Thanks For The Memories
Mitchell Berg is reporting that the Nick Coleman Radio Experience, which was broadcast on Minnesota Air America affiliate AM950, is kaput. The news has stunned local right wing bloggers, who have come to rely on Coleman's inane radio rantings as a rich source of material. Sisyphus is already waxing nostalgic for the good old days of the golden Coleman era with his list of Top 11 Things I Will Miss about the Nick Coleman Radio Show.
Oh well. Nick had a nice run. What was it six, maybe seven months? I'm sure he's a little disappointed that he couldn't outlast Chris Krok, but nobody ever said that radio's an easy business.
Now, he can sit back, relax, and wait for the inevitable summons to join fellow radio legends like Harley Flathers in the Museum of Broadcasting Hall of Fame. Given the footprint left by Coleman on the local broadcasting community, it would not surprise me at all to see the Museum of Broadcasting grant a waiting period exemption for Nick and add him to the class of 2005 Inductees (by the way, there's still time to get your tickets for this year's event).
The demise of the Nick Coleman Show means that local listeners will get to hear an extra hour of Air America's "nationally" syndicated Morning Sedition with Marc Riley and Mark Maron every morning. On AM950's web site, they promote Morning Sedition by advising that it's:
Time to wake up, brush your teeth and stick it to The Man.
As a regular listener, my experience has been that a couple of cups of coffee and some good reading material makes it easier to "stick it The Man" every morning.
UPDATE: Sometimes at moments like these, words just get in the way. King Banaian shares his thoughts on the bittersweet goodbye in song.
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