Posted by Logan Square on April 02, 2009 at 18:08:52:
First off, funny name.
He was filling in on the Noon Show for Bob Sirott today. Perhaps one of the worst personality's ever on this station. Every word he says, sounds like he is reading a newscast.
Had a guest on, talking about mortgage rates, which was somewhat interesting, at the end of the interview, Wes thanked the guest, she replied, "Thanks Bob"..Wes said nothing, played a spot.
Out of the spot, he intro's Max Arm Strong with some business news, Kudos to the usually boring Max, for sticking it to Wes Bleed, and as a joke, he said, "Thanks Bob, I mean ah Wes"
It is fun to hear what insane or in most cases lame thing is going to happen next on WGN.
Yesterday it was Bob Sirott's wife Maryanne reading her twitter account on the air, even the usually cool Bob Sirott was getting disturbed with that!
And as for the traffic on the 7's thing. Stop tagging out with "Traffic and weather on the 7's" it rarely is on time. WBBM is usually done with the traffic on the 8's before they get started in PM drive.
The recorded Tom Skilling weather reports do not work, sounds canned, and is over the top, just like Tom. He is a great on air talent, but, unless something dramatic in the weather dept is going on, it just sounds bad.