G-R Radio: 'Producer Joe' Scheduled For Abuse Trial Tuesday

Joseph Gassman

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

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

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.


Court documents give more details into domestic battery charges.

Gassman was charged with two counts of misdemeanor domestic battery while in Naperville, Illinois, which is just west of Chicago. According to his online bio, Gassmann is a Chicago native.

The complaint record filed by Naperville Police alleges that Gassman, 35, picked up his girlfriend and threw her to the ground during the altercation. The woman landed on concrete which caused marks to her shin, hand and breast area, according to the complaint.