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Great rock radio stations no longer around

I agree on KLBJ completely! KLOL in Houston was awesome in the 80's and early 90's.
Some other old favorites were 105.5 KNAC(L.A.), Rock 103.5(Chicago),Rock 100.3
(Minneapolis), 96.5 KXRX(Seattle), Rock 102.3(Tulsa,OK) and many, many more. Corps.
have ruined many great stations across this great country. It really is a shame.
 
Texas:

Dallas-Ft. Worth
KZEW 97.9 The Zoo
KTXQ 102.1 Q-102
KEGL 97.1 The Eagle (CHR in earlier years, then switched to Rock)
KFJZ 97.1 Z-97 (Before KEGL. More Rock AC than pure AOR)
KCDU 107.5 CD107.5 (Was more of a "Lite" AOR or AAA)
KKZN 93.3 The Zone (AAA)
KZRK 94.5 Z-Rock
KDZR? 99.1 Z-Rock

Houston
KLOL 101.1 Rock 101
KILT 100.3 FM100
KSRR 96.5 97Rock "Kick S Rock n Roll"
KFMK 97.9 Free Form in the late 60's/early 70's
KHZR? 106.9 Z-Rock
KZRR 1070AM Z-Rock

Austin
KPEZ 102.3 Z102 (Classic Rock version)
Seems like there also was an alternative station on 105.9 in the mid-late 90's.

Beaumont
KWIC 107.9 Rock108?

Lufkin
KDEY? 99.3 in the late 70's/early 80's.

Wichita Falls
103.3 in late 70's

Amarillo
Had rock stations on 98.7, 101.9 and 94.1 at some points in time.

San Antonio
760 AM Z-Rock
KESI 106.7 (Lite AOR or AAA)
May have had a rock station on 96.1 at one time in the 80's (Q96?)

Tyler
KROZ 92.1 Z92 (Short lived AOR on air around 1987)

Shreveport, LA
KMBQ 93.7 Q93
KROK 94.5 K-Rock (Rock AC)

Albuquerque-Santa Fe, NM
92.3 KRST The Crest
Also rock station on 107.9 at one point
 
Greg Branch said:
Texas:

Dallas-Ft. Worth
KZEW 97.9 The Zoo
KTXQ 102.1 Q-102
KEGL 97.1 The Eagle (CHR in earlier years, then switched to Rock)
KFJZ 97.1 Z-97 (Before KEGL. More Rock AC than pure AOR)
KCDU 107.5 CD107.5 (Was more of a "Lite" AOR or AAA)
KKZN 93.3 The Zone (AAA)
KZRK 94.5 Z-Rock
KDZR? 99.1 Z-Rock
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Lets us not forget KNUS 98.7 (In the early 70's when it was Free Form/Underground ! ! ! !)

And...... KFJZ-AM 1270, also in the early 70's, when they weren't afraid to Rock with songs more than 6:00 minutes long . . . . . .

I miss Z-Rock ! !
 
Does anyone here (from L.A.) remember the great 94.7 KMET??? or even the late 70's -80's classic DJ lineup of its rival 95.5 KLOS?
 
My old faves, RIP:

Detroit-

WWWW 106.7
WKNR-FM 100.3
WABX 99.5
CJOM 88.7 (Windsor)
WIQB (Ann Arbor)

Dallas-

KZEW
KEGL


Houston-

KLOL 101.1
KSRR

L.A.-

KMET
KLOS

San Fran-

KSAN-FM

San Jose-

KOME
 
my favorite was 103.7 the plannet here in san diego.then they flipped to free fm.they had a show called the
vinal resting place with the legendary jim mcinnes.everything on lp.no c.d.s!it was great.lost classics ,rare music from the 60s to about 1984.i miss that station...
robert san diego
 
...raised on
WQDR-Raleigh
WROQ-Charlotte
...worked at
WKDF-Nashville
 
WMC FM 100 Memphis - One of the first AOR FMs in the nation, and one of the the most powerful ones at the time late 60s early 70s.
Thanks Jon Scott ;)

WZMF Menomonee Falls WI (Milwaukee) Free form radio at its best
 
Even though this station is still around, KROQ in LA from 1978-1983 was totally awesome....

Every thing from Adam Ant to the Stones to the Pretenders...
 
I remember KRST back in the late 70s or early 80s. I was visiting relatives in NM and KRST had an unusual and interesting sounding rock format. Currently it's a Country station.
 
A GREAT ROCK radio station that is NO longer around, is any station that would have played these tracks from Grand Funk Railroad, instead of "We're An American Band"......

BLACK LICORICE / THE RAILROAD

LONELINESS

MEAN MISTREATER

GREAT ROCK RADIO is just as much about what you do not play, as what you do.....

Something brushed aside by the creatures that work in "today's" Rock radio abyss..
 
I'd go for KEXL 104 in San Antonio back in the 70s. Sounded like a cool and unique station. Too bad I wasn't alive back then so all I have are snippets to listen.

BTW there was a Q96 in SA in the late 80s up thru 1993 when they flipped to KSJL. My dad won a trip to San Fransciso to see the first Lalapooloza concert on that station.
 
KMJX Magic 105 in Little Rock was awesome until about 2000....

It died a couple of months ago...
 
Long time rocker in San Jose KSJO 92.3 ,KZZF 107.5 Fresno (Z-ROCK),Back in the 80's KBOS 94.9,KKDJ 105.9,KFIV 102.3 and KDJK 95.1 Modesto.
 
THIS IS A NO-BRAINER......Z-ROCK OUT OF DALLAS BACK FROM THE MID 80S-MID 90S PLAYING HARDROCK/METAL SIMULATCASTED IN MANY CITIES EVERYWHERE. THEY PLAYED CURRENT ROCK/METAL WITH HARD CLASSICS. YOU GOT EVERYTHING FROM POISON...TO 1 HIT WONDERS TO SLAYER....AND HAD THE Z-ROCK TOP WEEKLY 50 COUNTDOWN.
 
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