It's official: New York City radio sucks! - Beyond Tiki

T Tiki-bot Member Joined: Jun 24, 2002 Posts: 1345	T Tiki-bot Posted posted on Thu, Aug 26, 2004 4:35 PM On 2004-08-26 14:02, cynfulcynner wrote: Are you referring to KMET in Los Angeles? I loved those upside-down billboards when I was a kid, but preferred the ROQ of the 80's. Yeah, but KROQ didn't really "happen" til the early 80s. I was referring to the golden age of 70s FM rawk stations. You know, the songs that are now "classic" rock (which I can't bear to hear any more of). Actually I preferred the punk/new wave stylings of KNAC in Long Beach. Then they went all speed-metal or whatever and lost me. KROQ also had a lot of what made top 40 radio so annoying: Lame call-ins, talking over songs, etc. I'm not sure if this is true or not, but the jocks on KMET always called Bruce Springsteen "The Boss" because he owned part of the station (or perhaps Metromedia, which owned KMET). So that's where his nickname came from, for what it's worth.

On 2004-08-26 14:02, cynfulcynner wrote:

Are you referring to KMET in Los Angeles? I loved those upside-down billboards when I was a kid, but preferred the ROQ of the 80's.

Yeah, but KROQ didn't really "happen" til the early 80s. I was referring to the golden age of 70s FM rawk stations. You know, the songs that are now "classic" rock (which I can't bear to hear any more of).

Actually I preferred the punk/new wave stylings of KNAC in Long Beach. Then they went all speed-metal or whatever and lost me. KROQ also had a lot of what made top 40 radio so annoying: Lame call-ins, talking over songs, etc.

I'm not sure if this is true or not, but the jocks on KMET always called Bruce Springsteen "The Boss" because he owned part of the station (or perhaps Metromedia, which owned KMET). So that's where his nickname came from, for what it's worth.

Post #110518 by Tiki-bot on Thu, Aug 26, 2004 4:35 PM