Hometown 1230 WECK - Buffalo, NY USA

Tom Donahue

Tom started his Buffalo career in the mid-70s at WGR. After a long run at 550 AM, he went on to host mornings and serve as Program Director at WNUC, before landing in the midday shift at WHTT. His "Original Saturday Night All-Request Oldies Show" became one of the most popular weekend shows in Buffalo radio history.

Tom moved to news at KB Radio 1520 when it returned to music in 2003, and also anchored at WLKK. He now gets up early to co-host the WECK morning show.

"The Professor" is just as well-known for mentoring two generations of future broadcasters at Buffalo State College.

Loraine O'Donnell

Loraine O'Donnell is a "Jane of all Trades" when it comes to the media. Locally she has appeared at almost every venue in WNY as an award-winning actress and singer. As a television personality she was part of the AM & PM Buffalo team for two years with Linda Pellegrino. She started out in TV on Off-Beat Cinema and Artvoice on 2. In local radio she has worked at 97 Rock, WYRK and WBUF.

Nationally, Loraine has appeared off-Broadway and on the cabaret circuit. During a stint on Boulder, CO radio she became known as a "Jon Benet Ramsey Expert" during the national case, appearing as a frequent guest on news shows on CNN, MSNBC and THE JENNY JONES SHOW. Radio gigs in Denver followed on 103 THE FOX, and talk stations KOA and KHOW. Loraine lives in Allentown
with her 9 year old son Declan.

Laura Ingraham

Always articulate and entertaining, “The Laura Ingraham Radio Program” has been addicting legions of listeners since her launch into national syndication in 2001. Smart, funny, and ahead of the curve in politics and the culture, Laura’s busting down the door of the “boys only” radio club. Her show takes listeners on a wild ride through the colliding worlds of politics, the news media, and Hollywood. Her legal, political, writing, and television background distinguishes Laura in the field of increasingly homogeneous radio syndication.

Whether she’s on the watch for evidence of media bias, political hypocrisy or Hollywood inanity, Laura infuses her program with a level of energy and commitment to conservative principles that grabs hold and won’t let go.
In addition to hosting her own syndicated radio program, Laura is an author, frequent columnist
and television commentator. Her book The Hillary Trap, first released in June 2000, was recently
re-released as an updated paperback version. Her latest book, Shut Up & Sing: How the Elites in
Hollywood, Politics...and the UN are Subverting America (Regnery) is bound to be a bestseller.

Dennis Miller www.dennismillerradio.com

It's been said that Miller is "One of the premiere comedy talents in America today..." While others are blunt assessing Miller's comedic stature, Dennis himself makes a virtue of understatement, but there is nothing low key about his career.

Miller is a five-time Emmy award winner for his critically acclaimed half-hour, live talk show "Dennis Miller Live" which had a nine year run on HBO. He also wrote and starred in the Emmy-nominated cable comedy special "Raw Feed", his sixth such special. He was the host and executive producer of CNBC's "Dennis Miller", a topical interview talk show featuring reasoned discourse, opinion and humor. Additionally, Miller has appeared on many politically oriented television talk shows.

He has also been cast in films, usually in dramatic roles, most notably in 1994's "Disclosure," 1995's "The Net," and 1996's "Murder at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue."

Bill O'Loughlin - Bill's Web Site

A graduate of St. Bonaventure University, Bill O'Loughlin has expressed his passion for radio from his days at the campus station, WSBU.

After a successful stint in the U.S. Army and Army Reserves, he embarked on a long and lucrative career as a marketing executive and senior investment advisor, ultimately starting his own company where he consults a select group of clients.

His business success led to a series of media partnerships, including WBEN-AM, WIVB-TV, and Business First of Buffalo. Bill has served the public in an active political career, including terms as Amherst Councilman, State Insurance Fund Commissioner, and endorsed candidate for Erie County Clerk. He has also been active on a large number of community boards, but always comes back to his first love, talk radio.

Dirk Van

Dirk Van has been host of NBC Radio's "First Light" morning magazine show for seven years. Van broke into radio in 1977 while doing graduate work in Anthropology at New York University.

He became News Director of WGCH, Greenwich, Connecticut, general assignment reporter for all-news WCBS, New York, and News Director of WHN, New York during the following three years, staying at WHN until he moved to the network in 1988.

Van has won numerous awards--Ohio State, New York Press Club, Clarion, Edward R Murrow, Angel, and, he was named "Personality of the Year" by the Radio Festival of New York.

His magazine show, "First Light," is a two-time gold medal winner at the Festival. Van lives with his wife and son in Vienna, Virginia.

Brad Riter

Brad has been a part of the hometown radio scene since 1997. He presided over the official Sabres' Post Game Show for two seasons and has hosted shows with various local sports figures including Ruben Brown, Lee Evans, Paul Gaustad, and Jerry Sullivan.

Brad was born in Buffalo, grew up in West Seneca, and attended SUNY Geneseo (just an hour or so down the road.) He is recently married, and he and his wife Carol plan to stay in Western New York for many years to come.

In addition to his radio show on WECK, you can catch Brad online at www.buffalomainevent.com.

Joe Major

Joe Major Joe joins WECK as our weekend news anchor. Joe most recently held the same position at our sister station WLVL in Lockport. While at WLVL, Joe also served as the station’s Bills and Sabres beat reporter.

He is probably best known for his work as a sportscaster at WKBW-TV. While at WKBW Joe interviewed some of the biggest names in sports from Tiger Woods to Sugar Ray Leonard. Joe is a graduate from Howard University with a degree in broadcast journalism and political science.

A native Buffalonian, Joe is excited to be back on the air in Western New York.

Tom Schuh

Tom is the afternoon news anchor and Operations Manager for WECK Radio. A graduate of St. Joseph's Collegiate and
St. Bonaventure, he's a "Buffalo Radio Lifer" with 25 years experience in local media, including radio, television, and Internet.

The highlight of his 15 years at WHTT
was seeing it ranked #1 in the nation among Oldies-format stations in 1992 and 1993.

Tom has also been a disc jockey, music director, production director, sportscaster, webmaster and account executive during his long and varied career.

Christina Abt

Christina made the leap into radio by creating and broadcasting Buffalostyle shows on WNYMedia Internet Radio in 2007. Her insightful interviews with such diverse guests as BPO Conductor JoAnn Falletta, A and E Cable Network Matchmaker, Patti Novak, and WNY mom, Michelle Kaspryzk earned Christina both a loyal listener audience and a move from online to on-air.

Christina is well known around Western New York as the best-selling author of Chicken Wing Wisdom (www.chickenwingwisom.com) and as Heart and Soul op-ed columnist for The Sun Newspaper. During her 30 year writing career, Christina’s work has been featured nationally in a number of Chicken Soup and Heartwarmer’s Books and locally in The Buffalo News, Artvoice, The Lockport Union and Sun Journal and The Springville Journal. She has also written profile articles for Buffalo Spree, Traffic East, Forever Young, and EVE Magazines.

Christina is proud to be a bred and born Buffalo Gal who has also experienced life in the major metropolitan areas of New York, Toronto and Vancouver. It’s the sum of those experiences that brought Christina back to Western New York---why she believes the people of this area are our greatest natural resource---and why she created the positive ideal of Buffalostyle with the tagline, it’s WHO we are. Check out Christina's blog: buffalostyle.wnymedia.net

Patrick W. Welch, PhD Patrick Welch

Patrick has an impressive background and will bring a lot to the table on the WECK1230AM air waves talking about opportunities for Veterans in the Buffalo area. He is currently the Director of Erie County Veterans Service Agency in Buffalo, NY. He has 44 years of experience in the private Sector in the International hospitality industry, working in over 50 countries, has been a CFO (Chief Financial Officer), COO (Chief Operating Officer), CEO (Chief Executive Officer) and a small business owner. He sold his business in December 2007 and retired to a government position. Patrick has been married to wife Carol for 41 years has 4 daughters, 3 son-in-laws and 4 grand children! He has received many awards including: a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct, National Defense, Vietnam Campaign, Vietnam Service and New York State Conspicuous Service Cross.