The Show
In 1987 KPFT debuted another LGBT radio show, After Hours which debuted on September 6th. Initially airing at 2:00 AM, it had a relaxed variety-show format. Host Buddy Johnston was joined by co-host Jimmy Carper in 1989. Carper took over in 1992. The show blazed a trail making airtime for the trans community in the 1990s. Trans activists Sarah DePalma, Vanessa Edwards Foster, and Monica Roberts all co-hosted in that era. The show ran for 30 years and came to an end in 2017 on their anniversary. Carper died of HIV in 2014. Producer Chris Arasin took the helm for the last 3 years on air.
KPFT fired Buddy Guy, the host of After Hours in December of 1991. Apparently Johnston had some kind of conflict with Ray Hill, and live aired a few rambling diatribes and a possibly slanderous statement about the owner of a gay bar. Bruce Reeves left Wilde 'N Stein to keep After Hours going without it's long-time host.
In Barry Forbes schedule shakeup in 1992 After Hours wasn't cancelled but was cut from 3 hours to 2.
In 2017, as Hurricane Harvey raged, Chris Arasin stayed behind the microphone for 15 hours, as all of the hosts for most of the next day were unable to reach the station due to flooding.
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