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KRZR 103.7 in Fresno, was on the air for over 21 years and ended last Wednesday when CC flipped it to Old School R&B.
KSFM (102.5) Woodland/Sacramento (April 1974-September 1979)(Earthradio for Northern California.................... My favorite radio station....ever!)
I would love to see someone have the balls to do this kind of format again.I was in my teens when they were on the air and it was really fun listening to them.You just never knew what was being played next and the DJs were the best.
I would love to see someone have the balls to do this kind of format again.I was in my teens when they were on the air and it was really fun listening to them.You just never knew what was being played next and the DJs were the best.
Maybe not the greatest rock station-but WRUF in Gainesville, a commercial active rock station run by the University of Florida since I believe 1971, has become the market's fourth country station. Yeah we can't figure it out either.
I still remember how good WZEW in Mobile sounded while driving through 20 years ago.
Anyone remember EOR -eclectic oriented rock? I guess Adult Alternative would be the closest to that-but mellower-such as WWYZ in Hartford and KBBC in Phoenix in the late 70's /early 80's.
I still remember how good WZEW in Mobile sounded while driving through 20 years ago.
Anyone remember EOR -eclectic oriented rock? I guess Adult Alternative would be the closest to that-but mellower-such as WWYZ in Hartford and KBBC in Phoenix in the late 70's /early 80's.
My favorite two rock stations of all time were 106.7 The Force in Pittsburgh (Beaver Falls), which eventually changed to 105.9 The X in Pittsburgh, now home of the Pittsburgh Penguins and modern rock.
I liked it because they played a format that would best be described as an Adam Curry Headbangers Ball circa 1994 or so. Their morning show left something to be desired, but I loved the playlist.
Similarly, I loved Rock 105 in Jacksonville and even would eschew flying to Florida for driving, even if it took me two days, because I could catch that station from halfway through Georgia on 95 almost to Daytona Beach. It's now Rock 104.5 and has ditched the '80s bands I liked, nay, LOVED so much.
I don't mean to sound old fashioned, but my views on rock music somewhat coincide with those of Randy "The Ram" Robinson and Cassidy in "The Wrestler."
And for that matter, adding more Ratts and Poisons to the mix would make most classic rock radio stations more contemporary.
Aside from Hair Nation on Satellite (which has one major flaw- no AC/DC), and the Metal Mania hours on VH1 Classic, I don't know where to turn for my 80s rock fix.
Are there any stations out there that still cater to this sort of playlist?
I liked it because they played a format that would best be described as an Adam Curry Headbangers Ball circa 1994 or so. Their morning show left something to be desired, but I loved the playlist.
Similarly, I loved Rock 105 in Jacksonville and even would eschew flying to Florida for driving, even if it took me two days, because I could catch that station from halfway through Georgia on 95 almost to Daytona Beach. It's now Rock 104.5 and has ditched the '80s bands I liked, nay, LOVED so much.
I don't mean to sound old fashioned, but my views on rock music somewhat coincide with those of Randy "The Ram" Robinson and Cassidy in "The Wrestler."
And for that matter, adding more Ratts and Poisons to the mix would make most classic rock radio stations more contemporary.
Aside from Hair Nation on Satellite (which has one major flaw- no AC/DC), and the Metal Mania hours on VH1 Classic, I don't know where to turn for my 80s rock fix.
Are there any stations out there that still cater to this sort of playlist?
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kd8hho said:
i was going to mention that .on top of that wklu indianapolis. i espically miss its underground sound when bruce quinn ran it before russ oasis purchased it and ruined the sound quinn had.
researchthis said: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
I'll agree with this one! I grew up in Memphis; loved the album rock on FM100 and the Top 40 Boss sound of AM 56 WHBQ. Very fortunate to have heard both in their heyday.
Here in Nashville-Middle Tennessee, we had WKDA FM 103.3. The station started out as a free form-underground rock format. As we got deeper into the seventies, that station became more and more mainstream. Eventually the station became totally unlistenable in my opinion.
I am playing some tunes here that reflect what WKDA FM might have played around a typical midnight late night show midnight show (since it is midnight as I write this)
11:19 PM Quicksilver Messenger Service: Don’t Cry My Lady Love
11:24 PM Savoy Brown: Hellbound Train
11:33 PM Uriah Heep: Why
11:38 PM Cream: I Feel Free
11:40 PM Steve Miller Band: Kow Kow Calculator
11:45 PM Led Zeppelin: The Battle Of Evermore
11:51 PM The Grateful Dead: New Speedway Boogie
11:55 PM Jimi Hendrix: Angel-
12:00 AM The James Gang: Tend My Garden Live @ Carnegie Hall
12:03 AM Edgar Winter: Undercover Man
12:06 AM The Doors: Ship Of Fools Live
12:14 AM The Doors: Strange Days
Anyway, That play list I posted probably sounds like many of the great stations some of you all posted about. My two stints in Southern California brought great memories of KMET FM and KLOS FM.
Since corporate radio is structured so ridgely (musically and financially) I know great radio stations such as the ones we have mentioned will sadly never return, but what great memories! 8)
I am playing some tunes here that reflect what WKDA FM might have played around a typical midnight late night show midnight show (since it is midnight as I write this)
11:19 PM Quicksilver Messenger Service: Don’t Cry My Lady Love
11:24 PM Savoy Brown: Hellbound Train
11:33 PM Uriah Heep: Why
11:38 PM Cream: I Feel Free
11:40 PM Steve Miller Band: Kow Kow Calculator
11:45 PM Led Zeppelin: The Battle Of Evermore
11:51 PM The Grateful Dead: New Speedway Boogie
11:55 PM Jimi Hendrix: Angel-
12:00 AM The James Gang: Tend My Garden Live @ Carnegie Hall
12:03 AM Edgar Winter: Undercover Man
12:06 AM The Doors: Ship Of Fools Live
12:14 AM The Doors: Strange Days
Anyway, That play list I posted probably sounds like many of the great stations some of you all posted about. My two stints in Southern California brought great memories of KMET FM and KLOS FM.
Since corporate radio is structured so ridgely (musically and financially) I know great radio stations such as the ones we have mentioned will sadly never return, but what great memories! 8)
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i would have loved to have heard stations like ksan-fm in san francisco during its underground days.
it`s a shame they wouldn`t work these days.
it`s a shame they wouldn`t work these days.
flashback said:
Google Jive 95 san Fransisco. I think that web site is stil up and running, even though I have not been there for awhile. If it is still up and running, there should be some old air checsk of the station. Listen to the ones from the late sixties and early seventies to get an understanding about what early freeform underground progressive rock was all about!
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^ i have. it`s too bad a radio station like that can`t succeed today.then it depends on the location and owner.
wklu indianapolis when owned by bruce quin, before his health problems caused him to need to sell it, made if i remember right $400, 000 a year .not enough for a corporation but enough for quinn.
wklu indianapolis when owned by bruce quin, before his health problems caused him to need to sell it, made if i remember right $400, 000 a year .not enough for a corporation but enough for quinn.
Southern California will never forget:
KFWB "channel 98" Los Angeles
The big 11-10 KRLA in LA
KDAY 1580 with Alan Freed and Art Laboe, LA
KCBQ 1170 in San Diego, the Happy Hare, Ralph James, Don Howard staff was perfect for the time
XERB 1090 from Rosarito Beach, Mexico, covering all of S. Cal, Wolfman Jack howled here...all the way to Oregon
XEAK Mighty 690 one of the originals and one of the best, you could hear it all over the west
KGB-FM in the early '70s, these guys did it all right, if I recall the whole staff got hired away by KLOS in LA
Also...
KZEL in Eugene and KINK in Portland
KOMA in Ok.C, kids all over the Midwest and Mountain states and even some of the Pacific states rocked to this in the '60's
KFWB "channel 98" Los Angeles
The big 11-10 KRLA in LA
KDAY 1580 with Alan Freed and Art Laboe, LA
KCBQ 1170 in San Diego, the Happy Hare, Ralph James, Don Howard staff was perfect for the time
XERB 1090 from Rosarito Beach, Mexico, covering all of S. Cal, Wolfman Jack howled here...all the way to Oregon
XEAK Mighty 690 one of the originals and one of the best, you could hear it all over the west
KGB-FM in the early '70s, these guys did it all right, if I recall the whole staff got hired away by KLOS in LA
Also...
KZEL in Eugene and KINK in Portland
KOMA in Ok.C, kids all over the Midwest and Mountain states and even some of the Pacific states rocked to this in the '60's
Not much has been said for Seattle's KXRX, but it was a trailblazer.
When they signed on in January 1987, they weren't "96 point 5" KXRX. They were "96-Dot-5" KXRX. Other FM stations (and later, websites) would incorporate this into their identities. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I still know of no other FM radio station prior to KXRX that has ever used this before.
They had a TON of personality, mostly from KISW, whom they departed when Nationwide Insurance bought the station. And a salty, station-effacing humorous voice-over announcer. Plus a much wider playlist than KISW.
It took a few years for KISW to recover from the blow.
There's also KISM in Bellingham, WA in the early '80s. KISM flipped to modern rock in 1982, then morphed into CHR for the remainder of the '80s. In the early '90s, they tried a AAA experiment called "Independent Rock 92.9", which is still fondly remembered in Northwest Washington. KISM would be bought by Saga Communications and given the most GENERIC and TIGHTEST classic rock playlist I have ever heard. Which unfortunately, it's still running.
CFOX 99.3 in Vancouver was an awesome station. So was CFMI 101.1
On AM, Seattle had KJET 1600 (actually 1590). Not an AOR, but in the earlier days of the station, it wasn't uncommon to hear "Destroyer' The Kinks or a Stones song. KJET and KZAM 1540 were Seattle's ONLY commercial alternative rock stations until 1988 when KJET gave up the ghost. Vancouver had CKXY 1040 and CHRX 600. Another one was KILO 1460 out of Kirkland, WA in the '70s.
When they signed on in January 1987, they weren't "96 point 5" KXRX. They were "96-Dot-5" KXRX. Other FM stations (and later, websites) would incorporate this into their identities. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I still know of no other FM radio station prior to KXRX that has ever used this before.
They had a TON of personality, mostly from KISW, whom they departed when Nationwide Insurance bought the station. And a salty, station-effacing humorous voice-over announcer. Plus a much wider playlist than KISW.
It took a few years for KISW to recover from the blow.
There's also KISM in Bellingham, WA in the early '80s. KISM flipped to modern rock in 1982, then morphed into CHR for the remainder of the '80s. In the early '90s, they tried a AAA experiment called "Independent Rock 92.9", which is still fondly remembered in Northwest Washington. KISM would be bought by Saga Communications and given the most GENERIC and TIGHTEST classic rock playlist I have ever heard. Which unfortunately, it's still running.
CFOX 99.3 in Vancouver was an awesome station. So was CFMI 101.1
On AM, Seattle had KJET 1600 (actually 1590). Not an AOR, but in the earlier days of the station, it wasn't uncommon to hear "Destroyer' The Kinks or a Stones song. KJET and KZAM 1540 were Seattle's ONLY commercial alternative rock stations until 1988 when KJET gave up the ghost. Vancouver had CKXY 1040 and CHRX 600. Another one was KILO 1460 out of Kirkland, WA in the '70s.
I'm sure these have already been mentioned but consider it a seconded vote:
Milwaukee:
97.3 WLPX - I was rather young but it was the first and only time I'd ever heard 2112 Overture and Red Barchetta on FM. In fact, I'd say it was on LPX that I had first heard Maiden, Triumph, Ozzy, Black Sabbath & Def Leppard.
93 QFM - This is a given, but I don't think was as hard as WLPX
Chicago:
WRPM - My introduction to Megadeth, via a close friend, and the first Scorpions live album.
WZRC - better known as Z-Rock. I could get this pretty clear up near Milwaukee...then it followed me to Jacksonville, FL where i got to hear it in crystal clear AM.
Tampa:
98 Rock - not really "gone" but when I listen to it now, it pales in comparison to what I had heard in early 90's.
Milwaukee:
97.3 WLPX - I was rather young but it was the first and only time I'd ever heard 2112 Overture and Red Barchetta on FM. In fact, I'd say it was on LPX that I had first heard Maiden, Triumph, Ozzy, Black Sabbath & Def Leppard.
93 QFM - This is a given, but I don't think was as hard as WLPX
Chicago:
WRPM - My introduction to Megadeth, via a close friend, and the first Scorpions live album.
WZRC - better known as Z-Rock. I could get this pretty clear up near Milwaukee...then it followed me to Jacksonville, FL where i got to hear it in crystal clear AM.
Tampa:
98 Rock - not really "gone" but when I listen to it now, it pales in comparison to what I had heard in early 90's.
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