''The Rude Awakening Show'' is a United States morning radio talk show that airs from 6am until 10am weekdays on
WOCM
WOCM (98.1 FM, "Ocean 98") is an AAA/Rock radio station in the Ocean City, Maryland, area.
The radio station's studios are located at Seacrets, a massive restaurant and nightclub campus located along Assawoman Bay in Ocean City. The station fea ...
, a radio station based in
Ocean City, Maryland. The show is simulcast via IRIE Radio. It is hosted by Chicago-born radio personality David "Bulldog" Rothner. It premiered on WOCM on January 10, 2005 after a six-year run on
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radio station Laser 101, one of the four stations of the Philipsburg Broadcasting radio network The show is broadcast from above Seacrets, a bar, restaurant, and nightclub located in Ocean City. Because of its location on the
Delmarva
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peninsula the show can be heard in four states:
Maryland
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,
Delaware
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,
Virginia
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and
New Jersey
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.
Overview
The show features a variety of guest interviews from celebrities to politicians, musicians to athletes, psychics to porn stars, doctors and artists. The show also has regular features from adult webmaster
Mr. Skin
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and
Drew Curtis from
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. For local listeners, the show features daily surf reports from Lee at Malibu's Surf Shop.
The cast of the show has varied since its premiere. In addition to Bulldog, the show currently features:
* "Coach", Morning Show Director.
* "Big Al Reno", just some guy who doesn't eat fruits & vegetables and has a bad case of the shakes.
* "Marla", Producer & Phone Screener Extraordinaire.
* "Leighton" Moore, station owner.
External links
Ocean98.com WOCM official site
BulldogRadio.com Bulldog's official site
Seacrets.com Seacrets' official site
SeacretsLive.comofficial entertainment site for Seacrets
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Rude Awakening Show
2005 radio programme debuts