Dan Barreiro
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Dan Barreiro is a sports radio talk-show host on KFAN 1130-AM in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota. Born in Gary, Indiana, Barreiro was a sports columnist at the Star Tribune for 17 years after previously working at the Dallas Morning News. Barreiro left the Star Tribune in March 2004 to focus primarily on his radio show Bumper to Bumper, which airs from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. CST weekdays and frequently discusses topics other than sports.
Other on-air personalities during the show include Joe Anderson, known as "Mr. Phunn," and producer Cory Roufs. Barreiro began his career at KFAN partnered on-air with Chad Hartman, the son of longtime Star Tribune columnist Sid Hartman. Chad Hartman now hosts the show leading into Barreiro's.
In 2005, Barreiro also began airing a show called Sunday Sermons that airs Sunday mornings with sidekick Justin Gaard.
Barreiro has quickly developed into one of the Twin Cities' best and most influential radio personalities. His shows are often guest-intensive with credible guests such as author Vince Flynn, Channel 4 political wonk Pat Kessler, the late colonel David Hackworth, ESPN baseball analyst Tim Kurkjian and senator Norm Coleman.
Barreiro has mastered the art of balancing sports and politics on his "two and a half hour tour" and often sparks more interest from listeners when he talks politics than sports. When he does talk sports there's a good chance you'll hear him criticize Star Tribune reporter Sid Hartman, University of Minnesota football coach Glen Mason or Minnesota Timberwolves General Manager Kevin McHale.
Perhaps the signature segment of Barreiro's show is his "We're Done As A Society" bit that he features every Friday at 6:05.
