G-R Radio: 'Producer Joe' Headed For Jury Trial

A personality on the popular radio program "Free Beer and Hot Wings" is headed to trial on two domestic battery charges.

Joe Gassman

Joseph Gassman, 35, pleaded not guilty Friday, April 6 to two misdemeanor counts that stemmed from an altercation in Naperville, Ill. on March 18.

A May 22 trial date is set in the case.

Gassman, known as "Producer Joe" on the radio show, was suspended from his job last month after he was charged in DuPage County, Ill.

"Free Beer and Hot Wings" is produced in Grand Rapids at WGRD 97.9 FM and can be heard at more than three dozen radio stations around the country.

He was born in the Chicago area, according to a biography on the Free Beer and Hot Wings web site.