11-02-2025
KDWB's Dave Ryan returns from brief suspension after 'Super Blow' segment
KDWB's Dave Ryan returned to the airwaves on Tuesday after being suspended from his morning show following a segment titled "The Super Blow," in which on-air talent snorted food ingredients as part of a trivia game.
According to a Reddit post from listeners, the portion featured the hosts snorting lines of flour, sugar, pumpkin spice and coffee creamer if they answered a question wrong. Friday's episode has since been scrubbed from YouTube.
The Star Tribune first reported Ryan's suspension, quoting a listener who said the segment made it seem like the hosts were simulating acts of snorting cocaine.
Listeners told the newspaper that Monday's show contained a recorded apology from iHeartRadio's Rich Davis, confirming Ryan's suspension for the post-Super Bowl edition of "The Dave Ryan Show."
This apology does not appear on the version of Monday's show currently available on the iHeartRadio app. "The Super Blow" segment has also been removed from Friday's recording on the app, but several references are made to it on both Friday's and Monday's show.
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Co-host Bailey Hess sneezed during the 7 a.m. portion of the show on Friday, and Ryan said, "bless you Bailey," to which she replied, "thanks, we've been snorting something."
"Yeah, it's a freaking coffee creamer that's hitting my eyeball," she adds.
"Delicious, delicious," Ryan replied.
After he was absent from Monday's show, Ryan was back on Tuesday morning. No mention of the segment was made in the latest episode.
Ryan responded to a Twitter user asking why he wasn't on air on Monday by saying: "Just enjoying the day off."
There remains skepticism over the validity of the suspension from some of Ryan's regular listeners, given the longtime host is known for his various publicity stunts and off-the-wall segments.
In 2022, the show hit the headlines when it took out billboards declaring: "Dave Ryan gave me crabs" as part of a stunt to give away $100 of crab legs to a caller.
Bring Me The News reached out to KDWB and iHeartRadio on Tuesday but haven't heard back.
