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Dr. Demento is the stage name
Stage name

A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, comedians, musician, and professional wrestling....
 of Barret Eugene Hansen (born April 2, 1941), a radio
Radio

Radio is the transmission of signals, by modulation of electromagnetic radiation with frequency below those of visible light.Electromagnetic radiation radio propagation by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space....
 disc jockey
Disc jockey

A disc jockey is a person who selects and plays sound recording for an audience. Originally, disk referred to phonograph records, while disc refers to the Compact Disc, and has become the more common spelling....
 specializing in novelty song
Novelty song

A novelty song is a comical or nonsensical song, performed principally for its Comedy. Humorous songs, or those containing humorous elements, are not necessarily novelty songs....
s and pop music parodies. He created the persona in 1970 while working at Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
 station KPPC-FM. After Hansen played "Transfusion" by Nervous Norvus
Nervous Norvus

Nervous Norvus was the performing name of Jimmy Drake . His novelty song "Transfusion" was a major chart-topper in 1956, as was a second song, "Ape Call," released later that year....
 on the radio, DJ Steven Clean said that Hansen had to be "demented" to play that. Thereafter, the name stuck. His weekly show went into syndication in 1974 and from 1978 to 1992 was syndicated by the Westwood One
Westwood One

Westwood One is an radio in the United States radio network. It is based in New York City, and it was previously managed by CBS Radio, the radio arm of CBS Corporation....
 Radio Network.






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Dr. Demento is the stage name
Stage name

A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, comedians, musician, and professional wrestling....
 of Barret Eugene Hansen (born April 2, 1941), a radio
Radio

Radio is the transmission of signals, by modulation of electromagnetic radiation with frequency below those of visible light.Electromagnetic radiation radio propagation by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space....
 disc jockey
Disc jockey

A disc jockey is a person who selects and plays sound recording for an audience. Originally, disk referred to phonograph records, while disc refers to the Compact Disc, and has become the more common spelling....
 specializing in novelty song
Novelty song

A novelty song is a comical or nonsensical song, performed principally for its Comedy. Humorous songs, or those containing humorous elements, are not necessarily novelty songs....
s and pop music parodies. He created the persona in 1970 while working at Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
 station KPPC-FM. After Hansen played "Transfusion" by Nervous Norvus
Nervous Norvus

Nervous Norvus was the performing name of Jimmy Drake . His novelty song "Transfusion" was a major chart-topper in 1956, as was a second song, "Ape Call," released later that year....
 on the radio, DJ Steven Clean said that Hansen had to be "demented" to play that. Thereafter, the name stuck. His weekly show went into syndication in 1974 and from 1978 to 1992 was syndicated by the Westwood One
Westwood One

Westwood One is an radio in the United States radio network. It is based in New York City, and it was previously managed by CBS Radio, the radio arm of CBS Corporation....
 Radio Network. It is still on the air as of 2008.

Background


Hansen was born in Minneapolis
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis is the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Hennepin County, Minnesota. The city lies on both banks of the Mississippi River, just north of the river's confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Saint Paul, Minnesota, the state's Capital ....
, Minnesota
Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States. The twelfth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with just over five million residents....
, the son of an amateur pianist
Pianist

A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an musical ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers....
. He claims to have started his vast record collection as early as age 12, when he found "that a local thrift store had thousands of old 78 RPM records for sale at 5 cents each". He attended Reed College
Reed College

Reed College is a Private school, Independent school liberal arts college located in southeast Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1908, Reed is a highly selective four-year residential college with a campus located in Portland's residential Eastmoreland, Portland, Oregon neighborhood, featuring architecture based on the Tudor style architecture-Got...
 in Portland
Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States United States, near the confluence of the Willamette River and Columbia River rivers in the state of Oregon....
, Oregon
Oregon

Oregon is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The area was inhabited by many indigenous tribes before the arrival of traders, explorers and settlers....
, where he was promoted to Program Director
Program director

In service industries such as education, a program director researches, plans, develops and implements one or more of the firm's professional services....
 of KRRC in 1960 and General Manager
General manager

General Manager or GM for short is a descriptive term for certain corporate officers in a business operation. It is also a formal title held by some business executives, most commonly in the hospitality industry....
 in 1961. He wrote his senior thesis on Alban Berg
Alban Berg

Alban Maria Johannes Berg was an Austrian composer. He was a member of the Second Viennese School with Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern, and produced compositions that combined Gustav Mahler Romantic music with a personal adaptation of Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique....
's opera Wozzeck
Wozzeck

Wozzeck is the first opera by the Austrian composer Alban Berg. It was composed between 1914 and 1922 and first performed in 1925. Since then it has established a solid place for itself in the mainstream operatic tradition, and modern productions are consistently sold out....
 and Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy

Achille-Claude Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he is considered one of the most prominent figures working within the field of Impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions....
's opera Pelleas et Melisande. He graduated in 1963, and later studied at UCLA
University of California, Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in Westwood, Los Angeles, California, California, United States....
, from which he earned a master's degree in folklore
Folklore

Folklore is the body of expressive culture, including tales, music, dance, legends, oral history, proverbs, jokes, superstitions, customs, and so forth within a particular population comprising the traditions of that culture, subculture, or group ....
 and ethnomusicology
Ethnomusicology

Ethnomusicology is a branch of musicology defined as "the study of social and cultural aspects of music and dance in local and global contexts." ...
.

After earning his master's degree, he lived for two years "in a big house on a hill" in Topanga Canyon with members of the rock band Spirit
Spirit (band)

Spirit was an American jazz/hard rock/psychedelic music band founded in 1967 in music, based in Los Angeles, California, California....
 ("Fresh Garbage" was a hit for them). He also served briefly as a roadie for Spirit, and for Canned Heat
Canned Heat

Canned Heat is a blues-rock/boogie band that formed in Los Angeles in 1965. The group has been noted for its own interpretations of blues material as well as for efforts to promote the interest in this type of music and its original artists....
, before being hired as an A&R
A&R

Artists and Repertoire is the division of a record label that is responsible for talent scouting and the artistic development of recording artists....
 man, or talent scout, for Specialty Records
Specialty Records

Specialty Records was an United States record label based in Los Angeles. It was originally launched as Juke Box Records in 1946 in music, but later renamed by its owner Art Rupe when he parted company with a couple of his original partners....
. It was while working for Specialty that the Doctor began his weekly radio show. He later worked for Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an United States record label that operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group. It is also affectionately known as "Warners" and 'the Bunny', based on the Bugs Bunny cartoons released by Warner Bros....
.

Hansen married his wife, Sue, on November 26, 1983, in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
. At that time she was a senior training officer at the Union Pacific railroad. Hansen describes himself as "an armchair railfan
Railfan

A railfan or rail buff , railway enthusiast or railway buff , or trainspotter , is a person interested in an amateur capacity in rail transport....
".

The rise of Dr. Demento


To some people, Dr. Demento is best known as the man who brought rock parodist
Parody

A parody , in contemporary usage, is a work created to mock, comment on, or poke fun at an original work, its subject, or author, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation....
 "Weird Al" Yankovic
"Weird Al" Yankovic

Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic is an United Statesn singer-songwriter, music producer, actor, comedian and satire. Yankovic is known in particular for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts....
 to national attention (and appeared in a number of Weird Al's music video
Music video

A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a pop music or rock music song with lyrics. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings....
s, as well as Weird Al's movie UHF
UHF (film)

UHF , is a comedy film made in 1989. It starred "Weird Al" Yankovic, Michael Richards, David Bowe, Victoria Jackson, Fran Drescher, Kevin McCarthy , Gedde Watanabe, Billy Barty, Anthony Geary and Trinidad Silva....
). Hansen also played a role in the success of Elmo and Patsy
Elmo Shropshire

Elmo Shropshire , better known as Dr. Elmo, is a singer of comedy songs, most notably "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer." He originally recorded the song in 1979 with his then-wife Patsy....
's 1979 Christmas
Christmas

Christmas , also referred to as Christmas Day, is an annual holiday celebrated on December 25 that commemorates the birth of Jesus. The day marks the beginning of the larger season of Christmastide, which lasts Twelve Days of Christmas....
 song "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer

Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer is a novelty song Christmas song and the eponymous animated movie.Written by Randy Brooks, the song was originally performed by the husband and wife duo of Elmo Shropshire and Patsy Shropshire in 1979....
" and the continuing success of Bobby "Boris" Pickett's "Monster Mash
Monster Mash

"Monster Mash" is a 1962 novelty song and the best-known song by Bobby Pickett. The song was released as a single on Gary S. Paxton's Garpax Records label in October 1962 along with a full-length LP album called The Original Monster Mash, which contained several other monster-themed tunes....
".

He made appearances on such shows as Bobby's World
Bobby's World

Bobby's World is a children's television series list of animated television series, which ran from 1990 in television to 1998 in television, on Fox Broadcasting Company....
 and The Simpsons
The Simpsons

The Simpsons is an Television in the United States animated cartoon Situation comedy created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company....
, as well as making an appearance on the Barnes and Barnes music video for "Fish Heads
Fish Heads (song)

Fish Heads is a novelty song by Wild Man Fischer released in the 1970's and got it's first UK airplay on Radio 1 bu DJ Ann Nightingale. The song featured Wild Man Fischer alone on vocals, sang in his unique style....
".

Hansen created the persona in 1970 while working at Pasadena
Pasadena, California

Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. Famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl Game American football game and the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home of many leading scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet Propulsion Laboratory ,...
 station KPPC-FM. At the end of 1971, he moved to KMET in Los Angeles. From 1972–83, he performed a four hour live show on KMET. The four hour "local" show was divided up into two general segments. The first segment lasted three hours and the "Doctor" played whatever he chose, often thematically. The last hour was devoted to the so called "Top Ten" which was determined by petitions and requests.

His weekly show went into syndication in 1974 and from 1978–92 was syndicated by the Westwood One
Westwood One

Westwood One is an radio in the United States radio network. It is based in New York City, and it was previously managed by CBS Radio, the radio arm of CBS Corporation....
 Radio Networks. From 1979-1980, he also did a separate pre-taped four hour show for KSAN
KSAN-FM

KSAN is a commercial radio station located in San Francisco, with the transmission antenna located in San Mateo, California, broadcasting to the San Francisco, California, area....
 in San Francisco. In 1983, KMET started airing the syndicated show, and then in 1985 he was back live on KMET, but for only two hours instead of the previous four hours. He then moved live to KLSX in 1987, and later to KLIT/KSCA in 1994 (after a one-year hiatus when Los Angeles did not carry the show). The local live show ended in 1997 when KSCA switched formats, although he returned live for a few weeks in 1998 on KLSX again. KLSX then carried the syndicated show until 1999, since which time no station in Los Angeles has carried the show, despite it being home to his biggest fan base.

The show is still on the air as of 2008, syndicated by Hansen's own company, Talonian Productions, whose sole purpose is to produce and distribute this program. The show airs for two hours weekly, usually on a Sunday night, although stations are free to air the show at other times.

Dr. Demento Today


The show has, in recent years, fallen on financial hard times. According to Hansen, the show has steadily lost advertisers, and as such, he had to restructure the distribution of the show from the usual barter
Barter

Barter is a type of trade in which product or Service are directly exchanged for other goods and/or services, without the use of Money. It can be bilateral or multilateral, and usually exists parallel to monetary systems in most developed countries, though to a very limited extent....
 system to a system in which stations pay a rights fee for the program. In addition, he has stated that "unless the show's financial situation changes soon I will be unable to continue the show much longer". Beginning January 2008, the weekly "Funny 5" was abandoned and was replaced by a monthly Top Ten.

The Dr. Demento Show can also be heard via audio streaming at his official website. Large archives from 1992 to the present, as well as a few select archives from the early 1970s, are available, but the syndicated programs from 1978 to 1992 are not because Westwood One apparently still owns those programs. Some live local shows which aired in Los Angeles from this period are slowly being, with a small per-show fee is levied for this service so as to make the show profitable. As part of the contract between Dr. Demento and radio stations, radio stations are prohibited from streaming the program on any streams the stations provide. Several radio stations have been forced to drop the program because of this policy, thus reducing Dr. Demento's (at last count, the show only broadcasts on seven stations, down from over 100 at its peak), making the show even less appealing to advertisers. A spokesperson for Dr. Demento mentioned in his official forum in October 2007 that the show is working to make "lots of changes" regarding the internet services, including a new webmaster.

Hansen has developed an interest in the roots of rock 'n' roll in R&B and country music
Country music

Country music is a blend of popular American music forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. It has roots in Traditional music, Celtic music, gospel music, and old-time music and evolved rapidly in the 1920s....
, and he has written about it in many magazine articles, liner notes to compilations and new recordings by a variety of artists, and two chapters on early R&B for The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll. His shows and public appearances display an encyclopedic knowledge of the history of recorded music in general, from the earliest Edison cylinder recordings onward.

Dr. Demento was inducted into the Comedy Music Hall of Fame in June 2005.

In September 2007, Dr. Demento portrayed the role of Hippocrates
Hippocrates

Hippocrates of Cos II or Hippokrates of Kos - ancient Greek: ; Hippokr?tes was an Ancient Greece physician of the Age of Pericles, and was considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine....
 on The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd
The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd

The Radio Adventures Of Dr. Floyd is a short audio and video series distributed via podcasting. Created by Grant Baciocco and Doug Price, it is a family friendly show in the style of old-time radio....
.

Favorite songs


At the end of each year on his syndicated radio show, he counts down the top 25 comedy hits of the year, called the "Funny 25". (From 1972–82, he also did a year-end top 50 countdown for his four-hour live show in Los Angeles, plus a separate pre-taped top 50 in 1979 for San Francisco.) The chart is based on requests, so it is common for classic comedy songs to appear on the chart for many years in a row. Despite that, only four artists have appeared at the top of the chart in two consecutive years; three of those appeared at the top of the charts with two different songs each year, and the fourth is the case of Ogden Edsl
Ogden Edsl

Ogden Edsl was a band formed in 1970 in Omaha, Nebraska, Nebraska by Bill Frenzer, Bill Carey and Otis XII. Their music was often darkly comedic and satirical, and was frequently featured on the weekly Dr....
, whose song "Dead Puppies" is thus far the only one to appear at the top of the charts two years in a row.

  • "Weird Al" Yankovic
    "Weird Al" Yankovic

    Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic is an United Statesn singer-songwriter, music producer, actor, comedian and satire. Yankovic is known in particular for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts....
1980 - "Another One Rides The Bus"
1981 - "Yoda" (Original Demo Version)


  • Ogden Edsl
    Ogden Edsl

    Ogden Edsl was a band formed in 1970 in Omaha, Nebraska, Nebraska by Bill Frenzer, Bill Carey and Otis XII. Their music was often darkly comedic and satirical, and was frequently featured on the weekly Dr....
1982 - "Dead Puppies"
1983 - "Dead Puppies"


  • The great Luke Ski
    Luke Ski

    The great Luke Ski is the stage name of Luke Sienkowski, a parody, filk and Hip hop music musician who writes, records and performs comedy music....
2002 - "Peter Parker" (with guest vocals by Sudden Death
Sudden Death (music)

Sudden Death is a comedy rap trio from Hardyston, New Jersey consisting of members Tom Rockwell , Steve Fernino , and Thom Uliasz .They formed in 1986 and started releasing their music in 1991....
)
2003 - "Stealing Like A Hobbit"


  • Worm Quartet
    Worm Quartet

    Worm Quartet is a one-man Comedy Synth Punk band portrayed on album covers as a group of four worms. The "band" has a growing cult following thanks to exposure on the Dr....
2004 - "Great Idea For A Song"
2005 - "Inner Voice" (as guest vocals for Sudden Death
Sudden Death (music)

Sudden Death is a comedy rap trio from Hardyston, New Jersey consisting of members Tom Rockwell , Steve Fernino , and Thom Uliasz .They formed in 1986 and started releasing their music in 1991....
)


  • On hunting themed shows, Dr. Demento features the song "Second Week of Deer Camp" by Michigan comedy music group Da Yoopers
    Da Yoopers

    Da Yoopers are a travelling comedy show and musical group from Ishpeming, Michigan, United States. They are known primarily for their humorous songs and skits, most of which center around life in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan....
    .


The 1947 song "Pico and Sepulveda
Pico and Sepulveda

Pico and Sepulveda is a song by Freddy Martin & His Orchestra . The 1947 song was frequently featured on Dr. Demento's radio show. It is about streets in Los Angeles and was composed by Eddie Maxwell and Jule Styne....
" by Felix Figueroa & His Orchestra (actually Freddy Martin
Freddy Martin

Frederick Alfred Martin was an United States bandleader and saxophone....
 & His Orchestra) was frequently featured on Dr. Demento's syndicated radio show. During the early years of his show, this song became so requested, and hence played, that the "Doctor" decided to give the song a special status. From May 1973 onward, the song was played once a month, on the first Sunday of every month, at the end of a set of songs about the Los Angeles area. The Doctor's unidirectional covenant he made with his listeners was that in exchange for playing this same song ad infinitum once a month via this special arrangement, it was thereafter voided from ever being voted upon, requested, and/or played in any monthly Top 10 or annual Top 50 format. Since July 1974, a version of this song by the Roto Rooter Good Time Christmas Band has been used as his opening theme.

Discography


A number of compilations have been released by Dr. Demento, including:
  • Dr. Demento's Delights (1975)
  • Dr. Demento's Dementia Royale (1980)
  • Dr. Demento's Mementos (1982)
  • Dr. Demento Presents the Greatest Novelty Records of All Time Volume I: The 1940s (and Before) (1985)
  • Dr. Demento Presents the Greatest Novelty Records of All Time, Volume II: The 1950s (1985)
  • Dr. Demento Presents the Greatest Novelty Records of All Time, Volume III: The 1960s (1985)
  • Dr. Demento Presents the Greatest Novelty Records of All Time, Volume IV: The 1970s (1985)
  • Dr. Demento Presents the Greatest Novelty Records of All Time, Volume V: The 1980s (1985)
  • Dr. Demento Presents the Greatest Novelty Records of All Time, Volume VI: Christmas (1985)
  • Dr. Demento Presents the Greatest Novelty CD of All Time (1988)
  • Dr. Demento Presents the Greatest Christmas Novelty CD of All Time (1989)
  • Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection (1991)
  • Dr. Demento: Holidays In Dementia (1995)
  • Dr. Demento 25th Anniversary Collection (1996)
  • Dr. Demento 2000! 30th Anniversary Collection (2001)


Affiliates list


  • KACV-FM
    KACV-FM

    KACV-FM 89.9 Frequency modulation is a college radio radio station in Amarillo, Texas. The station is owned and operated by the city's community college, Amarillo College, from its Washington Street campus by the radio / TV students of Amarillo College....
     89.9 FM: Amarillo, Texas
    Amarillo, Texas

    Amarillo is the 14th-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas, the largest in the Texas Panhandle, and the county seat of Potter County, Texas. A portion of the city extends into Randall County, Texas....
  • WLUP
    WLUP

    WLUP is an album-oriented rock FM radio radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan area. It is owned by Emmis Communications. WLUP transmits its signal from an antenna located the top of the Sears Tower in downtown Chicago at a height of 1,390 feet with an effective radiated power of 4,000 watts....
     97.9 FM: Chicago, Illinois, Sunday 11 PM - 1 AM
  • WLVQ
    WLVQ

    WLVQ is an frequency modulation radio station in Columbus, Ohio, United States, broadcasting on 96.3 MHz. Its brand identifier is Ohio's Best Rock, QFM 96....
     96.3 FM: Columbus, Ohio
    Columbus, Ohio

    Columbus is the Capital , the largest, and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio. Located near the Geographic centers of the United States, Columbus is the county seat of Franklin County, Ohio, although parts of the city also extend into Delaware County, Ohio and Fairfield County, Ohio counties....
    , Sunday 8 - 10 AM
  • KLOO
    KLOO-FM

    KLOO-FM is a commercial classic rock/Adult album alternative hybrid music radio station in Corvallis, Oregon, broadcasting to the Eugene, Oregon-Springfield, Oregon area on 106.3 Frequency Modulation....
     106.3 FM: Corvallis, Oregon
    Corvallis, Oregon

    Corvallis is a city located in central western Oregon, United States. It is the county seat of Benton County, Oregon and the principal city of the "Corvallis, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area", which encompasses all of Benton County....
    , Sunday 7 - 9 PM
  • KOZT
    KOZT

    KOZT The Coast is a radio station broadcasting a Album Oriented Rock format. Licensed to Ft. Bragg, California, USA, the station serves the Fort Bragg-Ukiah area....
     95.3 FM: Fort Bragg, California
    Fort Bragg, California

    Fort Bragg is a city located in coastal Mendocino County, California along California State Route 1, the major north-south highway along the Pacific Coast....
    , Sunday 9 - 11 PM
  • WRKH
    WRKH

    WRKH is the call sign for the Mobile, Alabama classic rock formatted radio station known as "96.1 The Rocket". The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications....
     96.1 FM: Mobile, Alabama
    Mobile, Alabama

    Mobile is the third most populous city in the Southern United States United States state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama....
  • KYCY
    KYCY

    KFRC is a radio station in San Francisco, owned by CBS Radio. KFRC features an oldies music format, featuring the syndicated True Oldies Channel feed....
     1550 AM: San Francisco, California
    San Francisco, California

    The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States, with a 2007 estimated population of 799,183....
  • WKTW 99.5 FM: Syracuse, New York
    Syracuse, New York

    Syracuse is the fifth largest city in New York State, United States. According to the United States Census 2000, the city population was 147,306, and its Syracuse metropolitan area had a population of 732,117....
  • KEYN 103.7 FM: Wichita, Kansas
    Wichita, Kansas

    Wichita , is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas, and the county seat of Sedgwick County, Kansas. The 2006 estimated population of 361,420 makes it the 51st largest city in the U.S....
     Sunday 10 PM - 12 AM


External links

  • - official playlist archive and more
  • - a fan-run, user-supported site with song and artist information
  • - updated annually