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Industry | Publication and media |
Founded | West Hollywood, California, United States (August 2, 2002 ) |
Founder | Dan Laikin |
Headquarters | Los Angeles, California, United States |
Key people
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James Jimirro (Chairman) |
Website | www |
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Broadcast area | United States |
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Frequency | XM 154 |
First air date | October 1, 2006 |
Format | Comedy |
Class | Network |
Owner | National Lampoon, Inc. Distributed by Premiere Radio Networks |
National Lampoon, Inc. was incorporated in 1970 to launch the National Lampoon magazine. They leveraged that success into radio, film , television, and live stage. The Company developed and produced a number of iconic films, including "National Lampoon's Animal House" and the "National Lampoon Vacation" franchise.
In July 2017, PalmStar Media purchased all the assets of National Lampoon including trademark and library of print, audio, movie, and video content.
National Lampoon Inc releases humor books and material under the umbrella of National Lampoon Press. These include republished collections of old National Lampoon magazine material, including True Facts, Foto Funnies, cartoons etc. from the 1970s and 1980s.
National Lampoon Comedy Radio was a 24/7 all comedy radio network that was made available to XM Satellite Radio, AM-FM, HD, Cable Radio and Podcast.
Affiliated with Clear Channel Communications, National Lampoon Comedy Radio was first added to XM Satellite Radio, and began airing on the satellite radio service on October 1, 2006. Much of the programming is broadcast from National Lampoon World Headquarters in West Hollywood, California. The station had pre-recorded, mock-live comedy talk shows with hosts Nadine Rajabi "Nadine @ Nite", Kevin Couch, and Phil Iazzetta broadcasting five days a week. The programing was built around stand-up performances from famous comedians such as Jerry Seinfeld, Robin Williams, George Carlin, D. L. Hughley, and Bob Saget. The station also played prank calls from Crank Yankers and other sources, parody songs (labeled "Poon Tunes"), and interviews with active comedians (Marc Maron, Larry The Cable Guy, Dave Attell, and many more).