After almost six months of radio silence, the popular and zany team of Dave and Chuck the Freak are expected to announce Monday what station will next host their ribald humour.
Dave Hunter and Chuck Urquhart, who after more than 10 years left 89X in late November with their sidekick Lisa Wray, will finally have cleared any contractual obligations preventing them from speaking about their next gig, according to a source.
The source did not say where Dave and Chuck the Freak would end up, but WRIF’s long-time morning show team Drew and Mike — Drew Lane and Mike Clark — aired their last show Friday after 22 years of regular broadcasting.
In the closing minutes of their final program, Lane gave fans some hope, saying, “We’re not done with you yet.”
A week earlier, when news broke that Drew and Mike had been fired, Lane told the Detroit Free Press that, “There will always be a cheaper show, a younger show.”
Much media speculation since had Dave and Chuck the Freak, as well as Lisa Wray, soon rocking WRIF.
The longtime Windsor-based on-air personalities made radio waves — and saddened fans — when they made the surprise 89X announcement in November. Eric Proksch, vice-president of Bell Media Radio Windsor-Detroit, told the Star at the time that the alternative rock station did not want to see its popular morning crew move on, but that they could not be persuaded to stay.
Since then Dave and Chuck the Freak have been uncharacteristically quiet. On their website they thanked fans for the support, but would not discuss where they would end up, or even hint if they would stay in the Detroit area.
“As for what’s ahead, that’s the tricky part,” they posted on their site. “We are not intentionally avoiding comment; the simple fact is we can’t comment on ANYTHING.”
The time to comment, apparently, has finally come.
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