Bob Wojnowski

Infobox Radio Presenter
name = Bob Wojnowski

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birthdate = 1961
birthplace = Buffalo, New York, U.S.
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show = Stoney and Wojo
station = WDFN, Detroit, Michigan
timeslot = 3 - 6 p.m., Monday-Friday
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web = [http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=SPORTS08 Bob Wojnowski's column]

Bob "Wojo" Wojnowski (born in Buffalo, New York, 1961-) is the co-host of the "Stoney and Wojo" radio show on WDFN in Detroit, Michigan and a reporter and columnist for the "Detroit News". Along with co-host Mike Stone, the "Stoney and Wojo" show has been a consistent ratings leader for years in the Detroit afternoon drive time slot [ESPN Travel Center. City Guides website, [http://sports.espn.go.com/travel/cities/index?city=detroit "Detroit"] . accessed 05 May 2007.] . Wojnowski also appears often on Fox 2 WJBK's "Friday Night Sports Works" roundtable.

Career

Wojo has developed a split existence in the Detroit media, he portrays himself as a goofy, Nutter Butter obsessed idiot-savant on the radio at times, but also writes some of the most interesting and insightful sports commentary in the country. He is known for continually welcoming callers on the "Stoney and Wojo" show with "Happy New Year" well into July, and for continually reminding his co-host of his past, real or imagined, extra-marital affairs in Atlanta, drug use, and sleeping in the same bed as his sister while growing up. Yet Wojo also displays strong interviewing skills and can penetrate to the heart of the latest Detroit sports topic. He never shies away from asking a guest the hardest questions. He is very dedicated to his journalism print career and often misses his radio show because of his coverage of away games. Personally, he is married to his refrigerator- according to his station bio.

The "Stoney and Wojo" show

The "Stoney and Wojo" show is a three hour broadcast that includes listener call-in segments, regular guests, and current affairs talk slanted towards the Detroit and Michigan sports fan. With Mike Stone and Wojnowski's playful repartee, the show has developed a definite comedic quality with Stone playing straight man to Wojo's more clownish comments. More recently Stone has incorporated his MySpace website, and the station's website, into the show's topics and discussion. Nevertheless, the heart of the show is still sports and the breaking news of the Detroit sports market is paramount. Included are interviews, where the professional journalism strengths of Wojnowski come to the fore. Occasionally, political news is featured, Governor Jennifer Granholm has appeared several times, for example. Stoney and Wojo conduct an annual 28 hour radiothon in support of research for a cure of leukemia and lymphoma. The event was started when Sabrina Black, WDFN update reporter, was diagnosed with lymphoma, and continued after her long battle with the disease lead to her passing in 2006. It is typically held in a Metro Detroit restaurant and includes many regular guest appearances including Tony Dungy and Joe Dumars, among many others.

Stoney and Wojo filled in for Jim Rome on the North American syndicated The Jim Rome Show July 13, 2007.

Wojodamus

Wojnowski also predicts final scores of big Detroit sporting events under the name "Wojodamus" (a play on Nostradamus). "Channeling the Heavens", Wojodamus correctly predicted the Detroit Pistons' selection of Tayshaun Prince in the 2002 NBA Draft and the Detroit Lions' selection of Mike Williams in the 2005 NFL Draft. The Wojodamus legend grew as early as 1999 when he went into an on-air trance and predicted the #9 nationally ranked Wisconsin Badgers football team would lose to the lowly University of Cincinnati Bearcats. The following day the predication came true making many true believers wealthy. [Potrykus, Jeff. "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel", [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4196/is_19990919/ai_n10543802 CINCINNATI 17, WISCONSIN 12] Sep 19, 1999. (Accessed 24 July 2007).]

On April 9, 2008, Wojodamus correctly predicted the 0–7 Detroit Tigers would win their first game of the 2008 Major League Baseball season against the Boston Red Sox. The Tigers won the game 7–2. [ [http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=280409102 ESPN - Tigers vs. Red Sox - Box Score - April 09, 2008 ] ]

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External links

*Bob Wojnowski's latest "Detroit News" columns are available [http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=SPORTS08 online.]
*WDFN's biography page for [http://wdfn.com/pages/mikestone.html WOJO'S BIO]
* [http://wdfn.com/pages/sabrina_black_fund.html "Sabrina Black Fund"] for research in Leukemia and Lymphoma.