Nights with Alice Cooper

Nights with Alice Cooper
Genre Classic rock, Comedy
Running time 5 hours
Country United States United States
Language(s) English
Home station KDKB
Syndicates see below
Starring Alice Cooper
Produced by Katherine Turman
Recording studio Phoenix, Arizona
Air dates since 26 January 2004
Website Nights with Alice Cooper

Nights with Alice Cooper is a radio show hosted by Detroit born rock and roll artist and shock rock pioneer Alice Cooper. It is syndicated by United Stations Radio Networks and broadcast on over 100 radio stations in the US, seven in Canada, and is also available in the UK (on Planet Rock), Germany (on Star FM, Radio Bob), Ireland, Australia (Classic Rock 91.5/95.3 FM, 104.7 FM Triple M in Adelaide, Star 104.5 on the NSW Central Coast, 102.9 KOFM Newcastle, Territory FM 104.1 in Darwin and Zink 100.7 FM Townsville), Denmark, Sweden and New Zealand (on The Sound). In addition, dozens of affiliate stations stream the radio show. Most stations broadcast the program between 19:00 and 00:00 local time.

During the program Cooper plays requests as well as his favorite songs (most of which are from the classic rock genre), answers emails from his fans, and interviews celebrities. Celebrities he has interviewed on his show include Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Brian Johnson of AC/DC, Ozzy Osbourne, Meat Loaf, Rob Zombie, Glenn Danzig, Def Leppard, Peter Frampton and Jerry Springer. The show also plays rare tracks from classic rock artists, along with blues, early punk rock, and psychedelic music.

In 2005, The Guardian described the program as "a distinctive music show...Cooper makes an entertaining host with some unique one-liners".[1]

History

The show debuted on January 26, 2004 on 16 stations, including its flagship station, KDKB in Phoenix, Arizona.

Nights with Alice Cooper features many segments, including "Tuesday Bluesday", "Freaky Factoids", "Movie Music Madness", "Cooper's Covers", "Same Name" (two different songs with the same name), "Closet Classic", "The Quiet Room", "Lockdown Rockdown" (songs for Cooper's jailed listeners), "Monster Prog", "Throwback Thursday", "Hey Superstar Clean Out the Garage", "The Best Band You've Never Heard In Your Life" and "Songs We Just Don't Understand". Alice also plays his own rare songs and tells the stories behind them in the "Alice's B.O." (Beyond Obscure) and "Alice's Lost Hits" segments.

Holidays are big events on Nights with Alice Cooper, especially Halloween. The radio show has offered numerous contests and giveaways, including a flyaway trip to see Cooper in concert; a trip to see Led Zeppelin in London; and in October, 2008, the giveaway of a signed ESP guitar. Alice is also a huge trivia buff, and gives away signed pairs of his own pants to listeners who correctly answer his questions, which mostly relate to rare rock or movie trivia.

The show is also known for Cooper's humorous self-deprecating one-liner outros to commercial breaks: An announcer often tells Cooper's listeners that they are listening to (among many things) "a man for whom even Dr. Phil has no cure", "a man who is not afraid to look like a fool--and demonstrates so regularly", and, possibly most famously, "a man with a face made for radio", and other things mocking and/or questioning Cooper's intelligence, wisdom, talent, career, activities, looks, etc. in such ways.

In the early days of the show, the program featured several scripted comedy skits which centered around Alice and his life. Many of these featured Alice getting into arguments with rock musicians who asked Cooper for money he allegedly owed them for shows. These arguments would ultimately result in Cooper getting beaten senseless by the artists, who would often yell "and THIS is for making fun of RUSH!" (which was a common joke of Cooper's at the time.)

Nights with Alice Cooper is produced by music journalist and former Rockline producer Katherine Turman.

Affiliates

USA

Canada

United Kingdom

Australia

References

  1. ↑ Elisabeth Mahoney (1 July 2005). "Alice's wonderland". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "NIGHTS WITH ALICE COOPER". 104.1 Territory FM. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  3. ↑ url=http://www.triplem.com.au/adelaide/shows/nights-with-alice-cooper/
  4. ↑ "Nights with Alice Cooper - Zinc 102.7". Zinc 102.7. Grant Broadcasters. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Nights with Alice Cooper - Radio 4CC Gladstone". 4CC. Grant Broadcasters. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Nights with Alice Cooper - Zinc 101.9". Zinc 101.9. Grant Broadcasters. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Nights with Alice Cooper - Zinc 96.1". Zinc 96.1. Grant Broadcasters. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "Nights with Alice Cooper - Zinc 100.7". Zinc 100.7. Grant Broadcasters. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "NIGHTS WITH ALICE COOPER". Crow FM. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "Rebel FM - Our Shows". Rebel FM. Rebel Media. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
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