Mark Belling is the host of News/Talk 1130 WISN's highly rated "Mark Belling Late Afternoon Show," heard weekdays 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

His freewheeling format and generally conservative views have generated action and reaction from listeners and newsmakers alike.

Mark's program is a fast-paced mix of his own opinions, insights on topical matters and listener reactions. While driven by daily news events, the program also focuses on "slice of life" issues that everyone can relate to.

Among the features heard on Belling's show is the "Mark Belling Week in Review," a panel discussion featuring opinionated local observers.

Mark also writes a weekly column, appearing Wednesdays, in the Waukesha Freeman.

He is a native of Wisconsin's Fox Valley and is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse.

He has been with WISN since March 1989. Before joining WISN he was news and program director of WTDY-AM in Madison, Wisconsin, where he began his talk radio career. Mark also served as a radio news director in Springfield, Illinois, St. Joseph-Benton Harbor, Michigan, and Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

Mark is a three-time Milwaukee Press Club winner for best radio editorial, has twice won the Radio-Television News Directors Association award for best investigative reporting in the Midwest, and was a 1986 finalist for "Journalist of the Year" in Illinois as awarded by United Press International.

"The Mark Belling Late Afternoon Show" is regularly rated number one in its time slot in the Milwaukee radio market and is the highest rated afternoon drive talk show host in the country.

To Belling, his slogan of, "Standing Up for Milwaukee" means representing the hopes, dreams, desires and values of his audience against those who would oppose them. He prides himself on challenging "sacred cows" and others unaccustomed to scrutiny.
 
Belling combines his background as a reporter with a keen insight into what people are interested in to produce a show that is often controversial, usually amusing and never dull.