XRT’s Farewell to the GDH

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IT’S THE END OF AN ERA.
“ALMOST 20 YEARS SINCE THE DEAD HOUR DEBUTED ON XRT: JANUARY 12, 1988.
SINCE THEN, IT’S A BEEN LONG STRANGE TRIP. (sorry)
AND WE’VE ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF BEING
THE RADIO HOME OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD HOUR ON XRT.
NOWADAYS, YOU’VE NEVER HAD MORE OPTIONS
FOR LISTENING TO THE DEAD HOUR ON XRT.
AT 10 O’CLOCK.
ON SUNDAY NIGHT.
SO, I CALLED DAVID GANS TO CONGRATULATE HIM
ON THE 1000TH SHOW.
AND, I EXPRESSED MY APPRECIATION FOR THE DEAD’S SUCCESSFULLY AND THOROUGHLY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF
THE NEW TECHNOLOGY – DIGITAL, SATELLITE, etc.
NOW YOU CAN ACCESS THE DEAD’S INCREDIBLE ARCHIVES.
THRU THEIR WEB SITE , OR FOR THOSE WHO PAY TO SUBSCRIBE
TO SATELLITE RADIO, YOU’RE HEARING HISTORIC FULL-LENGTH
DEAD PERFORMANCES, PRETTY MUCH ON DEMAND!
THAT’S INCREDIBLE!
SO AFTER 20 YEARS ON XRT:
FRIENDS: ENJOY THE DEAD – WHENEVER YOU WANT TO –
THRU WHATEVER MEDIUM YOU PREFER.
WE’VE HAD A GREAT TIME BEING YOUR DEAD RADIO COMPANION.
WE’LL STILL BE HERE, WHENEVER YOU WANT US:
93XRT.COM, 93XRT, AND 93XRT HD1.”

-Norm Winer
WXRT Program Director
Sunday, Dec. 23, 2007

3 thoughts on “XRT’s Farewell to the GDH”

  1. A nicely worded bummer.
    XRT seems to have dropped something – probably the ball.
    Too bad for the future generations of XRT staff and listeners that Mr. Winer cut the show. It might be a trend. Writing on wall, maybe. Interesting. I guess they need to see what being off the bus is like for awhile – Oh well A Touch Of Grey kinda suits you anyway. We Will Survive.

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  2. I love xrt but am extremely disappointed that they dropped the grateful dead hour. Or as I like to call it “church”. Every sunday some friends and i would gather in my living room and listen in on the show. So now I live in one of the biggest cities in the country and have no dead hour anymore. SUCKS

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  3. Norm is falling all over himself to play both sides of this. That is sad. This once great station is just like all the rest of the “classic rock” dinosaurs now. Too many LOUD “JOIN THE ARMY!” commercials, playing the same oldies over and over and over… and they just BURIED the GDH at some undogly hour of the day/night/week.

    The GDH wil be better off on another Chicago outlet.

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