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Big Mama and The Wild Bunch Podcast
Big Mama and the WiLD Bunch is Southwest Florida’s Morning Show. They are the #1 Nielsen rated morning show with over 250k fans on Social Media. Big Mama and the WiLD Bunch’s dedication to their craft has won them Best Morning Drive team with the News-Press reader’s poll for seven straight years. Wake up and be ready at 6am to interact with this LIVE and LOCAL show, packed with current events, entertainment, and their personal lives always creating some sort of on-air hilarity. Big Mama and the WiLD Bunch are fully disclosed on B1039 and listeners are on the edge on this 100,000 watt radio station
Everything you need to know about Big Mama and The Wild Bunch
Big Mama was born in Dayton, Ohio, and never lived too long in one place again. By the time he was twelve he had lived in over twenty different cities. Big Mama’s Step Father was a country radio personality named Jerry Paxson. It was during this time that Big Mama got the taste of radio. He knew after being backstage at one of the biggest country concerts in the world that he was meant to be in radio.
But at twelve, life changed for Big and he moved into his birth father’s house and began to participate in a variety of different activities. From football and wrestling to chess club and student council, Big found a love for another side of life.
At eighteen, he joined the US Army as an Airborne Infantryman and served two years in Alaska. After his service, Big began working many jobs first as a factory worker, then a frozen food manger and ending up as a manager for health clubs. But after two exhausting years of that business it was time for a change.
In 1995, Big walked into a Top 40 radio station in his hometown and asked for a job. After a 7 month free internship, Big got his big break, Midnight shift on a Saturday night. He was able to secure that air shift after selling five dozen of the station’s hats in twenty four hours.
From there his career took off. It landed him in places like Phoenix, Albuquerque, Tampa, Memphis, Philadelphia, Fresno, Spokane, and Minneapolis. Most recently his career solidified here in Southwest Florida. Big holds down the Morning Show for WXKB B1039 and has done so since early 2008. Big and his crew ‘The WiLD Bunch’ have scored the highest ratings in station history and won countless awards including The Best Morning Drive team ten years running in the News-Press best of the Southwest. He gained national attention numerous times including the inking of his ‘Dunk City” tattoo.
Big Mama loves to fish, is involved in many charities including Boys and Girls Club of Lee County and Making Strides against Breast Cancer.
Big currently resides in North Fort Myers with his wife Sara and his 2 kids Bella and Finnegan.
Michelle Ayyyyy is a proud U.S. veteran, an American Radio Personality of Dominican Republic descent nicknamed “Michelle Ayyyyy” for her dynamic personality.
This “Spicy” Latina loves to spend her time socializing, video blogging, and exploring new and exciting adventures. Spending quality time with her son and cheffing up all her traditional Latin cuisines like Mangu or Sancocho keeps life fun and meaningful.
Michelle Ayyyyy spends time inspiring and motivating women. Her mission is to cut through the noise in the health and fitness industry and empower women to create sustainable solutions for lasting health, happiness, and confidence.
Her vision is a world where daily acts of self-love and care are a regular part of life. She indulges in her femininity through hair, make-up, and fashion, utilizing her creativity and confidence demonstrated with extreme enthusiasm on her social media.
Giving back to her community through feeding the homeless and educating them about financial freedom keeps her motivated and humbled.
She looks forward to taking your business to the next level and adding unique client services and high-level interpersonal communications.
Budman, has lent his voice talent of celebrity impressions to countless radio stations across the country. When he’s not on the radio he loves collecting coming books, going to Karaoke nights, and spending time with his greatest achievement, his 7 year old daughter. They spend more of their times playing video games, watching movies and taking the family dogs to the park.
Contact the show
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TEXT: 239-765-1039
EMAIL: big@b1039.com
715 episodes