After 14 years of music and memories, 106 & Park has its final curtain call tonight. After announcing its departure from the small screen into a digital format last month, the end of the music variety show has gained mixed emotions; some believe it was past time for the show to end, while others are left wondering what television program they will use as a promotional vehicle for urban artists.
Still, 106 & Park has helped the careers of hundreds, maybe even thousands of artists and helped catapult their careers to the next level.
Tonight, with the assistance of the original hosts, Free and A.J., 106 & Park will air its final show, sure to be full of surprises.
Tune in to BET at 6pm. Farewell, 106. And thank you.
It’s been a great 14-year run as America’s top music/variety show on cable. And now that very valuable brand is going to take its talents to the digital realm. The interactive brand you helped build, 106 & Park, is alive and well…and it’s moving to the space in which our audience NOW interacts with music the most: online. It’ll be very exciting to connect with the millions of people that are already engaged with 106 & Park and other BET digital and social media entities and bring content that will further evolve the 106 & Park brand — and enhance the overall BET Networks brand. As we transition to the digital space, we look to continue 106 & Park’s role as both a leader of and a mirror to youth culture. We’ll have more information to share about how that is to roll out very soon.
And 106 & Park will still have specials on BET. What’s a New Year’s Eve without 106 & Party? 106 & Park Presents: 106 & Party will be on-air to take our viewers into the beginning of the second half of this decade in a big way. And when it’s time for the BET Awards to come around, you can be sure that 106 & Park Presents: Live, Red and Ready will be ushering you into the show and that 106 & Park will be an integral part of the BET Experience. – Stephen Hill’s – BET’s President of Music Programming and Specials
