Joe Soucheray
Encyclopedia
Joe Soucheray is a radio talk-show host syndicated throughout the American
Midwest on the Hubbard Radio Network. He broadcasts his show Garage Logic
from KSTP 1500 in Saint Paul, Minnesota
. It currently airs from 4 p.m to 6 p.m. CST Monday through Friday. His other show, Sports Talk (co-hosted by Patrick Reusse), airs from 2 p.m to 4 p.m. CST Monday through Friday and on Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 12 noon CST.
in the Twin Cities.
, beginning work as a sports reporter for the Minneapolis Tribune
in 1973. He joined the Saint Paul Pioneer Press in the mid 1980s and served for many years as a sports reporter and columnist, before becoming a general columnist in the mid-1990s.
sports columnist Patrick Reusse
as co-host Monday Night Sports Talk on KSTP radio. The show was known for its cast of callers doing impressions of various celebrities
, in and out of the sports world, of widely varying quality - and, very occasionally, discussion about sports. The lack of actual sports content on "MNST" was a running gag between Soucheray, Reusse and the audience.
The show aired until the early nineties, until Soucheray began his daily "Garage Logic" program (see below). The "Sports Talk" brand lived on in the duo's weekend show, "Saturday Morning Sports Talk" and has continued with the weekday version of "Sports Talk" which began airing on Monday, February 15, 2010, allowing them to lay claim to the "longest-running sports talk show in history."
, county seat of Gumption County. The motivating idea is to promote traditional values
and is a sort of criticism of modern American pop culture and Minnesota's dominant liberal
culture, although Soucheray would never wax so philosophically, preferring to stick with the slogan, "Anything that needs to be figured out can be figured out in the garage."
Soucheray has been joined on the air by producer Matt "The Rookie" Michalski since the late 1990s. Rookie is the voice behind many skits and imitations on "Garage Logic" (Janice Borman the chain-smoking marathon runner who takes days to finish, former US President Bill Clinton, former MN governor Jesse Ventura, and former Saint Paul mayor Norm Coleman) and "Saturday Morning Sports Talk" (Clem Haskins). Rookie was often held to mythical 5:00 pm meetings with Soucheray (after conclusion of the show) if he so raised the Mayors dander by not paying attention. At this point Soucheray would simply say, "5 o'clock." More oft, with regards to Rookie's inattentiveness or Tom-Foolery, Soucheray could often be heard asking Rookie if he actually listens to the show that he is producing.
The program has occupied several time slots during its run, as the station's other programming has shifted, but for over a decade it, along with Rush Limbaugh
's program, was part of a combination that made KSTP the dominant talk station in the market. With Limbaugh's departure from the station in 2006, Soucheray became KSTP's sole marquee talent.
kept a vow to Joe to this day to be the first interview for his latest book, before any other media outlet in the world. Flynn worked Soucheray into one of his novels as the neighbor to Irene Kennedy. He is described as a "frenchman" who works in his garage with his dog "rookie" on anything with an internal combustion engine.
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Midwest on the Hubbard Radio Network. He broadcasts his show Garage Logic
Garage Logic
Garage Logic, commonly referred to as simply GL, is the name of a fictional city. It is the creation of Saint Paul Pioneer Press columnist, novelist, and radio talk show host Joe Soucheray, and is the basis for his syndicated broadcast of the same name...
from KSTP 1500 in Saint Paul, Minnesota
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Saint Paul is the capital and second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city lies mostly on the east bank of the Mississippi River in the area surrounding its point of confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Minneapolis, the state's largest city...
. It currently airs from 4 p.m to 6 p.m. CST Monday through Friday. His other show, Sports Talk (co-hosted by Patrick Reusse), airs from 2 p.m to 4 p.m. CST Monday through Friday and on Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 12 noon CST.
Early life
Soucheray was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1949. He attended Hill High School and went to college at University of St. ThomasUniversity of St. Thomas (Minnesota)
The University of St. Thomas is a private, Catholic, liberal arts, and archdiocesan university located in St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States...
in the Twin Cities.
Newspaper career
Soucheray entered the media as a sports journalistJournalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
, beginning work as a sports reporter for the Minneapolis Tribune
Star Tribune
The Star Tribune is the largest newspaper in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is published seven days each week in an edition for the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area. A statewide version is also available across Minnesota and parts of Wisconsin, Iowa, South Dakota, and North Dakota. The...
in 1973. He joined the Saint Paul Pioneer Press in the mid 1980s and served for many years as a sports reporter and columnist, before becoming a general columnist in the mid-1990s.
Early radio career
In 1980, Soucheray entered the radio business, joining with then-St. Paul Pioneer PressSt. Paul Pioneer Press
The St. Paul Pioneer Press is a newspaper based in St. Paul, Minnesota, primarily serving the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Circulation is heaviest in the eastern metro region, including Ramsey, Dakota, and Washington counties, along with western Wisconsin, eastern Minnesota and Anoka County,...
sports columnist Patrick Reusse
Patrick Reusse
Patrick Reusse is a sportswriter and radio personality in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. He writes for the Minneapolis Star Tribune where his columns appear on Sunday and Thursday. Reusse has also been with radio station KSTP since 1983, where he hosts Reusse and Mackey with Phil Mackey weekdays and...
as co-host Monday Night Sports Talk on KSTP radio. The show was known for its cast of callers doing impressions of various celebrities
Celebrity
A celebrity, also referred to as a celeb in popular culture, is a person who has a prominent profile and commands a great degree of public fascination and influence in day-to-day media...
, in and out of the sports world, of widely varying quality - and, very occasionally, discussion about sports. The lack of actual sports content on "MNST" was a running gag between Soucheray, Reusse and the audience.
The show aired until the early nineties, until Soucheray began his daily "Garage Logic" program (see below). The "Sports Talk" brand lived on in the duo's weekend show, "Saturday Morning Sports Talk" and has continued with the weekday version of "Sports Talk" which began airing on Monday, February 15, 2010, allowing them to lay claim to the "longest-running sports talk show in history."
Garage Logic
Soucheray began hosting his daily Garage Logic drive-time radio show on KSTP on April 29, 1993. In it, Soucheray acts as the mayor of a mythical town bearing the same name as the radio show: Garage LogicGarage Logic
Garage Logic, commonly referred to as simply GL, is the name of a fictional city. It is the creation of Saint Paul Pioneer Press columnist, novelist, and radio talk show host Joe Soucheray, and is the basis for his syndicated broadcast of the same name...
, county seat of Gumption County. The motivating idea is to promote traditional values
Family values
Family values are political and social beliefs that hold the nuclear family to be the essential ethical and moral unit of society. Familialism is the ideology that promotes the family and its values as an institution....
and is a sort of criticism of modern American pop culture and Minnesota's dominant liberal
Liberalism
Liberalism is the belief in the importance of liberty and equal rights. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally, liberals support ideas such as constitutionalism, liberal democracy, free and fair elections, human rights,...
culture, although Soucheray would never wax so philosophically, preferring to stick with the slogan, "Anything that needs to be figured out can be figured out in the garage."
Soucheray has been joined on the air by producer Matt "The Rookie" Michalski since the late 1990s. Rookie is the voice behind many skits and imitations on "Garage Logic" (Janice Borman the chain-smoking marathon runner who takes days to finish, former US President Bill Clinton, former MN governor Jesse Ventura, and former Saint Paul mayor Norm Coleman) and "Saturday Morning Sports Talk" (Clem Haskins). Rookie was often held to mythical 5:00 pm meetings with Soucheray (after conclusion of the show) if he so raised the Mayors dander by not paying attention. At this point Soucheray would simply say, "5 o'clock." More oft, with regards to Rookie's inattentiveness or Tom-Foolery, Soucheray could often be heard asking Rookie if he actually listens to the show that he is producing.
The program has occupied several time slots during its run, as the station's other programming has shifted, but for over a decade it, along with Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Hudson Limbaugh III is an American radio talk show host, conservative political commentator, and an opinion leader in American conservatism. He hosts The Rush Limbaugh Show which is aired throughout the U.S. on Premiere Radio Networks and is the highest-rated talk-radio program in the United...
's program, was part of a combination that made KSTP the dominant talk station in the market. With Limbaugh's departure from the station in 2006, Soucheray became KSTP's sole marquee talent.
Guests
Vince FlynnVince Flynn
Vince Flynn is a best-selling American author of political thriller novels. He lives with his wife and three children in the Twin Cities. He was a frequent guest on the Glenn Beck program on the Fox News Channel...
kept a vow to Joe to this day to be the first interview for his latest book, before any other media outlet in the world. Flynn worked Soucheray into one of his novels as the neighbor to Irene Kennedy. He is described as a "frenchman" who works in his garage with his dog "rookie" on anything with an internal combustion engine.
Author
In addition, Soucheray has authored a number of books, including Sooch!: Sports Writing of Joe Soucheray of the Minneapolis Tribune (ISBN 0-932272-07-X), a book on Twin Cities area sports topics, Waterline: Of Fathers, Sons and Boats (ISBN 1-56792-214-7), a book combining his love of boating with his thoughts on family, and Once There was a Ballpark (ISBN 0-934070-06-7), a book on the history of the Metropolitan StadiumMetropolitan Stadium
Metropolitan Stadium was a sports stadium that once stood in Bloomington, Minnesota, just outside Minneapolis. The area where the stadium once stood is now the site of the Mall of America...
.