Personalities
The show was co-hosted by Don Geronimo (real name: Mike Sorce) and Mike O'Meara. News briefs and occasional commentary were provided by Buzz Burbank. The show was most recently produced by former show intern Robb Spewak. Phone calls were screened by Joe Ardinger (sometimes referred to as the "World's Oldest Phone Screener"), who also contributed to the show and broadcasts his own show on Saturday nights on WJFK-FM.
The show included four news reporters over the course of its run. David Haines (1985–1989), the program's original newsman, died on July 10, 2005. Laurie Neff, the second newsperson, is known for getting into a traffic accident with Washington DC mayor Marion Barry. Dave Schreiber served as the show's third newsman until 1991 when Buzz Burbank arrived and continued in the position through the end of the Don and Mike show and on to the successor show hosted by O'Meara.
WAVA and WJFK-FM subscribe to the traffic services of fellow CBS Radio subsidiary Metro Traffic. Former Washington traffic reporters include Kim "Boomer" Anderson, Rob Carpente, Janet DeLaney, Kris Gamble, Stevie Bridgewater, and Shari Elliker (1992–1996) Elliker co-hosted the Broadminded radio program on XM Radio and currently hosts her own show on WBAL in Baltimore, Maryland. The show also took advantage of the service's offer to allow the show to provide pseudonyms for its traffic reporter. Over the years, "Michael Hunt", "Vera Bruptly", "Lane Closure", "Jason Feces", and "Michelle Hughes" (a take-off on "Michael Hughes", WJFK's general manager) were heard on the WJFK-FM feed of the show (not on affiliate feeds).
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