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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Dr. Demento Radio Show To End After Almost 40 Years
2010-06-08
This weekend, the Dr. Demento Show will have its final broadcast on KIYU, KLOO, WLVQ (QFM96), WRKH (The Rocket) and KOZT (The Coast).

This was a very painful decision for the Doctor...he really hates to let it go after almost 40 years...but he has come to agree with his manager and his family that it's necessary. The broadcast has been losing money for some time.

THE GOOD NEWS -- Dr. Demento intends to continue producing new shows every week for www.drdemento.com for the foreseeable future. A new one will be available Saturday morning, June 12, and more new shows will be posted every Saturday thereafter.

Also...if you live in or around Amarillo, TX, you're in luck...by special agreement and due to contractual considerations, a version of the internet show will be heard weekly on KACV-FM there, at least through the summer.

The Doctor wishes to express his grateful appreciation to everyone who's been listening in Alaska, Oregon, Ohio, Alabama and California, and hopes all of you will give the www.drdemento.com broadcast a try.

Stay deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeemented!
It's staggering to believe that the Dr. Demento Show was heard on Armed Forces Radio Network during the Vietnam War, and is (was) still heard on AFN South Korea.
Posted by: Anonymoose

#6  a sad day it is....
Posted by: linker   2010-06-08 20:38  

#5  The good Doctor has helped to preserve the sanity of generations of US military personnel, and to lighten their load. Even when the rest of AFN was downright dreary, he was the one bright spot they could look to on their radio dial.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2010-06-08 12:20  

#4  "Eat 'em up. Yum!"
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2010-06-08 09:46  

#3  Fish Heads, Fish Heads, roly poly fish heads...
Posted by: Penguin   2010-06-08 09:12  

#2  now where i get new verses for 'shaving cream'?
Posted by: abu do you love   2010-06-08 01:47  

#1  It hasn't been funny for a long time.
Posted by: gromky   2010-06-08 00:20  

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