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KMET rocks the Valley

It's interesting to be reminded of the original KMET at a time when people are talking about KROQ. Radio stations have a shelf life. They're not forever. Most people are lucky to ride the wave of popularity for maybe ten years, hopefully 20. Then they move on to the next big thing, whatever that is.
 
TheBigA said:
It's interesting to be reminded of the original KMET at a time when people are talking about KROQ. Radio stations have a shelf life. They're not forever. Most people are lucky to ride the wave of popularity for maybe ten years, hopefully 20. Then they move on to the next big thing, whatever that is.
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The billboard is a movie prop? NICE!
 
TheBigA said:
It's interesting to be reminded of the original KMET at a time when people are talking about KROQ. Radio stations have a shelf life. They're not forever. Most people are lucky to ride the wave of popularity for maybe ten years, hopefully 20. Then they move on to the next big thing, whatever that is.
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It's is KMET's successor station at 94.7 that has been far more successful. Now over 33 years playing various takes on the Smooth Jazz format. KMET only lasted 20 (1967-1987), and their heyday was really only about 10 years, roughly between about 1975-1985.
 
ChannelFlipper said:
If they really wanted to make it authentic, the billboard would be upside down.
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Depends on the time frame of the movie. Shadoe Stevens flipped the boards when he was PD in 1975 (he was only there from summer of 1974 to October of '75). After Shadoe, the boards appeared both ways, and eventually, around '78/'79-ish, the upside-down ones stopped.

This board with the "rocks the Valley" tag would be early 80s, so depending on the movie's timeframe, it's either right or not. From what I've read, they haven't shot a frame of it yet---production was about to begin when the COVID shutdown hit.
 
My first experience with stereo. Up in my buddy's tree house with headphones listening to KMET on a Nikko receiver. Long ago and far away, but without doubt it was Magic!
 
Tim Conway Jr. makes an appearance in the film as a casting director in a scene with Maya Rudolph:

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radio128 said:
For those that are new to the area, Licorice Pizza was the name of a now defunct Southern California record store chain.
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I have not heard of the film (although I did know one was in the works per the above thread) but Licorice Pizza is an excellent choice for the name of a period film.
 
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