The Smiley Morning Show
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The Smiley Morning Show is a morning radio program on radio station WZPL
(99.5 FM - an Entercom Communications
station) broadcasting from Indianapolis, Indiana. The show first aired in 2002 and is hosted by radio personality Dave Smiley and co-host Kari "K.J." Johll, Producer Will, Carlos Diaz and meteorologist Paul Poteet.
The show is a talk/entertainment morning show that includes significant interaction with listeners. Each morning features Dave Smiley making various comments about the upcoming day, and features guest interviews with local Indiana celebrities, actors, comedians and musicians.
Another segment done on the Smiley Morning Show is "Open Mic Minute", where listeners can come in and perform their vocal talents (singing, poetry, comedy, etc.) for one minute over the air. After the minute is up Smiley then takes 5 calls to determine if the person gets another minute or not. More likely than not, the person gets another minute (unless they really suck).
Other events held by WZPL include:
(99.5 FM - an Entercom Communications
station) broadcasting from Indianapolis, Indiana. The show first aired in 2002 and is hosted by radio personality Dave Smiley and co-host Kari "K.J." Johll, Producer Will, Carlos Diaz and meteorologist Paul Poteet.
The show is a talk/entertainment morning show that includes significant interaction with listeners. Each morning features Dave Smiley making various comments about the upcoming day, and features guest interviews with local Indiana celebrities, actors, comedians and musicians.
Another segment done on the Smiley Morning Show is "Open Mic Minute", where listeners can come in and perform their vocal talents (singing, poetry, comedy, etc.) for one minute over the air. After the minute is up Smiley then takes 5 calls to determine if the person gets another minute or not. More likely than not, the person gets another minute (unless they really suck).
Other events held by WZPL include:
(99.5 FM - an Entercom Communications
station) broadcasting from Indianapolis, Indiana. The show first aired in 2002 and is hosted by radio personality Dave Smiley and co-host Kari "K.J." Johll, Producer Will, Carlos Diaz and meteorologist Paul Poteet.
The show is a talk/entertainment morning show that includes significant interaction with listeners. Each morning features Dave Smiley making various comments about the upcoming day, and features guest interviews with local Indiana celebrities, actors, comedians and musicians.
Another segment done on the Smiley Morning Show is "Open Mic Minute", where listeners can come in and perform their vocal talents (singing, poetry, comedy, etc.) for one minute over the air. After the minute is up Smiley then takes 5 calls to determine if the person gets another minute or not. More likely than not, the person gets another minute (unless they really suck).
Other events held by WZPL include:
(99.5 FM - an Entercom Communications
station) broadcasting from Indianapolis, Indiana. The show first aired in 2002 and is hosted by radio personality Dave Smiley and co-host Kari "K.J." Johll, Producer Will, Carlos Diaz and meteorologist Paul Poteet.
The show is a talk/entertainment morning show that includes significant interaction with listeners. Each morning features Dave Smiley making various comments about the upcoming day, and features guest interviews with local Indiana celebrities, actors, comedians and musicians.
Another segment done on the Smiley Morning Show is "Open Mic Minute", where listeners can come in and perform their vocal talents (singing, poetry, comedy, etc.) for one minute over the air. After the minute is up Smiley then takes 5 calls to determine if the person gets another minute or not. More likely than not, the person gets another minute (unless they really suck).
Other events held by WZPL include:
(99.5 FM - an Entercom Communications
station) broadcasting from Indianapolis, Indiana. The show first aired in 2002 and is hosted by radio personality Dave Smiley and co-host Kari "K.J." Johll, Producer Will, Carlos Diaz and meteorologist Paul Poteet.
The show is a talk/entertainment morning show that includes significant interaction with listeners. Each morning features Dave Smiley making various comments about the upcoming day, and features guest interviews with local Indiana celebrities, actors, comedians and musicians.
Another segment done on the Smiley Morning Show is "Open Mic Minute", where listeners can come in and perform their vocal talents (singing, poetry, comedy, etc.) for one minute over the air. After the minute is up Smiley then takes 5 calls to determine if the person gets another minute or not. More likely than not, the person gets another minute (unless they really suck).
Other events held by WZPL include:
(99.5 FM - an Entercom Communications
station) broadcasting from Indianapolis, Indiana. The show first aired in 2002 and is hosted by radio personality Dave Smiley and co-host Kari "K.J." Johll, Producer Will, Carlos Diaz and meteorologist Paul Poteet.
The show is a talk/entertainment morning show that includes significant interaction with listeners. Each morning features Dave Smiley making various comments about the upcoming day, and features guest interviews with local Indiana celebrities, actors, comedians and musicians.
Another segment done on the Smiley Morning Show is "Open Mic Minute", where listeners can come in and perform their vocal talents (singing, poetry, comedy, etc.) for one minute over the air. After the minute is up Smiley then takes 5 calls to determine if the person gets another minute or not. More likely than not, the person gets another minute (unless they really suck).
Other events held by WZPL include:
(99.5 FM - an Entercom Communications
station) broadcasting from Indianapolis, Indiana. The show first aired in 2002 and is hosted by radio personality Dave Smiley and co-host Kari "K.J." Johll, Producer Will, Carlos Diaz and meteorologist Paul Poteet.
The show is a talk/entertainment morning show that includes significant interaction with listeners. Each morning features Dave Smiley making various comments about the upcoming day, and features guest interviews with local Indiana celebrities, actors, comedians and musicians.
Another segment done on the Smiley Morning Show is "Open Mic Minute", where listeners can come in and perform their vocal talents (singing, poetry, comedy, etc.) for one minute over the air. After the minute is up Smiley then takes 5 calls to determine if the person gets another minute or not. More likely than not, the person gets another minute (unless they really suck).
Other events held by WZPL include:
(99.5 FM - an Entercom Communications
station) broadcasting from Indianapolis, Indiana. The show first aired in 2002 and is hosted by radio personality Dave Smiley and co-host Kari "K.J." Johll, Producer Will, Carlos Diaz and meteorologist Paul Poteet.
The show is a talk/entertainment morning show that includes significant interaction with listeners. Each morning features Dave Smiley making various comments about the upcoming day, and features guest interviews with local Indiana celebrities, actors, comedians and musicians.
Another segment done on the Smiley Morning Show is "Open Mic Minute", where listeners can come in and perform their vocal talents (singing, poetry, comedy, etc.) for one minute over the air. After the minute is up Smiley then takes 5 calls to determine if the person gets another minute or not. More likely than not, the person gets another minute (unless they really suck).
Other events held by WZPL include:
(99.5 FM - an Entercom Communications
station) broadcasting from Indianapolis, Indiana. The show first aired in 2002 and is hosted by radio personality Dave Smiley and co-host Kari "K.J." Johll, Producer Will, Carlos Diaz and meteorologist Paul Poteet.
The show is a talk/entertainment morning show that includes significant interaction with listeners. Each morning features Dave Smiley making various comments about the upcoming day, and features guest interviews with local Indiana celebrities, actors, comedians and musicians.
Another segment done on the Smiley Morning Show is "Open Mic Minute", where listeners can come in and perform their vocal talents (singing, poetry, comedy, etc.) for one minute over the air. After the minute is up Smiley then takes 5 calls to determine if the person gets another minute or not. More likely than not, the person gets another minute (unless they really suck).
Other events held by WZPL include:
WZPL
WZPL is a radio station based in Greenfield, Indiana, and serving the Indianapolis metropolitan area. The station, known as "99-5 WZPL", airs an Adult Top 40 format. WZPL is owned by Entercom.-History:...
(99.5 FM - an Entercom Communications
Entercom Communications
Entercom Communications Corporation is the fourth-largest broadcasting company in the United States. As of November 2009, Entercom operates 110 radio stations in 23 markets across the United States....
station) broadcasting from Indianapolis, Indiana. The show first aired in 2002 and is hosted by radio personality Dave Smiley and co-host Kari "K.J." Johll, Producer Will, Carlos Diaz and meteorologist Paul Poteet.
The show is a talk/entertainment morning show that includes significant interaction with listeners. Each morning features Dave Smiley making various comments about the upcoming day, and features guest interviews with local Indiana celebrities, actors, comedians and musicians.
Cast
- Dave Smiley - Host of the show since 2002. Originally from Pella, Iowa where he started in radio as a teen at Valley High School's KWDMKWDMKWDM, "88.7 KWDM The Point," is a modern rock high school radio station serving the Des Moines, Iowa, area. It is located at 88.7 on the FM dial. The radio station's studio is located at Valley High School in West Des Moines. It is owned and operated by the West Des Moines Community School...
radio station. Smiley moved to the Indianapolis area in May 2002 after stints in New York, San Diego, California and Phoenix, Arizona. Smiley also will not ask his girlfriend Sarah Brown to marry him. Smiley loves to travel and is a huge fan of The Dave Matthews Band. - K.J. (Kari Johll) - Co-host of the show and Smiley's "voice of reason". KJ started out working in the programming department and was the station's Assistant Program Director. When Smiley first started, he was bored in studio and asked her to come in and hang out, she's been on the show ever since. In addition to co-hosting, she handles the "The Dirt" and "Top Three News" segments. K.J. is from Wisconsin, is married to Patrick, and loves her cats! She is dedicated to helping numerous animal shelters, and you can get more info on that at http://kjsstrays.com. She's also an avid fan of the 2011 Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers.
- Paul Poteet - Paul has been a part of central Indiana Media since 1982. He's "Indiana's Weatherman"! A weather forecasterWeather forecastingWeather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a given location. Human beings have attempted to predict the weather informally for millennia, and formally since the nineteenth century...
for many stations across Indiana as well as, the Smiley Morning Show. Paul has been with WZPL since before Smiley and has served as Smiley's Chief Meteorologist since the beginning! Paul also serves as a resource of musical knowledge and frequently impersonates well-known DJ Casey KasemCasey KasemKemal Amin "Casey" Kasem is an American radio personality and voice actor who is best known for being the host of the nationally syndicated Top 40 countdown show American Top 40, and for voicing Shaggy in the popular Saturday morning cartoon franchise Scooby-Doo.Kasem, along with Don Bustany and...
and news broadcaster Tom BrokawTom BrokawThomas John "Tom" Brokaw is an American television journalist and author best known as the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News from 1982 to 2004. He is the author of The Greatest Generation and other books and the recipient of numerous awards and honors...
. - Will Pfaffenberger - "Producer Will" joined the show in 2010 and has brought his talents from Comedy Improv to the show. Will is in charge of the interns and is responsible for the creation of the Smiley Glee Club, which performs all over Central Indiana. He still performs live improv with Three Dollar Bill Comedy.
Past members
- Tom Berg - Tom was Smiley's original Traffic Reporter. Tom loves anything Star WarsStar WarsStar Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year...
and was the nerd of the show. Tom won numerous awards as Traffic Reporter for Smiley and WRTVWRTVWRTV, channel 6, is the ABC television affiliate in Indianapolis, Indiana; it is owned by McGraw-Hill. Its transmitter is located on the northwest side of Indianapolis at 8001 Township Line Road. Its studios are found at 1330 N...
. He's probably most famous for an online video of one of his traffic reports on WRTV when the teleprompter had "F*ck Off" written on it, which has gotten over 3 million views worldwide. Tom is now the Morning Show host in Knox, IN at WKVIWKVIWKVI is a radio station in Knox, Indiana owned by the Kankakee Valley Broadcasting Company. WKVI Radio consists of WKVI-FM "K99.3", with a Hot AC format at 99.3 MHz FM and WKVI-AM 1520 kHz AM, which operates as "KVI Kountry". WKVI serves the Kankakee Valley area with news, music, and local high...
. - BMoore - Producer Brian "BMoore" Moore was the show's original producer. When Smiley started at WZPL, he worked in promotions. He started producing the show in his free time and eventually moved into a full time position. Brian created the GasMan persona and was known for many stunts on the show, like "Splash into B" where listeners could drive by a huge puddle and splash him. BMoore moved to Senior Producer of Entercom Communications in 2004 and became producer of the Abdul Morning Show on Newstalk 1430 WXNTWXNTWXNT is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, the station serves the Indianapolis area. The station is currently owned by Entercom Indianapolis License, LLC and features programing from Fox News Radio, Premiere Radio Networks and...
. - Chris "Weedman" Van Sickle - Weedman started with the show as intern in 2003 as "Intern Chris" and became the producer of the show in 2004. He took care of all production aspects on the show in his 7 years with the show. He is currently the imaging director for the Smiley Morning Show and does DJ's at various bars/parties all over Indy.
- Mindy Winkler - Mindy took over as the Traffic Reporter after Tom Berg moved to afternoons at WKLU. The former Colts cheerleader was also known for being "Commander KC" on WTTV-4.
Segments and themes
- Top Three News (daily)
- KJ's Dirt (daily)
- Smiley's Sucky Sports (daily)
- The Topic (daily)
- Daily Diaz, featuring Carlos Diaz from HLN - Headline News CNN (daily)
- Three Words about your weekend (Monday's)
- Teen Tuesday
- Lash Wednesday
- Therapy Thursday
- Free Plug Friday
- Friday's Weekend Update with Tom Britt (local weekend events)
Another segment done on the Smiley Morning Show is "Open Mic Minute", where listeners can come in and perform their vocal talents (singing, poetry, comedy, etc.) for one minute over the air. After the minute is up Smiley then takes 5 calls to determine if the person gets another minute or not. More likely than not, the person gets another minute (unless they really suck).
Events
The Smiley Morning Show is known for hosting concerts and listener-focused events. Past events have included:- The Big Hook Up
- Smiley's Adult Prom
- Listener Parties
- KJ's Concert Buddy
- Smiley's Party B4 The Race
- Smiley Pumpkin Drop
- Live Christmas Movie Interpretive Readings
Other events held by WZPL include:
- Uncle Sam Jam
- Boo Bash
- Jingle Jam
- Concerts
Awards and recognition
- Best Radio Personality, Dave Smiley (NUVO magazine - 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
- Best Morning Radio Show, The Smiley Morning Show (NUVO magazine - 2003, 2007)
- Best Traffic Reporter, Tom Berg/Mindy Winkler (NUVO magazine - 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009)
- Best Weatherman, Paul Poteet (NUVO magazine - 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009)
- Best Male Radio Personality, Dave Smiley (Indianapolis Woman - 2004)
- Best Local Morning Show, Smiley Morning Show (Friday Morning Quarterback - FMQB Leaders 2006 AC/Hot AC- 2006)
External links
The Smiley Morning Show is a morning radio program on radio station WZPLWZPL
WZPL is a radio station based in Greenfield, Indiana, and serving the Indianapolis metropolitan area. The station, known as "99-5 WZPL", airs an Adult Top 40 format. WZPL is owned by Entercom.-History:...
(99.5 FM - an Entercom Communications
Entercom Communications
Entercom Communications Corporation is the fourth-largest broadcasting company in the United States. As of November 2009, Entercom operates 110 radio stations in 23 markets across the United States....
station) broadcasting from Indianapolis, Indiana. The show first aired in 2002 and is hosted by radio personality Dave Smiley and co-host Kari "K.J." Johll, Producer Will, Carlos Diaz and meteorologist Paul Poteet.
The show is a talk/entertainment morning show that includes significant interaction with listeners. Each morning features Dave Smiley making various comments about the upcoming day, and features guest interviews with local Indiana celebrities, actors, comedians and musicians.
Cast
- Dave Smiley - Host of the show since 2002. Originally from Pella, Iowa where he started in radio as a teen at Valley High School's KWDMKWDMKWDM, "88.7 KWDM The Point," is a modern rock high school radio station serving the Des Moines, Iowa, area. It is located at 88.7 on the FM dial. The radio station's studio is located at Valley High School in West Des Moines. It is owned and operated by the West Des Moines Community School...
radio station. Smiley moved to the Indianapolis area in May 2002 after stints in New York, San Diego, California and Phoenix, Arizona. Smiley also will not ask his girlfriend Sarah Brown to marry him. Smiley loves to travel and is a huge fan of The Dave Matthews Band. - K.J. (Kari Johll) - Co-host of the show and Smiley's "voice of reason". KJ started out working in the programming department and was the station's Assistant Program Director. When Smiley first started, he was bored in studio and asked her to come in and hang out, she's been on the show ever since. In addition to co-hosting, she handles the "The Dirt" and "Top Three News" segments. K.J. is from Wisconsin, is married to Patrick, and loves her cats! She is dedicated to helping numerous animal shelters, and you can get more info on that at http://kjsstrays.com. She's also an avid fan of the 2011 Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers.
- Paul Poteet - Paul has been a part of central Indiana Media since 1982. He's "Indiana's Weatherman"! A weather forecasterWeather forecastingWeather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a given location. Human beings have attempted to predict the weather informally for millennia, and formally since the nineteenth century...
for many stations across Indiana as well as, the Smiley Morning Show. Paul has been with WZPL since before Smiley and has served as Smiley's Chief Meteorologist since the beginning! Paul also serves as a resource of musical knowledge and frequently impersonates well-known DJ Casey KasemCasey KasemKemal Amin "Casey" Kasem is an American radio personality and voice actor who is best known for being the host of the nationally syndicated Top 40 countdown show American Top 40, and for voicing Shaggy in the popular Saturday morning cartoon franchise Scooby-Doo.Kasem, along with Don Bustany and...
and news broadcaster Tom BrokawTom BrokawThomas John "Tom" Brokaw is an American television journalist and author best known as the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News from 1982 to 2004. He is the author of The Greatest Generation and other books and the recipient of numerous awards and honors...
. - Will Pfaffenberger - "Producer Will" joined the show in 2010 and has brought his talents from Comedy Improv to the show. Will is in charge of the interns and is responsible for the creation of the Smiley Glee Club, which performs all over Central Indiana. He still performs live improv with Three Dollar Bill Comedy.
Past members
- Tom Berg - Tom was Smiley's original Traffic Reporter. Tom loves anything Star WarsStar WarsStar Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year...
and was the nerd of the show. Tom won numerous awards as Traffic Reporter for Smiley and WRTVWRTVWRTV, channel 6, is the ABC television affiliate in Indianapolis, Indiana; it is owned by McGraw-Hill. Its transmitter is located on the northwest side of Indianapolis at 8001 Township Line Road. Its studios are found at 1330 N...
. He's probably most famous for an online video of one of his traffic reports on WRTV when the teleprompter had "F*ck Off" written on it, which has gotten over 3 million views worldwide. Tom is now the Morning Show host in Knox, IN at WKVIWKVIWKVI is a radio station in Knox, Indiana owned by the Kankakee Valley Broadcasting Company. WKVI Radio consists of WKVI-FM "K99.3", with a Hot AC format at 99.3 MHz FM and WKVI-AM 1520 kHz AM, which operates as "KVI Kountry". WKVI serves the Kankakee Valley area with news, music, and local high...
. - BMoore - Producer Brian "BMoore" Moore was the show's original producer. When Smiley started at WZPL, he worked in promotions. He started producing the show in his free time and eventually moved into a full time position. Brian created the GasMan persona and was known for many stunts on the show, like "Splash into B" where listeners could drive by a huge puddle and splash him. BMoore moved to Senior Producer of Entercom Communications in 2004 and became producer of the Abdul Morning Show on Newstalk 1430 WXNTWXNTWXNT is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, the station serves the Indianapolis area. The station is currently owned by Entercom Indianapolis License, LLC and features programing from Fox News Radio, Premiere Radio Networks and...
. - Chris "Weedman" Van Sickle - Weedman started with the show as intern in 2003 as "Intern Chris" and became the producer of the show in 2004. He took care of all production aspects on the show in his 7 years with the show. He is currently the imaging director for the Smiley Morning Show and does DJ's at various bars/parties all over Indy.
- Mindy Winkler - Mindy took over as the Traffic Reporter after Tom Berg moved to afternoons at WKLU. The former Colts cheerleader was also known for being "Commander KC" on WTTV-4.
Segments and themes
- Top Three News (daily)
- KJ's Dirt (daily)
- Smiley's Sucky Sports (daily)
- The Topic (daily)
- Daily Diaz, featuring Carlos Diaz from HLN - Headline News CNN (daily)
- Three Words about your weekend (Monday's)
- Teen Tuesday
- Lash Wednesday
- Therapy Thursday
- Free Plug Friday
- Friday's Weekend Update with Tom Britt (local weekend events)
Another segment done on the Smiley Morning Show is "Open Mic Minute", where listeners can come in and perform their vocal talents (singing, poetry, comedy, etc.) for one minute over the air. After the minute is up Smiley then takes 5 calls to determine if the person gets another minute or not. More likely than not, the person gets another minute (unless they really suck).
Events
The Smiley Morning Show is known for hosting concerts and listener-focused events. Past events have included:- The Big Hook Up
- Smiley's Adult Prom
- Listener Parties
- KJ's Concert Buddy
- Smiley's Party B4 The Race
- Smiley Pumpkin Drop
- Live Christmas Movie Interpretive Readings
Other events held by WZPL include:
- Uncle Sam Jam
- Boo Bash
- Jingle Jam
- Concerts
Awards and recognition
- Best Radio Personality, Dave Smiley (NUVO magazine - 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
- Best Morning Radio Show, The Smiley Morning Show (NUVO magazine - 2003, 2007)
- Best Traffic Reporter, Tom Berg/Mindy Winkler (NUVO magazine - 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009)
- Best Weatherman, Paul Poteet (NUVO magazine - 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009)
- Best Male Radio Personality, Dave Smiley (Indianapolis Woman - 2004)
- Best Local Morning Show, Smiley Morning Show (Friday Morning Quarterback - FMQB Leaders 2006 AC/Hot AC- 2006)
External links
The Smiley Morning Show is a morning radio program on radio station WZPLWZPL
WZPL is a radio station based in Greenfield, Indiana, and serving the Indianapolis metropolitan area. The station, known as "99-5 WZPL", airs an Adult Top 40 format. WZPL is owned by Entercom.-History:...
(99.5 FM - an Entercom Communications
Entercom Communications
Entercom Communications Corporation is the fourth-largest broadcasting company in the United States. As of November 2009, Entercom operates 110 radio stations in 23 markets across the United States....
station) broadcasting from Indianapolis, Indiana. The show first aired in 2002 and is hosted by radio personality Dave Smiley and co-host Kari "K.J." Johll, Producer Will, Carlos Diaz and meteorologist Paul Poteet.
The show is a talk/entertainment morning show that includes significant interaction with listeners. Each morning features Dave Smiley making various comments about the upcoming day, and features guest interviews with local Indiana celebrities, actors, comedians and musicians.
Cast
- Dave Smiley - Host of the show since 2002. Originally from Pella, Iowa where he started in radio as a teen at Valley High School's KWDMKWDMKWDM, "88.7 KWDM The Point," is a modern rock high school radio station serving the Des Moines, Iowa, area. It is located at 88.7 on the FM dial. The radio station's studio is located at Valley High School in West Des Moines. It is owned and operated by the West Des Moines Community School...
radio station. Smiley moved to the Indianapolis area in May 2002 after stints in New York, San Diego, California and Phoenix, Arizona. Smiley also will not ask his girlfriend Sarah Brown to marry him. Smiley loves to travel and is a huge fan of The Dave Matthews Band. - K.J. (Kari Johll) - Co-host of the show and Smiley's "voice of reason". KJ started out working in the programming department and was the station's Assistant Program Director. When Smiley first started, he was bored in studio and asked her to come in and hang out, she's been on the show ever since. In addition to co-hosting, she handles the "The Dirt" and "Top Three News" segments. K.J. is from Wisconsin, is married to Patrick, and loves her cats! She is dedicated to helping numerous animal shelters, and you can get more info on that at http://kjsstrays.com. She's also an avid fan of the 2011 Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers.
- Paul Poteet - Paul has been a part of central Indiana Media since 1982. He's "Indiana's Weatherman"! A weather forecasterWeather forecastingWeather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a given location. Human beings have attempted to predict the weather informally for millennia, and formally since the nineteenth century...
for many stations across Indiana as well as, the Smiley Morning Show. Paul has been with WZPL since before Smiley and has served as Smiley's Chief Meteorologist since the beginning! Paul also serves as a resource of musical knowledge and frequently impersonates well-known DJ Casey KasemCasey KasemKemal Amin "Casey" Kasem is an American radio personality and voice actor who is best known for being the host of the nationally syndicated Top 40 countdown show American Top 40, and for voicing Shaggy in the popular Saturday morning cartoon franchise Scooby-Doo.Kasem, along with Don Bustany and...
and news broadcaster Tom BrokawTom BrokawThomas John "Tom" Brokaw is an American television journalist and author best known as the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News from 1982 to 2004. He is the author of The Greatest Generation and other books and the recipient of numerous awards and honors...
. - Will Pfaffenberger - "Producer Will" joined the show in 2010 and has brought his talents from Comedy Improv to the show. Will is in charge of the interns and is responsible for the creation of the Smiley Glee Club, which performs all over Central Indiana. He still performs live improv with Three Dollar Bill Comedy.
Past members
- Tom Berg - Tom was Smiley's original Traffic Reporter. Tom loves anything Star WarsStar WarsStar Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year...
and was the nerd of the show. Tom won numerous awards as Traffic Reporter for Smiley and WRTVWRTVWRTV, channel 6, is the ABC television affiliate in Indianapolis, Indiana; it is owned by McGraw-Hill. Its transmitter is located on the northwest side of Indianapolis at 8001 Township Line Road. Its studios are found at 1330 N...
. He's probably most famous for an online video of one of his traffic reports on WRTV when the teleprompter had "F*ck Off" written on it, which has gotten over 3 million views worldwide. Tom is now the Morning Show host in Knox, IN at WKVIWKVIWKVI is a radio station in Knox, Indiana owned by the Kankakee Valley Broadcasting Company. WKVI Radio consists of WKVI-FM "K99.3", with a Hot AC format at 99.3 MHz FM and WKVI-AM 1520 kHz AM, which operates as "KVI Kountry". WKVI serves the Kankakee Valley area with news, music, and local high...
. - BMoore - Producer Brian "BMoore" Moore was the show's original producer. When Smiley started at WZPL, he worked in promotions. He started producing the show in his free time and eventually moved into a full time position. Brian created the GasMan persona and was known for many stunts on the show, like "Splash into B" where listeners could drive by a huge puddle and splash him. BMoore moved to Senior Producer of Entercom Communications in 2004 and became producer of the Abdul Morning Show on Newstalk 1430 WXNTWXNTWXNT is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, the station serves the Indianapolis area. The station is currently owned by Entercom Indianapolis License, LLC and features programing from Fox News Radio, Premiere Radio Networks and...
. - Chris "Weedman" Van Sickle - Weedman started with the show as intern in 2003 as "Intern Chris" and became the producer of the show in 2004. He took care of all production aspects on the show in his 7 years with the show. He is currently the imaging director for the Smiley Morning Show and does DJ's at various bars/parties all over Indy.
- Mindy Winkler - Mindy took over as the Traffic Reporter after Tom Berg moved to afternoons at WKLU. The former Colts cheerleader was also known for being "Commander KC" on WTTV-4.
Segments and themes
- Top Three News (daily)
- KJ's Dirt (daily)
- Smiley's Sucky Sports (daily)
- The Topic (daily)
- Daily Diaz, featuring Carlos Diaz from HLN - Headline News CNN (daily)
- Three Words about your weekend (Monday's)
- Teen Tuesday
- Lash Wednesday
- Therapy Thursday
- Free Plug Friday
- Friday's Weekend Update with Tom Britt (local weekend events)
Another segment done on the Smiley Morning Show is "Open Mic Minute", where listeners can come in and perform their vocal talents (singing, poetry, comedy, etc.) for one minute over the air. After the minute is up Smiley then takes 5 calls to determine if the person gets another minute or not. More likely than not, the person gets another minute (unless they really suck).
Events
The Smiley Morning Show is known for hosting concerts and listener-focused events. Past events have included:- The Big Hook Up
- Smiley's Adult Prom
- Listener Parties
- KJ's Concert Buddy
- Smiley's Party B4 The Race
- Smiley Pumpkin Drop
- Live Christmas Movie Interpretive Readings
Other events held by WZPL include:
- Uncle Sam Jam
- Boo Bash
- Jingle Jam
- Concerts
Awards and recognition
- Best Radio Personality, Dave Smiley (NUVO magazine - 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
- Best Morning Radio Show, The Smiley Morning Show (NUVO magazine - 2003, 2007)
- Best Traffic Reporter, Tom Berg/Mindy Winkler (NUVO magazine - 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009)
- Best Weatherman, Paul Poteet (NUVO magazine - 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009)
- Best Male Radio Personality, Dave Smiley (Indianapolis Woman - 2004)
- Best Local Morning Show, Smiley Morning Show (Friday Morning Quarterback - FMQB Leaders 2006 AC/Hot AC- 2006)
External links
The Smiley Morning Show is a morning radio program on radio station WZPLWZPL
WZPL is a radio station based in Greenfield, Indiana, and serving the Indianapolis metropolitan area. The station, known as "99-5 WZPL", airs an Adult Top 40 format. WZPL is owned by Entercom.-History:...
(99.5 FM - an Entercom Communications
Entercom Communications
Entercom Communications Corporation is the fourth-largest broadcasting company in the United States. As of November 2009, Entercom operates 110 radio stations in 23 markets across the United States....
station) broadcasting from Indianapolis, Indiana. The show first aired in 2002 and is hosted by radio personality Dave Smiley and co-host Kari "K.J." Johll, Producer Will, Carlos Diaz and meteorologist Paul Poteet.
The show is a talk/entertainment morning show that includes significant interaction with listeners. Each morning features Dave Smiley making various comments about the upcoming day, and features guest interviews with local Indiana celebrities, actors, comedians and musicians.
Cast
- Dave Smiley - Host of the show since 2002. Originally from Pella, Iowa where he started in radio as a teen at Valley High School's KWDMKWDMKWDM, "88.7 KWDM The Point," is a modern rock high school radio station serving the Des Moines, Iowa, area. It is located at 88.7 on the FM dial. The radio station's studio is located at Valley High School in West Des Moines. It is owned and operated by the West Des Moines Community School...
radio station. Smiley moved to the Indianapolis area in May 2002 after stints in New York, San Diego, California and Phoenix, Arizona. Smiley also will not ask his girlfriend Sarah Brown to marry him. Smiley loves to travel and is a huge fan of The Dave Matthews Band. - K.J. (Kari Johll) - Co-host of the show and Smiley's "voice of reason". KJ started out working in the programming department and was the station's Assistant Program Director. When Smiley first started, he was bored in studio and asked her to come in and hang out, she's been on the show ever since. In addition to co-hosting, she handles the "The Dirt" and "Top Three News" segments. K.J. is from Wisconsin, is married to Patrick, and loves her cats! She is dedicated to helping numerous animal shelters, and you can get more info on that at http://kjsstrays.com. She's also an avid fan of the 2011 Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers.
- Paul Poteet - Paul has been a part of central Indiana Media since 1982. He's "Indiana's Weatherman"! A weather forecasterWeather forecastingWeather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a given location. Human beings have attempted to predict the weather informally for millennia, and formally since the nineteenth century...
for many stations across Indiana as well as, the Smiley Morning Show. Paul has been with WZPL since before Smiley and has served as Smiley's Chief Meteorologist since the beginning! Paul also serves as a resource of musical knowledge and frequently impersonates well-known DJ Casey KasemCasey KasemKemal Amin "Casey" Kasem is an American radio personality and voice actor who is best known for being the host of the nationally syndicated Top 40 countdown show American Top 40, and for voicing Shaggy in the popular Saturday morning cartoon franchise Scooby-Doo.Kasem, along with Don Bustany and...
and news broadcaster Tom BrokawTom BrokawThomas John "Tom" Brokaw is an American television journalist and author best known as the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News from 1982 to 2004. He is the author of The Greatest Generation and other books and the recipient of numerous awards and honors...
. - Will Pfaffenberger - "Producer Will" joined the show in 2010 and has brought his talents from Comedy Improv to the show. Will is in charge of the interns and is responsible for the creation of the Smiley Glee Club, which performs all over Central Indiana. He still performs live improv with Three Dollar Bill Comedy.
Past members
- Tom Berg - Tom was Smiley's original Traffic Reporter. Tom loves anything Star WarsStar WarsStar Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year...
and was the nerd of the show. Tom won numerous awards as Traffic Reporter for Smiley and WRTVWRTVWRTV, channel 6, is the ABC television affiliate in Indianapolis, Indiana; it is owned by McGraw-Hill. Its transmitter is located on the northwest side of Indianapolis at 8001 Township Line Road. Its studios are found at 1330 N...
. He's probably most famous for an online video of one of his traffic reports on WRTV when the teleprompter had "F*ck Off" written on it, which has gotten over 3 million views worldwide. Tom is now the Morning Show host in Knox, IN at WKVIWKVIWKVI is a radio station in Knox, Indiana owned by the Kankakee Valley Broadcasting Company. WKVI Radio consists of WKVI-FM "K99.3", with a Hot AC format at 99.3 MHz FM and WKVI-AM 1520 kHz AM, which operates as "KVI Kountry". WKVI serves the Kankakee Valley area with news, music, and local high...
. - BMoore - Producer Brian "BMoore" Moore was the show's original producer. When Smiley started at WZPL, he worked in promotions. He started producing the show in his free time and eventually moved into a full time position. Brian created the GasMan persona and was known for many stunts on the show, like "Splash into B" where listeners could drive by a huge puddle and splash him. BMoore moved to Senior Producer of Entercom Communications in 2004 and became producer of the Abdul Morning Show on Newstalk 1430 WXNTWXNTWXNT is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, the station serves the Indianapolis area. The station is currently owned by Entercom Indianapolis License, LLC and features programing from Fox News Radio, Premiere Radio Networks and...
. - Chris "Weedman" Van Sickle - Weedman started with the show as intern in 2003 as "Intern Chris" and became the producer of the show in 2004. He took care of all production aspects on the show in his 7 years with the show. He is currently the imaging director for the Smiley Morning Show and does DJ's at various bars/parties all over Indy.
- Mindy Winkler - Mindy took over as the Traffic Reporter after Tom Berg moved to afternoons at WKLU. The former Colts cheerleader was also known for being "Commander KC" on WTTV-4.
Segments and themes
- Top Three News (daily)
- KJ's Dirt (daily)
- Smiley's Sucky Sports (daily)
- The Topic (daily)
- Daily Diaz, featuring Carlos Diaz from HLN - Headline News CNN (daily)
- Three Words about your weekend (Monday's)
- Teen Tuesday
- Lash Wednesday
- Therapy Thursday
- Free Plug Friday
- Friday's Weekend Update with Tom Britt (local weekend events)
Another segment done on the Smiley Morning Show is "Open Mic Minute", where listeners can come in and perform their vocal talents (singing, poetry, comedy, etc.) for one minute over the air. After the minute is up Smiley then takes 5 calls to determine if the person gets another minute or not. More likely than not, the person gets another minute (unless they really suck).
Events
The Smiley Morning Show is known for hosting concerts and listener-focused events. Past events have included:- The Big Hook Up
- Smiley's Adult Prom
- Listener Parties
- KJ's Concert Buddy
- Smiley's Party B4 The Race
- Smiley Pumpkin Drop
- Live Christmas Movie Interpretive Readings
Other events held by WZPL include:
- Uncle Sam Jam
- Boo Bash
- Jingle Jam
- Concerts
Awards and recognition
- Best Radio Personality, Dave Smiley (NUVO magazine - 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
- Best Morning Radio Show, The Smiley Morning Show (NUVO magazine - 2003, 2007)
- Best Traffic Reporter, Tom Berg/Mindy Winkler (NUVO magazine - 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009)
- Best Weatherman, Paul Poteet (NUVO magazine - 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009)
- Best Male Radio Personality, Dave Smiley (Indianapolis Woman - 2004)
- Best Local Morning Show, Smiley Morning Show (Friday Morning Quarterback - FMQB Leaders 2006 AC/Hot AC- 2006)
External links
The Smiley Morning Show is a morning radio program on radio station WZPLWZPL
WZPL is a radio station based in Greenfield, Indiana, and serving the Indianapolis metropolitan area. The station, known as "99-5 WZPL", airs an Adult Top 40 format. WZPL is owned by Entercom.-History:...
(99.5 FM - an Entercom Communications
Entercom Communications
Entercom Communications Corporation is the fourth-largest broadcasting company in the United States. As of November 2009, Entercom operates 110 radio stations in 23 markets across the United States....
station) broadcasting from Indianapolis, Indiana. The show first aired in 2002 and is hosted by radio personality Dave Smiley and co-host Kari "K.J." Johll, Producer Will, Carlos Diaz and meteorologist Paul Poteet.
The show is a talk/entertainment morning show that includes significant interaction with listeners. Each morning features Dave Smiley making various comments about the upcoming day, and features guest interviews with local Indiana celebrities, actors, comedians and musicians.
Cast
- Dave Smiley - Host of the show since 2002. Originally from Pella, Iowa where he started in radio as a teen at Valley High School's KWDMKWDMKWDM, "88.7 KWDM The Point," is a modern rock high school radio station serving the Des Moines, Iowa, area. It is located at 88.7 on the FM dial. The radio station's studio is located at Valley High School in West Des Moines. It is owned and operated by the West Des Moines Community School...
radio station. Smiley moved to the Indianapolis area in May 2002 after stints in New York, San Diego, California and Phoenix, Arizona. Smiley also will not ask his girlfriend Sarah Brown to marry him. Smiley loves to travel and is a huge fan of The Dave Matthews Band. - K.J. (Kari Johll) - Co-host of the show and Smiley's "voice of reason". KJ started out working in the programming department and was the station's Assistant Program Director. When Smiley first started, he was bored in studio and asked her to come in and hang out, she's been on the show ever since. In addition to co-hosting, she handles the "The Dirt" and "Top Three News" segments. K.J. is from Wisconsin, is married to Patrick, and loves her cats! She is dedicated to helping numerous animal shelters, and you can get more info on that at http://kjsstrays.com. She's also an avid fan of the 2011 Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers.
- Paul Poteet - Paul has been a part of central Indiana Media since 1982. He's "Indiana's Weatherman"! A weather forecasterWeather forecastingWeather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a given location. Human beings have attempted to predict the weather informally for millennia, and formally since the nineteenth century...
for many stations across Indiana as well as, the Smiley Morning Show. Paul has been with WZPL since before Smiley and has served as Smiley's Chief Meteorologist since the beginning! Paul also serves as a resource of musical knowledge and frequently impersonates well-known DJ Casey KasemCasey KasemKemal Amin "Casey" Kasem is an American radio personality and voice actor who is best known for being the host of the nationally syndicated Top 40 countdown show American Top 40, and for voicing Shaggy in the popular Saturday morning cartoon franchise Scooby-Doo.Kasem, along with Don Bustany and...
and news broadcaster Tom BrokawTom BrokawThomas John "Tom" Brokaw is an American television journalist and author best known as the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News from 1982 to 2004. He is the author of The Greatest Generation and other books and the recipient of numerous awards and honors...
. - Will Pfaffenberger - "Producer Will" joined the show in 2010 and has brought his talents from Comedy Improv to the show. Will is in charge of the interns and is responsible for the creation of the Smiley Glee Club, which performs all over Central Indiana. He still performs live improv with Three Dollar Bill Comedy.
Past members
- Tom Berg - Tom was Smiley's original Traffic Reporter. Tom loves anything Star WarsStar WarsStar Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year...
and was the nerd of the show. Tom won numerous awards as Traffic Reporter for Smiley and WRTVWRTVWRTV, channel 6, is the ABC television affiliate in Indianapolis, Indiana; it is owned by McGraw-Hill. Its transmitter is located on the northwest side of Indianapolis at 8001 Township Line Road. Its studios are found at 1330 N...
. He's probably most famous for an online video of one of his traffic reports on WRTV when the teleprompter had "F*ck Off" written on it, which has gotten over 3 million views worldwide. Tom is now the Morning Show host in Knox, IN at WKVIWKVIWKVI is a radio station in Knox, Indiana owned by the Kankakee Valley Broadcasting Company. WKVI Radio consists of WKVI-FM "K99.3", with a Hot AC format at 99.3 MHz FM and WKVI-AM 1520 kHz AM, which operates as "KVI Kountry". WKVI serves the Kankakee Valley area with news, music, and local high...
. - BMoore - Producer Brian "BMoore" Moore was the show's original producer. When Smiley started at WZPL, he worked in promotions. He started producing the show in his free time and eventually moved into a full time position. Brian created the GasMan persona and was known for many stunts on the show, like "Splash into B" where listeners could drive by a huge puddle and splash him. BMoore moved to Senior Producer of Entercom Communications in 2004 and became producer of the Abdul Morning Show on Newstalk 1430 WXNTWXNTWXNT is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, the station serves the Indianapolis area. The station is currently owned by Entercom Indianapolis License, LLC and features programing from Fox News Radio, Premiere Radio Networks and...
. - Chris "Weedman" Van Sickle - Weedman started with the show as intern in 2003 as "Intern Chris" and became the producer of the show in 2004. He took care of all production aspects on the show in his 7 years with the show. He is currently the imaging director for the Smiley Morning Show and does DJ's at various bars/parties all over Indy.
- Mindy Winkler - Mindy took over as the Traffic Reporter after Tom Berg moved to afternoons at WKLU. The former Colts cheerleader was also known for being "Commander KC" on WTTV-4.
Segments and themes
- Top Three News (daily)
- KJ's Dirt (daily)
- Smiley's Sucky Sports (daily)
- The Topic (daily)
- Daily Diaz, featuring Carlos Diaz from HLN - Headline News CNN (daily)
- Three Words about your weekend (Monday's)
- Teen Tuesday
- Lash Wednesday
- Therapy Thursday
- Free Plug Friday
- Friday's Weekend Update with Tom Britt (local weekend events)
Another segment done on the Smiley Morning Show is "Open Mic Minute", where listeners can come in and perform their vocal talents (singing, poetry, comedy, etc.) for one minute over the air. After the minute is up Smiley then takes 5 calls to determine if the person gets another minute or not. More likely than not, the person gets another minute (unless they really suck).
Events
The Smiley Morning Show is known for hosting concerts and listener-focused events. Past events have included:- The Big Hook Up
- Smiley's Adult Prom
- Listener Parties
- KJ's Concert Buddy
- Smiley's Party B4 The Race
- Smiley Pumpkin Drop
- Live Christmas Movie Interpretive Readings
Other events held by WZPL include:
- Uncle Sam Jam
- Boo Bash
- Jingle Jam
- Concerts
Awards and recognition
- Best Radio Personality, Dave Smiley (NUVO magazine - 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
- Best Morning Radio Show, The Smiley Morning Show (NUVO magazine - 2003, 2007)
- Best Traffic Reporter, Tom Berg/Mindy Winkler (NUVO magazine - 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009)
- Best Weatherman, Paul Poteet (NUVO magazine - 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009)
- Best Male Radio Personality, Dave Smiley (Indianapolis Woman - 2004)
- Best Local Morning Show, Smiley Morning Show (Friday Morning Quarterback - FMQB Leaders 2006 AC/Hot AC- 2006)
External links
The Smiley Morning Show is a morning radio program on radio station WZPLWZPL
WZPL is a radio station based in Greenfield, Indiana, and serving the Indianapolis metropolitan area. The station, known as "99-5 WZPL", airs an Adult Top 40 format. WZPL is owned by Entercom.-History:...
(99.5 FM - an Entercom Communications
Entercom Communications
Entercom Communications Corporation is the fourth-largest broadcasting company in the United States. As of November 2009, Entercom operates 110 radio stations in 23 markets across the United States....
station) broadcasting from Indianapolis, Indiana. The show first aired in 2002 and is hosted by radio personality Dave Smiley and co-host Kari "K.J." Johll, Producer Will, Carlos Diaz and meteorologist Paul Poteet.
The show is a talk/entertainment morning show that includes significant interaction with listeners. Each morning features Dave Smiley making various comments about the upcoming day, and features guest interviews with local Indiana celebrities, actors, comedians and musicians.
Cast
- Dave Smiley - Host of the show since 2002. Originally from Pella, Iowa where he started in radio as a teen at Valley High School's KWDMKWDMKWDM, "88.7 KWDM The Point," is a modern rock high school radio station serving the Des Moines, Iowa, area. It is located at 88.7 on the FM dial. The radio station's studio is located at Valley High School in West Des Moines. It is owned and operated by the West Des Moines Community School...
radio station. Smiley moved to the Indianapolis area in May 2002 after stints in New York, San Diego, California and Phoenix, Arizona. Smiley also will not ask his girlfriend Sarah Brown to marry him. Smiley loves to travel and is a huge fan of The Dave Matthews Band. - K.J. (Kari Johll) - Co-host of the show and Smiley's "voice of reason". KJ started out working in the programming department and was the station's Assistant Program Director. When Smiley first started, he was bored in studio and asked her to come in and hang out, she's been on the show ever since. In addition to co-hosting, she handles the "The Dirt" and "Top Three News" segments. K.J. is from Wisconsin, is married to Patrick, and loves her cats! She is dedicated to helping numerous animal shelters, and you can get more info on that at http://kjsstrays.com. She's also an avid fan of the 2011 Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers.
- Paul Poteet - Paul has been a part of central Indiana Media since 1982. He's "Indiana's Weatherman"! A weather forecasterWeather forecastingWeather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a given location. Human beings have attempted to predict the weather informally for millennia, and formally since the nineteenth century...
for many stations across Indiana as well as, the Smiley Morning Show. Paul has been with WZPL since before Smiley and has served as Smiley's Chief Meteorologist since the beginning! Paul also serves as a resource of musical knowledge and frequently impersonates well-known DJ Casey KasemCasey KasemKemal Amin "Casey" Kasem is an American radio personality and voice actor who is best known for being the host of the nationally syndicated Top 40 countdown show American Top 40, and for voicing Shaggy in the popular Saturday morning cartoon franchise Scooby-Doo.Kasem, along with Don Bustany and...
and news broadcaster Tom BrokawTom BrokawThomas John "Tom" Brokaw is an American television journalist and author best known as the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News from 1982 to 2004. He is the author of The Greatest Generation and other books and the recipient of numerous awards and honors...
. - Will Pfaffenberger - "Producer Will" joined the show in 2010 and has brought his talents from Comedy Improv to the show. Will is in charge of the interns and is responsible for the creation of the Smiley Glee Club, which performs all over Central Indiana. He still performs live improv with Three Dollar Bill Comedy.
Past members
- Tom Berg - Tom was Smiley's original Traffic Reporter. Tom loves anything Star WarsStar WarsStar Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year...
and was the nerd of the show. Tom won numerous awards as Traffic Reporter for Smiley and WRTVWRTVWRTV, channel 6, is the ABC television affiliate in Indianapolis, Indiana; it is owned by McGraw-Hill. Its transmitter is located on the northwest side of Indianapolis at 8001 Township Line Road. Its studios are found at 1330 N...
. He's probably most famous for an online video of one of his traffic reports on WRTV when the teleprompter had "F*ck Off" written on it, which has gotten over 3 million views worldwide. Tom is now the Morning Show host in Knox, IN at WKVIWKVIWKVI is a radio station in Knox, Indiana owned by the Kankakee Valley Broadcasting Company. WKVI Radio consists of WKVI-FM "K99.3", with a Hot AC format at 99.3 MHz FM and WKVI-AM 1520 kHz AM, which operates as "KVI Kountry". WKVI serves the Kankakee Valley area with news, music, and local high...
. - BMoore - Producer Brian "BMoore" Moore was the show's original producer. When Smiley started at WZPL, he worked in promotions. He started producing the show in his free time and eventually moved into a full time position. Brian created the GasMan persona and was known for many stunts on the show, like "Splash into B" where listeners could drive by a huge puddle and splash him. BMoore moved to Senior Producer of Entercom Communications in 2004 and became producer of the Abdul Morning Show on Newstalk 1430 WXNTWXNTWXNT is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, the station serves the Indianapolis area. The station is currently owned by Entercom Indianapolis License, LLC and features programing from Fox News Radio, Premiere Radio Networks and...
. - Chris "Weedman" Van Sickle - Weedman started with the show as intern in 2003 as "Intern Chris" and became the producer of the show in 2004. He took care of all production aspects on the show in his 7 years with the show. He is currently the imaging director for the Smiley Morning Show and does DJ's at various bars/parties all over Indy.
- Mindy Winkler - Mindy took over as the Traffic Reporter after Tom Berg moved to afternoons at WKLU. The former Colts cheerleader was also known for being "Commander KC" on WTTV-4.
Segments and themes
- Top Three News (daily)
- KJ's Dirt (daily)
- Smiley's Sucky Sports (daily)
- The Topic (daily)
- Daily Diaz, featuring Carlos Diaz from HLN - Headline News CNN (daily)
- Three Words about your weekend (Monday's)
- Teen Tuesday
- Lash Wednesday
- Therapy Thursday
- Free Plug Friday
- Friday's Weekend Update with Tom Britt (local weekend events)
Another segment done on the Smiley Morning Show is "Open Mic Minute", where listeners can come in and perform their vocal talents (singing, poetry, comedy, etc.) for one minute over the air. After the minute is up Smiley then takes 5 calls to determine if the person gets another minute or not. More likely than not, the person gets another minute (unless they really suck).
Events
The Smiley Morning Show is known for hosting concerts and listener-focused events. Past events have included:- The Big Hook Up
- Smiley's Adult Prom
- Listener Parties
- KJ's Concert Buddy
- Smiley's Party B4 The Race
- Smiley Pumpkin Drop
- Live Christmas Movie Interpretive Readings
Other events held by WZPL include:
- Uncle Sam Jam
- Boo Bash
- Jingle Jam
- Concerts
Awards and recognition
- Best Radio Personality, Dave Smiley (NUVO magazine - 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
- Best Morning Radio Show, The Smiley Morning Show (NUVO magazine - 2003, 2007)
- Best Traffic Reporter, Tom Berg/Mindy Winkler (NUVO magazine - 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009)
- Best Weatherman, Paul Poteet (NUVO magazine - 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009)
- Best Male Radio Personality, Dave Smiley (Indianapolis Woman - 2004)
- Best Local Morning Show, Smiley Morning Show (Friday Morning Quarterback - FMQB Leaders 2006 AC/Hot AC- 2006)
External links
The Smiley Morning Show is a morning radio program on radio station WZPLWZPL
WZPL is a radio station based in Greenfield, Indiana, and serving the Indianapolis metropolitan area. The station, known as "99-5 WZPL", airs an Adult Top 40 format. WZPL is owned by Entercom.-History:...
(99.5 FM - an Entercom Communications
Entercom Communications
Entercom Communications Corporation is the fourth-largest broadcasting company in the United States. As of November 2009, Entercom operates 110 radio stations in 23 markets across the United States....
station) broadcasting from Indianapolis, Indiana. The show first aired in 2002 and is hosted by radio personality Dave Smiley and co-host Kari "K.J." Johll, Producer Will, Carlos Diaz and meteorologist Paul Poteet.
The show is a talk/entertainment morning show that includes significant interaction with listeners. Each morning features Dave Smiley making various comments about the upcoming day, and features guest interviews with local Indiana celebrities, actors, comedians and musicians.
Cast
- Dave Smiley - Host of the show since 2002. Originally from Pella, Iowa where he started in radio as a teen at Valley High School's KWDMKWDMKWDM, "88.7 KWDM The Point," is a modern rock high school radio station serving the Des Moines, Iowa, area. It is located at 88.7 on the FM dial. The radio station's studio is located at Valley High School in West Des Moines. It is owned and operated by the West Des Moines Community School...
radio station. Smiley moved to the Indianapolis area in May 2002 after stints in New York, San Diego, California and Phoenix, Arizona. Smiley also will not ask his girlfriend Sarah Brown to marry him. Smiley loves to travel and is a huge fan of The Dave Matthews Band. - K.J. (Kari Johll) - Co-host of the show and Smiley's "voice of reason". KJ started out working in the programming department and was the station's Assistant Program Director. When Smiley first started, he was bored in studio and asked her to come in and hang out, she's been on the show ever since. In addition to co-hosting, she handles the "The Dirt" and "Top Three News" segments. K.J. is from Wisconsin, is married to Patrick, and loves her cats! She is dedicated to helping numerous animal shelters, and you can get more info on that at http://kjsstrays.com. She's also an avid fan of the 2011 Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers.
- Paul Poteet - Paul has been a part of central Indiana Media since 1982. He's "Indiana's Weatherman"! A weather forecasterWeather forecastingWeather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a given location. Human beings have attempted to predict the weather informally for millennia, and formally since the nineteenth century...
for many stations across Indiana as well as, the Smiley Morning Show. Paul has been with WZPL since before Smiley and has served as Smiley's Chief Meteorologist since the beginning! Paul also serves as a resource of musical knowledge and frequently impersonates well-known DJ Casey KasemCasey KasemKemal Amin "Casey" Kasem is an American radio personality and voice actor who is best known for being the host of the nationally syndicated Top 40 countdown show American Top 40, and for voicing Shaggy in the popular Saturday morning cartoon franchise Scooby-Doo.Kasem, along with Don Bustany and...
and news broadcaster Tom BrokawTom BrokawThomas John "Tom" Brokaw is an American television journalist and author best known as the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News from 1982 to 2004. He is the author of The Greatest Generation and other books and the recipient of numerous awards and honors...
. - Will Pfaffenberger - "Producer Will" joined the show in 2010 and has brought his talents from Comedy Improv to the show. Will is in charge of the interns and is responsible for the creation of the Smiley Glee Club, which performs all over Central Indiana. He still performs live improv with Three Dollar Bill Comedy.
Past members
- Tom Berg - Tom was Smiley's original Traffic Reporter. Tom loves anything Star WarsStar WarsStar Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year...
and was the nerd of the show. Tom won numerous awards as Traffic Reporter for Smiley and WRTVWRTVWRTV, channel 6, is the ABC television affiliate in Indianapolis, Indiana; it is owned by McGraw-Hill. Its transmitter is located on the northwest side of Indianapolis at 8001 Township Line Road. Its studios are found at 1330 N...
. He's probably most famous for an online video of one of his traffic reports on WRTV when the teleprompter had "F*ck Off" written on it, which has gotten over 3 million views worldwide. Tom is now the Morning Show host in Knox, IN at WKVIWKVIWKVI is a radio station in Knox, Indiana owned by the Kankakee Valley Broadcasting Company. WKVI Radio consists of WKVI-FM "K99.3", with a Hot AC format at 99.3 MHz FM and WKVI-AM 1520 kHz AM, which operates as "KVI Kountry". WKVI serves the Kankakee Valley area with news, music, and local high...
. - BMoore - Producer Brian "BMoore" Moore was the show's original producer. When Smiley started at WZPL, he worked in promotions. He started producing the show in his free time and eventually moved into a full time position. Brian created the GasMan persona and was known for many stunts on the show, like "Splash into B" where listeners could drive by a huge puddle and splash him. BMoore moved to Senior Producer of Entercom Communications in 2004 and became producer of the Abdul Morning Show on Newstalk 1430 WXNTWXNTWXNT is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, the station serves the Indianapolis area. The station is currently owned by Entercom Indianapolis License, LLC and features programing from Fox News Radio, Premiere Radio Networks and...
. - Chris "Weedman" Van Sickle - Weedman started with the show as intern in 2003 as "Intern Chris" and became the producer of the show in 2004. He took care of all production aspects on the show in his 7 years with the show. He is currently the imaging director for the Smiley Morning Show and does DJ's at various bars/parties all over Indy.
- Mindy Winkler - Mindy took over as the Traffic Reporter after Tom Berg moved to afternoons at WKLU. The former Colts cheerleader was also known for being "Commander KC" on WTTV-4.
Segments and themes
- Top Three News (daily)
- KJ's Dirt (daily)
- Smiley's Sucky Sports (daily)
- The Topic (daily)
- Daily Diaz, featuring Carlos Diaz from HLN - Headline News CNN (daily)
- Three Words about your weekend (Monday's)
- Teen Tuesday
- Lash Wednesday
- Therapy Thursday
- Free Plug Friday
- Friday's Weekend Update with Tom Britt (local weekend events)
Another segment done on the Smiley Morning Show is "Open Mic Minute", where listeners can come in and perform their vocal talents (singing, poetry, comedy, etc.) for one minute over the air. After the minute is up Smiley then takes 5 calls to determine if the person gets another minute or not. More likely than not, the person gets another minute (unless they really suck).
Events
The Smiley Morning Show is known for hosting concerts and listener-focused events. Past events have included:- The Big Hook Up
- Smiley's Adult Prom
- Listener Parties
- KJ's Concert Buddy
- Smiley's Party B4 The Race
- Smiley Pumpkin Drop
- Live Christmas Movie Interpretive Readings
Other events held by WZPL include:
- Uncle Sam Jam
- Boo Bash
- Jingle Jam
- Concerts
Awards and recognition
- Best Radio Personality, Dave Smiley (NUVO magazine - 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
- Best Morning Radio Show, The Smiley Morning Show (NUVO magazine - 2003, 2007)
- Best Traffic Reporter, Tom Berg/Mindy Winkler (NUVO magazine - 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009)
- Best Weatherman, Paul Poteet (NUVO magazine - 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009)
- Best Male Radio Personality, Dave Smiley (Indianapolis Woman - 2004)
- Best Local Morning Show, Smiley Morning Show (Friday Morning Quarterback - FMQB Leaders 2006 AC/Hot AC- 2006)
External links
The Smiley Morning Show is a morning radio program on radio station WZPLWZPL
WZPL is a radio station based in Greenfield, Indiana, and serving the Indianapolis metropolitan area. The station, known as "99-5 WZPL", airs an Adult Top 40 format. WZPL is owned by Entercom.-History:...
(99.5 FM - an Entercom Communications
Entercom Communications
Entercom Communications Corporation is the fourth-largest broadcasting company in the United States. As of November 2009, Entercom operates 110 radio stations in 23 markets across the United States....
station) broadcasting from Indianapolis, Indiana. The show first aired in 2002 and is hosted by radio personality Dave Smiley and co-host Kari "K.J." Johll, Producer Will, Carlos Diaz and meteorologist Paul Poteet.
The show is a talk/entertainment morning show that includes significant interaction with listeners. Each morning features Dave Smiley making various comments about the upcoming day, and features guest interviews with local Indiana celebrities, actors, comedians and musicians.
Cast
- Dave Smiley - Host of the show since 2002. Originally from Pella, Iowa where he started in radio as a teen at Valley High School's KWDMKWDMKWDM, "88.7 KWDM The Point," is a modern rock high school radio station serving the Des Moines, Iowa, area. It is located at 88.7 on the FM dial. The radio station's studio is located at Valley High School in West Des Moines. It is owned and operated by the West Des Moines Community School...
radio station. Smiley moved to the Indianapolis area in May 2002 after stints in New York, San Diego, California and Phoenix, Arizona. Smiley also will not ask his girlfriend Sarah Brown to marry him. Smiley loves to travel and is a huge fan of The Dave Matthews Band. - K.J. (Kari Johll) - Co-host of the show and Smiley's "voice of reason". KJ started out working in the programming department and was the station's Assistant Program Director. When Smiley first started, he was bored in studio and asked her to come in and hang out, she's been on the show ever since. In addition to co-hosting, she handles the "The Dirt" and "Top Three News" segments. K.J. is from Wisconsin, is married to Patrick, and loves her cats! She is dedicated to helping numerous animal shelters, and you can get more info on that at http://kjsstrays.com. She's also an avid fan of the 2011 Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers.
- Paul Poteet - Paul has been a part of central Indiana Media since 1982. He's "Indiana's Weatherman"! A weather forecasterWeather forecastingWeather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a given location. Human beings have attempted to predict the weather informally for millennia, and formally since the nineteenth century...
for many stations across Indiana as well as, the Smiley Morning Show. Paul has been with WZPL since before Smiley and has served as Smiley's Chief Meteorologist since the beginning! Paul also serves as a resource of musical knowledge and frequently impersonates well-known DJ Casey KasemCasey KasemKemal Amin "Casey" Kasem is an American radio personality and voice actor who is best known for being the host of the nationally syndicated Top 40 countdown show American Top 40, and for voicing Shaggy in the popular Saturday morning cartoon franchise Scooby-Doo.Kasem, along with Don Bustany and...
and news broadcaster Tom BrokawTom BrokawThomas John "Tom" Brokaw is an American television journalist and author best known as the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News from 1982 to 2004. He is the author of The Greatest Generation and other books and the recipient of numerous awards and honors...
. - Will Pfaffenberger - "Producer Will" joined the show in 2010 and has brought his talents from Comedy Improv to the show. Will is in charge of the interns and is responsible for the creation of the Smiley Glee Club, which performs all over Central Indiana. He still performs live improv with Three Dollar Bill Comedy.
Past members
- Tom Berg - Tom was Smiley's original Traffic Reporter. Tom loves anything Star WarsStar WarsStar Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year...
and was the nerd of the show. Tom won numerous awards as Traffic Reporter for Smiley and WRTVWRTVWRTV, channel 6, is the ABC television affiliate in Indianapolis, Indiana; it is owned by McGraw-Hill. Its transmitter is located on the northwest side of Indianapolis at 8001 Township Line Road. Its studios are found at 1330 N...
. He's probably most famous for an online video of one of his traffic reports on WRTV when the teleprompter had "F*ck Off" written on it, which has gotten over 3 million views worldwide. Tom is now the Morning Show host in Knox, IN at WKVIWKVIWKVI is a radio station in Knox, Indiana owned by the Kankakee Valley Broadcasting Company. WKVI Radio consists of WKVI-FM "K99.3", with a Hot AC format at 99.3 MHz FM and WKVI-AM 1520 kHz AM, which operates as "KVI Kountry". WKVI serves the Kankakee Valley area with news, music, and local high...
. - BMoore - Producer Brian "BMoore" Moore was the show's original producer. When Smiley started at WZPL, he worked in promotions. He started producing the show in his free time and eventually moved into a full time position. Brian created the GasMan persona and was known for many stunts on the show, like "Splash into B" where listeners could drive by a huge puddle and splash him. BMoore moved to Senior Producer of Entercom Communications in 2004 and became producer of the Abdul Morning Show on Newstalk 1430 WXNTWXNTWXNT is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, the station serves the Indianapolis area. The station is currently owned by Entercom Indianapolis License, LLC and features programing from Fox News Radio, Premiere Radio Networks and...
. - Chris "Weedman" Van Sickle - Weedman started with the show as intern in 2003 as "Intern Chris" and became the producer of the show in 2004. He took care of all production aspects on the show in his 7 years with the show. He is currently the imaging director for the Smiley Morning Show and does DJ's at various bars/parties all over Indy.
- Mindy Winkler - Mindy took over as the Traffic Reporter after Tom Berg moved to afternoons at WKLU. The former Colts cheerleader was also known for being "Commander KC" on WTTV-4.
Segments and themes
- Top Three News (daily)
- KJ's Dirt (daily)
- Smiley's Sucky Sports (daily)
- The Topic (daily)
- Daily Diaz, featuring Carlos Diaz from HLN - Headline News CNN (daily)
- Three Words about your weekend (Monday's)
- Teen Tuesday
- Lash Wednesday
- Therapy Thursday
- Free Plug Friday
- Friday's Weekend Update with Tom Britt (local weekend events)
Another segment done on the Smiley Morning Show is "Open Mic Minute", where listeners can come in and perform their vocal talents (singing, poetry, comedy, etc.) for one minute over the air. After the minute is up Smiley then takes 5 calls to determine if the person gets another minute or not. More likely than not, the person gets another minute (unless they really suck).
Events
The Smiley Morning Show is known for hosting concerts and listener-focused events. Past events have included:- The Big Hook Up
- Smiley's Adult Prom
- Listener Parties
- KJ's Concert Buddy
- Smiley's Party B4 The Race
- Smiley Pumpkin Drop
- Live Christmas Movie Interpretive Readings
Other events held by WZPL include:
- Uncle Sam Jam
- Boo Bash
- Jingle Jam
- Concerts
Awards and recognition
- Best Radio Personality, Dave Smiley (NUVO magazine - 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
- Best Morning Radio Show, The Smiley Morning Show (NUVO magazine - 2003, 2007)
- Best Traffic Reporter, Tom Berg/Mindy Winkler (NUVO magazine - 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009)
- Best Weatherman, Paul Poteet (NUVO magazine - 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009)
- Best Male Radio Personality, Dave Smiley (Indianapolis Woman - 2004)
- Best Local Morning Show, Smiley Morning Show (Friday Morning Quarterback - FMQB Leaders 2006 AC/Hot AC- 2006)
External links
The Smiley Morning Show is a morning radio program on radio station WZPLWZPL
WZPL is a radio station based in Greenfield, Indiana, and serving the Indianapolis metropolitan area. The station, known as "99-5 WZPL", airs an Adult Top 40 format. WZPL is owned by Entercom.-History:...
(99.5 FM - an Entercom Communications
Entercom Communications
Entercom Communications Corporation is the fourth-largest broadcasting company in the United States. As of November 2009, Entercom operates 110 radio stations in 23 markets across the United States....
station) broadcasting from Indianapolis, Indiana. The show first aired in 2002 and is hosted by radio personality Dave Smiley and co-host Kari "K.J." Johll, Producer Will, Carlos Diaz and meteorologist Paul Poteet.
The show is a talk/entertainment morning show that includes significant interaction with listeners. Each morning features Dave Smiley making various comments about the upcoming day, and features guest interviews with local Indiana celebrities, actors, comedians and musicians.
Cast
- Dave Smiley - Host of the show since 2002. Originally from Pella, Iowa where he started in radio as a teen at Valley High School's KWDMKWDMKWDM, "88.7 KWDM The Point," is a modern rock high school radio station serving the Des Moines, Iowa, area. It is located at 88.7 on the FM dial. The radio station's studio is located at Valley High School in West Des Moines. It is owned and operated by the West Des Moines Community School...
radio station. Smiley moved to the Indianapolis area in May 2002 after stints in New York, San Diego, California and Phoenix, Arizona. Smiley also will not ask his girlfriend Sarah Brown to marry him. Smiley loves to travel and is a huge fan of The Dave Matthews Band. - K.J. (Kari Johll) - Co-host of the show and Smiley's "voice of reason". KJ started out working in the programming department and was the station's Assistant Program Director. When Smiley first started, he was bored in studio and asked her to come in and hang out, she's been on the show ever since. In addition to co-hosting, she handles the "The Dirt" and "Top Three News" segments. K.J. is from Wisconsin, is married to Patrick, and loves her cats! She is dedicated to helping numerous animal shelters, and you can get more info on that at http://kjsstrays.com. She's also an avid fan of the 2011 Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers.
- Paul Poteet - Paul has been a part of central Indiana Media since 1982. He's "Indiana's Weatherman"! A weather forecasterWeather forecastingWeather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a given location. Human beings have attempted to predict the weather informally for millennia, and formally since the nineteenth century...
for many stations across Indiana as well as, the Smiley Morning Show. Paul has been with WZPL since before Smiley and has served as Smiley's Chief Meteorologist since the beginning! Paul also serves as a resource of musical knowledge and frequently impersonates well-known DJ Casey KasemCasey KasemKemal Amin "Casey" Kasem is an American radio personality and voice actor who is best known for being the host of the nationally syndicated Top 40 countdown show American Top 40, and for voicing Shaggy in the popular Saturday morning cartoon franchise Scooby-Doo.Kasem, along with Don Bustany and...
and news broadcaster Tom BrokawTom BrokawThomas John "Tom" Brokaw is an American television journalist and author best known as the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News from 1982 to 2004. He is the author of The Greatest Generation and other books and the recipient of numerous awards and honors...
. - Will Pfaffenberger - "Producer Will" joined the show in 2010 and has brought his talents from Comedy Improv to the show. Will is in charge of the interns and is responsible for the creation of the Smiley Glee Club, which performs all over Central Indiana. He still performs live improv with Three Dollar Bill Comedy.
Past members
- Tom Berg - Tom was Smiley's original Traffic Reporter. Tom loves anything Star WarsStar WarsStar Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year...
and was the nerd of the show. Tom won numerous awards as Traffic Reporter for Smiley and WRTVWRTVWRTV, channel 6, is the ABC television affiliate in Indianapolis, Indiana; it is owned by McGraw-Hill. Its transmitter is located on the northwest side of Indianapolis at 8001 Township Line Road. Its studios are found at 1330 N...
. He's probably most famous for an online video of one of his traffic reports on WRTV when the teleprompter had "F*ck Off" written on it, which has gotten over 3 million views worldwide. Tom is now the Morning Show host in Knox, IN at WKVIWKVIWKVI is a radio station in Knox, Indiana owned by the Kankakee Valley Broadcasting Company. WKVI Radio consists of WKVI-FM "K99.3", with a Hot AC format at 99.3 MHz FM and WKVI-AM 1520 kHz AM, which operates as "KVI Kountry". WKVI serves the Kankakee Valley area with news, music, and local high...
. - BMoore - Producer Brian "BMoore" Moore was the show's original producer. When Smiley started at WZPL, he worked in promotions. He started producing the show in his free time and eventually moved into a full time position. Brian created the GasMan persona and was known for many stunts on the show, like "Splash into B" where listeners could drive by a huge puddle and splash him. BMoore moved to Senior Producer of Entercom Communications in 2004 and became producer of the Abdul Morning Show on Newstalk 1430 WXNTWXNTWXNT is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, the station serves the Indianapolis area. The station is currently owned by Entercom Indianapolis License, LLC and features programing from Fox News Radio, Premiere Radio Networks and...
. - Chris "Weedman" Van Sickle - Weedman started with the show as intern in 2003 as "Intern Chris" and became the producer of the show in 2004. He took care of all production aspects on the show in his 7 years with the show. He is currently the imaging director for the Smiley Morning Show and does DJ's at various bars/parties all over Indy.
- Mindy Winkler - Mindy took over as the Traffic Reporter after Tom Berg moved to afternoons at WKLU. The former Colts cheerleader was also known for being "Commander KC" on WTTV-4.
Segments and themes
- Top Three News (daily)
- KJ's Dirt (daily)
- Smiley's Sucky Sports (daily)
- The Topic (daily)
- Daily Diaz, featuring Carlos Diaz from HLN - Headline News CNN (daily)
- Three Words about your weekend (Monday's)
- Teen Tuesday
- Lash Wednesday
- Therapy Thursday
- Free Plug Friday
- Friday's Weekend Update with Tom Britt (local weekend events)
Another segment done on the Smiley Morning Show is "Open Mic Minute", where listeners can come in and perform their vocal talents (singing, poetry, comedy, etc.) for one minute over the air. After the minute is up Smiley then takes 5 calls to determine if the person gets another minute or not. More likely than not, the person gets another minute (unless they really suck).
Events
The Smiley Morning Show is known for hosting concerts and listener-focused events. Past events have included:- The Big Hook Up
- Smiley's Adult Prom
- Listener Parties
- KJ's Concert Buddy
- Smiley's Party B4 The Race
- Smiley Pumpkin Drop
- Live Christmas Movie Interpretive Readings
Other events held by WZPL include:
- Uncle Sam Jam
- Boo Bash
- Jingle Jam
- Concerts
Awards and recognition
- Best Radio Personality, Dave Smiley (NUVO magazine - 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
- Best Morning Radio Show, The Smiley Morning Show (NUVO magazine - 2003, 2007)
- Best Traffic Reporter, Tom Berg/Mindy Winkler (NUVO magazine - 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009)
- Best Weatherman, Paul Poteet (NUVO magazine - 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009)
- Best Male Radio Personality, Dave Smiley (Indianapolis Woman - 2004)
- Best Local Morning Show, Smiley Morning Show (Friday Morning Quarterback - FMQB Leaders 2006 AC/Hot AC- 2006)