Dave & Darren In The Morning

Dave & Darren are your two best friends who happen to play your favorite music on your favorite radio station, For over 20 years, this award winning (no really) duo has enjoyed waking up the Quad Cities (and beyond) with a mix of irreverence, information, improvisational talk and humor.

They have been described as. "your favorite morning show's favorite morning show assuming that your favorite morning show is in fact, Dave and Darren."

Dave Levora (AKA Big Poppa AKA The Iron Horse, AKA Cookie-Puss, AKA Mr. Elbows)

After graduating from Marist High School in Chicago (GO REDHAWKS!), Dave attended Loras College in Dubuque, where he worked on the campus radio station (KLOR) and after a brief internship, landed a job reading the news/sports and obituaries on WDBQ-AM. For real. Obituaries.

In May of 1995, Dave left the glamour of the weekday obituary assignment behind, and wandered south down the Mississippi River to work nights on KORB-FM The Planet 93.5 in Davenport. His plan was to stay in the Quad Cities no longer than one year.

Dave has been on-air personality on a number of other radio stations in the Quad Cities, including a successful run as one half of the Dave & Darren In The Morning show team with Darren Pitra on 97-Rock, Rock 104.9 (2004-2014) and a two year solo stint on WOC-AM 1420’s AM Quad Cities. 

He serves as host for WQAD-TV Quad Cities’ “Brewed”, a half hour locally produced show exploring the craft beer scene throughout the Midwest. He lives in Bettendorf with his wife Jenni and their son, Owen. 

Darren Pitra (AKA The Swami AKA Mr. Terrific, AKA Fudgie The Whale, AKA The Most)

Darren is a Quad Cities native having been born at the now defunct Moline Public Hospital and schooled in nearby Orion, Illinois. He began his radio career in 1989 and has worked for a variety of stations, some now defunct. His professional business relationship with Dave Levora began in 2004. In his free time he enjoys sharing his leisure with some of his friends, some of his family and a black cat.

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