Dr. Demento Is Done...
Jun 13, 2010 19:21:03 GMT -5
Post by Cerebro on Jun 13, 2010 19:21:03 GMT -5
...at least on radio.
Don't know how many other Dr. Demento fans there are out there. I just found out about it this weekend from the AT40 Fun & Games forum. Apparently, last weekend's airing (June 5th) of the Dr. Demento Show was the long running novelty show's final terrestrial airing on all but one of it's remaining affiliates (a station in Texas, due to preexisting contractual arrangement, will continue airing it, at least, through the summer). Beginning with this weekend's (June 12th) show, it will now only be available on the show's web site (www.drdemento.com) and can be downloaded for a small fee.
I first discovered the show in the mid-90s while at college and listened to it quite a bit during those years and took a liking to some of the wacky stuff he'd play. I went to school near Albany, NY. That market's classic rock station, PYX 106, would air the good doctor on Sunday nights.
The show first debuted in 1974. Perhaps it's most notable claim to fame was introducing the world to some guy named "Weird Al" Yankovic (maybe you've heard of him). From the late 70s to the early 90s, when it was syndicated by Westwood One, the show was at it's commercial peak and was airing on more than 100 affiliates. In recent years, the show, unfortunately, fell on financial hard times and had dwindled to only about a half dozen affiliates.
Even though I haven't heard the show in ages, it's still kind of sad that it's run is, essentially, over. I'll have to listen to some novelty tunes this week in tribute.
As the good doctor would say...stay deeeeemented!
Don't know how many other Dr. Demento fans there are out there. I just found out about it this weekend from the AT40 Fun & Games forum. Apparently, last weekend's airing (June 5th) of the Dr. Demento Show was the long running novelty show's final terrestrial airing on all but one of it's remaining affiliates (a station in Texas, due to preexisting contractual arrangement, will continue airing it, at least, through the summer). Beginning with this weekend's (June 12th) show, it will now only be available on the show's web site (www.drdemento.com) and can be downloaded for a small fee.
I first discovered the show in the mid-90s while at college and listened to it quite a bit during those years and took a liking to some of the wacky stuff he'd play. I went to school near Albany, NY. That market's classic rock station, PYX 106, would air the good doctor on Sunday nights.
The show first debuted in 1974. Perhaps it's most notable claim to fame was introducing the world to some guy named "Weird Al" Yankovic (maybe you've heard of him). From the late 70s to the early 90s, when it was syndicated by Westwood One, the show was at it's commercial peak and was airing on more than 100 affiliates. In recent years, the show, unfortunately, fell on financial hard times and had dwindled to only about a half dozen affiliates.
Even though I haven't heard the show in ages, it's still kind of sad that it's run is, essentially, over. I'll have to listen to some novelty tunes this week in tribute.
As the good doctor would say...stay deeeeemented!