Dees has a contract which runs through September so it's likely he will not re-emerge on a local L.A. station prior to that - maybe longer depending on a no-compete clause or other contractual considerations. In the meantime, he will continue with his syndicated shows.
Local fans have been generating a lot of comments at radio.about.com concerning the loss of Dees. Here are a few representative excerpts:
"I can’t believe that Rick Dees is not on 93.9 anymore...Hopefully, he will be on air again soon. Till then, I guess I am ALSO 'homeless', without a real station to listen to." - Jackie
"You guys must be idiots juest [sic] what we need another spanish station..." - Sands
"It only makes sense that we take Rick Dees off the air and put another FOREIGN LANGUAGE station for us to skip over." - Chris
I’m just stunned. And all due to some sweet financial deal with a company from Mexico, as I understand it. Its all about money." - Jessica
"OH MY GOD NOT AGAIN! I was really hoping my radio was broken, but it wasn’t. I can’t believe we have lost him again. This totally sucks." - Cheryl
"Who ever did this is a blundering idiot. No more Spanish stations PLEASE!" - Pat
"...BRING HIM BACK, we are SICK of seeing Ryan Seacrest everywhere…" - Viv
"You really think spanish radio is more popular than RICK DEES??? I’m sure you’ll take a big hit on this one, what are you a bunch of idiots?" - Cathy
"This was a stupied move on the owner of the station...I’am [sic] a proud mexican we have enough spanish station on the air already. this is one spanish station i will not listen too." - Cruz
You can see the rest of the comments in their entirety and add your own at the original blog post reporting the Dees removal here.
Or, you can comment at the bottom of this post.
