Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame: Hammerin’ Hank’s Induction

Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame: Hammerin' Hank's Induction

Ryan Hoppe & Hammerin' Hank · August 17, 2026

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Hammerin' Hank just got voted into the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame, and this episode captures the raw energy of a broadcaster who earned it the hard way. Hank and Ryan swap unfiltered memories from their time in shock jock radio, the kind of stories that could never happen on air today. From the Doghouse to Wild 94.9, these are the behind-the-scenes moments that shaped Bay Area radio culture.

The conversation moves fast: Hank's upcoming trip to Jacksonville to meet Lex and Terry, the San Francisco Giants matchup against Colorado coming up, and why Florida heat is absolutely brutal compared to the Bay. Ryan's heading to a baseball game tomorrow and Hank's keeping his apartment ice cold despite the electric bill hit every month.

The show hits all the familiar beats. Hank delivers his joke of the day segment with rapid-fire one-liners that land harder than expected. Pop culture trivia tests their knowledge on Avicii's "Levels" and Britney Spears. There's real talk about church, relationships, and what Hank's been praying about. The Buddy of the Week shout-out goes to everyone who voted for the Doghouse into the Hall of Fame, thousands of people who believed in what Hank was building.

This is radio nostalgia meets present-day authenticity, unfiltered and unapologetic.

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What's up Hammerin' Hank? If I hit the button, would you be ready to begin the show? Yeah. Alright, let me press this. You're listening to the Hammerin' Hank Show with Henry Ochs and Ryan Hoppe.

What's up Hammerin' Hank? How are you? Pretty good. Good. I have met a lot of people on radio.

I've hung out with a few radio hall effects. I've never done a podcast with a Hall of Famer. Hank, you made the Hall of Fame. Tell us about it. Well, the podcast got voted into the big area radio Hall of Fame last week.

How excited were you when you heard the news? Really excited buddy. What does it mean to you that you were on one of the biggest shows ever on the west coast and in radio in general? It influenced shows like the Playhouse out in Portland to do the thing. You got Flying Brian in Florida that was influenced by it.

You guys were influential. And now you're in the radio Hall of Fame. Thank you buddy. On a scale of one to ten, how excited are you? Eleven.

I love it. Hammerin' Hank, I'm having a pretty good week. We're hanging out. Hammerin' Hank, what else have you been up to this? Oh, wait.

We're attending the San Francisco Dryas baseball game tomorrow. What is that going to be like? Who are they playing? The Colorado Rockies. That team sucks.

They definitely suck. They've sucked since 2007 when they could not win. What was it? A World Series or whatever against the Red Sox? Hammerin' Hank, Hammerin' Hank, I want to ask you, how hot is it right now in the Bay Area weather wise?

It's a little nippy. I love that word. It's adorable. In Florida, it was a hundred degrees in my car. I was sweating balls, dude.

It sucks. Do you not like the hot weather? I hate hot weather. Then you would never want to be my roommate. Actually, I keep my apartment pretty cold.

The electric bill screws me every month, but it's worth it. It's 95 degrees outside right now in Florida. That sucks. Yeah, but it's better than the Midwest. Hammerin' Hank, I want to ask you, have you ever heard of the radio show Lex and Terry?

Florida. They're out of Florida. They were on the iHeart radio app when it first came out. I heard them in high school. And I'm driving to good old Jacksonville tomorrow, which is like driving from LA to, let's say, San Francisco.

It's about four hours. Don't know why I had a hard time saying that. And I'm going to be hanging out with them. I'm going to tell everybody out there about the Hammerin' Hank show. Mm-hmm.

All right, Hank, every week we begin with a memory of my time. And your time on the radio. My favorite memory was when I won a boxing match in 2016 against the rival, Jake Heron. It was in front of a sold out crowd. It was great.

Did you ever partake in any boxing matches for Shock Jocks? Nope. You sang though at the Battle of the Bay, right? Yeah, I sang the National Anthem at the 2005 Wild 94.9 Battle of the Big Boys. It's funny how I occasionally worked for Wild 94.1, the bass party station.

And you worked for Wild 94.9, the bass party station. Mm-hmm. Now that the number one hit music stations. Oh, well, I'm not sure if they're number one. Hammerin' Hank, what is your radio memory of the week?

You know, back in 1998, the Doghouse had a female in the production studio. Yeah. I tried to get it on, but unfortunately I didn't. You tried to have sex with her? Yep.

That is so 1998 radio. Now, when you were trying to have sex with her, were they telling you what to do? Nope. You were just. I was too nervous because there were too many people in the studio.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. I really need to dissect this right now. Mm-hmm. Jimmy, you didn't get dissected. Hank, so how did it go down?

Were you just like, hey, I want to be. How did the situation go down? Break it down for us. The producer set it up. So the producers.

Oh, yeah. So the producers told you to go. Did you ask the girl if she wanted to have sex or what? No. What did you do?

You just wanted to ask her if she wanted to have sex with Hammerin' Hank. Nope. Tell us. Break it down. They set it up.

So what was set up? I'm a little confused. I had to have sex in the auxiliary production studio. So I can't get it up, but I didn't because there are too many people in the other studio. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

So let me let me hear me out. Hank, I'm trying to break this down. So they so like, were you naked? I was wearing clothes. OK.

But you said trying to get it up. Did you pull down your pants? What was happening? I put down my pants. Yep.

And did the was the girl cool with this or was this kind of a thing? It was D-U-S-C-O-O-L. Did she try to do stuff to you or was this one sided? That was one timer. No, no, no, no, no.

Was she cool with the bed or was she like kind of mad? He was cool. Did anything happen? You get any kisses, any mouth hugs? OK, hugs.

That's it. So you got a hug. A mouth hug is my term for a blowjob. So you didn't get a blowjob. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

What happened in the room? Did you get a did did she give you oral sex? Yes, I did try, but I didn't do it. Why couldn't you do it? Yes, there are too many people in the studio.

OK. Did she place her mouth on your junk? Yep. And you just couldn't do it because you were nervous? Way too nervous.

But you still were able to have a woman put her mouth on your lower regions, even though you couldn't climax. Right. You're a freaking legend, Hank. Now, how did it feel when her mouth is on your junk? It always feels good unless there's teeth.

Pretty good. Pretty good. She could have been better. Was she pretty good? I've been better.

Sure she loves hearing that. Was HR involved? Nope. That is so 1990s, man. That could not fly now.

That could not fly today. You want to hear my story? Yeah. So I was working at 102.5 The Bone on the Roger and JP show. And they wanted to know for some reason how big my penis was.

So they had me a masturbate in the corner. And I had the same problem you did, Hank, where I got nervous. And even though I was nervous and couldn't get it up, there was this rich girl that drove right across the bridge to come shake her ass in front of me. And I still, even though I was not that hard, I still was bigger than the average penis. Just brag.

Hank, we share very similar war stories. I worked for Rovers Morning Glory, Steve Dahl, 102.5 The Bone, MJ's kind of more family friendly. But I'm saying I've worked around all these shock jocks. Isn't it kind of unbelievable to think about what used to happen back in the day? It's unbelievable.

Did the girl, how long did the girl go down on you? About. It possibly 15 minutes. Wait, wait, wait, wait. You got a 15 minute mouth hug, aka a BJ?

Yep. Hank, that's why you're in the Radio Hall of Fame, dude. You're a legend. I'm astonished by this. Did she, if now, if you would have been able to get to attention.

Mm hmm. Would you have had intercourse with her? I would have, yep. But you just couldn't get it up. Yes, I was too nervous.

Either way, Hank, you're one in a situation. Although it's always kind of sad when you're trying to like, you know, get it up in your night and then the girls always take offense to it. Sometimes I'm like, it's just a whiskey. Don't hate on me. Right.

This has been a very extended segment. Oh, geez. About blow jobs. And I've had a fun time doing it. We're going to move on.

Hank, did you have the jokes I sent you? Yes, I got it right here right now. Let me hit the music. Hank's joke hitting like a thumpers through the trunk. Punch lines cracking like a dedicated cat.

No punk Ryan hobby, Ryan shotgun with oak. Dropping these last crew never going broke. This a hammering Hank show, keeping it raw. Jokes sharper than a blade, cutting through the saw. Every segment fire, humor like a burn.

Tune in for the laughs. Watch the tables turn. Hey, Joker, today got us rolling on the floor. Comedy go from the top to the core. Alright, Hank!

What do you have for the jokes? Each and every day. Why do I always lick busy when my boss talks? Why? Because staring into space.

Why? Staring into space is a great career move. Sounds like you're getting a blowjob right now. Why do I keep buying weird little grocery bags? Why?

Because I keep for candy weird little grocery bags all the time. Are you drunk right now? Probably because there's too many mice in the house. Ew. I didn't even know that.

I see why I feed a menu three times Because I to pretend I'm not ordering the burger oh geez What I check my pockets every time I leave the house why Because one missing can ruin the whole day What I always wait until my gas tank is almost empty Because I my road Christmas Eve to feel adventurous What I said the elevator button twice why because apparently I think in response to enthusiasm Why do I put my sunglasses on top of my head why I can spend the next ten minutes looking for them What I always say I'm not hungry before I look at a menu Why because the best around sticks haven't introduced themselves yet? When they keep my old t-shirt on I own right Because one day is magically going to become a yard work shirt Hmm what I saw dogs by ignore people why because dogs have a much better track record That's it for the jokes for this week I gotta go back real quick. I'll just we gotta come back to it. Oh, no when you were getting that PJ on the radio was it live on air It was live on the air yep, what did your family think? They didn't like it at all Heaven forbid you get a little bit of oral pleasure.

I think it's not that big of a deal. I'm I am Astonished by it. Did you have any other memories similar to that? I'm just a star. I'm I'm in ah Anything else wait, okay, I'm kind of living in the past.

Oh such a good segment all right I'm gonna hit the music and then we'll do pop culture trivia, okay Yes, let me do it all right I What do you got for pop culture trivia this week Well the top ten hit record neon lights back in 2014 Come on I got this Avicii Good I thought it was I'm thinking of blinding. I don't know next anything else But I just don't really don't care back in 2014 Lord nope Give me the bottle I should've guessed it. Have you been spanking it to her lately? Nope The baby's partner Britney Spears. Oh, yeah, I love it.

Yeah, man Hammering let's see Any other ones That's it for this week. What is a late night talk show you'd love to see make a comeback Your Sydney. Oh, oh show it did come back in 2013 and it failed Oh Make a comeback though. I think you should do a podcast or like a pay-for-play kind of thing It should be on Netflix or something ever and hey Karen also says let me load up the music What do you think I'm playing right now? Music church music how the hell's church been you getting blowjobs there?

Nope, it's really good. How's it been a church? Oh Yeah Pretty good What are you learning touching on to massive relationships and stuff? That's good. I should go to church then I mess up all my relationships How's church been anything else very good I'm working on a church.

What do you been praying about? God Okay, I mean that's like saying what you been working on for basketball shooting hoops no, but specifically what have you been praying about? Praying about the future. Oh geez we all do. I hope it gets better If you want to leave us a voicemail eight five six four nine four six seven seven three We gotta come up on Instagram at DJ hammer and we got a comment here Hammerin' Hank I'm so proud of you for making it into the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame.

You're one of the girls So there's a comment there Hank you can't hear it, but I'm playing music that sounds like soccer What is your take on the World Cup? Because Mexico's out of it So are you rooting for Mexico or no, I was rooting for Mexico They got good food. I was sad America lost but we always do Any other little things about the World Cup or is that the analysis for this week Analysis for this week. All right, Hank it says here you want to talk about LeBron James What's going on there? He hasn't made a decision what team he would be playing for Next season no and our luck right when we're done with the show he'll announce it.

Do you want him on the Warriors? I particularly don't I Don't either because they would jack up ticket prices any other reason, you know what LeBron? That's just about it Hey, if I hit the music would you be ready for Prick of the Week? Yep Henry on the mic what's this? Prick in the news fools thinking they slick Ryan got the scoop crew ready to expose shots fired dodging pigs in the petty pros coppers in the back Hoppe with that verbal machete Every word of weapon cameras rolling y'all ain't ready Keyboard warriors acting tough behind the screen between the lines you get sliced like a deli cheese Prick in the news he's a thorn in your side exposing all your lies there ain't no place to hide Henry Ryan dropped the facts and truth bombs Hey Believe me when I first started my radio career Who cares Hank?

Sharp kiss my ass and I'll fire in their face cares the losers my My kids Six months when I first started a wild then it was wild around seven back in 1996. I lasted over 14 years You're the goat Hank You know that right? Yep Can you believe this is episode 59? Well buddy If I hit the music Would you be ready for a buddy of the week? You have some positivity?

Yep Alright let me do it right now Hmm Hmm Tune in to the show It's Hammerin' Hank Autistic genius always keeping it dank Henry Ochs on the mic hot rod and shotgun roll call for the buddies. We just having some fun Buddy of the week Who's gonna get the crown? Hank bringing smiles Shut the haters down On the airwaves we breaking the code Street wise vibes on this radio road Alright Hank who's your buddy of the week? Every moment People who voted for the dog cows into the bait How much Thousands and thousands of them How much did it mean to you? Extremely good Any other buddies in the league?

The spotlight glow Elvis, JB, Hollywood, Graham, Selena That's good That's very good Any other buddies? Who's gonna get the crown? Those who believe in me now Hell yeah Woody Moose Hammerin' Hank Any other things on your mind right now? Get ready for lunch in a few minutes What are you gonna eat for lunch today? The new chicken salad from Paul Schroeder I'm so jealous I mean we have that out here Why don't you go to Jack in the Box?

I went to Jack in the Box yesterday That's good Anything else on the mind of Henry Oakes? That's it Let me hit the music right now Alright Hank Sign us off Well I gotta give a big shout To all my fans out there Especially for those who voted for The Dog Cows Standard Debate Area Radio Hall Fame And hope to see you right back here next week Peace in your hood Love ya Hank I love you too Bye Search Hoppe Radio for my show What up Menace? All the dial Spitting truth with his unique grind Thoughts intertwined like graffiti on the line Ryan on the mic, Henry's rhythm divine They the blueprint, every beat they design Static in the speakers where the laughter used to ride Hank led the show with that beautiful pride Autism didn't stop him, not amplified Hammerin' Hank forever immortalized Farewell, Hank Gotta close up the show Legend in the booth where the vibes used to flow Autism warrior always running the glow But all good things gotta let the curtain go slow Radio Go never goes He a host with the sauce Henry Oakes and Reinhardt, lightning never lost Puzzle piece crown, man this dude was the boss City Mr. Voice That's the ultimate cause Farewell, Hank Gotta close up the show Legend in the booth where the vibes used to flow Autism warrior always running the glow But all good things gotta let the curtain go slow Radio Go never goes He a host with the sauce Henry Oakes and Reinhardt, lightning never lost Puzzle piece crown, man this dude was the boss City Mr. Voice That's the ultimate cause I'm back I'm back I'm back I'm back I'm back I'm back I'm back I'm back I'm back I'm back I'm back I'm back I'm back I'm back I'm back I'm back I'm back I'm back I'm back I'm back I'm back I'm back I'm back I'm back I'm back I'm back I'm back I'm back I'm back I'm back I'm back I'm back I'm back I'm back I'm back I'm back I'm back I'm back I'm back This is the Cocoa Beach on Florida Space Coast podcast.

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