Memphis mornings with a political edge.
Wake Up Memphis Podcast turns Memphis mornings into a rapid conservative talk-radio sprint. The show moves from heat, traffic, donuts, and school-board fights into Trump-era national politics, immigration, media distrust, courts, protests, and Senate maneuvering.
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Wake Up Memphis Podcast is conservative Memphis talk radio with the governor removed from the engine. It starts in the rhythms of a local morning show, then quickly turns weather, traffic, school-board friction, caller prompts, and neighborhood references into a broader political argument. The show’s natural habitat is the live monologue. A headline comes in hot, a target is named, and the commentary keeps circling until the conclusion feels impossible to miss. It is not built for neutral analysis. It is built for listeners who already want a forceful conservative reading of the day’s fights, especially around Trump, immigration, media credibility, protests, education, courts, and Republican spine. The local angle matters. Memphis schools, Tennessee officials, Hernando, Gibson’s Donuts, farmers markets, and KWAM studio references give the national outrage a specific address. That mix is the show’s operating signature. A segment can open with sticky Memphis weather, pivot to Senate negotiations over a major bill, pull in Marsha Blackburn or Bill Hagerty, and close by telling frustrated Republicans to make their anger heard. Another episode can move from New York City politics to Memphis schools and state takeover questions without treating those as separate worlds. Guests tend to be folded into the larger frame rather than given a detached interview lane. J.C. Bowman discusses education governance; Senator Brent Taylor talks immigration and human smuggling legislation; Chip Saltzman is previewed for political analysis; Britton DeWeese brings a lighter local-business beat around National Donut Day. The tonal range is wider than the politics suggest, but only slightly. There is room for weather banter, local jokes, donut nostalgia, and holiday chatter. Then the show snaps back to blunt claims about Democrats, mainstream media, courts, illegal immigration, or weak Republicans. Its energy is familiar, impatient, and highly directional. It favors plain language over polish and certainty over careful balancing. For PlayNext users, the appeal is immediate: a Memphis-rooted conservative morning show that treats politics as a daily argument, not a distant subject.
Made for: Built for conservative listeners who want local Memphis texture alongside hard-charging national political commentary. It also fits talk-radio fans who like caller prompts, guest hits, blunt opinions, and fast pivots from neighborhood life to national fights.
What sets it apart: The show’s edge is its Memphis grounding: national conservative outrage is filtered through local schools, Tennessee officials, regional businesses, weather, phone lines, and community events. That keeps the format more specific than a generic national politics feed.
Start your mornings with The Mighty 990 KWAM's live & local talk radio show! “Wake Up Memphis” is three hours of entertaining talk, great local and national guests and lots of laughter. Plus, local news, live traffic and weather reports. It’s the next best thing to a Krispy Kreme!
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Steve Gill connects conservative national commentary to Memphis institutions, pressing guests on what political decisions mean for Tennessee.
Steve Gill moves quickly between Washington and Memphis, treating national politics as something with local consequences rather than a separate conversation.
Memphis wakes up with Steve Gill, so you can take local politics with your national outrage.
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