1/23: Introducing Val Porter to the Morning Show

Introducing Val Porter to the Morning Show...Plus, Day #18 for Trivia, Val with the News, and we finally get a winner for "Who Sings It?"

Episode Transcript

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Oh, Danny go, you geta real nice face, now, don't
you. Johnny, Well, actually, I'm Johnny. That's what Johnny.
That's we're gonna tell the boys aboutJohnny doctor Johnny Fever and I am burning
up in here, Johnny. Allright, here we go podcasting live atop

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I Heart Mountain Johnny Heartwell and ValPorter a brand new teammate. Yay.
So so, so, how longyou've worked over two decades with dve right?
Thirty years? Next week? Thirtyyears? Really? Yep, you
look thirty hour you're so kind.Uh yeah, I got hired as a

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part time er thirty years ago ondB. What year was that, ninety
four? Ninety four? Wow?Okay, In fact, that was prior
to me coming into in the Pittsburgh. I think I was in Youngstown.
Oh okay, point yeah, wellI came from Youngstown. Okay. You
worked at at the rock station,yes, ninety five K Rock in those
days, and I did the Topforty. I was hot one on one.
I was there, and then Icame to be ninety four and ninety

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four. So you yeah, you'vebeen We've been following each other really because
we started you want to clarion.Yeah, I want to Clarion, do
you know the Alma Mater song?Oh? No, I'll give you a
hundred bucks. I'll give you ahundred bucks right now. You don't even
have to reach in your pocket.I am Are you ready? Oh Clarion,
Dear Clarion. Oh College on theHill, Oh Clarion, Dear Clarion,

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My heart will ever thrill. Wow. It was on the back of
It was the back of the studenthandbook every year, and it took me
four years to finally read it.I was like, that is the stupidest
Almond Alma Moter song ever. No, I don't know if I've ever even
heard it. And then then afterClarion, where did you go? I

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went back to Franklin where I grewup, Okay, and worked for about
a year and a half, andthen Youngstown, then the Youngster for about
a year and a half, andthen here in the Pittsburgh we just kind
of followed around. Yeah, justjockeys don't die. We just get bigger
than you haul. So all right, It's January twenty third, the twenty
third day of the year. Threehundred and forty three days remain ten days
until groundhol Day eighteen days to MartiGraft for Hope charity event happening at the

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Hotel Indigo. Get your tickets atHairpiecepeace dot org. Three hundred and thirty
seven days to Christmas. Today isNational Pie Day and vow this is one
thing that you need to know aboutme. Johnny love pie. I mean
I really, really, really lovepie. What's your favorite? Oh,
mango pie, ma pie? Ohyeah? Is there a top crust on

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that? Or is it? Okay? Yeah? I love all kinds of
pie, berry pie, pumpkin pie. You're not You said you're not a
fan of pumpkin pie. I lovepumpkin pie. I'll eat it. I
don't, I wouldn't choose it.Yeah, see, I love it.
I am an adult. I havebecome as an adult a lover of cherry
pie. I love Now. What'syour what's your go? Too sweet?

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I always have golden oreos in myfridge. In your fridge? Yeah,
see, cookies don't last a longand enough time in my household that you
can't. It doesn't last that long. You must you must spread it out.
Yeah. I just grab a coupleand pop them in oreos. Just
a couple. Oh, I eatthem by the sleeve. Forget about it?

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National rubar Pie Now do you likerubar pie? Oh? It's good
baby love rub baby rubub rubab Pie. International Sticky Toffee Pudding Day. I
don't know what that is. I'venever had it, but it does measure
your feet Day, National Handwriting Day, Snowplow Mailbox Hockey Day, and Speak

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Up and Succeed Day. Do peopleknow how to use handwriting? Now?
They stop teaching it in schools?Right? I always believe me you'd cursive?
Yeah? No, I was notvery In fact, I wrote a
check, my first check in liketwo years, and I almost I almost
forgot how to do cursive. Iwas wow, because we never do it.
I don't have one check a year. But it was for like a

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for dog tags or something for mydogs. Yeah, all right, we've
got date number eighteen for the roadwarytrivia question coming up. After this,
I really started messing around with earlybedtime, and that is addictive. Start
cozying up at ten, You're like, where's this been? Ten? Is

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the gateway? At nine thirty?Next thing I know, I'm curling up
at eight forty five. Your friendsare like, where you been? Joe?
Busy, super busy, I gotgood relationships and stuff. Eight pm

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is the overdose of early bedtime.That's when you've gone too far. You
wake up free, refreshed, walkthe streets in the night with the other
addicts and criminals. Joe Zepperman,you say you got to go to bed
around nine thirty ish ishish. Didyou do you go to bed a little

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earlier and just kind of chill out? Or do you Well, I do
exactly what you're not supposed to dowhen you get in bed. Scroll on
my phone. Yeah, see ifthe world blew up, just in case
I have to report, I mighthave to act. Or there's a good
recipe that I find. So onceyou go to cooking stuff, what do

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you like cooking stuff? I dolike to bake. I like I like
to make pasta. I don't cooka lot of meats. Do you happen
to bake pies? I'm not agood pie baker. Tell me. I'm
sorry, but I know a placeright down the road that has really good
pies. Well, there's something youneed to know about me, Johnny leg
Bye, I'm just saying. Daynumber is eighteen. For the trivia question,

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Let's take some calls good morning.Who's this? Thanks? Nick?
All right neck broad ory trivia questionin seventy nine. In nineteen seventy nine,
there were zero today, well overfour hundred and fifty in the USA
and ten percent, roughly ten percenthere in Pennsylvania. Let's say sheets gas
station. No, we've had alot of people say sheets in wa one.
Nothing like that. Nothing has nothingto do with gas stations at all.

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Sorry. Four one, two,three, three, three ninety four
five? Oh what you got outfor arena? No, nothing like that
at all. All right, danged. What do you got for us?
Is it snow tubing parks? Oh? Not bad? No, nothing
like that at all. All right, Thank you? Go to al What
you got uber power plants? Nothingthat big, nothing that big, nothing

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it all right, buddy, keepworking. Let's take three more. Go
ahead, what's your guess? Electriccar charge? Electric car charging stations?
No? Sorry, nice, Trystick two more windmills. You're new to
the question, aren't you. Yeah? Yeah, yeah, we've gone through
windmills quite a bit. Not hasnothing to do with windmills. Oh all

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right, okay, Karen, howare we today? All right? You're
the last calling I take today.You get it right? You went otherwise,
Day number nineteen tomorrow casinos. Nothingthat big, you guys, auld
think way too big. It's gotto be smaller. Okay, thank you.
All right, So we determined onthe air it's somewhere between a bowling

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ball and a cell phone tower somethingalong. So do you have a guess
or do you have a question forme? No? I did you see
my brain shirting? Now? Whydo you ask me that I have a
guest? You have a guest,You don't have a question, all right,
go for the guests. Lactation stationsOh okay, Oh, like like

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a nursing pod. Oh, that'sinterest nursing. No, this is something
we you know that that you wouldrecognize. Okay, I think I thought
that was it flactation. At first, all was like she's making she's making
crap off. Oh okay, allright, well because I've never done it,
so all right, uh no winnertoday, we'll do it. Do

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it all over again tomorrow at seveno'clock. To do your homework. All
right. Time for news. What'sthe most important to me? News updates?
Not news news updates. I likeall the local news, all right,
maw what's going on? Well?The US Congress is considering a measure
that would require the Treasury Department tomake a Roberto Clemente commemorative coin. You
would think this is something they wouldhave done thirty years ago. No brainer,

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yep. New York Representative Adriano S. Payat has introduced a bill that
would have a coin made, andthe legislation is being supported by local congressman.
I was hoping that, like everybodyin the Pittsburgh region would fully support
that. Yeah, Crystalusio and GuyRussianhaler are on board. Roberto Clemente Junior
says the measure is seeing support andhe believes it can pass. I'm sure

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it will. Bill's been forward tothe House Committee on Financial Services. Pittsburgh's
Hinds History Center has again been nominatedin the category of best History Museum in
the USA Today's twenty twenty four tenBest Readers Choice Travel Awards. The museum
finished second in the voting last year. More details on that award and your
chance to vote can be found atten Best dot USA today dot com.

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And that's using the number ten.All right, there's a couple of things
you need to know about me aboutFirst of all, Johnny, like Pie,
I'm going to make that abundantly clear. And I'm a history nut,
really, I am a huge historyknut, and a certain era of time
have I go through phases. Igo through phases like you know, it's
usually like a French and Indian War, Civil War, World War two.

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Sometimes it's you know, Indian historyand things like that. So, but
the Heindes History Center is one ofmy favorite museums. And I've been to
a ton, been to New YorkCity, I've been to DC and some
of the best museums in the countryright here in Pittsburgh, Indy. Andy
mask Over at the Hindes History Centerdoes an amazing job. So if you

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could time travel to any era tolive, which would it be seventeen fifties.
Wow, that's very specific, Yes, because Pittsburgh history is something it's
that's probably near and dear to myheart the most, huh, because there's
there's so much about Pittsburgh history thata lot of Pittsburgh's don't even know.

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You know, we take for granted, you know, Washington County, Mount
Washington, and yet they don't knowhow George Washington was involved in the history
and the foundation of Pittsburgh. Sothat's that's that's my era. That's a
big time. I would go backto wild West days. Would you like
pere people? Do you shoot?Do you have to? You? I

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grew up in a family of huntersand fish Franklin, they give you a
baby ball too, exactly. Yeah, so yeah, I like to target.
So all right, what else isgoing on? Well, the next
time you're cooking or baking and reachfor that seldom used spice in your spice
wreck, check that expiration date.Spices do expire. I won't bake you

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anything with expired spices in it.A woman posted on x that she tasted
her mom's famous apple pie and itjust didn't taste quite right. Little off
Her mom said she followed the recipeshe's been using for years exactly as it
was printed. So they checked theingredients. The nutmeg had expired twenty four

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years ago. Yeah, I highlyrecommend that you don't use that nutmeg from
the Clinton administration. So they checkedthe rest of the spices. Only six
of the thirty had not expired.Nominations for the Razzie Awards are in Worst
Picture the Exorcist Believer Expendables because thatactually got fairly good reviews. I thought,

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No, that's according to the restabout Winnie the Pooh movie, that
horror movie that is nonm worst picture. Yes, Blood, Blood and Honey.
Yes, you know they're doing aMickey Mouse. Uh horror movie too.
I didn't see that. Yeah,Bazaar, Shazam, Fury of the
Gods, and Meg to the Trench. Worst Picture nominees. Worst Actor Russell

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Crowe in The Pope's Exorcist, Vindiesel Fast X, Chris Evans Ghosted,
that's an Apple TV movie, JasonStatham and Meg to the Trench. I
love him. I don't know why. I don't know even Meg, even
the Meg movies. I haven't seenthat one. I did want to watch
it, but I just did.John Voyd in Mercy. Yeah I didn't

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either. Worst Actress Anna Diarmus andGhosted Megan No, no, no,
she could do no wrong. Sheis my go to. Oh my god,
she is gorgeous. Did you watchGhosted? No? Because if she's
bad in it, now I knowbecause she might not be. Yeah,
like she was in uh like thelast James Bond film. Okay, she's

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your girl. Megan Fox, Johnnyand Clyde Selma Hyak Magic, Mike's Last
Dance, Jennifer Lopez and the Mother, and Helen Mirren and Shazam Fury of
the Gods. We're supporting actress KimCattrell About My Father. I haven't heard
of half of these movies either.Yeah, Megan Fox expendables for by Laying
Johnny and Clyde, Lucy Lusha,zamb Fury of the Gods, Mary Stuart

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Masterson Five Nights at Freddy's, whichI'm always gonna remember her. What was
the eighties movies? I just drewa blank that she was at. Five
Nights of Freddy's was a surprise hit. It like made one hundred million dollars
in like the first couple of weeks, which is kind of it came out
of nowhere. So yeah, Ihaven't seen any of these movies. We're
supporting actor Michael Douglas Aunt Man andThe Wasp, Quantum Mania, which those

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Marvel movies are always great? Youdo do you like those superhero movies?
They're very good. I would notseek out. It's not like, oh
I got to be at the theaterthe first day that they opened. But
yeah, they're great. I justgot tired of them. I do like
like our Guardians of the Galaxy.I thought those were well made. I
think you know, some of thoseare my favorite. Yeah some Yeah,

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me too. The Ironman movies werepretty good, but it just got overwhelming
it. I couldn't keep track ofeverybody. There's like five hundred people to
keep track of. I can't keeptrack. Well, then if you're on
Disney Plus, you can watch them, not in the order they were released,
but in like chronological order in timelineof Marvel. So maybe they make
more sense than Mel Gibson, ConfidentialInformant, Bill Murray, Antman in the

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Wasp, Quantum Mania, Frank o'neiroas the Pope and the Pope's Exorcist,
and sliced alone Expendables for that's theworst supporting actor, worst screen couple.
Any two merciless mercenaries from the Expendables. Did you see any of the Expendable
movies? Me? Neither. That'sjust done. That's how my go to.
Any two money grubbing investors who donatedto the four hundred dollars million,

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four hundred million dollar remake of theExorcist. Sorry to break this to you,
were screen couple Anna Diarmus and ChrisEvans. Yeah, ghosted only because
Chris Evans needs to go. Ineed It should have been me. It
should have been me, Well,it should have been me, Selma Hayagen,
Channing Tatum, Magic, Mike's LastDance, and Pooh and Piglet from

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Winnie the Pooh, Blood and Honey, Worst Screenplay, The Exorcist, Believer
Expendables Indiana Jones in the dial ofwhatever the name of the movie was,
that went on Forever, Shazam,Fury of the Gods, and Winnie the
Pooh, Blood and Honey. SoWinnie the Pooh may sweep. Now that
the rest have been announced, thatmeans the Oscar nominations are going to be

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coming out right yep. Yeah,we should have full details coming up tomorrow.
And finally, Billy Joel has announcedwhat he's been teasing since December.
He has recorded a new song.It'll be out next month. Here we
go. It's nice. What doyou think that's it? It's about thirteen

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seconds long. Yeah. He hasn'thad a hit since when The last thing
he released was in two thousand andseven. Okay, well, when's the
last time he had a hit?Probably nineteen ninety three. Yeah, that's
River of Dreams. I got astory about one time I was on the
air and on the request line,I picked up and guy said, hey,

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I'm looking for Johnny Hartwell and Isaid, this is Johnny said this
is Billy Joel and I'm like,of course, yes, yeah, b
yes, And then he was likeno, I'm this is seriously because it
was when he canceled out at Starlakeand he wanted to make announcement that he
was really ill and that he wantedto go to call it now. And
I did not believe that it wasBilly Joel. It took like convincing he

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had. He had the name songsand covidters and stuff like that. I
was like, then then you findout it's Billy Joel and you're like,
holy crap, Yeah, you've gotBilly Joel. Broke out in a swap
so flop sweat. It was like, oh my god, I'm actually talking
to Billy Joel. Thought that waspretty cool. Did you see him last
summer? Oh? I did?I love it, Billy tremendous. So
the name of the song is turnthe Lights Back On. It was produced

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by Freddie Wexler, known for hiswork with Ariana Grande, Kanye West,
and Celine Dion so he works witha lot of pop artists. Set for
release on February first. All right, very good, All right, let's
do this day number four for thewho sings it? Although there's nobody singing,
so it's who plays it? Wellknown three WS artist. If you

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can guess who this is, we'regoing to give you tickets for lionel Ritchie
an Earth Wind and Fire PPG PaintsArena coming up on June sixteenth. That's
a Sunday night. Tickets available atticketmaster dot com. All right, let's
give this a liver, not alot to go on? All right,
bal well, who do you thinkthat is? What? If I get
it right and then then you win. You're gonna go see Lona witch you

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whether you like it or not.I don't think I'm right, but I'm
gonna say Elton John. It's notnot Elton John. Nice trying? All
right? Now it's your turn fourone, two, three, three,
three ninety four or five? Oh, just tell me who plays it?

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All right, let's go to thephone. Three WS. Good morning,
who's this hey, Lisa? Howare the roads where you are? Oh
they're good, they're good. Allright, Another round? Of who plays
it? Did you do your homework? I know, I'm just going off
a whim. All right, let'sgive this a quick listen. Well known
three WUS artists. There's a hint. What do you got for us?

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Aerosmith? It's not, but yougot the rights like either right era and
like big like they're in the Rockand Roll Hall of Fame. So you
guys are on the right path.All right, good morning? Who's this
Jim? Jim, you're the lastcall I tacked today? You get it
right? You win otherwise? Daynumber five tomorrow, Let's give this a

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listen. Who could that possibly be? Could it be a journey? It
is journey? How'd you figure outout? Jim? I just took a
wild guess. Mean you played themright after you said that you were going
to be doing the content. Yeah. It's from a Japanese movie from the

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Dream After Dream soundtrack. It's calledSnow Theme. So congratulations, brother,
you're a winner. Thank you?All right? Got tickets for Lionel,
Richie and the Earth, Wind andFire. Can you stick around? Sure?
All right, that's it for Johnnyand Val. We'll catch you back
on the radio tomorrow. Day numbernineteen for the road ward Traviy question.
We have another round of who singsit now? Do you want a new

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song from a well known classic hitartist or do you want a before they
were famous kind of deal before theywere famous? Okay, I do take
requests. So that's all coming uptomorrow, plus plenty of chances for you
to win cash with one thousand dollarspay Day. That's it for us,
Thanks for listening. We'll catch youback on the radio tomorrow at five am.