The WHO Radio Wise Guys is an American radio

Radio

Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...

 program broadcast on WHO (AM)

WHO (AM)

WHO is a clear channel radio station broadcasting 50,000 watts on 1040 AM with a news/talk format. The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications and is located in Des Moines, Iowa. The station can be heard over most of the continental United States during nighttime hours...

 in Des Moines, Iowa

Des Moines, Iowa

Des Moines is the capital and the most populous city in the US state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small portion of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857...

 Saturdays from 12:00 P.M. to 2:00 P.M. (CT), hosted by Dan Adams and Brian Gongol. The show focuses on computers and consumer technology news, with secondary features on science

Science

Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...

 and medical technology

Medical technology

Medical Technology encompasses a wide range of healthcare products and is used to diagnose, monitor or treat diseases or medical conditions affecting humans. Such technologies are intended to improve the quality of healthcare delivered through earlier diagnosis, less invasive treatment options and...

. The show is also broadcast via an Internet stream, though both the program and the stream are frequently preempted in the fall and winter by broadcasts of Iowa Hawkeye football and basketball games.

History

Originally aired in 2001 under the name "Dot Com", the name of the program was changed in 2002 as the content of the program was expanded to include subject matters beyond the Internet. This call-in show originally aired to replace a similar live technology-oriented program on WHO which was left vacant when host Chris Pirillo

Chris Pirillo

Christopher Joseph Pirillo is the founder and maintainer of Lockergnome, which is a network of blogs, web forums, mailing lists, and online communities. He spent two years hosting the TechTV television program Call for Help, where he also hosted the first annual Call-for-Help-a-Thon...

 left the Des Moines area to focus on television broadcasting and other pursuits.

Hosts

Host	Years active on the program
Dan Adams	2003-present
Corey Allen	2004
Dick Apland	2002
Danny Bishop	2001-2004
George Davison	2002-2003
Brian Gongol	2004-present
Jeff Hansen	2001-2002
Ross Peterson	2004-2008
Kevin Wichtendahl	2002-2003

Among the current hosts, Dan Adams is considered an avid Mac OS

Mac OS

Mac OS is a series of graphical user interface-based operating systems developed by Apple Inc. for their Macintosh line of computer systems. The Macintosh user experience is credited with popularizing the graphical user interface...

 expert and proponent, while Brian Gongol has a deeper technical expertise on Windows OS or PC-specific topics. Both try to incorporate humor to make the show entertaining as well as informative.