Dave Glover (personality)
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Dave Glover is a radio personality and host of The Dave Glover show, which airs on weekdays from 4pm-7pm on 97.1 FM Talk in St. Louis, Missouri. Prior to his current career in radio, Dave was an attorney.
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[edit] The Dave Glover Show
The Dave Glover Show is notable for its humor-filled format. Alongside personalities producer Tom Terbrock, Katy Kruze and Pigpen, Dave hosts a variety of regular segments. These include (but are not limited to):
- Battle of the Half-Wits - Dave is the host of a quiz show with his co-hosts as the contestants. It is played every Tuesday at 6pm with a winner being crowned the champion at the end (complete with a championship belt).
- Mini-Series on Religion - An annual series is held where representatives of a religion are guests on the show and are allowed to discuss their faith.
- Movies - Movies are discussed on Fridays at 5pm. Listeners can call in to talk about a movie after paying their "Price of Admission" (answering a question like "what is the scariest movie you've ever seen?" for example)
- Paranormal Tuesdays - Dr. Michael Lynch discusses several topics that would be considered out-of-the-ordinary for most radio shows. Examples include Bigfoot, aliens, ghosts, time travel, conspiracy theories, etc.
- Stump the Studio - Listeners call in with questions based on movies, TV shows or music and attempt to stump all of the cast members in the studio to win a prize.
- The Sweet Sixteen - Dave and the others choose their collective personal top sixteen of a particular category (childhood toys, musicians, movies, etc.) and twindle them down in a tournament of sorts to determine the best of the best.
The show has won several awards in the state of Missouri with Dave being named the Missouri Broadcasters Association's Best Air Personality on more than one occasion. Dave is unique in his style as opposed to most conservative radio hosts. He prides himself in allowing his guests and listeners to speak without him cutting them off.
Soundbites from a number of TV shows and movies are played on the show when it returns from a commercial break. Songs by characters from Space Ghost and South Park, clips from movies like Dodgeball and Anchorman, and Saturday Night Live sketches are among the ones used.
[edit] "I Get It"
A very common greeting from callers to the show is the phrase "I Get It." This stems from an incident that occurred during the early days of the show's history. A listener phoned in to complain about the style of the show, to which Dave replied that listeners will either "get" the show or won't "get" the show. Another caller followed that up by saying that they "get it." From then on, "I Get It" is regularly used by fans when they greet the crew on the air.
In late 2005, Glenn Beck adopted the phrase for his own program. He had appeared on Dave's show to promote his St. Louis Christmas show in November of that year. Glenn praised Dave for the phrase and went on to use it for his own broadcast.
[edit] Outside Radio
Dave can often be seen on Glenn Beck's television program on CNN Headline News as a part of the The Buzz From... segment. He has also hosted Glenn's radio show several times in his absence.
Dave was also a co-host of Harrah's Lucky Break (along with Katy Kruze), a St. Louis-area TV talent show, in its inaugural season.
Dave's immediate family include his wife Maureen, son Nick and daughter Phoebe. Phoebe was born with hemangiomas. Her affliction inspired Dave to create "Phoebe's Fund", a charity that raises money to assist parents of other infants that may have this ailment.
He is also part of a band aptly named "The Dave Glover Band."
