The End of the Dr. Demento Show On Radio

damnbunni writes "Dr. Demento has announced that his long-running comedy radio show will be ending (except weekly in and around Amarillo, TX). Modern 'format' radio has been less and less friendly to oddball and offbeat programming, and after years of declining station membership the Doctor announced on June 6 that his radio show will be no more. He will still stream weekly shows on Saturday from his website, drdemento.com. While I'm sad to see the show go, nearly 40 years is a good run."

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fishheads, fishheads,...

[Cragen]

Lovely little fish heads! The only place that song EVER got played. Perhaps "They're coming to take him away. ha-ha. ho-ho. hee-hee..."

Re:fishheads, fishheads,...

[GrahamCox]

The only place that song EVER got played

Not quite true. It was played occasionally on Anne Nightingale's Radio 1 request show (1980s, Radio 1, UK, Sunday evenings) which in itself was a national institution, and where I first heard the song. It now has a permanent place in my iTunes collection as a result (along with Kristina's version of "Is That All There Is?" and "Win a Night Out With A Well-Known Paranoiac" by Barry Andrews).

Re:I'm ignorant

[geekoid]

I have an email folder full of emails from NPR on how they wanted to support low power radio.

You are full of shit.

I have dealt with both organizations. Clear channel is full of entitled ass holes who think cities should do what they say because they own the radio stations.