Mike Schopp is an American

United States

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 sports radio

Sports radio

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 personality,
. Mike was born and currently lives in Grand Island

Grand Island

-Places:In Canada:*Grand Island in Balsam Lake In the Falkland Islands:* Grand Jason Island, sometimes known as "Grand Island"In the United States:*Grand Island, California, community in Colusa County...

. He is the current afternoon co-host of the sports talk show Mike Schopp and The Bulldog which runs weekdays from 3-7 p.m. Eastern on WGR

WGR

WGR, or WGR Sports Radio 550, is an all sports radio station in Buffalo, New York that broadcasts on 550 AM. It is the flagship station of the Buffalo Sabres and the Buffalo Bandits, and is currently the only full-time sports talk station in the city of Buffalo. Its studios are located in Amherst,...

 in Buffalo, New York

Buffalo, New York

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 and WROC

WROC (AM)

WROC is an AM radio station licensed to Rochester, New York. On September 2, 2008, WROC changed from an Air America affiliate to an ESPN affiliate...

 in Rochester

Rochester, New York

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. His co-host is Chris "Bulldog" Parker. Schopp has also been a weekend host on ESPN Radio

ESPN Radio

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.

WGR Sportsradio 550 was Arbitron's highest-rated sports station in the United States three out of four seasons between 2006 and 2007 but with no recent awards. The show features regular national experts like ESPN

ESPN

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's John Clayton

John Clayton (sportscaster)

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 as well as Buffalo Bills

Buffalo Bills

The Buffalo Bills are a professional football team based in Buffalo, New York. They are currently members of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

 and Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres

The Buffalo Sabres are a professional ice hockey team based in Buffalo, New York. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League .-Founding and early success: 1970-71—1980-81:...

 beat reporters such as Jerry SullivanBuffalo News. Mike also hosts a weekend show

Prior to joining WGR in 2002, Schopp worked at WHTK in Rochester and WNSA (now WLKK

WLKK

WLKK is an American radio station located in Wethersfield, New York. Broadcasting on the frequency of 107.7 MHz, the station is currently owned by Entercom Communications and is operated out of the company's studios in Amherst, New York, a suburb of Buffalo...

), WGR's rival at the time. When he joined WGR, he had originally been paired with Chuck Dickerson

Chuck Dickerson

Chuck Dickerson is a former position coach in the National Football League and Canadian Football League and sports radio host in Buffalo, New York. Currently, he is a regular featured commentator during the Buffalo Bills season....

 in an "Odd Couple" style pairing. After Dickerson's retirement shortly thereafter, a programming shuffle with WGR and sister station WBEN

WBEN (AM)

WBEN is an AM and FM radio station serving the Niagara, Buffalo and Western New York area, broadcasting on 930 AM and, as of April 5, 2011, simulcasting on sister station WLKK at 107.7 FM. It previously simulcasted between 1946 and 1960 on 102.5 FM as WBEN-FM. Both stations retained the WBEN...

joined Schopp with Parker. Schopp and Parker are also avid fans of the Colorado School of Mimes football team.