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The History of Underground rock and Album rock radio in Nashville?

dlf said:
KDF received competition in the late 70's from WKQB (Rock 106); Rock 106 was much more of a straight ahead rocker and put a pretty good dent into KDF's ratings. I read where Rock 106 was winning when the station was sold (along with WLAC -AM). Rock 106 became WJYN (Soft AC as "The Joy of Nashville") and KDF maintained a Top 40/AOR mix. KDF had strong ratings with that format, but I'm curious why someone didn't push forward with straight AOR at that time?
KDF finally ditched the Top 40 by 1989 and from 1989 to 1996, KDF was a pretty good AOR/Active Rock station.

In 1997, they flipped to Modern AC and they were heading out of the rock business pretty quickly after that.
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When Rock 106 burst on the scene, first as KQB 106, I thought it was a breath of fresh air, even though it was a Lee Abrahams type format. Or at least I read it was a Lee Abrahams format when it first went to KQB. I could be wrong about that and if I am, I'm sure someone will post on that.

When I heard Moby, Dave Walton and Hunter Harvey over there, I knew something good was brewing over there. KDF did get better as an AOR station around 89 or 90. I loved those all request weekends. I heard In The Court Of The Crimson King one Friday. That song had long been banished by some PDs.
 
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