:: KETC Channel 9 ::

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Learn more about the four combatants who debate current local trends and hot political topics, who agree to disagree every week on Donnybrook (Thursdays, 7:00 p.m.; Saturdays 1:00 a.m.) and Donnybrook...Your Turn (Thursday 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays, 1:30 a.m.).

For comments about Donnybrook, email letters@ketc.org.

Martin Duggan

Until becoming Donnybrook's provocateur, Martin Duggan was best known as the editorial page editor of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. It should come as no surprise to fans of the show that the man who rides herd on the rowdy Donnybrookers was a Marine during World War II. He and his wife, Mae, were married in May 1942 and have five children and eight grandchildren.

Charlie Brennan

Charles Brennan is in charge of radio station KMOX’s top-rated weekday mid-mornings. Brennan has been voted St. Louis' favorite talk show host four times in the Readers Polls of the Riverfront Times. In 1998, he was named Media Person of the Year by the St. Louis Press Club. Brennan was named one of America's top 25 "most influential radio talk show hosts" in USA Today. Brennan has worked at KMOX since 1988, after working in Boston radio beginning in 1982. He is a native of Cleveland, Ohio and a graduate of Boston College.

Ray Hartmann

Martin Duggan gave Ray Hartmann his first newspaper job as a copy boy at the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Surprised? Don't be. Despite the chasm in their political views, the two seeming adversaries know friendship isn't limited by such boundaries. Hartmann founded The Riverfront Times in 1977 and with partner Mark Vittert, sold it in 1998. Today, Hartmann Publishing also owns St. Louis Magazine. Hartmann is a native of St. Louis and a graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Bill McClellan

Letters to Channel 9 about Bill McClellan comment as much about his clothing as about his political opinions. Whether or not viewers regard McClellan as a sartorial icon, his style is as firmly entrenched as his love for his hometown baseball team, the Chicago Cubs. He joined the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 1980, shortly after moving to St. Louis. He and his wife, a graduate of Washington University's dental school, have been married since December 29, 1979, and have two children.

Wendy Wiese

Wendy Wiese has anchored newscasts, interviewed local, state and national newsmakers, narrated award-winning documentaries and been a fixture in St. Louis radio for more than 20 years. She signed on as a broadcaster for Relevant Radio, a Catholic Radio Network. She will anchor the network news updates during weekday broadcasts from her home studio in Chesterfield. Relevant Radio includes stations in 17 cities, but not St. Louis. A recipient of Ohio State Radio and Television News Directors and Missouri Broadcasters Association awards and a graduate of Visitation High School and Fontbonne College, Wendy is active with Catholic Charities and a board member of the Mathews-Dickey Boys and Girls Club. She lives in Chesterfield with husband Chris and daughters Kate and Maggie.