Rudy and Nicole weren't always the whipping boys (and girls) of the Deminski and Doyle Show. The guys worked with Beaver (AKA "Bill T.") at WKRK 97.1 and at WKXW 101.5 in New Jersey, but there was another member of their old "cast of characters" in NJ that absorbed some friendly abuse. Erik "Fem Boy" Van Ness started as an intern with D&D and eventually moved on to the production team with WKXW, but succumbed to an illness at a young age just a few years after Jeff and Bill left for Detroit. Here's what the New Jersey "cousin" who provided us with the 101.5 segments had to say about him:
I don't know if you had listened to all the segments yourself yet, but they had a guy on their old show named Erik Van Ness. He started out with the show I think as an intern, and he did wacky and stupid things for the show. He was called "Fem Boy" because he always seemed very concerned about his hair. He was a great part of the show. After D&D left, he went on to work in production for 101.5. He was great in that aspect. Sadly, he lost his battle with cystic fibrosis in 2002. They named one of work studios after him at WKXW. He was a part of D&D history. I just wanted to pass along that. I feel it should be mentioned. I'm not 100% on this, but I believe D&D called in to 101.5 when it happened.
Here's (most of) a segment featuring "Fem Boy," as well as Beaver:
Deminski & Doyle - 5/21/1999 - Loaded Questions
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Filename: 1999-05-21 D&D Loaded Questions.mp3 Size: 6.6 MB
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