Wes & Walker Show
WES BRYANT Charlotte native Wes Bryant comes to WFNZ as a host, producer, editor, and voice-over artist for the ACC Digital Network in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was previously the host for ACC Digital Network’s Kickoff Live, a college football pregame show and Wes Got Range, a lifestyle show on which Wes explored and visited locally owned restaurants in Charlotte and interviewed local area athletes. Wes was hired for the 2021-2022 season as a pre and post-game co-host for Charlotte Hornets broadcast on Bally Sports South. In addition to his work at the ACC Digital Network, Wes is a regular contributor on Charlotte Sports Live on Fox 46 Charlotte, where he discusses and breaks down all the action in the NBA, NFL, NASCAR, and across NCAA basketball and football. He began his career in 2013 as a beat writer for the Charlotte 49ers of the C-USA Conference for Rivals.com. Wes was previously a reporter and producer for The Melanie Clark Show on Radio One. In 2007, Wes was an intern at WBTV, Channel 3, in Charlotte. Wes is a former offensive lineman, and three-year letterman for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, graduated from the university in 2006. He was a High School All-American football player at Vance High School in Charlotte. WALKER MEHL Walker grew up in Claremont, NC and played basketball at Bunker Hill High School. He then took his talents to UNC-Charlotte where he graduated in 2015. Walker then started his broadcasting career in the Charlotte market the following year. Along with his start in radio, Walker began hosting the Locked On Hornets podcast in 2018 where his passion for the Hornets and the other local sports teams is apparent. Prior to joining WFNZ as a full-time host, Walker has worked on the station in a number of different shows. Growing up in and around the Queen City, Walker is a life-long fan and observer of the Carolina Panthers, the Charlotte Hornets and the University of North Carolina. Walker loves the outdoors, going out and spending time in Uptown and loves music as much as he loves sports.
Episodes
In this edition of the Live Wire, the guys react to Rex Ryan's strong criticism of Shedeur Sanders, Cam Ward's strong criticism of his team and Brandon Miller's praise of Colin Sexton's game.
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Hunter Bailey, Charlotte 49ers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer and one of the hosts of the Highway 49 Podcast, joins the show to discuss the Niners rough start to the season and what the outlook is for them the remainder of the season.
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In the final hour of the show, the guys talk with Hunter Bailey about the Charlotte 49ers struggles so far this year, react to some of the best audio in the world of sports on the Live Wire and walk it off with a preview of tonight's playoff action.
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In this edition of Around the NFL, the guys discuss the Falcons' win over the Commanders and if it turns their season back in the right direction, tell you if Tampa showed they were a serious contender in the NFC this weekend and give you their top two teams in the NFL.
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In this edition of the Campus Corner, the guys tell you what they think of Penn State after another top ten loss under James Franklin, talk about App State's blowout loss to Boise State and look at whether or not Duke found the missing piece in their backfield.
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In the second hour of the show, the guys go to the Campus Corner to talk about Penn State and App State's losses, tell you if they think Dave Canales can survive the deficiencies of this Panther roster and go around the NFL to talk about the biggest NFC South storylines and the league power rankings.
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In the first hour of the show, the guys tell you how they think the Panthers can fix the issues that they have with this team through four weeks and discuss how much blame Bryce Young should receive for what happened this year.
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What did we learn from this past weekend of college football, and which games were the highlights of the weekend?
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Brandon Miller joined Wes & Walker from Panthers media day to discuss everything from his injury recovery; to what we can expect out of him and the rest of the team this season.
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The final hour of the show starts with a fantastic interview with now friend of the show, Brandon Miller. After the interview, the rest of the show would be filled with Panther misery. Is there any way the Panthers can turn this season around?
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Live from Hornets Media Day, Wes & Walker sit down with Hornets Head Coach, Charles Lee, for a discussion about the upcoming season and where he feels like this team has improved the most.
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Hour 2 starts as always with the Campus Corner and What Did We Learn. We then move on to a great interview with Hornets HC, Charles Lee. We finish the hour by asking if Dan Morgan should officially be on the hot seat, and if not, who should be?
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Hornet's 4th overall pick in the draft, Kon Knueppel, sits down with Wes & Walker to talk about his expectations for the upcoming season, as well as what his major takeaways from the Summer League Championship are.
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One of the most stylish guys on and off the court, Tre Mann, joins Wes & Walker to talk about his upcoming season, the negotiation process of his extension, and the impact of the injury that led to him missing the majority of the season last year.
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It's a Monday show after a disappointing loss for the Panthers. Wes & Walker are live from Hornets media day though and have some great interviews with Tre Mann and Kon Knueppel in the first hour!
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Will joined Wes & Walker today as he recapped what went wrong for Charlotte FC against NYCFC, and Will also weighed in on the Panthers upcoming game against the Patriots.
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In the show's final hour, Walker talks to Wes to preview the upcoming weekend in ACC Football, and Walker and Smoke give their final thoughts on the Panthers upcoming trip to New England, and if they can leave with a W.
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In hour 2, Walker reacts to the Panthers going into the Patriots game without both starting edges, and Walker weighs in on the XL injury situation and if it is fair for fans to fully give up on last year's first-round pick.
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To start the show, Walker and Smoke filling in for Flounder, recap Sam Darnold's hot start in Seattle as they wonder if he is yet another guy the Panthers messed up with, and should we be mad that he's balling out elsewhere.
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Joe Person of The Athletic would join the show fresh off watching Panthers practice. He would inform us of all of the injuries that have been stacking up for the team, as well as if we, as fans, should be comfortable feeling optimistic after a blowout win over the Falcons. Joe Person also gives us some insight to if Xavier Legette might be losing the confidence of his QB, Bryce Young. Finally he covers the resurgence of Ejiro Evero...
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