The Allan Handelman Show"
is more than a talk show. But, how do you describe it to new listeners?
It's Exploration radio! Riveting, mind-stretching radio that has always
been much more than a talk show. It's the mesmerizing stuff that makes
you say, "oh wow", with truly compelling guests you will never forget.
There is a special energy and intensity about "The Allan Handelman Show"
that has often been often imitated, but never duplicated. For the past
two decades, it's been truly unlike any other talk show in America,
and it continues to be the talk show for people who don't listen to
talk shows.
Allan was producing compelling
talk radio for AOR stations on the FM band long before "FM Talk"
became a viable format. It was talk radio on the very stations where
the management wanted less talk and more music.
While shows like "Rock
Line" and "Modern Rock Live" featured only interviews
with bands each week, Allan mixed the biggest names in Rock and
entertainment with amazing guests and subjects that kept people glued
to the
radio. It was sex, drugs, and Rock n' Roll with a whole lot more!
Even before "The Allan
Handelman Show" went into syndication, Allan managed to regularly
feature high profile guests such as David Letterman and Frank Zappa,
despite being limited to one North Carolina station.
Allan was the first to regularly
incorporate once taboo subjects such as UFOs and the paranormal into
the broad spectrum of topics featured on the show each week. The formula
worked! Handelman's ratings often tripled the stations norm. After building
to a 31 share for the coveted 18-49 demographic, Allan consistently
achieves top numbers in the 25-54, 18-49 and 18-24 demographics.
For over 20 years, he's been
serving the Rock culture with the most interesting people in the world.
From its humble beginnings
in Eastern North Carolina, to it's enviable rise as the first syndicated
radio talk show to originate from the Carolinas, "The Allan Handelman
Show" reigns today as one of the most imitated talk shows in the
country. With cutting edge bumpers and impossible to get guests, Handelman
consistently sets the bar for the industry and the Rock culture alike.
While imitation is the highest form of flattery, nothing compares to
the original!
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Serving
The Interests Of The Rock Listener
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Show Index
Partial guest list. Click here
if you prefer to view the complete index.
AC/DC -
All three hours of the show are devoted to AC/DC. As the AC/DC tour swings
through the Carolinas, the band joins Allan to take calls from listeners
and play some kick-butt tunes.
David
Draiman of Disturbed - Also, Dan Savage, author of "Skipping
Towards Gomorroah"
Ronnie James Dio
- You know Ronnie from Rainbow, Black Sabbath and Dio. This
great show also includes Tax Protestor Irwin Schiff. Always controversial,
Irwin tours the country teaching people how to legally stop paying taxes!
Geddy Lee
- Geddy gives a rare radio interview. This is one of our most popular
archives and is linked to from several Rush fan sites. The show
also includes Body For Life's Bill Phillips and Private Investigator Joseph
Culligan.
Bush - Allan and Gavin Rossdale hanging out on the lawn
at Blockbuster Pavillion to talk about Bush's music, and...canine pharmacology?
Adam
Sandler - Adam was promoting his movie Little Nicky but Allan
manages to put a Rock 'n Roll spin on the interview. Did you know
the first record Adam bought was AC/DC's Back In Black?
Chuck
Barris - Chuck talks with Allan about creating The gong Show and
his secret life as a CIA assasin.
Norm MacDonald - Allan talks to Norm MacDonald about why
he got fired from Saturday Night Live, his sitcom The Norm Show and why
people think he's stoned all the time.
Tommy
Shaw - From October 1998. This archive is hosted at CDArt.com
and features audio and video. Includes Tommy Shaw in the studio
and Danny Perkins. Broadband recommended.
David
Letterman and Paul Shaffer - Also, Drummer Anton Fig of The David
Letterman Show. From David's third appearance on the Allan Handelman Show.
George
Carlin - George Carlin joins Allan to talk about his new book,
his upcoming HBO special and life in general.
Heidi
Fleiss - Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss talks with Allan about sex
in the world of the rich and powerful.
Ronnie
Spector - Legendary Rock icon and ex-wife of Phil Spector
William
Kristol - Editor of the influential Washington-based political
magazine The Weekly Standard and widely recognized as one of the nation's
leading political analysts and commentators. Kristol regularly appears
on Fox News Sunday and on the Fox News Channel.
Jackie Mason
- Legendary comedian and social commentator discussed current affairs
and takes calls from listeners.
Jay Leno
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At this point, dear readers,
you're likely to be having one of two reactions. Either you're saying
to yourself, "Who the hell is Allan Handelman," or, if you're like hundreds
of thousands of people around the nation who have trouble sleeping on
Sunday nights, you're saying, "Yeah, that guy on who always has the
crazy guests on his radio show." And if you belong to a select group
of old-school North Carolinians, you're probably nodding your head fondly,
remembering the years Handelman spent in Havelock, Greenville and Little
Washington before settling at WFRX in Charlotte and landing a syndication
deal that allows him to be heard around the nation (including on WRDU-FM
in Raleigh).
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At the age of 13 Allan got
his first taste of radio by building an illegal radio station in his
bedroom in Long Island NY. It grew all through Jr. High and High School
as equipment and airshifts given to friends were added. The station
transmitted on both AM and FM and continued until Allan went off to
College. That's when he went legit and started Concord College's campus
radio station in West Virginia, WAVZ.
Allan's career in radio also
included various stations in other markets. WRQR-FM Greenville, NC.
WITN-Rock 93, Washington. WQDR-FM Raleigh, NC. While at WXRC 95.7 Charlotte,
Allan programmed and did Afternoon drive between 1988-1990. Then to
KKBB-FM B-Rock and New Rock KRAB Bakersfield, California where he programmed
and rocked the afternoons. In 1992, Allan came to WRFX.
Rock Talk with Allan Handelman
has been a successful attempt at putting talk radio on the FM band.
The show is unique because it provides a forum to discuss many topics
which are taboo to the traditional talk show stations. Allan describes
Rock Talk as compelling talk radio with a Rock 'n roll attitude. Topics
covered on the show range from sex, drugs and rock 'n roll to technology,
cyberspace and how current events affect our generation.
The Allan Handelman show
is a syndicated version of Rock Talk and airs every Sunday night from
10pm-1am Eastern time and shares some affiliates who also carry the
John Boy and Billy
Network.
Now you can see and hear
the Allan Handelman Show and Rock Talk with Allan Handelman world wide
on the Internet. Just keep the radio on and watch the fun.
Allan's hobbies include Music,
Camping, Hiking, Computers, Psychotronic Movies, Dogs, Short Wave and
Pirate Radio Listening, Skiing, Jogging, Traveling and taking spontaneous
road trips. He also spends time Collecting Rock 'n Roll Memorabilia
and tracking down hard to get guests for his show.
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