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Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Wake Up Call for Tuesday: Kimberly Tauer Foundation Feeds Children Locally



Today on the wake-up call live on WPNN 103.7 we spoke with Darren and Christie Costello, owners of Costello’s Butcher Shop and Deli on the West Side of Pensacola.  We spoke with Christie about her great community work through the Kimberly Tauer Foundation and how that mission began.  We spoke with Darren about what it takes to run a successful business, his thoughts on who will win Sunday’s big game, and the incredible assortment of delicious food items he has at his store for the ultimate party this Sunday.

In addition to this, we discussed

-local news and information

-The latest on the trade tariffs

-The outlandish, ridiculous expenditures USAID is making with your tax dollars

-El Salvador taking criminal aliens from Anerica

-The big day without a migrant demonstrations in Pensacola yesterday

And much more….

You can hear a complete recording of today’s live show here.

We are live each weekday morning from 6:00AM-8:00AM on WPNN-Pensacola's Information Station, where local, conservative morning-drive talk radio is ALIVE and Well and where we give you the most powerful hour(s) in local morning drive talk radio.

News, weather, traffic, humor, and educated, intelligent discourse with no PC filters....

The Wakeup Call with Jeff Bergosh on WPNN FM 103.7:  Radio UNRESTRAINED.


Monday, February 3, 2025

Catch up on the Wake Up Call: Big Shows from Thursday and Friday--Hear them Here!



We had GIANT shows this past week on the Wake up Call.  Catch the Thursday and Friday episodes Here:

Thursday episode here

Friday episode here

Listen live every weekday from 6:00AM to 8:00AM.

The Wake up Call for Monday: Weekly Interview with Sheriff Chip Simmons

 

Today on the wake-up call live on WPNN 103.7 we spoke with Sheriff Chip Simmons.  We discussed the upcoming budget negotiations with the BCC, the social media phenomenon of K9’s and their posts getting double the likes of other posts, how the ECSO would respond if we had a tragic plane crash in the bay the likes of last week’s tragedy in Washington DC.  We also discussed his upcoming Blazer academy and also a potential “Alumni” function for former Blazer Academy graduates.

In addition to this, we discussed

-local news and information

-The latest on the trade tariffs

-The big winners on last night’s Grammy Awards show on CBS

-Canadian reaction to the tariffs

-rollback of many DEI policies at private countries around the country

And much more….

You can hear a complete copy of this episode from this morning, here.

We are live each weekday morning from 6:00AM-8:00AM on WPNN-Pensacola's Information Station, where local, conservative morning-drive talk radio is ALIVE and Well and where we give you the most powerful hour(s) in local morning drive talk radio.

News, weather, traffic, humor, and educated, intelligent discourse with no PC filters....

The Wakeup Call with Jeff Bergosh on WPNN FM 103.7:  Radio UNRESTRAINED.

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Wake up Call for Wednesday: The Value of PSC to our Community

Today on the wake-up call live on WPNN 103.7 we spoke with Michael Johnston, Associate Vice President, Research and Enterprise Solutions, for Pensacola State College.  We talked about the great impacts PSC has on our community, the programs they offer for students, and about the opportunity the school offers for students to complete programs and degrees debt-free in many cases.  We also talked all the other news going on locally and all around the world.  Issues covered included the following:

--Local news recap

--President Trump’s press secretary Caroline Leavitt’s press debut

--Unsatisfactory explanations about the drones sighted in the northeast

--President Trump offering Federal Employees buyouts

--potential negative effects on the flower market if Columbian tariffs had been applied

--Caroline Kennedy railing against her cousin RFK for HHS position

--Jim Acosta is OUT at CNN

And much more….

You can hear a complete recording of today’s live show here.

We are live each weekday morning from 6:00AM-8:00AM on WPNN-Pensacola's Information Station, where local, conservative morning-drive talk radio is ALIVE and Well and where we give you the most powerful hour(s) in local morning drive talk radio.

News, weather, traffic, humor, and educated, intelligent discourse with no PC filters....

The Wakeup Call with Jeff Bergosh on WPNN FM 103.7:  Radio UNRESTRAINED.


Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Wake up Call for Tuesday: Camp Century --A Firsthand Account

 

Picture of Thule, Greenland from Wikipedia, Ann Onyme


Today on the wake up call live on WPNN 103.7 we spoke with Military veteran Tim Buckley about his trip to Greenland in the mid 1960’s where he had the opportunity to tour Camp Century—which was a top secret Army missile base project being operated under the fiction it was a “research facility”  We also talked all the other news going on locally and all around the world.  Issues covered included the following:

--Local news recap

--President Trump mandating federal employees go back to work in person

--Upcoming presidential appointment hearings

--President Trump fires DOJ Lawyers

--begrudging compliance from some federal entities to Trump’s executive orders

--NVIDIA stock crashing due to Chinese AI machine DeepSeek

--Palestinians returning to Gaza

--ICE roundups around the country

And much more….

You can hear a complete recording of today’s live show here.

We are live each weekday morning from 6:00AM-8:00AM on WPNN-Pensacola's Information Station, where local, conservative morning-drive talk radio is ALIVE and Well and where we give you the most powerful hour(s) in local morning drive talk radio.

News, weather, traffic, humor, and educated, intelligent discourse with no PC filters....

The Wakeup Call with Jeff Bergosh on WPNN FM 103.7:  Radio UNRESTRAINED.

Monday, January 27, 2025

Wake up Call for Monday: Escambia Sheriff Chip Simmons

 


Today on the wake up call live on WPNN 103.7 we talked  about the costs to prepare and deal with last week’s historic snow blizzard the area experienced and also all the other news going on locally and all around the world.  Issues covered included the following:

--Local news recap

--President Trump mandating federal employees go back to work in person

--Hegseth confirmation

--President Trump schooling Columbia when they initially refused to allow US Planes to return criminal aliens

--begrudging compliance from some federal entities to Trump’s executive orders

--NVIDIA stock crashing due to Chinese AI machine DeepSeek

--North Korean soldier casualties in Ukraine (over 4,000)

--Tomorrow’s awesome guest we will have live on the show to talk about camp Century in Greenland

And much more….

Our Special Guest for the show today was Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons who joined us to talk about the storm, the number of calls his call center took in during the event, the community reaction to the storms, and even his take on the NFL playoff games over the weekend

You can hear a complete recording of today’s live show here.

We are live each weekday morning from 6:00AM-8:00AM on WPNN-Pensacola's Information Station, where local, conservative morning-drive talk radio is ALIVE and Well and where we give you the most powerful hour(s) in local morning drive talk radio.

News, weather, traffic, humor, and educated, intelligent discourse with no PC filters....

The Wakeup Call with Jeff Bergosh on WPNN FM 103.7:  Radio UNRESTRAINED.

Welcome Back to the Office!

 President Trump has signed last week a series of sweeping executive orders directing many of the more than 1 Million Federal Employees who are currently authorized to work remotely ----to report back to their offices----as he revoked their previous authority to work remotely.

A listener to my Wake up Call radio program on WPNN sent me the below screenshot showing how one Federal Agency is beginning the process to obey the executive order.

There will be labor unions fighting this, gnashing of teeth, and all kinds of consternation.  Too bad.

Welcome back to in-person work in the office, just like the rest of us contractors who worked in the office throughout the pandemic and had to show up and were never given the opportunity to work remotely!  Just like the vast majority of private sector workers and taxpayers who pay your salary and have never been able to work from home--during the pandemic or after it. Welcome Back to reality!



Friday, January 24, 2025

Wake Up Call for 1-24-25: Back from Snow Day with Lots to Say!

Today on the wake up call live on WPNN 103.7 we talked a lot about the historic snow blizzard the area experienced and also all the other news going on locally and all around the world.  Issues covered included the following:

--Local news recap

--President Trump eliminating DEI programs

--Academy Awards nominations (several PC nominations...)

--Hegseth nomination moving forward

--President Trump declassifying documents related to the JFK, RFK, and MLK assassinations from the 1960’s

--begrudging compliance from some federal entities to Trump’s executive orders

--Trump handling of the press masterfully while simultaneously signing more executive orders.

--next week’s awesome guest we will have live on the show to talk about camp Century in Greenland

Our Special Guest for the show today was former Escambia County Commissioner Kevin White who joined us to talk about the storm, county issues, being a former county commissioner, and the impact the storm had on the area.

You can hear a complete recording of today’s live show here.

We are live each weekday morning from 6:00AM-8:00AM on WPNN-Pensacola's Information Station, where local, conservative morning-drive talk radio is ALIVE and Well and where we give you the most powerful hour(s) in local morning drive talk radio.

News, weather, traffic, humor, and educated, intelligent discourse with no PC filters....

The Wakeup Call with Jeff Bergosh on WPNN FM 103.7:  Radio UNRESTRAINED.


Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Passive Aggressive Compliance from America's Deep State

 On the Wake up Call on WPNN 103.7 FM we don't mince words, we don't sugar-coat pills, and we don't dumb down language.  We tell it like it is.  That is why when we discuss the disastrous previous presidency of Joe Biden and his feckless, reckless handling of our southern border, we describe the lawless, illegal border crossers as what they are.  Illegal Aliens.  No, we don't use the sanitized, homogenized term "undocumented migrants" or "unauthorized immigrants" or any other such garbage, PC terminology.

What I know from listeners with inside knowledge is that the proper term "Illegal Alien" has been verboten in the Federal Bureaucracy of Immigration, Customs, and Enforcement branch of Homeland Security for at least the last 4 years of Biden.

But that all changed on Monday.  Freshly Inaugurated 47th President of the United States Donald J. Trump signed a slew of executive orders and actions, and what do you know, the "acting" commissioner of CBP did follow the orders fairly rapidly albeit passive aggressively, with this below guidance document.  His document technically checks the box of what Trump ordered, albeit begrudgingly.  It makes the readers of the memo go to additional documents and statutes to decode the meaning.  Check it out, below:



I suspect all other Federal  branches and departments are sending similar such box checking "memo's" in the wake of President Trump's slew of executive orders Monday evening.  But the passive aggressive tendencies will likely be a hallmark of all such memos until such time as each department is cleansed of two or three layers deep of feckless, partisan, deep-state bureaucrats and President Trump's picks are placed throughout the government.

As an example--this document (above) could have been simple and clear and said plainly what it alludes:

"Forget previous guidance on terminology related to lawbreakers who come here illegally--use the statutorily adopted terminology in PL 82-414, the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) of 1952.

Those who violate our laws and come here illegally are ILLEGAL ALIENS.  (read the actual law, "alien" is utilized 819 times.  "Undocumented" appears nowhere in the documents.  Don't believe me, read it for yourself at the hyperlink above)"

Those who come here from unrecognized countries will not be given special, PC terms to identify their "homeland."

It's pretty simple but the deep state will resist our President every. step. of. the. way. over the next four years.  But like an ICEbreaker cutting through the frozen oceans of the arctic, our new President will cut through this B.S.

He's already started to do so......

Wake Up Call for Wednesday: No Show Today--Nobody can Get to the Studio



We were snowed-in this morning by the record snowfall and all of the road closures so we will not have a show today.  We will try again tomorrow but it all depends on whether or not we can safely get to the studio to do the show.

If we are not able to be there, we will have alternate programming and up to date weather and traffic reports live on 103.7 WPNN. 

So tune in live daily!



Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Wake Up Call for Tuesday: Snow Day in Pensacola with Information from Eric Gilmore, Escambia's Public Safety Director

 



Today on the wake up call live on WPNN 103.7 we talked a lot about two things:

1.       1.  All the great things that happened yesterday in Washington DC with the inauguration of 47th President Donald J. Trump

       2.  the ridiculous weather that is hitting Pensacola today with historic amounts of snow in our area---the most in a generation.

Our Special Guest for the show was Escambia County Public Safety Director Eric Gilmore, who joined us live to give the latest forecasts, updates, road condition reports, and other useful information.

You can hear a complete recording of today’s live show here.

We are live each weekday morning from 6:00AM-8:00AM on WPNN-Pensacola's Information Station, where local, conservative morning-drive talk radio is ALIVE and Well and where we give you the most powerful hour(s) in local morning drive talk radio.

News, weather, traffic, humor, and educated, intelligent discourse with no PC filters....

The Wakeup Call with Jeff Bergosh on WPNN FM 103.7:  Radio UNRESTRAINED.

Monday, January 20, 2025

Wake up Call for Monday, January 20th: Sheriff Chip Simmons Joins us Live

Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons joined us live at 7:00AM  this morning on the wake up call on WPNN 103.7 FM.  We discussed last week’s groundbreaking for the Law Enforcement Memorial Plaza, a homicide arrest of two individuals locally, the impending cold weather in the area and the effects it will have on the county’s operations, and much more.

You can hear a complete recording of today’s live show here.

We are live each weekday morning from 6:00AM-8:00AM on WPNN-Pensacola's Information Station, where local, conservative morning-drive talk radio is ALIVE and Well and where we give you the most powerful hour(s) in local morning drive talk radio.

News, weather, traffic, humor, and educated, intelligent discourse with no PC filters....

The Wakeup Call with Jeff Bergosh on WPNN FM 103.7:  Radio UNRESTRAINED.


Saturday, January 18, 2025

The Wake Up Call for Friday: All 10 Republican Candidates for D1 Congressional Seat Interviewed, Part II

 


Today on the Wake up Call on WPNN 103.7 FM we played back part 2 of our 2 part special-- the interviews with each of the ten men who are running for our vacant D1 Congressional seat.  We ask them all the same important questions and the answers are very interesting.  You will definitely want to listen before you cast your vote in this upcoming Republican primary election.

 You can hear a complete recording of Friday’s live show here.

 We are live each weekday morning from 6:00AM-8:00AM on WPNN-Pensacola's Information Station, where local, conservative morning-drive talk radio is ALIVE and Well and where we give you the most powerful hour(s) in local morning drive talk radio.

 News, weather, traffic, humor, and educated, intelligent discourse with no PC filters....

 The Wakeup Call with Jeff Bergosh on WPNN FM 103.7:  Radio UNRESTRAINED.

Thursday, January 16, 2025

Wake Up Call for Thursday: Listen to ALL TEN of the D1 Congressional Candidates, Part I

 


Today on the Wake up Call on WPNN 103.7 FM we played back part 1 of our 2 part special-- the interviews with each of the ten men who are running for our vacant D1 Congressional seat.  We ask them all the same important questions and the answers are very interesting.  You will definitely want to listen before you cast your vote in this upcoming Republican primary election.

You can hear a complete recording of today’s live show here.

We are live each weekday morning from 6:00AM-8:00AM on WPNN-Pensacola's Information Station, where local, conservative morning-drive talk radio is ALIVE and Well and where we give you the most powerful hour(s) in local morning drive talk radio.

News, weather, traffic, humor, and educated, intelligent discourse with no PC filters....

The Wakeup Call with Jeff Bergosh on WPNN FM 103.7:  Radio UNRESTRAINED.


Wednesday, January 15, 2025

The Wake Up Call for Wednesday, January 15th: An Inspirational Story of Tragedy to Action with Jessie Huisken



This morning on the Wake up Call on WPNN 103.7-we had in the studio special guests Travis and Jessie Huisken.  Their young daughter Phinney passed away just short of five years old from an aggressive form of cancer.  They shared their story of grief and turning tragedy into action to help bring attention to this disease and the woefully small percentage of research dollars that are currently spent on pediatric cancer.  The Huiskens also discussed some upcoming fundraisers that will directly benefit childhood cancer research.  It was a really moving interview that you will want to hear!

You can hear a complete recording of today’s live show here.

We are live each weekday morning from 6:00AM-8:00AM on WPNN-Pensacola's Information Station, where local, conservative morning-drive talk radio is ALIVE and Well and where we give you the most powerful hour(s) in local morning drive talk radio.

News, weather, traffic, humor, and educated, intelligent discourse with no PC filters....

The Wakeup Call with Jeff Bergosh on WPNN FM 103.7:  Radio UNRESTRAINED

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

The Wake up Call for Tuesday: Escambia County Sheriff's Foundation Board President Whitney Lucas

 

We welcomed in our guest Whitney Lucas, President of the Escambia County Sheriff’s Foundation, this morning on the Wakeup Call lives on WPNN 103.7 FM.  We talked about the foundations outreach efforts, the Blazer Academy, the family movie nights, and the groundbreaking this Thursday for the Law Enforcement Memorial Plaza

You can hear a complete recording of today’s live show here.

 We are live each weekday morning from 6:00AM-8:00AM on WPNN-Pensacola's Information Station, where local, conservative morning-drive talk radio is ALIVE and Well and where we give you the most powerful hour(s) in local morning drive talk radio.

 News, weather, traffic, humor, and educated, intelligent discourse with no PC filters....

 The Wakeup Call with Jeff Bergosh on WPNN FM 103.7:  Radio UNRESTRAINED.

Monday, January 13, 2025

The Wake Up Call for Monday: Sheriff Chip Simmons and D1 Congressional Candidate Jeff Macey

 


We welcomed in our guest Sheriff Chip Simmons this morning on the Wake up Call live on WPNN 103.7 FM.  Sheriff Simmons joins us on Mondays weekly to give us updates on what is happening with the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office.  In addition to Sheriff Simmons, we also had an interview with Jeff Macey.  He is one of the TEN Republican candidates vying to take the D1 Congressional seat vacated by Matt Gaetz.  We talked national defense, the budget deficit, cyber security, government efficiency, and a host of other national topics.

You can hear a complete recording of today’s live show, here.

(Replay of Kevin Gaffney interview plays first, then Sheriff Simmons’  interview is next, and then the Macey interview plays)

 We are live each weekday morning from 6:00AM-8:00AM on WPNN-Pensacola's Information Station, where local, conservative morning-drive talk radio is ALIVE and Well and where we give you the most powerful hour(s) in local morning drive talk radio.

 News, weather, traffic, humor, and educated, intelligent discourse with no PC filters....

 The Wake up Call with Jeff Bergosh on WPNN FM 103.7:  Radio UNRESTRAINED.

Friday, January 10, 2025

Wake up Call for Friday: D1 Congressional Candidate Kevin Gaffney Joins us to Talk about his Campaign

 

We welcomed in special guest Kevin Gaffney this morning on the Wake up Call live on WPNN 103.7 FM.  Gaffney is one of the TEN Republican candidates vying to take the D1 Congressional seat vacated by Matt Gaetz.  We talked national defense, the budget deficit, saving social security, Ukraine, government efficiency, and a host of other national topics.

You can hear a complete recording of today’s live show,here.

(Replay of Dimmock interview plays first, then interview with Gaffney)

We are live each weekday morning from 6:00AM-8:00AM on WPNN-Pensacola's Information Station, where local, conservative morning-drive talk radio is ALIVE and Well and where we give you the most powerful hour(s) in local morning drive talk radio.

News, weather, traffic, humor, and educated, intelligent discourse with no PC filters....

The Wake up Call with Jeff Bergosh on WPNN FM 103.7:  Radio UNRESTRAINED.


Thursday, January 9, 2025

Wake up Call for Thursday: D1 Congressional Candidate Aaron Dimmock--live in the Studio

 

We had in studio special guest Aaron Dimmock this morning on the Wake up Call live on WPNN 103.7 FM.  Dimmock is one of the TEN Republican candidates vying to take the D1 Congressional seat vacated by Matt Gaetz.  We talked national defense, the budget deficit, saving social security, and a host of other national topics.

You can hear a complete recording of today’s live show, here.

We are live each weekday morning from 6:00AM-8:00AM on WPNN-Pensacola's Information Station, where local, conservative morning-drive talk radio is ALIVE and Well and where we give you the most powerful hour(s) in local morning drive talk radio.

News, weather, traffic, humor, and educated, intelligent discourse with no PC filters....

The Wake up Call with Jeff Bergosh on WPNN FM 103.7:  Radio UNRESTRAINED.






Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Wake up Call for Wednesday: LOTs to Talk About, Lots to Unpack

 


We had an action-packed Wake up Call this morning live on WPNN this morning.

We talked local news, the two killed in an overnight traffic accident in Pensacola, enhanced Mardi Gras security coming to Pensacola, we also covered Trump’s news conference bombshells, an 8-year old who survived alone in a game reservation for 5 days with lions and elephants, an Australian hiker who got lost and survived for two weeks on two granola bars, South Korea instability, Matthew Livelsberger, Gravitic Propulsion, and a whole lot more

You can hear a complete recording of today’s live show, here.

We are live each weekday morning from 6:00AM-8:00AM on WPNN-Pensacola's Information Station, where local, conservative morning-drive talk radio is ALIVE and Well and where we give you the most powerful hour(s) in local morning drive talk radio.

 

News, weather, traffic, humor, and educated, intelligent discourse with no PC filters....

 

The Wake up Call with Jeff Bergosh on WPNN FM 103.7:  Radio UNRESTRAINED.


Tuesday, January 7, 2025

Wake up Call for Tuesday: D1 Congressional Candidate John Mills


This morning we continued our new and improved 2-hour format for the "Wake up Call" with Jeff Bergosh live on WPNN FM103.7.  

We had D1 Congressional Candidate John Mills live at the top of the 7:00 hour as our guest.

We had a great conversation with Mr Mills, and talked a lot of different issues germane to the office he is seeking.

You can listen to the recording of our live broadcast here.

We are live each weekday morning from 6:00AM-8:00AM on WPNN-Pensacola's Information Station, where local, conservative morning-drive talk radio is ALIVE and Well and where we give you the most powerful hour(s) in local morning drive talk radio.

News, weather, traffic, humor, and intelligent discourse with no PC filters....

The Wake up Call with Jeff Bergosh on WPNN FM 103.7:  Radio UNRESTRAINED.


Monday, January 6, 2025

Wake up Call for Monday-January 6th: Sheriff Chip Simmons and D1 Congressional Candidate Gene Valentino

This morning we kicked off our new and improved 2-hour format for the "Wake up Call" with Jeff Bergosh.  

We had two guests live today, Sheriff Chip Simmons at 7:00AM and D1 Congressional Candidate Gene Valentino at 7:35.

We had great discussions with both guests, and you can catch a recording of the live show here.

We are live each weekday morning from 6:00AM-8:00AM on WPNN-Pensacola's Information Station, where local, conservative morning-drive talk radio is ALIVE and Well and where we give you the most powerful hour(s) in local morning drive talk radio.

News, weather, traffic, humor, and intelligent discourse with no PC filters....

The Wake up Call with Jeff Bergosh on WPNN FM 103.7:  Radio UNRESTRAINED.

Friday, January 3, 2025

The Wake Up Call for Friday: A Conversation with D1 Congressional Candidate Michael Dylan Thompson


This morning on "The Wake up Call" on WPNN FM 103.7 we had as our guest Michael Dylan Thompson.

Thompson is one of the 10 Republicans running in the primary election to replace Matt Gaetz as NW Florida's next representative in congress.

The primary election is on January 28th, and the general election for this seat will be held on April 1st.

I asked a series of questions about policy, budget, the debt/deficit, and what his top 3 priorities would be if he were to become our next congressman.  He had very good answers; succinct, educated, and reasonable.

Listen to the recording of our live interview here.

Catch the Wake up Call live every weekday from 6:00AM to 8:00AM on 103.7 FM WPNN, 790 AM or on the WPNN app.

The most powerful hour(s) in local morning drive talk radio.

The Wake up Call with Jeff Bergosh: Radio Unrestrained!

Thursday, January 2, 2025

The Wake Up Call for Thursday, January 2nd: Jeff Peacock-Candidate for US Congress

This morning on The Wake up Call with Jeff Bergosh on WPNN we were joined by Jeff Peacock, candidate for Florida's 1st Congressional District.

Peacock is one of ten in a crowded Republican Primary Election to fill the seat vacated late last year by Matt Gaetz.  The primary election is January 28th--less than a month away.

You can listen to the recording of this morning's live interview here

We talked domestic policy, foreign policy, educational policy, term limits, saving social security, and the national debt.  A good conversation you will want to listen to.

Tomorrow we will interview Michael Dylan Thomas--the youngest candidate in this field for congress.

Catch that interview live at 7:00AM tomorrow.

Starting next week:  The Wake up Call goes to a two-hour format from 6:00AM to 8:00AM every weekday--the two most powerful hours in local morning drive news/talk programming.

The Wake up Call with Jeff Bergosh: Radio Unrestrained!