Bob Rivers
is a well known American rock and roll radio on air personality in the Pacific Northwest as well as a prolific producer of parody songs, most famous for his Christmas song parodies.
Rivers' radio program, The Bob Rivers Show
, is broadcast on Seattle rock station KZOK-FM.
The Bob Rivers Show
current cast includes: Spike O'Neill; "Downtown" Joe Bryant; newswoman Maura Gallucci ; director Arik Korman; and producers Luciana Bosio and Pedro Bartes.
Previously, between late 1989 and August 2000, the show aired on Seattle, Washington Active Rock radio station KISW-FM under the title Bob Rivers Twisted Radio
. The Bob Rivers Show
was also simulcast on Portland, Oregon "1980s Rock Hits" radio station KVMX (now KXJM) "Mix 107.5" from 20 March 2006 until 5 October 2006, when the station dropped the morning show and switched to a Rhythmic Adult Contemporary format under the new branding "Movin' 107.5".
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WAAF Bob and Zip
Bob Rivers spent almost 6 years at
WAAF-FM in
Boston, as part of their successful
Bob and Zip
morning show with fellow on air personality Peter "Zip" Zipfel.
During his tenure with WAAF, Rivers started producing parody and
novelty songs, both for the station and for the KATZ/Newcity "American Comedy Network", a
radio syndication service that provided comedy material to local U.S. and
Canadian radio stations. One of the first parodies he produced was "Breakin' Up Is Hard On You", about the
lawsuit and the resulting
Bell System divestiture, the
court ordered split up of U.S.
telecommunications company
AT&T's
Bell System. The song was sung to the tune of
Neil Sedaka's #1, 1962 hit "
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" and peaked at #69 on the
Billboard Hot 100 pop music chart.
In
1987, Rivers released
Twisted Christmas
, which contained the
Christmas music radio hit
"Twelve Pains of Christmas", a parody of the holiday standard
"The Twelve Days of Christmas". "Twisted Christmas" was certified a
gold record by the
RIAA.
WIYY "98 Rock"
In the spring of
1988, at
Baltimore radio station "98 Rock"
WIYY-FM, as a lead morning show personality between 1987 and 1989, Bob Rivers gained national attention for an 11-day, on-the-air marathon during a
Baltimore Orioles losing streak. He vowed to remain on the air until the Orioles won a game. He kept his vow and became a local celebrity among Orioles fans for his pledge.
During his time at 98 Rock, he and WIYY radio collaborated with Sheffield Recording Studios to continue his campaign of 'Twisted Tunes'
KISW Twisted Radio
After arriving at KISW in Seattle in
1989, Rivers released a second album of humorous holiday-themed music in 1993 entitled
I Am Santa Claus
(the title track was a parody of
Black Sabbath's song "
Iron Man"). Since then, three other Christmas-themed albums have been released, including:
More Twisted Christmas
(1997);
Chipmunks Roasting On an Open Fire
(2000); and
White Trash Christmas
(2002).
Bob Rivers and his
Twisted Radio
show have also produced a countless number of regular, non-holiday parodies covering anything from
pop culture to
politicians, to the various
sports teams and players in the Seattle area. These "Twisted Tunes" can be heard for free on his website.
CD compilation albums are also available.
KZOK The Bob Rivers Show
In
2001, the cast and show moved to KZOK. The cast currently includes
Spike O'Neill,
"Downtown" Joe Bryant, newswoman
Maura Gallucci, director
Arik Korman and producers
Luciana Bosio and
Pedro Bartes.
Discography
Studio albums
| Year
| Album
| Chart Positions
| Label
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| US Holiday
| US
| US Heat
| US Country
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| 1992
| Twisted Christmas
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| Critique
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| 1993
| I Am Santa Claus
| 23
| 106
| 1
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| Atlantic
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| 1994
| Twisted Tunes
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| 1997
| More Twisted Christmas
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| 13
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| 2000
| Chipmunks Roasting on an Open Fire
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| 2002
| White Trash Christmas
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| 42
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Compilations
| Year
| Album
| US Holiday
| Label
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| 1994
| Twisted Christmas
| 19
| Atlantic
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| 1997
| The Best of Christmas Tunes, Vol. 1
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| The Best of Christmas Tunes, Vol. 2
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| The Best of Twisted Tunes, Vol. 1
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| The Best of Twisted Tunes, Vol.2
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Film appearances
- Bob Rivers appeared as an extra in two Star Trek Enterprise
episodes. The first being "Zero Hour" along with KZOK contest winner Amy Ulen, filmed April 29, 2004 [1]. The other episode was the series finale in 2005, "These Are the Voyages..." [2]
References
- STARTREK.COM : Article
- The Bob Rivers Show: Contact Us