The DVE Morning Show
| Other names |
Scott Paulsen and the DVE Morning Show (1986-1988) Scott Paulsen, Jim Krenn and the DVE Morning Show (1988-1999) Jim Krenn and the DVE Morning Show (2000) Jim Krenn, Randy Baumann and the DVE Morning Show (2000-2011) Randy Baumann and the DVE Morning Show (2012-present) |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy, Talk, Rock |
| Running time | 6:00 am-10:00 am (4 hours) |
| Country | United States |
| Home station | 102.5 WDVE |
| Starring |
Randy Baumann Val Porter Mike Prisuta Bill Crawford |
| Air dates | since 1986 |
| Website | http://www.dve.com/pages/randy-baumann.html |
| Podcast | http://www.dve.com/cc-common/podcast.html |
The DVE Morning Show (currently branded Randy Baumann and the DVE Morning Show) is a morning radio comedy and variety show broadcast on Pittsburgh classic rock station 102.5 FM WDVE featuring DJ and comedian Randy Baumann. The show began airing in the 6:00-10:00 am weekday morning drive slot in late 1986 after the cancellation of Jimmy and Steve in the Morning (from which the show draws inspiration from). Originally hosted by Scott Paulsen, the show would go on to be hosted by the team of Paulsen and Jim Krenn from 1988 to 1999, briefly by Krenn solo, then by the team of Krenn and Baumann from 2000 to 2011. Since late December 2011, Baumann has hosted the program solo. Additionally, many newsreaders, sportscasters and other members have come and gone during the show's run.
In its nearly thirty years of existence, the DVE Morning Show has consistently remained one of (if not the) most popular morning radio shows in the Pittsburgh radio market. Though the show has changed personnel several times, the same basic formula of comedy bits, celebrity impersonations, telephone interviews, in-studio guests, unusual news items, sports coverage and promotion of local music and comedy has remained and been the key to the show's continued success.
In 1980, WDVE began airing Jimmy and Steve in the Morning with DJs and hosts Jimmy Roach and Steve Hansen. Roach and Hansen re-established comedy and local music promotion on Pittsburgh morning radio, elements that had been absent from the region's airwaves for quite some time. They helped to promote the careers of Pittsburgh area acts like the Iron City Houserockers, the Granati Brothers, Donnie Iris and the Cruisers and B. E. Taylor Group. This formula of comedy, talk and local music helped to make the show and station extremely popular in the region. Despite this, WDVE did not renew their contracts in 1986, and Roach and Hansen were fired, effectively canceling Jimmy and Steve in the Morning.
Not long after Roach and Hansen's departure from WDVE, the station replaced them and their show. Hiring comedian/DJ Scott Paulsen, the station began airing Scott Paulsen and the DVE Morning Show in the 6:00-10:00 am time slot. Adopting a similar format to Roach and Hansen, Paulsen's show became very popular and kept WDVE near the top of the ratings. In 1988, Paulsen was teamed up with comedian Jim Krenn, who had been a regular on the show. Paulsen and Krenn even competed against Roach and Hansen from 1987 to 1991, when the latter duo joined WMYG. When Jimmy Roach and Steve Hansen went separate ways in 1991, Scott Paulsen, Jim Krenn and the DVE Morning Show became Pittsburgh's most popular morning radio program.
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