Legendary rock musician Alice Cooper is preparing to conclude his nearly 20-year stint as the host of the syndicated program Nights with Alice Cooper. The show’s final week of new programs is confirmed to be during the week of September 4, with offerings through Sunday, September 10.
United Stations EVP/Programming Andy Denemark announced the end of the show to Radio Ink‘s sister publication RBR+TVBR. The initial news broke after all Nights affiliates were informed of the program’s upcoming conclusion.
The decision to end the popular program is reportedly linked to the sale of United Stations Radio Network to GeminiXIII, with new management planning to take the programming in a different direction. According to a source, Alice Cooper is not retiring or quitting radio. The decision to end the show is not a reflection of his desire to step away from broadcasting but rather a change in direction by the management of USRN.
There is something about Alice, his no bullshit laidback approach & lightheartedness to everything. His voice is so soothing & really suits radio. The night I heard his voice coming out of the radio again I thought Dee Sneider was interviewing him. When I realised what was actually going on my heart did a triple back flip with joy. Welcome back, you & your nightmare. Keep doing you 💜👍🏻✌🏻
My 10 year old daughter and I listen daily and she is often awake late and early hours and absolutely loved Alice Coopers show and us devastated!!!
What the heck??? Someone please find him another radio gig and we will happily leave Planet Rovk behind as Alice was by far the best
Life sucks without Alice on. I didn’t know what happened but it scared me for him and I been praying for him not knowing anything. This is a really hard time for me and the way Alice always serves his fans with his radio program, young or old is okay by me and he’s got a hip flare and doesn’t matter what age he is, he’s still better than any gang banger hip hop. Most new music sucks and I’m in my 30s. The new stuff has no deep lyrics or makes you think, there’s no substance to the bland, dry, boring lyrics and songs of the new world of music. Nothing deep. There is some new stuff that is good but there’s a lot of new that isn’t at all. This is why we need Alice’s radio program because he’s a masterpiece with his life and creative and he’s always making me forget my own problems in life when I listen to his radio program. Your not gonna find anyone else who can do what he does for his fans. Or anyone better. People who say his radio program sucks never been to his concerts I bet and don’t appreciate music that has made and shaped the world of music. He’s a big deal in the rock and roll industry. Along with fans young or old. I’ve listened to Alice for years now and almost every day and he’s got a personality that’s unique. Especially on the radio or in concert. I’ve only been able to go to one of his concerts. And it was one of the best shows I’ve seen ever! I been to a-lot of concerts in my lifetime. Plus he’s a self proclaimed Christian and I like listening to his radio program. Was he taken off the radio for his faith in Jesus Christ? What’s the real reason for the cancellation? He has soo much fan base! It’s unreal to know that anyone would cancel his radio program today.
AI can’t even do anything like what he does. His uniqueness is inspiring and for other people.
And if you don’t know then now ya know! ~Biggie
Excuse the autocorrect…. AI is always trying hard to help interfere with my life all the time too!
Roger, I loved listening to Alice Cooper every night. Am only 78yrs old, and grew up with the beginning of rock music. I have seen him live four times in Leeds. He puts on a great show, especially the support bands.
Please bring him back to Planet Rock, as he is easily the best broadcaster on the show. It’s no reason to change the station to please the young. They need to hear all rock music. In conclusion, I think you should play 50min. Of
advertising and 10min. Of music to please the young moaners. Maybe they could listen to radio one.
It won’t be the same without Alice Cooper on late night. He’s one of the reasons I started listening to Planet Rock. Why change what works.
BRING BACK ALICE!!!!! I exercise while listening to him!!!!!
I exercise too sometimes while listening to his radio station. 🙂
Loved the show. Alice’s back stories and info were great. I want him back on the air
Let’s be honest… please? His show is for the old. He plays cuts NOBODY has ever heard, ratings for his show aren’t great on a majority of stations he’s on and he phones it in half the time. It’s time to replace him with someone 30 – 40 years younger that is more into h with people not about to die from old age.
I am not happy, in any way, about the sudden news that Nights With Alice Cooper, has been retired as of tomorrow. My feelings on this would be completely different and very accepting and understanding, if the show was being retired due to a decision made by Alice, himself… but it’s not! As to, Radio Ink’s article, referring to the last 20 years of Alice Cooper’s radio presence as the host of Nights with Alice Cooper as being merely a ‘stint’, I disagree and actually feel kinda offended by that. The word, ‘stint’, in my opinion, is better used when describing, a quick and temporary period of time, in someone’s career, where they attempted to stray away from their usual employment. Say, for an example, that in June of 2009, long-time rock vocalist, Alice Cooper, decided to front a nightly radio show called, Nights with Alice Cooper. Everything seemed to be going just fine but suddenly, in December of 2011, he decides to leave the show because it’s taking too much time away from his singing career, his family life and his love of golfing and is replaced by Dee Snyder (L O L). Now, that brief one and a half year period of time in Alice’s life, would be something that could be referred to as a ‘stint’ – not a 20 year long, very successful career that abruptly ended because it’s parent company had been bought out by another company who wanted to take things in a different direction. I know, it probably seems like a petty thing to be complaining about but that radio show played a big part in so many people’s lives for the past 20 years… especially the ones who constantly had the radio tuned-in to Nights with Alice Cooper while they worked their 2nd or 3rd work shifts. For those people, a big part of their life has just been forcefully changed and hopefully they won’t be further forced into having to listen to a radio station that plays mainly today’s top hits 😐 I know I’ll be missing ‘Nights…’. It’s been the evening soundtrack of my life for a long time.
I just found out a few days ago here in USA that this show is ending. Many here in USA feel the way you do and I feel the same as well. I will VERY MUCH miss his show and sad that it is ending. Hopefully Alice will return with another AWESOME radio show soon that is very similar to his show of 20 years. For me, his show spiced up my evenings and love everything about his show here.
From all the fans in Australia please don’t cancel Alice at nights. There are thousands of listeners in this country that are not happy about this news.