in the league.” Obama assures. That’s over 95 percent of the teams in the NFL will not have to worry about losing any Super Bowl Trophies. “The worst teams in the NFL and the teams that can’t seem to get a break and win a championship will no longer have to worry about going without a title.” Obama promises. “We are a country and league of hope. We all need to make a change. It does not matter the color of the teams uniforms, the personal decisions that the teams make or their performance but rather if they are a member of this great American league.”

The Super Bowl XLIII trophy will be redistributed to the 0-16 Detroit Lions. Through no fault of their own incompetence, the Lions could not manage a victory all season and this trophy will help ease the pain of their lack of performance and give them hope once again. The redistribution of Super Bowl XL trophy will go directly to the Steeler’s division rival the Cincinnati Bengals. The Bengals who also have fallen on hard times have never won a Super Bowl. This victory will bring a smile to hundreds of Bengal fans all over the world as they can now celebrate.

Finally, one of the Steeler’s two Super Bowl victories over the Dallas Cowboys will go back to the Cowboys since the league needs to provide hope in the face of difficulty and provide hope in the face of uncertainty. This is a heavy burden for the Steelers but together we can all prosper.

All hope is not lost for Pittsburgh fans, Barack Hussain Obama has another plan in place. Obama has meet with MLB and commissioner Bud Selig on a similar plan. The New York Yankees will redistribute two of their world series trophies to the Pittsburgh Pirates as a supplement to their loosing 16 straight seasons and counting. This plan will help stimulate the Pirates and enable them to regain the American Dream.

Steelers must now share their wealth and fruits of their success and hard work.  Barack Hussein Obama will be meeting with the NHL and Michael Phelps in the upcoming weeks as this issue is high on his agenda for “Hope and Change.”
7-Springs
Thursday 03-05-2009 6:14pm ET
Pennsylvania skiers who have slid down Rocky or Green Mountain resorts often get snobbish attitudes about our little Allegheny foothills.  Obviously there's nothing in the Allegheny, Appalachian or Pocono mountains that is going to give any expert skier cause to even blink.  Here in Pittsburgh, our home hill, 7-Springs takes it's share of verbal abuse by anyone who has skied Colorado, Utah, California or Vermont.   In my humble opinion, the North Face of 7-Springs is easily the best hill in the state.  North Face Slope, Giant Steps Slope, Gunnar Slope and Yodeler Trail combine to offer more vertical variety than anything in the Poconos and add to that the high-speed detachable Gunnar lift and thrills abound at the Springs.



A Profound Little Statement
Wednesday 02-25-2009 11:58am ET

A profound little statement
 
      "You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom.  What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.  When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is about the end of ANY nation.  You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it."

 Dr. Adrian Rogers, 1931 - 2005
Jaybo's Political Inspiration
Thursday 08-21-2008 1:32pm ET
Let's just start here.  A day rarely passes when someone doesn't want to discuss the philosophical and political ramblings heard on the station.  While I occasionally engage in such conversations, my concern with our programming is less about the subject matter and more about the presentation. FM NewsTalk 104.7 would not be as popular as it is if our hosts weren't great radio performers (as well as great thinkers).  That said, I become a bigger and bigger fan and follower of Ayn Rand everyday.  If you are a follower of our conservative offerings, I think you will enjoy hearing from the person who gave rise to America's "neo-con" movement.  Here is a three-part interview that Mike Wallace conducted with Ayn back in 1959.  The meat of the interview is definitely in Parts 2 and 3.  Aside from the political philosophy she so brilliantly verbalizes, take note of the cigarette and how the young Mike Wallace was just as sharp in his younger years as we know him to be now.  His longetivity is no wonder. 


PART ONE





PART TWO





PART THREE