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Showing posts with label Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons. Show all posts

Monday, September 8, 2025

Monday on the Wake up Call: Discussing Crime and Crimefighting with Escambia Sheriff Chip Simmons

Today on the wake-up call live on WPNN 103.7 ---we welcomed to the program Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons—who joins us every Monday at 7:00 AM.  We discussed several local crime related stories and also the work his foundation is doing in the community.  After we spoke with the sheriff, we had a deep dive on local topics of interest and we went through a host of local, national and international stories of interest- discussing multiple issues from around the country that traditional media outlets just won’t cover---because we will always cover interesting, important stories that are not politically correct and won’t otherwise be reported.  That’s what we do on the Wake Up Call!  😊

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 2 hour(s) in local morning drive talk radio.

Pensacola's only conservative, local morning drive talk show giving you information, weather, traffic, humor, and educated, intelligent discourse with no PC filters....The Wakeup Call with Jeff Bergosh on WPNN FM 103.7: Radio UNRESTRAINED!

- you can listen to this morning’s show here

 


Monday, September 1, 2025

The Wake Up Call for Monday: Sheriff Chip Simmons

 


Today on the wake-up call live on WPNN 103.7 we interviewed Sheriff Chip Simmons—as we do every Monday morning on the show.  We discussed several prominent cases from the last week and the upcoming events to be sponsored by the ECSO’s foundation.  We also discussed his drone unit and their success at capturing suspects who flee.  After the interview with the sheriff, we went through a host of local, national and international topics of interest- discussing multiple issues from around the country that traditional media outlets just won’t cover---because we will always cover interesting, important stories that are not politically correct and won’t otherwise be reported.  That’s what we do on the Wake Up Call!  😊

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 2 hour(s) in local morning drive talk radio.

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

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

- you can listen to this morning’s show here

 

Monday, August 11, 2025

The Wake Up Call for Monday: A Conversation with Sheriff Chip Simmons

 

Today on the wake-up call live on WPNN 103.7 ---we spoke with Sheriff Chip Simmons about multiple topics and even learned over the weekend a car had been stolen by two 12- year olds.  We also and talked about multiple issues from around the country that traditional media outlets just won’t cover---because we will always cover interesting, important stories that are not politically correct and won’t otherwise be reported.  That’s what we do on the Wake Up Call!  😊

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 2 hour(s) in local morning drive talk radio.

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

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

- you can listen to this morning’s show here

 

Monday, August 4, 2025

Wake Up Call for Monday: A Conversation with Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons

 


Today on the wake-up call live on WPNN 103.7 ---we welcomed our regular Monday guest, Sheriff Chip Simmons, to the show and discussed a number of important issues with him.  We also did a full local  national and international information update.  We also talked about multiple issues from around the country that traditional media outlets just won’t cover---because we will always cover interesting, important stories that are not politically correct and won’t otherwise be reported.  That’s what we do on the Wake Up Call!  😊

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 2 hour(s) in local morning drive talk radio.

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

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

- you can listen to this morning’s show here

 

Monday, July 21, 2025

Wake up Call for Monday: Sheriff Chip Simmons

 


Today on the wake-up call live on WPNN 103.7 –we welcomed to the show Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simoons and discussed a number of current events and reports of criminal activity in Escambia County with him.  We also did a full national and international information update.

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 2 hour(s) in local morning drive talk radio.

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

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

- you can listen to this morning’s show here

 

Monday, July 14, 2025

Monday Morning on the Wake Up Call: A Conversation with Sheriff Chip Simmons and a FULL Local, National, and International Report

Today on the wake-up call live on WPNN 103.7 –we welcomed special guest Sheriff Chip Simmons.  We spoke to the sheriff about multiple high-profile cases in the area and also how this weekend’s Blue Angels Pensacola Beach Airshow went from a law enforcement perspective.   We also did a full national and international information update on the show this morning as well.

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 2 hour(s) in local morning drive talk radio.

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

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

- you can listen to this morning’s show here

 


Monday, July 7, 2025

The Wake up Call for Monday: Sheriff Chip Simmons

Today on the wake-up call live on WPNN 103.7 –we welcomed special guest Sheriff Chip Simmons to the show.  We discussed the new Super Speeder law, the tragic death of two pedestrians on Perdido Key over the weekend, an argument that escalated to the murder of a man in Escambia County over a malfunctioning TV as well as several other issues of importance.  We also did a full national and international information update on the show this morning as well—it was action packed.

We’re 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 2 hour(s) in local morning drive talk radio.

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

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

- you can listen to this morning’s show here

 


Monday, March 31, 2025

The Wake up Call for Monday: Sheriff Chip Simmons Interview



Today on the wake-up call live on WPNN 103.7 we did a full local, national, and international rundown of stories. We also welcomed to the show Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons to the show for our weekly, Monday morning interview with him.  We discussed multiple issues reported related to the mistreatment of animals and also a shooting that occurred where a citizen was shot in the kneecap by another person and nobody saw anything…..

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

You can hear the interview with Sheriff Simmons 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, March 24, 2025

Today on the Wake Up Call: Sheriff Chip Simmons

 


Today on the wake-up call live on WPNN 103.7 we welcomed Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons to the show.  Sheriff Simmons is our regular guest on the show every Monday morning at 7:00AM.  Today we discussed several recent high-profile cases with the Sheriff, and also talked about the recent viral video of the parking lot brawl at Pensacola Beach where two individuals were eventually arrested.  We also discussed the Escambia County Sheriff’s Foundation upcoming Cars, Cops and Crawfish event in April.

We also did a full local, national, and international rundown of stories on today’s show

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, March 10, 2025

Wake Up Call for Monday: Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons



Today on the wake-up call live on WPNN 103.7 we welcomed to the show Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons.  He joins us weekly on Mondays, and today we discussed multiple issues with him to include last week’s huge response to what was believed to be an active shooter event at Corry Station.  Thankfully, that turned out to be a false alarm.  We also discussed with the sheriff several other high-profile arrests and a high speed chase that ended with a PIT maneuver by deputies.

In addition to this, we discussed:

-local news—VT MAE moving Mobile Alabama contingent over to Pensacola, 22-year old killed in Pace by a drunk driver, Florida Senators Scott and Moody want year round daylight savings time, and term limits for County Commissioners are being discussed today in Tallahassee.

-Mark Carnley will be the next Canadian Prime Minister

-Jack Texiera sentenced to 15 years for stealing government secrets

-Health and Human Services staff facing reductions

-Carmax customer drives through a building on a rampage

-Russian Special Forces spend two days marching through a gas pipe to surprise attack Ukrainians in Kursk

--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, March 3, 2025

Wake Up Call for Monday: Sheriff Chip Simmons


Today on the wake-up call live on WPNN 103.7 we welcomed to the show Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons.  We discussed the weekend’s Mardi Gras parades that went off largely problem free, we discussed the ongoing issues with mental illness in the community and offenders that are deemed incompetent to stand trial.  We also discussed his office’s upcoming career fair and also the progress his latest blazer academy students are making in their respective classes.

In addition to this, we discussed:

-local news—Escambia School teachers want written guidance on how to interact with ICE agents should they come to school campuses, additional charges for the man arrested for hit and run in Century, injuring 5, S.S. United States being towed into Mobile Bay at 12:00 Noon today

-Zelinski’s White House blowup fallout

-What Ukrainians thought of the blowup in the white house

-Aid to Gaza cut off again—why that led to Netanyahu being indicted by the ICC for war crime

-Justin Trudeau on his upcoming visit with King Charles of England

-Tariffs hitting Canada and Mexico tomorrow, March 4th

--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 24, 2025

Wake Up Call for Monday: Sheriff Chip Simmons Discusses the K9 Unit and their Superior Performance

 

Today on the wake-up call live on WPNN 103.7 we welcomed to the show Sheriff Chip Simmons, Escambia County Sheriff and regular guest on the program on Mondays.  This week we discussed the murder in Century and the subsequent capture of the suspect, Mardi Gras security, how his K9’s performed at the 2025 regional competition in South Florida, and the overwhelming response to the ECSO’s youth development and outreach program “Dream Big” which is designed for youth ages 5-11.

In addition to this, we discussed:

-local news—Clerk of the Court Pam Childers shuts down funding for Sacred Heart Foundation’s fundraiser allocation after the TDC and BCC had approved it, Zoning implications of thickening neighborhoods, and cameras in the recycling collection trucks that will film the contents of recycling cans and send letters to the homeowners that have trash in the recycling bins

-Pete Hegseth on why it was necessary to remove CQ Brown and other Generals

-Big winners from the SAG awards

-Latest on Ukraine/Russia cease fire negotiations

-Economic Blackout coming from liberals who will no longer shop at companies that have dropped DEI policies

-LA Mayor Karen Bass fires female LA Fire Chief Kristin Crowley and makes her the scapegoat for the fires

--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....

Monday, February 17, 2025

Wake Up Call for Monday: Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons



Today on the wake-up call live on WPNN 103.7 we welcomed in our Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons to the show.  We discussed the perfect audit his training academy received, the 12-year old double murder case that has yet to be solved, local scams targeting citizens via text message requests to pay for tolls, and also the case of an individual arrested for attempted murder when he shot at two homeless individuals (and missed).

In addition to this, we discussed:

-local news—Pensacon and a new and improved Chic Fil A on 9-Mile Road

-Marco Rubio Schools Margaret Brennan on Free Speech

-Team USA crushes Team Canada in Hockey in Montreal – 3 fights in 9 seconds

-Kellyanne Conway on Trump the negotiator

-President Trump reforming the food stamp program

--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, February 11, 2025

The Wake Up Call for Monday: Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons

Today on the wake-up call live on WPNN 103.7 we discussed state, local, national, and international topics of interest.  We also welcomed onto the show our Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons.  He and I discussed the swat standoff from last week in Escambia County, the hit and run in Century, and an perplexing incident which took place on Millview road.  We always appreciate Sheriff Simmons’ time, joining us weekly on the show!

In addition to this, we discussed:

-local news and information

-The Philadelphia Eagles’ tremendous victory in the Super Bowl

-The best commercials from the game

-25% Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum

-Trump’s threat to shut down the Federal Dept. of Education

-Federal Judges attempting to block Trumps reforms

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

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.

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.

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.


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.

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.

Monday, December 9, 2024

Sheriff Chip Simmons on Today's Wake Up Call on WPNN



This morning we had Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons join us for today's Wake Up Call with Jeff Bergosh live on WPNN--AM 790 FM 103.7.

We talked some sports, we discussed the upcoming Blazer Academy class the sheriff's office will be sponsoring and hosting, we discussed some local crime that was reported over the weekend, and also about the 5th year anniversary of the terrorist attack aboard NAS Pensacola.

I also asked Sheriff Simmons his thoughts on this recent execution in NYC of the executive from United Health Care.  Simmons' take on that is interesting and comes from a position of expertise as he has been a long serving professional in law enforcement.  You will want to hear his thoughts on this if you didn't catch it live.

We also discussed a host of national, international, and local stories that you will want to know about.

Catch the recording of this morning's show here

listen LIVE daily at 7:00 AM on AM 790 or FM 103.7 on WPNN--Pensacola's information Station.

The Wake up Call live with Jeff Bergosh---Radio UNRESTRAINED!