Nights with Alice Cooper

American radio show

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Nights with Alice Cooper

Genre|

* Classic rock
* mainstream rock
* comedy

Running time| 5 hours
Country of origin| United States
Language(s)| English
Home station| KSLX-FM
Syndicates| see below
Starring| Alice Cooper
Produced by| Katherine Turman
Recording studio| Phoenix, Arizona
Original release| 26 January 2004 –
8 September 2023
Website| nightswithalicecooper.com

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 a wide variety of affiliate radio stations in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Oman, and Europe.[1] The most recent show is also streamed online in a continuous loop by Radionomy; this stream is also used for the official Nights with Alice Cooper app for iOS and Android, which additionally offers "exclusive content" as well as interaction with other fans.[2]

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".[3]

## History[edit]

The show debuted on January 26, 2004, on 16 stations, including its flagship station, KDKB in Phoenix, Arizona (later moved to sister station KSLX-FM following its switch to alternative rock).

Nights with Alice Cooper features many segments, including "Tuesday Bluesday", "Freaky Facts", "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 and were written by Kristine "Kiki" Valentine Rakowsky who played Alice's counterpart Mistress Kitty on the show. 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.

Nights with Alice Cooper ended its syndicated run September 8, 2023. Radio and Television Business Report stated that Cooper would be continuing in radio in some form after the show's end but that creative disputes with United Stations, which had changed ownership earlier in the year, prompted him to sever ties with the network.[4]

## Affiliates[edit]

### United States[edit]

* KBFX-FM 100.5 FM Anchorage, Alaska
* KROR 101.5 FM Hastings, Nebraska
* KLPX96.1 FM Tucson, Arizona
* WRSW-FM 107.3 FM Warsaw, Indiana
* WRKW 99.1 FM Ebensburg, Pennsylvania
* KKLN 94.1 FM Willmar, Minnesota
* KSLX 100.7 FM Phoenix, Arizona
* WDVT 94.5 FM Rutland, Vermont
* WLKZ 104.9 FM Wolfeboro, New Hampshire
* WCHX 105.5 FM Lewistown, Pennsylvania
* WQFX-FM 103.1 FM Jamestown, New York , Russell, Pennsylvania
* WYCR 98.5 FM Harrisburg & Lancaster, Pennsylvania
* KASR 99.3/105.5, Atkins, Arkansas
* KZLE 93.3 FM Batesville, Arkansas
* KLKK103.7 FM Mason City, Iowa
* KVRV 97.7 FMMonte Rio, California
* WZUU 92.5 FM Kalamazoo, Michigan
* WRKY-FM 104.9 FM Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania
* WMPA 93.1 FM Ferrysburg, Michigan
* WJJH 96.7 FM Ashland, Wisconsin
* KIOO 99.7 FM Porterville, California
* KHEI 107.5 FM Kihei, Hawaii
* KKZX 98.9 FM Spokane, Washington
* KRVX 103.1 FM Wimbledon, North Dakota
* WIMZ 103.5 FM Knoxville, Tennessee
* WILZ 104.5 FM Saginaw, Michigan
* KCMQ 96.7 FM Columbia, Missouri
* WWUZ 96.9 Bowling Green, Virginia (Fredericksburg, Virginia)
* WKIT 100.3 FM Bangor, Maine
* KIXA-FM 106.5 FM Lucerne Valley, California
* WGRF 96.9 FM Buffalo, New York
* NWAC 95.7 FM Eunice, New Mexico
* KGGO 94.9 FM Des Moines, Iowa
* KYSC 96.9 FM Fairbanks, Alaska
* WKKN 101.9 FM Westminster, Vermont
* WTHK 100.7 FMWilmington, Vermont
* KSPQ 93.9 FM West Plains, Missouri
* KKZU 101.7 FM Elk City, Oklahoma
* WQRI 94.3 FM (and WRQW, Simulcast Station) — Saegertown, Pennsylvania (simulcast station licensed to Cooperstown, Pennsylvania)
* KOZZ 105.7 FM Reno, Nevada
* WCSX 94.7 FM Detroit, Michigan

### Canada[edit]

* CFMK-FM 96.3FM Kingston, Ontario
* CFRQ-FM 104.3FM Halifax, Nova Scotia
* CIXL-FM 91.7FM Welland, Ontario
* CKLY-FM 91.9FM Lindsay, Ontario
* CKLZ-FM 104.7FM Kelowna, British Columbia
* CHOM-FM 97.7FM Montréal, Quebec
* CFMI-FM 101.1 Vancouver, British Columbia

### United Kingdom[edit]

* Planet Rock DAB / Sky / Freesat / Virgin Media nationally

### Australia[edit]

* Triple M Classic Rock
* 104.1 Territory FM Darwin, Northern Territory[5]
* Crow FM 90.7FM Wondai, Queensland[6]
* Rebel FM (various) Remote New South Wales and Queensland[7]

### Denmark[edit]

* MyROCK Nationwide on FM bands

### Germany[edit]

* Radio BOB Nationwide DAB+ and in some regions FM

### New Zealand[edit]

* The Sound (New Zealand) (various) Nationwide on FM bands

### Oman[edit]

* So! Radio 91.4FM

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Nights with Alice Cooper – Find A Station Near You!". United Stations Radio Networks. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
2. ^ "Radionomy – Nights with Alice Cooper". Radionomy. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
3. ^ Elisabeth Mahoney (1 July 2005). "Alice's wonderland". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
4. ^ Jacobson, Adam (2023-08-16). "'Nights with Alice Cooper' Prepares For Its End | Radio & Television Business Report". Retrieved 2023-08-26.
5. ^ "Nights with Alice Cooper". 104.1 Territory FM. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
6. ^ "Nights with Alice Cooper". Crow FM. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
7. ^ "Rebel FM – Our Shows". Rebel FM. Rebel Media. Retrieved 30 March 2015.

## External links[edit]

* Official Nights with Alice Cooper website

* v
* t
* e

Alice Cooper

* Alice Cooper
* Chuck Garric
* Tommy Henriksen
* Glen Sobel
* Ryan Roxie
* Nita Strauss

* Original band members
* Former solo band members

Studio albums|

| with Alice Cooper (band)|

* Pretties for You
* Easy Action
* Love It to Death
* Killer
* School's Out
* Billion Dollar Babies
* Muscle of Love

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as Alice Cooper (solo)|

* Welcome to My Nightmare
* Alice Cooper Goes to Hell
* Lace and Whiskey
* From the Inside
* Flush the Fashion
* Special Forces
* Zipper Catches Skin
* DaDa
* Constrictor
* Raise Your Fist and Yell
* Trash
* Hey Stoopid
* The Last Temptation
* Brutal Planet
* Dragontown
* The Eyes of Alice Cooper
* Dirty Diamonds
* Along Came a Spider
* Welcome 2 My Nightmare
* Paranormal
* Detroit Stories
* Road

with Hollywood Vampires|

* Hollywood Vampires
* Rise

Live albums|

* The Alice Cooper Show
* Toronto Rock 'n' Roll Revival 1969, Volume IV
* A Fistful of Alice
* Brutally Live
* Live at Montreux 2005
* Live from the Astroturf

Singles|

* "Reflected"
* "I'm Eighteen"
* "Caught in a Dream"
* "Under My Wheels"
* "School's Out"
* "Elected"
* "Hello Hooray"
* "No More Mr. Nice Guy"
* "Billion Dollar Babies"
* "Halo of Flies"
* "Teenage Lament '74"
* "Only Women Bleed"
* "Department of Youth"
* "Welcome to My Nightmare"
* "I Never Cry"
* "You and Me"
* "How You Gonna See Me Now"
* "Clones (We're All)"
* "7 and 7 Is"
* "I Am the Future"
* "He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)"
* "Teenage Frankenstein"
* "Freedom"
* "Poison"
* "Bed of Nails"
* "House of Fire"
* "Only My Heart Talkin'"
* "Hey Stoopid"
* "Love's a Loaded Gun"
* "Feed My Frankenstein"
* "Lost in America"
* "It's Me"
* "Brutal Planet"
* "Gimme"
* "Keepin' Halloween Alive"

Compilations
and box sets|

* School Days: The Early Recordings
* Greatest Hits
* Prince of Darkness
* Toronto Rock 'n' Roll Revival 1969, Volume IV
* Classicks
* The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper
* Mascara and Monsters: The Best of Alice Cooper
* The Definitive Alice Cooper
* The Essentials: Alice Cooper
* Hell Is
* School's Out and Other Hits

Videography|

* Good to See You Again, Alice Cooper
* The Nightmare
* Welcome to My Nightmare
* Alice Cooper and Friends
* The Strange Case of Alice Cooper
* The Nightmare Returns
* Alice Cooper Trashes the World
* Brutally Live
* Live at Montreux 2005
* Super Duper Alice Cooper

Tours|

* Operation Rock & Roll
* Masters of Madness Tour

Related articles|

* Discography
* Filmography
* Nights with Alice Cooper
* The Hollywood Vampires

* Category

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