Johnny Dare
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| Birth name | John William Caprefoli |
| Born |
August 27, 1968 Memphis, Tennessee, United States |
| Show | The Johnny Dare Morning Show |
| Station(s) | 98.9 The Rock |
| Time slot | Monday to Friday 5:00am - 10am |
| Style |
Talk Drive time Morning zoo Shock jock |
| Country | United States |
| Website | [1] |
Johnny Dare (born John William Caprefoli) is an American radio personality. He is host of The Johnny Dare Morning Show the morning show for 98.9 The Rock in Kansas City, Kansas. He is one of the station's more prominent figures, and hosts the station's annual concert festival, Rockfest, which has grown to become the biggest one-day concert event in the country.
After cutting his teeth co-hosting a local segment on Kansas City affiliate for nationally syndicated radio network Z Rock, and working in the promotions department for local Top 40-turned-Young Country station KBEQ, Dare was hired by the late Doug Sorenson to work at the then one-year-old KQRC-FM.
Debuting on KQRC in 1993, The Johnny Dare Morning Show quickly grew in popularity and has since consistently topped the Arbitron ratings for its time slot.
The show currently features (along with Dare), Nycki Pace, T-Bone, Jake the Phone Snake and Gregg.
A mix of celebrity interviews, ridiculous social commentary, parody songs and bawdy humor, The Johnny Dare Morning Show has established itself as one of the more beloved radio shows in the market.
Despite a show that often pushes the envelope, with segments like "Naked Twister" that netted them a $220k fine from the Federal Communications Commission(FCC), the show gives back to the community thru their "Hand Up Campaign", and with Dare's involvement as Honorary Chairman of the March of Dimes annual Bikers for Babies Ride.
In 1996, Dare launched the Hope For The Holidays Campaign, helping individuals and families who aren't able to be helped by conventional charities. This eventually spawned the Hand Up Campaign, spreading the message year round.
Dare is also the narrator on the truTV series, Full Throttle Saloon which focuses on the Sturgis, SD based bar of the same name.
In 2010, Dare spearheaded a backlash against Kansas City Parks board member, Aggie Stackhaus for comments made after the 2010 edition of Rockfest, when rain, mud and 55,000 concert-goers resulted in damage to the park grounds. (The station had already made arrangements to repair the damage) Stackhaus later resigned.
In December 2004, the Federal Communications Commission proposed fines totaling $220,000 against Entercom Communications for alleged indecency violations during multiple broadcasts in April and May 2002 of the Morning Show on KQRC-FM in Kansas City, Kansas, and KFH-AM in Wichita, Kansas. The FCC claimed that the material included repeated graphic and explicit sexual descriptions that were pandering, titillating or used to shock the audience. As justification for proposing the maximum fine, the Commission noted "the egregious nature of the violations and Entercom's history of prior indecent broadcasts."
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