Deminski & Doyle

Alright, special post this year. I'm scheduling this post to coincide with the launch date of their first morning broadcast this year. Yeah, I know that they had a New Years Party, but I wanted to blog today, so I'm going to.

The Deminski & Doyle Show is the best radio show in the Detroit market, bar none. They started their first show back in 1999, and I remember the day. 97.1 had been experimenting with several afternoon talk shows. Early in 1999 they had tried out the Mike and Don show and replaced that with some guy from Chicago I can't remember who sucked. They kept that guy on all summer, but at the beginning of August, the station started running promos for a couple of guys who were from Jersey who would do a local show here. To be honest, I almost stopped listening to talk radio all together believing that 97.1 was just screwing up even more. How wrong I was.

You see, I had a 60-90 minute commute back in '99 and sure you can listen to the news for about 4 minutes, but then they just repeat, so that's no good. To be honest, I can't just listen to music for an hour without getting sleepy, so it was either repeats of news, or the talk station. So I listened to the first show on August 23, 1999, and kept listening for over 8 years.

It took me a few days to catch on to what these guys were trying to do. Every other talk radio show that was in this slot had either been raunchy or whiny. Jeff and Bill were neither of these, and instead they were down to earth normal guys. They had a show about stuff that regular people could relate to and enjoy.

I listened to this show until 2007 when two things happened. First, there was a format change from talk to sports, and D&D were moved from a afternoon drive slot to the morning program. The traffic in the morning is about half what it is in the afternoon, and I didn't get a chance to listen while I was at work, so I listened a lot less. Then in December of 07, D&D decided not to renew their contract, and because of their non-compete, they were off the air all of 2008.

2008 was a dark year for radio in Detroit.

Then, this morning at 6am, D&D began their normal time for their new morning show on WCSX. I was out in traffic around 6:30 and listened to most of their show today. Rudy the phone screener and Nicole the traffic girl are back, as are a lot of the hardcore group of fans that are well known to many of the listeners. After such a dry year, it's good to finally hear them again. You can listen to them yourself by going to WCSX's website, and streaming it from there.

Dalla Dalla Bill!