The Bob and Zip Show, Coming to You From Italy

WORCESTER, MA—Worcester radio listeners will get a taste of Italy the next two weeks when host/deejays Zip Zipfel and Bob Rivers broadcast the weekly "Bob and Zip Show" first from Rome, and then Venice, on 100.1 FM The Pike in Worcester.

"Like everything in radio, it sounds bigger than it is," jokes Zipfel. "If all goes well with internet service over in Italy, I'm bringing some audio gear over and will do the show with Bob on Saturday afternoon. It'll be Saturday night over there."

With a more than 30 year history, Rivers and Zipfel started on 107.3 FM WAAF, with a very successful show that ran from 1982 to 1986. Later, they recorded on Atlantic Records and Rhino Records, and now return to their roots to co-host the "morning show in the afternoon" every Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. on The Pike.

"The show is part week in review, part lifestyle and comedic improv, with song parodies and celebrity interviews as well," explains Rivers.

Rivers hails from Seattle (but recently moved to Vermont) and Zipfel, who lives in Shrewsbury, is an occasional world traveler and musician, modern technology still makes the broadcast possible on the Worcester station.

"The Bob and Zip Show" will be coming at you first from Rome on Saturday, July 9, and then from Venice on Saturday, July 16.

"We've been doing Saturdays on the Pike for awhile...basically just the two of us reliving our youth, as Bob officially retired from radio a couple of years ago, and has moved back to New England, up in Vermont," said Zipfel. "We jokingly call it the 'Week in Review,' kicking around the top stories of the week, an interview or two, and play some of the Twisted Tunes that two us worked on in the early years. The rest is from Bob's rather extensive library from more than 20 years of doing parodies out in Seattle, where he achieved a great deal of notoriety and fame."