Dan Barreiro
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Dan Barreiro is a sports radio
talk-show
host
on KFAN 100.3-FM
in the twin cities
of Minneapolis-St. Paul. Born in Gary, Indiana
, Barreiro was a sports columnist at the Star Tribune
for 17 years after previously working for the Dallas Morning News. Barreiro left the Star Tribune in March 2004.
partnered on-air with Chad Hartman
, who is the son of longtime Star Tribune columnist Sid Hartman
. The duo was selected as the "Best Sports Talk Radio Hosts" in 2000
by local weekly City Pages
. In 2001
, the pair broke up, with Hartman hosting the show leading into Barreiro's. Hartman was let go due to Clear Channel budget cuts in 2009. On his own, Barreiro earned the title "Best Sports Talk Radio Host" from City Pages in 2005 and 2006.
In 2005, Barreiro also began airing a show called Sunday Sermons that airs Sunday mornings with Iowa Hawkeyes fan Justin Gaard.
Barreiro has worked politics into his show, When he does talk sports, there's a possibility you'll hear him rant.
On November 8, 2007, rumors were surfacing in local Twin Cities newspapers regarding a potential move down the dial for Barreiro to AM 1500 KSTP. However, Barreiro had been in contract talks with Clear Channel regarding a long term extension at KFAN, and he did acknowledge the situation by stating "We're letting the process play out, I'll just leave it at that." Barrerio's lucrative offer from KSTP was finally matched by Clear Channel on November 28, and Dan will be staying with KFAN for the long term.
The Sunday Sermons program ended April 6, 2008; the following Saturday, April 12, Barreiro began a new two-hour Saturday morning show (10 a.m. to noon) on KTLK-FM
100.3. Barreiro's new show is "almost exclusively non-sports," and is similar to the past Sunday morning show. Barreiro remains on KFAN weekday afternoons.
After a brief run on KLTK Barreiro returned to Sunday Sermons in 2010. He is no longer on KLTK unless it is as a fill in for one of their regulars.
fan who lives in West Baraboo, Wisconsin
. He is notable for often guesting on the Bumper to Bumper show with Dan Barreiro which airs on Minnesota's KFAN 100.3 FM
radio station.
He was introduced on KFAN in August 2001 under the guise that a tornado had blown over his property and left the remains of a damaged building situated in a manner that looked like the goal line formation of the famous 1967 Ice Bowl between the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys. Gerbschmidt was reportedly born as Starr crossed the goal line. As Mr. Barreiro had had the fictional Saul Lefkowitz when he was teamed with Chad Hartman, and Mr. Lefkowtiz went with Chad to his program when Hartman and Barreiro split, Mr. Barreiro had a need for his own fictional character which was filled by Carl Gerbschmidt.
He normally discusses professional football on the show, especially the Packers and the Minnesota Vikings
. Gerbschmidt has also recently started a blog
which can be read on Barreiro's page on KFAN's website. An Eau Claire, Wisconsin
newspaper recently contained an article with Gerbschmidt as its featured subject and questioned his very existence.
Gerbschmidt used to run an Ice Bowl
exhibit and a Packers wax museum at his house in Elk Mound. Gerbschmidt is married and has a 11 year old daughter who plays outside linebacker and leads her team in tackles. His hobbies are drinking beer
, clog dancing, and Star Trek. He moved to the Milwaukee suburb of Oconomowoc where he works for the Wisconsin DOT. He recently purchased Brett Favre's truck on EBay, and out-bidded himself while doing so. However, after Brett Favre signed with the Vikings on August 18, 2009, Gerbschmidt claimed that he lit the truck on fire.
That was part of a memorable rant with Barreiro on the day Favre signed with the Vikings in which Barreiro allegedly called Gerbschmidt, who was at a bar in Chippewa Falls with his brother Randy after leaving work early the morning that the Favre news broke. Admittedly drunk, Gerbschmidt spent nearly 10 minutes fuming, and at times nearly crying, over Favre's signing, saying he was sad "for the children of Wisconsin who worshipped him", and saying Favre "best watch himself" when he comes back to Wisconsin.
The voice of Carl Gerbschmidt has not been confirmed, in fact Barreiro has never admitted he is fictional. Barreiro has mentioned on his show that he has frequently heard from listeners who believe ESPN football analyst Kevin Seifert, a frequent guest on the show, provides the voice of Gerbschmidt. Barreiro and Seifert attempted to put that rumor to rest by having Seiftert in studio talking to Gerbschmidt while he called in on the phone. On a June 2011 broadcast, a cold call attempt to Gerbschmidt by Iowa Hawkeyes fan Justin Gaard reached a voicemail revealing the first name "Greg" (or Gregg, as in Gregg Swedberg, director of operations for Clear Channel Minneapolis and rumored as a possible voice for the character) before the call was quickly dumped. Barreiro made the remark that they may have called the roadkill number (of the Wisconsin DOT), instead of the right work number for Gerbschmidt. To date it is the only possible evidence for who is performing the role of Carl Gerbschmidt. The downloadable version of the 6/17 segment was edited to remove the erroneous initial call.
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on KFAN 100.3-FM
KFAN (AM)
* See also KFXN-FMKTCN —branded News/Talk 1130—is a commercial radio station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, broadcasting a conservative news/talk format. The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications, and serves the Twin Cities market. KTCN's main studios are in St...
in the twin cities
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of Minneapolis-St. Paul. Born in Gary, Indiana
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, Barreiro was a sports columnist at the Star Tribune
Star Tribune
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for 17 years after previously working for the Dallas Morning News. Barreiro left the Star Tribune in March 2004.
Bumper to Bumper
Other on-air personalities during the show include devoted Iowa Hawkeyes fan Justin Gaard, and producer Joe Nelson. Barreiro began his career at KFAN in 19921992 in radio
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partnered on-air with Chad Hartman
Chad Hartman
Chad Hartman is a regular American radio talk show host on WCCO-AM. He is the host of the noon to 3pm show on WCCO am radio and the topics are primarily news and current events related.-Personal:...
, who is the son of longtime Star Tribune columnist Sid Hartman
Sid Hartman
Sid Hartman is an American sports journalist for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and the WCCO 830 AM radio station.-Background and early career:A high-school dropout, Hartman received no formal writing training...
. The duo was selected as the "Best Sports Talk Radio Hosts" in 2000
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by local weekly City Pages
City Pages
City Pages is an alternative weekly newspaper serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. It features news, film, theatre and restaurant reviews, and music criticism. It is printed in a tabloid format, and is available free every Wednesday...
. In 2001
2001 in radio
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, the pair broke up, with Hartman hosting the show leading into Barreiro's. Hartman was let go due to Clear Channel budget cuts in 2009. On his own, Barreiro earned the title "Best Sports Talk Radio Host" from City Pages in 2005 and 2006.
In 2005, Barreiro also began airing a show called Sunday Sermons that airs Sunday mornings with Iowa Hawkeyes fan Justin Gaard.
Barreiro has worked politics into his show, When he does talk sports, there's a possibility you'll hear him rant.
On November 8, 2007, rumors were surfacing in local Twin Cities newspapers regarding a potential move down the dial for Barreiro to AM 1500 KSTP. However, Barreiro had been in contract talks with Clear Channel regarding a long term extension at KFAN, and he did acknowledge the situation by stating "We're letting the process play out, I'll just leave it at that." Barrerio's lucrative offer from KSTP was finally matched by Clear Channel on November 28, and Dan will be staying with KFAN for the long term.
The Sunday Sermons program ended April 6, 2008; the following Saturday, April 12, Barreiro began a new two-hour Saturday morning show (10 a.m. to noon) on KTLK-FM
KTLK-FM
KFXN-FM 100.3 —branded 100.3 FM KFAN: The Fan—is a commercial radio station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, broadcasting a sports talk format. The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications, and serves the Twin Cities market. KFXN-FM's transmitter is located in the suburb of Shoreview on...
100.3. Barreiro's new show is "almost exclusively non-sports," and is similar to the past Sunday morning show. Barreiro remains on KFAN weekday afternoons.
After a brief run on KLTK Barreiro returned to Sunday Sermons in 2010. He is no longer on KLTK unless it is as a fill in for one of their regulars.
More on Carl Gerbschmidt
Carl Gerbschmidt is a diehard Green Bay PackersGreen Bay Packers
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fan who lives in West Baraboo, Wisconsin
West Baraboo, Wisconsin
West Baraboo is a village in Sauk County, Wisconsin, along the Baraboo River. The population was 1,248 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Baraboo micropolitan statistical area.-Geography:West Baraboo is located at ....
. He is notable for often guesting on the Bumper to Bumper show with Dan Barreiro which airs on Minnesota's KFAN 100.3 FM
KFAN (AM)
* See also KFXN-FMKTCN —branded News/Talk 1130—is a commercial radio station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, broadcasting a conservative news/talk format. The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications, and serves the Twin Cities market. KTCN's main studios are in St...
radio station.
He was introduced on KFAN in August 2001 under the guise that a tornado had blown over his property and left the remains of a damaged building situated in a manner that looked like the goal line formation of the famous 1967 Ice Bowl between the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys. Gerbschmidt was reportedly born as Starr crossed the goal line. As Mr. Barreiro had had the fictional Saul Lefkowitz when he was teamed with Chad Hartman, and Mr. Lefkowtiz went with Chad to his program when Hartman and Barreiro split, Mr. Barreiro had a need for his own fictional character which was filled by Carl Gerbschmidt.
He normally discusses professional football on the show, especially the Packers and the Minnesota Vikings
Minnesota Vikings
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. Gerbschmidt has also recently started a blog
Blog
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which can be read on Barreiro's page on KFAN's website. An Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Eau Claire is a city located in the west-central part of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 65,883 as of the 2010 census, making it the largest municipality in the northwestern portion of the state, and the 9th largest in the state overall. It is the county seat of Eau Claire County,...
newspaper recently contained an article with Gerbschmidt as its featured subject and questioned his very existence.
Gerbschmidt used to run an Ice Bowl
Ice Bowl
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exhibit and a Packers wax museum at his house in Elk Mound. Gerbschmidt is married and has a 11 year old daughter who plays outside linebacker and leads her team in tackles. His hobbies are drinking beer
Beer
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, clog dancing, and Star Trek. He moved to the Milwaukee suburb of Oconomowoc where he works for the Wisconsin DOT. He recently purchased Brett Favre's truck on EBay, and out-bidded himself while doing so. However, after Brett Favre signed with the Vikings on August 18, 2009, Gerbschmidt claimed that he lit the truck on fire.
That was part of a memorable rant with Barreiro on the day Favre signed with the Vikings in which Barreiro allegedly called Gerbschmidt, who was at a bar in Chippewa Falls with his brother Randy after leaving work early the morning that the Favre news broke. Admittedly drunk, Gerbschmidt spent nearly 10 minutes fuming, and at times nearly crying, over Favre's signing, saying he was sad "for the children of Wisconsin who worshipped him", and saying Favre "best watch himself" when he comes back to Wisconsin.
The voice of Carl Gerbschmidt has not been confirmed, in fact Barreiro has never admitted he is fictional. Barreiro has mentioned on his show that he has frequently heard from listeners who believe ESPN football analyst Kevin Seifert, a frequent guest on the show, provides the voice of Gerbschmidt. Barreiro and Seifert attempted to put that rumor to rest by having Seiftert in studio talking to Gerbschmidt while he called in on the phone. On a June 2011 broadcast, a cold call attempt to Gerbschmidt by Iowa Hawkeyes fan Justin Gaard reached a voicemail revealing the first name "Greg" (or Gregg, as in Gregg Swedberg, director of operations for Clear Channel Minneapolis and rumored as a possible voice for the character) before the call was quickly dumped. Barreiro made the remark that they may have called the roadkill number (of the Wisconsin DOT), instead of the right work number for Gerbschmidt. To date it is the only possible evidence for who is performing the role of Carl Gerbschmidt. The downloadable version of the 6/17 segment was edited to remove the erroneous initial call.