Joe Pags has won multiple Associated Press awards for excellence in journalism in both Michigan and New York. Michigan Association of Broadcasting award-winner and has been cited by the US House of Representatives and the State of Michigan for his broadcasts following the attacks of 9/11.

Pags is a member of Talkers Magazine's Heavy Hundred, and his show was recently named to the NewsMax list of the most influential local talk shows in the country.

“I grew up listening to talk radio at a very young age and was determined to make my living doing it one day,” Pags says. “I actually have a tape somewhere on which I erased the DJ's voice and recorded mine over the songs.” Now, years later, he’s actually paying the bills doing what he loves. “I'm lucky enough to work with great people on both local and national radio and television.”