JOIN US IN THE WILD COUNTRY 6-8 a.m. PST, Saturdays throughout western Washington on Sportsradio 950 KJR in Seattle Streaming Live at www.950kjr.com Podcast 24/7 in the Wild Country WildCast Center

Please consider this your personal invitation to join the brotherhood and sisterhood of the "Wild" … "Northwest Wild Country", that is: the Pacific Northwest's No. 1 rated Saturday morning radio program, and America's leading source of live fishing, hunting and outdoors information. From the second we open the microphones Saturday mornings at our home studios overlooking Elliott Bay in downtown Seattle, to the final Friday-night posting in the "Wild Wire" news page here at NWWildCountry.com, the Wild Country's network of hosts, journalists, guides, outfitters, legislators, experts and professionals are hard at work, scoping out the information that will ultimately make you more successful on the water, and in the field.

Here's a glimpse of what you'll hear every week in the Wild Country:

• Hosts/Crew: "Monday Night Football" in its prime had Howie, Dandy Don, Frank Gifford and Fran Tarkenton. Your "Wild Country" booth is just as diverse, and with a whole helluva lot more on-field experience. Veteran outdoors journalist Joel Shangle, biologist/outfitter Tom Nelson, author Bill Herzog and jack-of-all-trades rod rep Mike Perrusse bring a combined 140 years of outdoors experience to the studio, and the longest list of sources, buddies, connections and spies in the industry.
• On The Water/In The Field: The foundation of the show, these fast-moving segments are driven by live, on-the-water/in-the-field interviews with the most respected guides, outfitters and lodges in the world. From Buoy 10 to the Queen Charlotte Islands. From the Olympic Peninsula to the San Juan Islands. From the Columbia Basin to Hell's Canyon. From the Skykomish River to Tillamook Bay. Our OTW/ITF boundaries are, frankly, non-existent: we take the listener out on the water, in the blind, in the tree stand and anywhere else where the fish are biting and the hunting season is open.
• First Water, sponsored by Wooldridge: The first live report of the morning comes at 6:15 a.m., powered by our friends at Wooldridge Boats.
• Around the Fire: This is just an excuse for us to talk to our many, many friends in the worlds of television, professional sports, music, politics, literature, etc. From Bobby Knight to Pat McManus, you never know who's going to show up at the Wild fire.
• Backcasts with Brett: Bretty Pauly is the author of the "Backcasts" blog at ESPN Outdoors. Read up on "Backcasts" and listen to our round-robin discussions of some decidedly off-kilter outdoor subjects.