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KMET is back !!??????
- Thread starter SuperRadioFan
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KMET fun fact:
I heard recently that the famous jingle:
"A little bit o' heaven at 94.7, KMET - tweedle dee!"
was actually voiced by the Pointer Sisters before they got their big break. Who knew?
I heard recently that the famous jingle:
"A little bit o' heaven at 94.7, KMET - tweedle dee!"
was actually voiced by the Pointer Sisters before they got their big break. Who knew?
ChannelFlipper said:
Are you sure? The Persuasions (an a capella singing group) did some of the KMET jingles, as well as jingles for KPPC before that.
A lot of artists did that jingle...I've also heard Van Halen and Scatman Crothers. I think if you came by KMET in those days, they asked if you'd do one on the fly.
---Michael Hagerty
---Michael Hagerty
KMET (Hazy...) recollections:
They used to name the weekdays at KMET, and DJs would use these phrases throughout the day, but I am forgetting now what Monday was called...I got the rest down:
Monday - (Hazy memory fades on this one)
Tuesday - "Titillating Tuesday"
Wednesday - "Hump Day Wednesday"
Thursday - "Champagne Thursday"
Friday - "Finally a Friday"
They used to name the weekdays at KMET, and DJs would use these phrases throughout the day, but I am forgetting now what Monday was called...I got the rest down:
Monday - (Hazy memory fades on this one)
Tuesday - "Titillating Tuesday"
Wednesday - "Hump Day Wednesday"
Thursday - "Champagne Thursday"
Friday - "Finally a Friday"
Emmis said:
Emmis:
It's Friday, July 10.
---Michael Hagerty
briancraig said:
KROQ vs. KMET is an apples and oranges comparison. Both great stations but playing totally different music.
Actually, by the time KROQ became really popular (early-mid 80s) KMET was starting to decline. So in a way the "hippest station in town" torch was kind of passed. In 1980 "THE" station was KMET. In 1986 it was definitely KROQ.
scooty430 said:
How can a station that was not even top 5 for the year 1980 be considered "THE" station? And how can a station with a 4.3 share out of 100 shares be considered so? You exaggerate so much that you would think that the station had a 20 share or something greater...
KROQ in 1986 was even lower ranked than KMET was in 1980, making your distortions and exaggerations very obvious.
The discussion is about which station is "cooler" in terms of rock music, not which is making the most money for suits or has the biggest ratings. I don't know what the top 5 stations 12+ were back then: maybe news, soft rock, top 40, and later in the decade Power 106, but that isn't the point. Those are different genres.
The most influential, important station in town, rock-wise, at the time, was KMET. (Subjective, but I think that's the consensus.) And by the 1982 or 1983, the definitive station, without a doubt, was KROQ. Both stations reflected the city, the young part of it. They were the hub of the rock scene for those years. That's why people would put KMET stickers upside down on their cars, or collect all the KROQ round ones on their surf buggies. Remember the near riot caused by Depeche Mode at the Wherehouse? That was KROQ's doing.
This is why, as another poster said, nobody really has much love for KLOS. Nobody ever put a KLOS sticker on their car. (Well, there were a few of those "Too Hip" ones around, I guess.) They may have won in the ratings many if not most years, and they are still around. But nobody really cares, do they?
Anyway, my point was that BOTH stations (KROQ and KMET) were the "hippest in town," but at different points in history.
The most influential, important station in town, rock-wise, at the time, was KMET. (Subjective, but I think that's the consensus.) And by the 1982 or 1983, the definitive station, without a doubt, was KROQ. Both stations reflected the city, the young part of it. They were the hub of the rock scene for those years. That's why people would put KMET stickers upside down on their cars, or collect all the KROQ round ones on their surf buggies. Remember the near riot caused by Depeche Mode at the Wherehouse? That was KROQ's doing.
This is why, as another poster said, nobody really has much love for KLOS. Nobody ever put a KLOS sticker on their car. (Well, there were a few of those "Too Hip" ones around, I guess.) They may have won in the ratings many if not most years, and they are still around. But nobody really cares, do they?
Anyway, my point was that BOTH stations (KROQ and KMET) were the "hippest in town," but at different points in history.
In the Winter of 1980, KMET was in 2nd place 12+ with a 5.8 share. In the Spring 0f 1980, KMET was in 3rd place 12+ with a 4.9 share. By Fall of 1980 they were down to 8th place with a 3.6 share but were still the number 1 rock station.
I guess my point is that based on just listening to airchecks, I can see why KFWB was the "hippest" station in town in 1959 or KHJ in 1966 or KROQ in 1983. I just don't see what was so "hip" about KMET in 1977-1980. Maybe that period of radio/pop culture just hasn't dated well to me.
If you listened to an hour of KROQ in 1980 and an hour of KMET in 1980, I still think you would have to say KROQ was the better station on a strictly rock music basis.
I guess my point is that based on just listening to airchecks, I can see why KFWB was the "hippest" station in town in 1959 or KHJ in 1966 or KROQ in 1983. I just don't see what was so "hip" about KMET in 1977-1980. Maybe that period of radio/pop culture just hasn't dated well to me.
If you listened to an hour of KROQ in 1980 and an hour of KMET in 1980, I still think you would have to say KROQ was the better station on a strictly rock music basis.
briancraig said:
Brian:
It's subjective. My personal tastes are such that I preferred KROQ (by 1980 non-modern rock radio sounded pretty tired to me)...but I know a lot of people who would swear KMET was better.
---Michael Hagerty
You are 100% right Michael, it is all subjective.
I guess the difference to me is that Color Radio KFWB sounded different than anything that had come before. Listen to an hour of Boss Radio in 1965 and you can immediately see how it left KFWB and KRLA in the dust. KROQ sounded so much more innovative than KLOS, KMET or KWST. But that era of KMET just sounds like boring stoner rock radio to me.
But then like we discussed earlier, had I been part of 1970s L.A. teen rock culture I might have thought different.
I guess the difference to me is that Color Radio KFWB sounded different than anything that had come before. Listen to an hour of Boss Radio in 1965 and you can immediately see how it left KFWB and KRLA in the dust. KROQ sounded so much more innovative than KLOS, KMET or KWST. But that era of KMET just sounds like boring stoner rock radio to me.
But then like we discussed earlier, had I been part of 1970s L.A. teen rock culture I might have thought different.
briancraig said:
KROQ was definitely more innovative in 1980 than KMET. But it was just getting started with it's "rock of the 80's" format at that point. (Indeed, KROQ still played the Stones, Queen, Genesis and Tom Petty in 1980, alongside Oingo Boingo and Devo.) They did not reach that critical mass of relatively broad acceptance until 1982, with the arrival of Duran Duran, Culture Club, Wham, etc.
Arugably, KMET was most innovative much earlier, back in the early 70's, when they were truly "progressive." But they were "the" station of L.A., in my and some others' opinion, during it's harder rock phase. They were mass market, but just cool enough to be hip. Jim Ladd put it well in his book, "We weren't really getting many requests for Cat Stevens and Ravi Sankar by then."
Anyway, both stations were about more than just the music. It was the jocks, the community, the jingles, the irreverance, and even the specialty shows like Dr. Demento and Rodney that made them what they were. I feel they were both important in different ways, at different times.
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OCradiodude
Guest
Did anyone catch Shadoe Stevens in LARadio the other day? He was a bit disappointed that he was overlooked for the KMET celebration/reunion.
OCradiodude said:
Can't blame him. Shadoe was as much a part of 'MET as anyone else.
---Michael Hagerty
Z
Zeb Norris
Guest
scooty430 said:
The money isn't just for "suits".
Jesus, I grew up in Berkeley. I've been hearing this sort of crap from idiots all my life. "Come the revolution, we'll kill all the realtors". Etc etc etc.
A business that doesn't make money has no employees and cannot continue to make a product, regardless of whether the product is considered "cool" by some people.
Is this really happening on July 10th? I haven't heard anything about it.
Lkeller said:
Confirmed by Shadoe Stevens in his letter to Don Barrett's LARadio.com published on 6/15/09.
He writes:
The cherished classic upside down billboard was my idea and I wrote the beloved jingle 'A little bit of heaven' and recorded it with the Pointer Sisters when they were guests on my show.
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