The Rude Awakening Show is a United States morning radio talk show that airs from 6am until 10am weekdays on WOCM, a radio station based in Ocean City, Maryland.
It is hosted by Chicago-born radio personality David "Bulldog" Rothner.
It premiered on WOCM on January 10, 2005 after a six-year run on St. Maarten radio station Laser 101, one of the four stations of the Philipsburg Broadcasting radio network The show is broadcast from above Seacrets, a bar, restaurant, and nightclub located in Ocean City.
Because of its location on the Delmarva peninsula the show can be heard in four states: Maryland, Delaware, Virginia and New Jersey.
The show features a variety of guest interviews from celebrities to politicians, musicians to athletes, psychics to porn stars, doctors and artists.