Roe Conn
Roe Conn (born in Chicago on June 6, 1964) is an American radio talk show host who is the host of The Roe Conn Show which airs on WLS-AM 890 in Chicago, Illinois. The Roe Conn Show broadcasts live from 2-7 p.m. (Central Time), Monday through Friday.
Roe's first radio gig was Saturday overnights on WDUB in Granville, OH. He then went on to be producer for Don Vogel on WMAQ-AM. He received his first national exposure for his daily "round up" of the OJ Simpson Trial. After that, he went on to hosting shows on WLS-AM, eventually teaming up with Garry Meier. In 2004, a contract negotiation with the station caused Meier to not renew his contract with WLS. Roe is now the sole host of the show, along with Jim Johnson and Christina Filiaggi. In December 2005, Roe's afternoon show added Chicago comedian Bill Leff, who had high-profile gigs at WLUP-FM (97.9), WKQX-FM (101.1) and the former WNND (100.3), to the payroll. Roe and Leff often joke on the air about the similarity of their voices. However, Bill Leff's voice constantly cracks while he talks. Roe's voice doesn't.
Roe Conn can be described as having a good sense of humor, talented at being able to put into words exactly what he is thinking while being obsessive about cleanliness and avoiding germs and sickness at all costs.
On January 5, 2006, Roe Conn mentioned Wikipedia in his daily talk show on WLS. He stated that while most of it is factually correct, some details (including his birthday) were incorrect. Now his birthday is correct on the site (as of 6-6-06). However, Sun Time Columnist, Michael Sneed, whom Roe loves to read, declared his birthday as 6-7 in her 6-7-06 column.
On May 1, 2006 Roe Conn hung up on an elderly woman who had been voicing her opposition to illegal immigration and the government's failure to enforce immigration laws. Some conflicting reports have indicated that the hang-up may have contributed to her death later that day. Roe Conn mentioned that this report appeared in Wikipedia on his show the next day. On the subsequent show the daughter of the elderly woman called in to make the points her mother wanted to make, and then hung up on Roe. He did not die.
On May 10,2006, Roe Conn started his own weekly segment on Glenn Beck's one-hour talk show on CNN Headline News. It airs at 7 p.m. (Eastern Time) with reruns at 9 p.m. and Midnight (Eastern). Conn turns up on the show every Wednesday with "Roes & Cons," an irreverent roundup of the winners and losers of the week in the news. He tapes his segments from studios in Chicago. Occasionally Conn serves as guest host of this show when Beck is on vacation.