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The show is live from the 2025 ACC Kickoff as we get ready for the upcoming College Football Season. We spend a lot of time focusing on the first day of Panthers Training Camp, as well as the sad news that Josey Jewell was cut as he is still dealing with concussion symptoms.
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In the final hour of the show, the guys are joined by Danielle Stein of WCNC as they discuss the Panthers kicking off training camp later this week, the Hornets winning the Summer League title and her Boston sports fandom and food takes.
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The guys tell you what they expect from the Tar Heels offense this season, including quarterback Gio Lopez.
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The guys chat with KJ Simpson about the Summer League title, the highlight moments of his rookie season and what it is like playing alongside Kon Knueppel.
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In the second hour of the show, Walker and Flounder talk with KJ Simpson about his performance in Summer League, tell you what to expect from the Tar Heels offense in 2025 and look at the immedaite impact that Kon Knueppel could make this season for the Hornets.
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Wes joins the boys from ACC Kickoff to talk about his expectations this year from SMU and his thoughts on the Tar Heel offense for this year.
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In the first hour of the show, Walker and Flounder talks about the article that Mike Kaye wrote about the Panthers front office structure, tell you why they have more confidence in this front office than the previous regime and chat with Wes about the first day of ACC Kickoff.
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In this edition of the Live Wire, the guys react to Chris Jent's comments on the Hornets Summer League title, Kon Knueppel's comments about how he rebounded after the tough Summer League opener and Dave Portnoy's rant about how WNBA players are being paid.
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In the final hour of the show, the guys discuss what we learned in the Summer League and which vets they are watching in Panthers camp, react to some of the best audio in sports on the Live Wire and walk it off with by honoring Malcolm-Jamal Warner after his passing.
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The guys look back at the North Carolina Tar Heels' 2024 season and tell you where exactly everything went wrong.
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WES BRYANT
Charlotte native Wes Bryant comes to WFNZ as a host, producer, editor, and voice-over artist for the ACC Digital Network in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was previously the host for ACC Digital Network’s Kickoff Live, a college football pregame show and Wes Got Range, a lifestyle show on which Wes explored and visited locally owned restaurants in Charlotte and interviewed local area athletes.
Wes was hired for the 2021-2022 season as a pre and post-game co-host for Charlotte Hornets broadcast on Bally Sports South.
In addition to his work at the ACC Digital Network, Wes is a regular contributor on Charlotte Sports Live on Fox 46 Charlotte, where he discusses and breaks down all the action in the NBA, NFL, NASCAR, and across NCAA basketball and football.
He began his career in 2013 as a beat writer for the Charlotte 49ers of the C-USA Conference for Rivals.com. Wes was previously a reporter and producer for The Melanie Clark Show on Radio One. In 2007, Wes was an intern at WBTV, Channel 3, in Charlotte.
Wes is a former offensive lineman, and three-year letterman for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, graduated from the university in 2006. He was a High School All-American football player at Vance High School in Charlotte.
WALKER MEHL
Walker grew up in Claremont, NC and played basketball at Bunker Hill High School. He then took his talents to UNC-Charlotte where he graduated in 2015. Walker then started his broadcasting career in the Charlotte market the following year. Along with his start in radio, Walker began hosting the Locked On Hornets podcast in 2018 where his passion for the Hornets and the other local sports teams is apparent. Prior to joining WFNZ as a full-time host, Walker has worked on the station in a number of different shows.
Growing up in and around the Queen City, Walker is a life-long fan and observer of the Carolina Panthers, the Charlotte Hornets and the University of North Carolina. Walker loves the outdoors, going out and spending time in Uptown and loves music as much as he loves sports.

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