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RockRoll360 #108 Golden Age of Underground Radio Vol. 2 (Part 2)

above photo :::  B.Mitchell Reed

KMET was a Los Angeles radio station originally owned by Metromedia that first took to the air in June 1968 at 94.7 MHz. The station, nicknamed “The Mighty Met,” was the pioneering station of the “underground” progressive rock format.

KMET stood in direct contrast to other music stations of the era. Rather than the tight, high-energy Top 40 sound of popular AM stations such as KHJ, KMET and other progressive rock stations played more eclectic artists with much longer songs and more socially-conscious lyrics. The disc jockeys talked much less, and in a more personal, relaxed manner. They were also not afraid to voice their opinions on controversial topics, such as politics, the Vietnam War and civil rights, and most importantly, they chose the music that they played on the air. There was no playlist. Evident of this approach is longtime KMET late night host Jim Ladd (currently at onetime rival KLOS-FM), whose laid-back philosophical ruminations usually led into a song, from artists such as Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Pink Floyd, The Doors or Led Zeppelin - that underscored his point.KMET often mixed counterculture comedy skits by Firesign Theatre and The Credibility Gap with the music. The Credibility Gap broadcast satirical skits during the Pasadena Rose Bowl Parade in the 1970s.^[1] Another KMET staple at the time was Dr. Demento, whose show began on KPPC-FM. The “Dr. Demento Show” moved to KMET-FM in 1972 and soon became the most listened-to Sunday evening radio program in Los Angeles. Following Dr. Demento on Sunday nights, Mike Harrison hosted a phone-in talk show called Harrison’s Mike.The adventurous KMET was a member of a fraternity of widely respected progressive rock stations that emerged across the country in the late 1960s and early 1970s, along with KSAN, WNEW in New York, WBCN in Boston, WMMS in Cleveland, KQRS-FM in Minneapolis, and others.The 1978 movie FM was reportedly loosely based on KMET. Much of the history of the salad days of KMET is documented in Jim Ladd’s book Radio Waves, where the station is referred to as Radio KAOS and many of the DJs are given pseudonyms ^[2].   From  ( Wikipedia )

Show Listings :::

ALONE AGAIN OR  /  LOVE
B. Mitchell Reed   ( Drug Songs )   /  Sound bite from KMET FM’s B. Mitchell Reed
PUSHER   /  STEPPENWOLF
B. Mitchell Reed  ( Station I.D. )   /  Sound bite from KMET FM’s B. Mitchell Reed
Music Odyssey Commercial   /  Sound bite from KMET FM
B. Mitchell Reed  [Fat Bernie’s Waterbeds]  /  Sound bite from KMET FM’s B. Mitchell Reed
KMET  News   /  Sound bite from KMET FM
NATURE’S WAY   /  SPIRIT
WOODEN SHIPS  /  JEFFERSON AIRPLANE
B. Mitchell Reed    ( Wooden Ships )  /  Sound bite from KMET FM’s B. Mitchell Reed
Grateful Dead Concert Commercial  /  Sound bite from KMET FM
B. Mitchell Reed  ( New York Radio)  /  Sound bite from KMET FM’s B. Mitchell Reed
WITCHI-TAI-TO  /  BREWER AND SHIPLEY
B. Mitchell Reed’s Sign-Off  /  Sound bite from KMET FM’s B. Mitchell Reed
CITY   /  MARK-ALMOND

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RockRoll360 - American Revolution: Beginnings of Underground Rock Radio WBCN Pt. 2

Now here is Part 2 of this special. WBCN Radio in Boston
Make sure you check out the LOL ! bite with Captain Squid and the song Marie LaPeau. Classic Underground Radio at its best.

And a note for Charles . Paper towels to clean records….I don’t know about that Charles.

Music includes ::::
Marie LaPeau - Salloom Sinclair & The Mother Bear
Susie Q - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Black Magic Woman - Fleetwood Mac
( Fact ::: They wrote the song )
Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
I Thank You - Sam & Dave

Also a bonus ::::
A montage of WBCN sound bites which include Matt Segal.

This show was originally broadcast and placed on cassette. I re-recorded and segued the music from Cd’s to the original broadcast and put on to CD. Nobody likes that background hiss & static. The aircheck part of the show is really not that bad. Then I transfered to the MP3 format for this Podcast .

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