Scot co-hosts the Stateline area's #1 morning talk show along with Riley O'Neil. Riley & Scot are Rockford's longest-tenured morning show, together since 2008. Scot has spent more than six years with the station consecutively and eight overall. He is a political junkie, a baseball-lover, and a die-hard White Sox fan. He's also a music devotee, owning more than 700 albums. During his radio career, Scot also has worked for ESPN 1000 in Chicago and for the Rockford Lightning. He grew up in Darien, IL and is a proud graduate of North Central College in Naperville.
Scot Bertram
Morning Headlines: Wednesday, December 9
Two Rockford Residents Arrested for Credit Card Fraud in Beloit
National record breaking gun sales gets reflected in a Rockford gun store
ComEd Project Could Bring Hundreds of Jobs to Northern Illinois
Rockford School Board Puts Vote on Building Two New Schools on Hold
Suspicious Package Causes Evacuation of Wisconsin College
Rockford Aldermen to Hold Community Input Sessions for Chief of Pol
Rep. Kinzinger: Trump Comments ‘Crazy,’ Not Reflective of Our Values [AUDIO]
Congressman Adam Kinzinger (IL-16) joined "Riley & Scot" this week to talk about the recent terror attack in California and the President's address from Sunday evening.
However, we couldn't let him go without asking him about the recent comment from Donald Trump about to barring all Muslims from entering the country, taking down the Internet in certain places, and possibly endorsin
Monty Python’s Michael Palin: Travelling To Work [AUDIO]
Riley long has been of big fan of Monty Python and we both were lucky enough to welcome the great Michael Palin to the show recently to talk about his new book.
The third volume of Palin's witty and insightful diaries, Travelling to Work, follows the former Python as his already prolific career took an unexpected turn towards travel...
Morning Headlines: Tuesday, December 8
City Council Lays Over South New Towne Vote
RVC Approves Cuts to 44 Positions
Man Killed When Grain Wagon Falls on Top of Him
Home sales dipped locally for the second straight month
Hononegah High School football coach gets second chance through deferred prosecution program
Illinois Lottery to Resume Winner Payments
Justice Department Opens Investigation Into Chicago Police
Illinois Exploring Digital Driver’s Licenses
You could soon add driver's licenses to the list of things going digital.
Right now, the state of Illinois is exploring whether to go digital with licesnses accessed through a smartphone app. According to the Springfield bureau of Lee Enterprises newspapers, Secretary of State Jesse White's office has announced that it's looking for a company to help determine whether the state should allow the ce
Jay Cutler’s Brother-In-Law Missing in Utah
Jay Cutler didn't have the best of games yesterday as the Bears lost to the 49ers. But perhaps he has a pretty good excuse.
According to the Chicago Tribune, authorities in Utah are looking for Cutler's brother-in-law, Michael Cavallari, who went missing more than a week ago:
On Nov...
Morning Headlines: Monday, December 7
Police Investigate Shooting at East Side Park
Teen Arrested After Threat to Janesville High School Found on Social Media
Fairgrounds Valley shooting victim ID'd; hit by stray bullet; remembered as loving mom
Rockford Man Pleads Guilty to Attempted Burglary
Machesney Park trustees to consider tighter billboard restrictions
Daycare Reopens on Rockford's Northwest Side
Illinois Considers Digita
Tips and Shortcuts For Life with David Pogue [AUDIO]
If you're always looking for ways to make life a little simpler and better, here's the book for you.
David Pogue has 1.5 million followers on Twitter and has just released a second book, Pogue's Basics: Life which is a reference book of 200 simple tips and shortcuts that just make life easier...
Morning Headlines: Friday, December 4
1 Dead, 2 Seriously Hurt in Head-On Collision on Whitman St. Bridge
MercyRockford given naming rights to Rockford Park District's Sportscore complexes
Five Arrests Made in Rock County Warrant Sweep
Nippon Sharyo Announces Layoffs of 50 Workers
Crundwell Auctions Return Almost $125,000 to Dixon
DeKalb County Plans Expanded Training on Overdose Antidote
DEKALB, Ill. (AP) — DeKalb County officials say training for family members and nonprofit groups will be the next step toward preventing heroin and prescription painkiller overdoses with a life-saving antidote.
The Daily Chronicle reports the Narcan Overdose Prevention Program has trained most local law enforcement officers since it started in 2014...