D & D are finished: Detroit Media Insider
Well, it looks like Deminski and Doyle are through with WKRK (now WXYT-FM: “The Ticket”). It’s sad to see this dynamic duo, who practically kept WKRK from changing formats sooner (from talk radio to God-knows -what-else) get sent out in disgrace as morning-show hosts (which their show was never formulated to handle). Yes, it was a call-in show, but they kept people calling, and had quite a loyal following for the afternoon-drive slot. Unfortunately the Chucklehead-Bastard-Stooges (CBS) couldn’t come to an agreement to try the duo out for a year and see what happens (which is longer than I give this new sports format before it changes to something even more stupid than all-sports-FM).
Fare thee well, D&D! You’ll be missed!
What a joke. I love sports as much or more than the next guy, but I am done with The Ticket now. I was not pleased when they got rid of The Midday Show and moved D & D to mornings, but I love D & D, and they were the reason I stayed with the station every morning, usually leaving it on that station throughout the day in our offices. So D & D are gone now? So is The Ticket. D & D and Rudy, I’ll miss you guys! I hope that wherever you guys land, it’s a much better place than Detroit. Of course, in a perfect world, they’d find a home for you right here in Detroit, and you could trounce whomever else you’re up against every day! I know, I know, no-compete clauses and all prevent that (how ironic they don’t want you, yet they don’t want you competing against them!), but…
Anyway, good luck, guys, and we’ll miss you! You rock!
why does detroit need two of the same show??? and whos running that place matt millen?? i really love hearing the same blowhards rant about the same sports topics all day long. not! they all talk about the same thing over and over, whats the point? ever heard the expression beating a deadhorse?
man this su>< D&D where great in the afternoon and the Jay and Bill show was hilarious. even with the addition that ditz Shila their show was funny and entertaining.
and get rid of those Lions adds, like the ones you play at the begining of the season to get people hyped, its like rubbing salt and lemon juice into the wound.
i’m out, got to go program NPR on to my radio stations and remove 97.1.
Damn… it had finally just clicked this morning that that is why they were on reruns. I had completely forgotten the date.
I’ll definitely miss the guys and will be googling to see where they end up next. Hopefully somewhere with a webcast.
Not to be cruel… but…
MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
You’ve been banished to the lands of sucky radio. Welcome to my world!!! At least you had something decent to listen to. It’s been a wasteland of Howard Stern immitators over here in dutchlevania for longer than I care to remember.
Screw that, I’ve been listening to Sirius ever since I got a free year subscription. Radio? Isn’t that the last initial on NPR?
And I thought dutchlevania only had Rush Limbaugh imitators.
simulcasting went out in the EARLY 70′s… why bring it back NOW??? I got ENOUGH of sports babble when i was forced to drive a delivery van with only AM radio for 3 YEARS. given the choice of Rush or Jim Rome, I took Romey, (and/or CBC) but it drove me BATTSO!!!!!
And as far as D&D go… I TRIED to listen in the AM, (a hidden benefit was hearing the end of the show before them) but work schedule being what it was I missed the middle of the show,( I could listen on the way into work, and once i got on the road…) but it was better than nuthin’!
so it’s BACK to NPR in the AM… and CSX or the River while on the road. maybe if I get an HD radio in the truck, I’ll be able to listen to some INTERESTING music???? WDET claims they’re moving the music over to HD, but I’ll never know… till i buy a NEW RADIO!!!
one thing I WON’T Miss.. that ditzo Nichole Salem…. living proof that having an opinion DOES NOT mean you are intelligent!
RIP D&D
Tom
Why is it that when someone interesting and entertaining like D and D come along…NO!!! We need all sports radio…let’s talk the Lions and how many ways they lost again – over and over and over! Good luck bill and Jeff – I hope to find you on the dial somewhere soon.
Like any of us care to hear about or discuss the Lions 3rd round draft pick for hours on end. Or about the minor leaguers for the Tigers. I like sports as much as anyone else, but this is outright stupid. I was upset when D&D moved to mornings, but was happy I could still listen. Now I have nothing but my cd player. I hope they all land on their feet and we get to listen to them again soon. The station couldn’t have made a bigger mistake.
With podcasts, i get the content i want when i want it. I can even download them with my steam powered modem (for example, overnight).
D&D was a great show. To me they were the Drew and Mike of the afternoon slot. It was perfect, I’d listen to Drew and Mike on my way to work and D&D on the way home. I was so sad to see them go head to head with Drew and Mike since it was essentially the same audience, I think. I was hoping they would find some way to put Bill McAllister with D&D, but to stick him back with that with that no talent hack, Jay Towers to replace D&D, wow I never saw that coming. I’ll have to find some other station to fill my radio preset #2 now.
I have never called or wrote to any company to complain about a product or service but I’ll write anyone who will listen that removing D&D is a huge mistake. I agree with Uzzy, they were my Drew and Mike in the afternoons and I was even willing to hop the fence to listen to D&D in the mornings. I won’t be listening to 97.1 anymore
I have been listening to 97.1 for a few years ever since it switched to all talk…basically because I can’t stand listening to the same songs over and over and over again on the “music” stations. Their programmer must have graduated from basket weaving 101 because it doesn’t matter what is good they just get rid of it. There was Kramer and Twitch Scott and Casey then Greg and Michelle and Bill then Jay and Michelle and Bill then Jay and Bill then Jay Shila and Bill then talking about the lions for the entire week then back to Jay and Bill……gees….oh wait they had a sports show…remember Parker and the Man…which they got rid of to eventually make it a sports station….wow…how about music with funny hosts like Jay and Bill and D&D…that may work. Oh well,glad to see Jay and Bill but sad to see D&D gone.
I can’t believe D&D are gone. It was bad enough moving them to the morning slot, but to get rid of the show was a big mistake. I loved listening to them on my way home from work when I did my many errands. I wish them the best and hope wherever they land I will be able to somehow find a way to listen to their show. Good luck guys.
D&D was the best thing they had going since Stern left for satellite. I discovered too late they were still on the air after the station went all-sports (blech!)…then even that was too late as I discovered they were gone completely…Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.
D & D made a terrific team, coupled with Rudy and Beaver, it was a sensational show!
I cannot believe that they moved them, and then got rid of them in the end. Who in the world wants to hear sports radio for that amount of time?
D & D, Rudy and Beav made my day, as well as a few friend’s of mine. It sucks so bad that they are gone. They were true entertainment!!! Sadly missed
Detroit radio was one of the best sounding markets in all of the US. After Stern went to Sirius radio fell apart and did not make much of a comeback. Had Sirius, cancelled it, Howard sucks too. XM is much better, in my opinion. As much as I liked half of D&D, I will truly miss Rudy and Beaver and the other half of them. The show worked, they were tuned into the city and the people here. Don’t know where they would fit into the scope of Detroit radio, but the non-compte clause should have been waived as the entire format changed. Wishing all of the crew and the regular callers the very best. Will be looking to see where you may land after the dust settles.
As a sidebar to all of this…WXYT ought to return Parker and the Man to the lineup. They are interesting, entertaining and they know Detroit sports and the people of the city.
I just want to say for the record that I will miss D&D. Ive been a fan of D&D since ed till was the show before they went on the air.. Im 26 now so about eleven years of Bill,Jeff, rudy and the beave.. Im pissed, sorry but I am. I am a huge sports fan and as far as I am concered they should put krap and andercrap on in the morning, gaylenti and foster on early afternoon and D&D back in the afternoon drive, it hasnt been the same since it changed.. AND MOTOR CITY MID DAYS IS F*CKING GARBAGE,you replace the best duo ive ever listened to with these hacks who have been fired and rehired enough times to make me puke, J “who the heck cares” towers and bill mcallister need to just go away because they are annoying.. your gonna fail alot faster than crystal clear coke…… I love you D&D, long time listerner, and hope you can get bact to the radio somwhere..
What a waste!!!!!! I no longer listen the that station. Bring back D & D!!!! i did like them best on the drive home. I didn’t care so much for the morning show, though.
I’ve listened to D&D pretty much since they’ve been on the air and have now taken to tuning in my iPod for my 90 minute commute. Seems like a lot longer drive without the guys. Godspeed.
They had a nice mix for quite a while. But they lost Parker and the Man, so they eventually go all sports with unlistenable on-air personalities?
Enjoy the 30 or so remaining listeners who are too lazy or brain dead to reset their radio and haven’t already dumped “The Stinket.”
I can get sports talk from a host of other stations, and better. The audio book industry thanks you, you’ve handed them my business and advertising influenced dollars.
Even though it has been awhile since D&D left the station on their own terms it is clear to see that this has ticked off quite a few listeners. I being one of them.
Jeff has started a blog for your reading pleasure since the loyalists are not listening to much radio these days.
http://www.deminskianddoyleshow.com/blogger.html
what the hell is wrong with the idiots that run radio theres not one thing i wan’t to here anymore what i want to here mike without drew get real the guys a sidekick trudys the only good one as for d/d they are sorley missed the best thing that that was is gone now there’s the lions lose again all day or the tigers what can they do to be better i’ve heard the shit before during and after how long can these people keep putting this crappppp out there hope for the return of dandd godspeed boys