Guy Perry

Guy Perry has returned home to afternoons on 97X after a 16 year absence. Guy was a Program Director and an On-Air Personality for 8 years in the Quad Cities, and only on ONE radio station… 97X. The Michigan native (and Michigan State alumnus) has made the Quad Cities his home for 24 years. Married to Debbie, and dad to Jennifer, Guy is also a licensed home inspector. He’s also a sports nut who credits his golf swing to his famous coach Captain Morgan! Guy says, “I came back ’cause I miss the interaction with a 97X listeners and I missed playing Classic Rock… there’s no more to the story really.” Join Guy for the ’5 O’clock Punch Out’ and make a request on your drive home Monday through Friday!

30 Years Ago: The Night Stevie Ray Vaughan Died

A night I will never forget.

One Of My Favorite Quad Cities Memories

Every year about this time, I get a warm feelin' thinking back to my favorite Blues Fest memory. If you've seen this before, well.. forgive me but I just wanna tell it again! I'm pretty sure it was 1995, and we were watching the main stage as it was getting dark...

Only $4,000 ???

Maybe you heard this already, but I just heard that this Saturday night there will be a "Heritage Auctions" event in Beverly Hills, California ... a fairly "wealthy" area .... and one of the items up for bids will be a lock of David Bowie's hair...

See The Motley Crue Film Tonight

The documentary of Motley Crue titled "The End" is released today and is in select theatres for viewing. The Illinois theatres are pretty much all in the Chicago or Rockford area, the Iowa theatres include Des Moines' Jordan Creek and somewhere in NW Iowa...

It’s So Dumb It’s Funny !

Every once in a while, I get a call from a listener that says something to make my day. Well that honor goes to a buddy from Galesburg today with this joke: "Whaddya got when you have a deer with one eye...?" ('ya ready ...........) "I got No Idea'r" ...

Here’s The Funny Part…

I was just lookin' around today and saw that on this day back in 2007, The mayor of Nijmegen in The Netherlands, one of the 3 oldest and most famous cities in that country, officially named one of its town streets in honor of The Rolling Stones...

A Day To Remember Robbin Crosby

Today is the day in 2002 that Robbin Crosby of Ratt left the planet. Original reports said he died of complications from Pneumonia, related to AIDS, but later reports came out that it was a heroin overdose. It was probably a little of both...

“Win Stuff” on the Punch-Out this week!

This week, I will be selecting random "requestors" from the 5:00 Punch Out requests and rewarding you with 2 free Hungry Hobo sandwiches AND a Free Oil Change from Midas !! Win both from me, just for placing a "Punch-Out" request by phone ...

When Dad’s Get Emotional, Part 2

This morning I dropped my daughter off for her last day at Elementary School... and as I drove away with the biggest lump-in-my-throat that I can remember ever having, I had plenty of water in my eyes. My little girl will be in Junior High next year...

Happy Anniversary DP !

Hope you all can indulge me for just a moment while I congratulate ... thank ... honor ... and generally count my blessings. For my wife Debbie and me, it's our 18th anniversary today ! I owe so much to this wonderful woman, the LEAST I can do is take every opportunity to celebrate her today, right...