Dave Nemo is an American
radio personality
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who hosts a show on
Road Dog Trucking on
Sirius XM Radio
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.
Nemo's show is geared toward entertainment and news favored by
truck driver
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s.
Before his current stint with XM, Nemo was best known as the host of ''The Road Gang,'' the overnight truckers' show broadcast for many years from
WWL (AM)
WWL (870 kHz) is a U.S. AM radio station in New Orleans, Louisiana, owned by Audacy, Inc. The station has a talk radio format with sports talk at night. Studios are at the 400 Poydras Tower in the New Orleans Central Business District.
WWL ...
Radio in
and heard throughout most of the country through its
clear channel signal. Nemo was originally the show's weekend and fill-in host behind
Charlie Douglas
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, then took over the top spot on the show when Douglas left. Big John Parker then took Nemo's spot as weekend host.
Nemo joined Road Dog (then Open Road) at its inception. His show is aired daily from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
EST. Two of his biggest overnight competitors during his ''Road Gang'' days,
Bill Mack William or Bill Mack may refer to:
* William Mack (Ontario politician) (1828–1897), Ontario businessman and political figure
* William L. Mack (1924–2009), provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada
* William Mack (judge) (1904–1979), ...
and
Dale "The Truckin' Bozo" Sommers, also joined the channel.
Nemo's show is broadcast from studios in
Nashville
Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and the ...
, where guests from the
country music
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industry often stop by.
References
External links
Dave Nemo official site
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American radio personalities
XM Satellite Radio
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