WHITEY GLEASON
Born in the tough, nautical town of Vallejo, Whitey Gleason brings to the airwaves each weekday morning a tough, nautical perspective on sports. This can be annoying when the sport in question doesn't involve boats, but that's part of what makes Whitey Gleason unique.
Whitey began his broadcasting "career" as a sports reporter on San Francisco station KYUU in 1984. So impressed with Whitey's work was parent company NBC, that they sold all of their radio properties four years later, chasing Whitey north to Sacramento. After ten and a half years at 93 Rock, Gleason took over morning duties at KHTK in October of 1999. When asked what Whitey has brought to Sports 1140, Program Director Mike Remy crinkled up his nose and asked, "He's the one who needs a haircut, right?"
Known almost as much for his parody songs and nutty voices as he is for his questionable grooming habits, Whitey has nonetheless led the award-winning Rise Guys Show through seven fabulous years at KHTK. He's never going to gain acceptance to the Barry Bonds Fan Club, nor is he ever going to live down that ill-conceived Laker Funeral. But the high-energy guy about whom the Sacramento Bee wondered, "Is he man or machine?", will find a way to make an impression -- whether through his sharp wit, his withering critiques of the sport's world, or his commendable attendance record.
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PHANTOM
Contrary to popular belief, The
Phantom brings a lot to the
Rise Guys Show. A lot of
anger, a lot of bitterness, a lot
of resentment, a lot of...well,
you know the type. In fact,
one theory is that the
members of the Rise Guys
Show keep Phantom around
so they'll feel better about
themselves.
Occasionally these person-
ality quirks can be mined for
comedy gold but for the
overwhelming majority of the
time, Phantom weighs the
show down in much the same
way that Andrew Ridgely did
to WHAM!
In the early nineties, Phantom
found a woman with nothing
left to live for and she agreed
to marry him, if he always
stayed at least 25 feet away
from her. Despite this
sensible precaution the happy
couple has two sons, ages 13
and 9, who have not yet
realized the sap in their family
tree.
When reached for comment
on this bio, Phantom
complained about being
awoken from his nap, yelled
out the door for some kids to
get off his lawn and then left
to start his bath. Check out
this dynamic personality
weekday mornings from 5-9
on The Rise Guys Show on
Sports 1140 KHTK.
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LITTLE JOE PITTMAN
After 10 years at KHTK, and 8 years behind the scenes for the Rise Guys, Little Joe Pittman can finally add host to his resume. The Rise Guys have officially added Little Joe to the show as the "new guy", even though his job duties pretty much remain the same and for no more $$$. Once long ago pre Y2K, Little Joe was an intern, but for the majority of a decade he has been a proud, paid, employee of Sports 1140 KHTK. Little Joe, has worked his way up through the years being an overnight guy to board op, to stunt boy, to now Executive Producer & 3rd guy for the Rise Guys show and pretty much the reason why Sports 1140 KHTK is so AWESOME!!! Little Joe, the Producers Producer as Don King titled him, hopes to soon be the 3rd Guys 3rd Guy!
As well as displaying his many talents at the station from video's to producing, Little Joe showcases his talent as a MC/DJ on the weekends for the greatest entertainment company in the world, Extreme Productions (www.extremeprodjs.com). When this man of many hats has a moment of freedom he loves to take random drunk trips to Vegas, playing cards, and googling Megan Fox.
Little Joe is happily married, and has been since May of 2004. His wife Laura and him have an incredibly beautiful amazing awesomely rad little girl named Hannah. Little Joe and his lovely wife are expecting a baby boy, Jack Joseph Pittman in April. He is a DIEHARD 49ers and North Carolina Tar Heel fan, and recently a huge Phillies fan, weird. His all time favorite athletes are MJ, Jerry Rice and Will "The Thrill" Clark. He LOVES the Foo Fighters and has a huge man crush on Dave Grohl. Little Joe is also a closet Justin Timberlake fan, but please don't say anything, he wants to keep that one a secret.
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Although he's the youngest member of the Sports 1140 family and recently got excited for his first chin hair, Dave "Deuce" Mason helps run the Rise Guys Show.
