The Monkees Live Almanac
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    • 1987 NORTH AMERICAN 'HERE WE COME AGAIN' TOUR
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    • UNIVERSAL AMPHITHEATRE 1989 (all four Monkees reunited)
  • '90s
    • 'MICKY AND DAVY: TOGETHER AGAIN'
    • 1996 '30th ANNIVERSARY' NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
    • BILLBOARD LIVE 1996
    • 1997 UNITED KINGDOM 'JUSTUS' TOUR
    • 1997 US TOUR
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    • 2001 US TOUR
    • 2002 NORTH AMERICAN / UNITED KINGDOM 'MONKEEMANIA' TOUR
  • '10s
    • 2011 '45th ANNIVERSARY' WORLD TOUR
    • AN EVENING WITH THE MONKEES (THE 2012 TOUR)
    • A MIDSUMMER'S NIGHT WITH THE MONKEES (THE 2013 TOUR)
    • 2014 MONKEES TOUR
    • AN EVENING WITH THE MONKEES (FEATURING MICKY DOLENZ & PETER TORK)
    • GOOD TIMES: THE 50th ANNIVERSARY TOUR
    • THE PANTAGES THEATRE 2016 (Michael Nesmith's final Monkees concert)
    • THE MONKEES PRESENT: THE MIKE NESMITH & MICKY DOLENZ SHOW
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Monkees Headquarters Radio Show Hour WBAU

In 1987, Paris Stachtiaris and John Di Maio began a weekly Monkees radio program on 90.3 WBAU-FM, the radio station of Adelphi University in Long Island, New York. Paris was the Program Director at WBAU and was interested in producing a Monkees radio special. After discovering that John, the station's Music Director, was also a Monkees fan, the two went on to produce Monkeemania, a three hour special that debuted on August 19, 1987. The show would coincide with The Monkees' performance at Jones Beach Theatre in New York, but there were never any plans to expand the project after its initial airing. Featured guests on Monkeemania included author Eric Lefcowitz, Vance Brescia (who wrote the 1986 Monkees Top 20 hit "That Was Then, This Is Now"), author Glenn A. Baker, Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart, and Peter Tork.

After a very enthusiastic response, John convinced Paris to undertake a weekly program. Entitled The Monkees Hour, the new radio show featured Monkees music (including material that hadn't been officially released at the time), sound bites, and interviews with a host of Monkees notables. Newsday in New York published a glowing review of the program, but Columbia Pictures (who owned the rights to the Monkees trademark during this time period) didn't share in the goodwill. The university later received a cease and desist order from Columbia.

In a move to avoid any further entanglements with Columbia Pictures, Paris and John dropped "The Monkees" from the program's title and renamed it Headquarters. Advertised as "The only radio show in America dedicated to The Monkees," a who's who of Monkees figures were guests on their program, including Chip Douglas, Ward Sylvester, Jim Frawley, Coco Dolenz, Lester Sill, Monte Landis, Gerry Goffin, the individual Monkees themselves, and many more. The program ceased production in 1990.

The Monkees Live Almanac would like to thank Paris Stachtiaris for sharing his personal archives with the site for fans to enjoy.

Inaugural Monkeemania special (August 19, 1987)
Glenn A. Baker (August 19, 1987)
Maggie McManus (November 7, 1987)
Bobby Hart (November 21, 1987)
Danny Solazzi (November 28, 1987)
Chip Douglas (December 5 and 12, 1987)
Butch Patrick (December 19, 1987)
Davy Jones Special (January 2, 1988)
Gary Strobl & Gene Ashman (January 16 and 
June 4, 1988)
Monte Landis (January 23, 1988)
Billy Lewis (February 6, 1988)
Ed Reilly (February 20, 1988)
Dave Evans (February 27, 1988)
Bill Chadwick (June 25 and July 2, 1988)
Arch Johnson (July 9, 1988)
David Pearl (July 16 and 23, 1988)
Lester Sill (July 30 and August 4, 1988)
Michael G. Bush (August 11, 1988)
Bobby Dick (August 18 and September 1, 1988)
David Winters (September 8, 1988)
Winton Teel (September 15 and 22, 1988)
Lynne Randell (October 6 and 13, 1988)
Doug Trevor (October 20 and Nov. 2, 1988)
Micky Dolenz (November 24, December 1 & 8, 1988)
Bill Chadwick (December 15, 1988)
Ric Klein (January 12 and 19, 1989)
Ward Sylvester - Part 1 (March 9, 1989)
Ward Sylvester - Part 2 (March 16, 1989)
Jim Frawley (April 21 and 28, 1989)
Coco Dolenz (May 26 and June 2, 1989)
Joey Baio (June 9, 1989)
Jack Good (June 18 and 23, 1989)
Harold Bronson (July 7, 1989)
Jack Keller (July 28 and August 11, 1989)
Shorty Rogers (August 18 and 25, 1989)
Peter Tork (September 8 and 15, 1989)
Diane Hildebrand (October 20 and 27, 1989)
Henry Corden (November 3, 1989)
Jackie Cooper (November 10 and 24, 1989)
Bill Martin (December 1 and 8, 1989)
Mike Elliot (December 15, 1989)
Vito Scotti (December 22, 1989)
Gerry Goffin (December 29, 1989)
Kelly Jean Peters (January 5, 1990)
Stanley Ralph Ross (January 12, 1990)
Gerald Shepard (January 19, 1990)
Hank Cicalo (January 26, 1990)
Jeff Barry (January 26, 1990)
Bobby Hart (1990)
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  • HOME
  • '60s
    • 1966 PROMOTIONAL TOUR
    • 1966 - 1967 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
    • 1967 US / BRITISH TOUR
    • "HEAD" (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE) CONCERT
    • AUSTRALIA & JAPAN 1968
    • 1969 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
  • '70s
    • THE MONKEES LIVE IN 1970
    • THE GREAT GOLDEN HITS OF THE MONKEES (Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart)
  • '80s
    • 1986 'SOUND OF THE MONKEES' AUSTRALIAN TOUR
    • 1986 '20th ANNIVERSARY' NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
    • THE GREEK THEATRE 1986 (all four Monkees reunited)
    • 1987 'SOUND OF THE MONKEES' AUSTRALIAN TOUR
    • 1987 NORTH AMERICAN 'HERE WE COME AGAIN' TOUR
    • 1988 AUSTRALIAN TOUR
    • 1989 EUROPEAN TOUR
    • 1989 NORTH AMERICAN / JAPANESE TOUR
    • UNIVERSAL AMPHITHEATRE 1989 (all four Monkees reunited)
  • '90s
    • 'MICKY AND DAVY: TOGETHER AGAIN'
    • 1996 '30th ANNIVERSARY' NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
    • BILLBOARD LIVE 1996
    • 1997 UNITED KINGDOM 'JUSTUS' TOUR
    • 1997 US TOUR
  • '00s
    • 2001 US TOUR
    • 2002 NORTH AMERICAN / UNITED KINGDOM 'MONKEEMANIA' TOUR
  • '10s
    • 2011 '45th ANNIVERSARY' WORLD TOUR
    • AN EVENING WITH THE MONKEES (THE 2012 TOUR)
    • A MIDSUMMER'S NIGHT WITH THE MONKEES (THE 2013 TOUR)
    • 2014 MONKEES TOUR
    • AN EVENING WITH THE MONKEES (FEATURING MICKY DOLENZ & PETER TORK)
    • GOOD TIMES: THE 50th ANNIVERSARY TOUR
    • THE PANTAGES THEATRE 2016 (Michael Nesmith's final Monkees concert)
    • THE MONKEES PRESENT: THE MIKE NESMITH & MICKY DOLENZ SHOW
  • '20s
    • THE MONKEES FAREWELL TOUR WITH MICHAEL NESMITH & MICKY DOLENZ
  • GEAR
  • BLOG
  • MISC
    • HEADQUARTERS RADIO PROGRAM
    • PRINT & WEB ARCHIVE
    • LINKS
    • ABOUT