Dave Parker

Monday-Friday 10am-3pm |

Dave Parker is the Program Director and midday host on US1061. Under his guidance, US1061 has been voted “Best Radio Station in Hampton Roads” every year since 2018. Dave is also one of our “Born Here, Raised Here, Proud To Call Hampton Roads Home” crew, having spent much of his life in Hampton Roads.

As a member of the media in our area since 1997, Dave has been a fixture on radio, television, and print. His first book, History Next Door: Stories of World War II by Hampton Roads Veterans, was published in 2002. He’s also written extensively for Coastal Virginia Magazine. Dave has two television travel series, PBS’s Virginia Found, and Discover, airing on CBS affiliates in Hampton Roads and Richmond.

Make sure to wave when you see Dave cruising the area’s roads almost daily on his Harley. Riding thousands of miles each year, Dave is active in the motorcycle community, and is a vocal advocate for motorcycle safety. He and his wife Joy have been married for more than 30 years, and have two daughters.

Q&A w/ Dave Parker

Birth date: April 26th

Hometown: Norfolk

Favorite Song Of All Time: “Don’t You Forget About Me.” -Simple Minds

Favorite Country Song Right Now: Jon Pardi, “She Ain’t In It.”

Favorite Country Band Right Now: Country, Jon Pardi. Non-country, Chamomile and Whiskey

Favorite Country Band Of All Time: Country, Waylon Jennings. Non-country, INXS

Favorite Country Album: Clint Black’s, “Put Yourself In My Shoes”

If I Could Only Listen To 10 Country Songs For The Rest Of My Life It Would Be: 

• “Neon Moon” -Brooks and Dunn
• “The Old Man” -Clint Black
• “Cold Weather” -ZBB
• Tennessee Stud” -Johnny Cash Version
• “Thousand Miles from Nowhere” -Dwight Yoakman
• “Tje Grand Tour” -George Jones
• “Rainy Day Woman” -Waylon Jennings
• “Whatever You Say” -Martina McBride
• “Man of Constant Sorrow” -Dan Tyminski Version
• “Something” -Alison Krauss and Union Station

Hobbies: motorcycles, smallmouth fishing, camping, making YouTube movies, avoiding most of the shows on TLC

Hidden Talent: being able to scream like a monkey.  It’s shockingly good. And loud.

Favorite Sports Team: Redskins. Or the Kempsville Chiefs

Favorite Superhero: Wonder Twins

Favorite Cartoon: Hey Arnold

My Role Model Is: It changes over time, but recently, Ryan Holiday, author of “Ego Is The Enemy”

Favorite Concert: Keith Urban, or the Eagles’ Hell Freezes Over Tour in 1994.

Favorite TV Show: Cheers

My Happy Place Is: the middle of nowhere!

Favorite Word: bodacious

My Best Halloween Costume was: Stud Man.  It involved a sock.

The Place I Really Want To Visit: Ireland

The One Thing That Would Surprise People About Me Is: I Was on Bill O’Reilly’s show three times.  Of course, that’s really nothing to brag about at this point

If I Could Only Eat One Meal For The Rest Of My Life It Would Be: Lasagna

If I Hit The Lottery I Would: Travel, give most of it away, invest in hair replacement research

I Can’t Get Enough Of: Are we really supposed to answer this?

I Went Into Radio Because: I thought I wanted to be a talk show host.

If I Could Invite 3 People, Dead Or Alive, To A Dinner Party It Would Be: Let’s go with the dead, given how impressive the logistics would be: my paternal grandfather, anyone who died on the battlefield fighting for our country, Elvis.