KROQ fascination

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[quote]Originally posted by randy
[br]OK-whats with it. For years we East coasters here have heard how marvelous this station was and how they played the really obscure stuff--yet--whenever I look at a playlist of thiers or top 100 list-it looks no different than many of our stations over here. Lots and lots of MTV tunes and a handful or two of more obscure stuff. It looks no different than , say, WBRU , was around here, which was really a little too commercial for my liking. I would always prefer the other college stations--JMF, DOM, SMU etc, which played 80% obscure and 20% of the MTV crossover hits.

So is this KROQ fascination really more of a statement of the times? Such as--I would love to hear old KROQ as oppossed to ANY commercial station now?
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Randy I'm a bit surprised you didn't mention BCN in Boston. In the late seventies I guess they were considered a progressive rock station, but they didn't shy away from mixing in punk and new wave with the Stones or Blue Oyster Cult. They're often credited with breaking U2 in the states.Fnx came onto the scene about 82( as LYN first) and is still a half decent alternative station.