Greg left Woody middle Ravey & Menace rightThis iteration of The Woody Show began in San Francisco, however, the show’s story starts with Woody’s solo shifts on stations like KROCK in New York City. During that time he also worked at a station in Pittsburgh were he met fellow radio DJ, Ravey. Woody left for St. Louis and developed a popular afternoon drive show. The show later moved to Chicago and he brought on Ravey as co-host. Howard Stern announced his departure from terrestrial radio which opened up a number of morning show slots across the country. CBS Radio filled Howard’s spot with their syndicated shows for all stations except one, LIVE 105.3 in San Francisco. Woody took his afternoon drive show to mornings in San Francisco where he met LIVE 105.3 radio DJ/morning show producer, Greg Gory, and added him to the show. At the time, Menace, who had previously worked on a local morning show, started working at a station down the hall. He was later added to the show as well. Soon the show went top 3 in the market and gained a supportive cult following. After diverting from the station playlist for 30 seconds, The Woody Show was fired on April Fools Day 2009, despite being top rated. Greg and Menace stayed in San Francisco and worked at separate stations while Woody and Ravey took the show to St. Louis. Five years later, iHeartRadio Los Angeles called Woody and asked him to bring the show to ALT 98.7. He accepted and brought Greg Gory and Menace back on board to reunite the original members of the morning show. After a year and a half the show became #1 in Los Angeles, overtaking LIVE 105.3’s sister station, KROQ, and it’s heritage morning show, Kevin & Bean. The show’s success prompted iHeartRadio to launch The Woody Show into syndication with Premiere Networks.
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Woody was born in Plainsboro, New Jersey, just outside of Princeton. Because of his parents separation, he split his time between Jersey and Pittsburgh, PA. He later went boarding school for a youth development program in Oregon where he got the opportunity to be on the radio. His talent landed him shifts in all top 3 markets. He met his wife, Jen, while doing radio in St. Louis. They have two kids— a son and daughter. He has a passion for home renovation, football and hockey.
Ravey was born Pittsburgh, PA. She studied communications and broadcasting in college which led her to take on a job at local radio station as on on-air personality. She vowed to stay single and shares a home with her two cats, Sidney and Crosby, named after one of her favorite hockey players. She’s a video games lover and a Marvel and Harry Potter aficionado. She also hosts a weekly podcast called “Nerdin’ Out” which covers everything nerdy.
Greg Gory was born in Queens, New York but his family moved to Marin County, CA, a close neighbor to Napa’s wine country. He moved to San Diego for college where he studied communications and broadcasting. He landed a job at a local radio station. After moving to San Francisco Bay Area he continued his radio career and began working mornings. Like Woody, he has a passion for home renovation and real estate. He shares a home with his partner Mario who works in real estate. They are big fans of wine and dogs.
Menace is a San Francisco Bay Area native. He was born in Redwood City, CA located near the tech hub, Palo Alto. At age 13 he discovered his love for videography. He later majored in film at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. During that time he was contacted by a local morning show looking for video help. He was the first person to put a radio station on Youtube and Twitter in the US. He has two French Bulldogs and travels often with his wife, Spicy Nacho.
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The Woody Show sticker campaign has been sold in multiple markets to multiple retailers. We drive listeners to retail locations pick up stickers for FREE. The show’s sticker campaign with Habit Burger helped raise over 2 million dollars for No Kid Hungry through donations made when listeners visited locations.
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The Woody Show holds four events per year that are open to listeners in all markets— The Woody Show Fiesta, the Chrissymas Party, the Disney experience and the When We Were Young Festival in Las Vegas. The fiesta usually happens in April to celebrate show’s on-air anniversary and the Chrissymas Party happens in December with past performances from the Offspring, Sublime with Rome, Dirty Heads, Rise Against, Matt & Kim, Coolio and New Found Glory. These two events are held in Los Angeles. Giveaways also allow out of market listeners the chance to win flyaway trips to these events. The Woody Show’s annual Disney experience is all-new in 2024 and details will be released soon. The Woody Show will also have giveaways for this event that include roundtrip airfare for out of market listeners. The When We Were Young trip to Vegas is another all-new giveaway. The show will take listeners with them to the festival. The Fiesta and Chrissymas party can have sponsors on-site and flight giveaways can be “powered by.” Please contact us about Disney rules with sponsorships. For event images please click here.
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One of the most sellable things about The Woody Show is the daily podcast, which gets 850,000 to 1 million downloads per month. Ads and mentions for clients can be easily added to the podcast. Don’t be shy— lead with that information with clients! The Woody Show podcast has the most listeners that make over $100,000 dollars a year in the entire company.
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SEGMENTS: Daily national news headline segment heard in all markets, Daily “Nerdin’ Out” pop culture segment heard in all markets, Daily “Redneck News” segment heard in all markets, Daily local News headlines heard in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Kansas City, and Las Vegas, Daily sports segment heard in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Kansas City, and Las Vegas.
STUDIO IDEAS: Top of hour I.D. once an hour (for example “from the Wendy’s Studios”). On-camera mic flags with client logos that are visible on all daily Woody Show videos across social media. (Z100 example with Grubhub click here).
Sebas - Creative Producer: Born in Nashville and home schooled through high school. He graduated with a degree in chemical engineering from Georgia Tech. He started his radio career in Atlanta before coming to Los Angeles and joining The Woody Show in 2015. He has endless viral videos most notably creates content for the Cart Narcs YouTube page. He is heard daily on the show as a co-host.
Bort aka Brett - Syndication Producer : Born in Tarzana, CA. He started his career in recording studios working with the voice of Transformers Mega Tron. He later worked on WWE superstar Chris Jericho’s radio show and then the Nikki Sixx radio show. He loves everything Star Wars, wrestling and animation.
Sammi - Executive Producer: Born in Boston before moving with her family to Los Angeles. She started her radio career with the Mark and Brain morning show and later joined the Heidi and Frank morning show on KLOS. Her family has since relocated to Las Vegas. She loves country music, knitting, and her dog.
Morgan - Assistant Producer : Born in Dallas Texas. She joined the show after working for KFI AM News Los Angeles. In her free time, she loves bowling, doing stand up comedy, and hanging out with her dog. She can often be heard on The Woody Show sharing crazy stories about her life.
Caroline - Assistant Syndication Producer: Born in Newport Beach and currently lives in Long Beach, CA. Caroline comes from the iHeartRadio LA cluster’s programming team. She is the direct assistant to Bort and help produce all audio for our syndication. She is a big fan of EDM music and music festivals.
Von - Video producer: Born in Washington D.C. and studied film at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. He started his radio career with the Sarah and Vinnie morning show on Alice 97.3 in San Francisco. In his free time he DJ’s and does slam poetry on top of filmmaking.
The Woody Show thrives in the fast food, automotive and cellular categories. We would love to have opportunities in cable TV, streaming, travel & resorts, home improvement, beer & alcohol, retail, events, pet, casinos (LA market is already taken in the casino category), furniture, beverage (water, soda, coffee), finance, clothing, and electronics.
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