WDIV later signed WOMC (104.3 FM) morning radio host Dick Purtan to perform live segments during a 4–5 p.m. comedy block called "Purtan's People". It was followed by WOMC's Tom Ryan with a monthly special that showed B-movies with comedy skits (in which Ryan played a character known as "Count Scary"). This was during the heyday of NBC's late-night success "Second City Television" and Joe Flaherty's "Count Floyd". Eventually, "Count Scary" was dropped by WDIV and moved on to WKBD-TV (channel 50)'s "Shocktoberfest". One local program idea that almost cost the station was for a Detroit-based comedy-drama called "Hamtramck" which aired only once. It created a storm of controversy with the Hamtramck community. The program's executive producer, Alan Frank, apologized to the community.