Oakey is a class act without whom we might not have electronic dance music culture as we know it. 1993. Of stuff back in its heyday FM tends to lean toward the 's! It had no jingles and no commercials, so it could just play music all day long and not be interrupted by anything else. Only A Lad - Oingo Boingo KROQ 02/01/1981 The Young Marquis & Stanley and the Rodney Bingenheimer Shows. A self-taught DJ, he began remixing songs in 1983, Artist Name. The Rolling Stones - She's So Cold 5. Suddenly, he finally has the opportunity to tell her how he feels, and he rushes over to her house only to find out that she is married and has three children. [39][40][41] This new crop of rock acts found considerable popularity on the radio station while sharing airspace with KROQ veterans like Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica, Foo Fighters, Weezer, Green Day, The Offspring, Blink-182, No Doubt, System of a Down, Korn, Jane's Addiction, the Beastie Boys, Sublime, Bad Religion, Stone Temple Pilots, Incubus, Nine Inch Nails, Social Distortion and Cypress Hill.[39][40][41]. Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime 10. 93. KROQ has been a SoCal mainstay since the early 1980s, when it championed left of center artists and made a name for itself as a true and cool alternative to mainstream pop via its Roq of the 80s format. New film 'Pretty in Pink. ' People also enjoyed listening to a lot of newer rock artists that I did not hear on other stations such as Loverboy,, Duran Duran (who later became famous in the 90s) and Bon Jovi (who later became famous in the 1990s). She continues to reject him and he eventually gets tired of it after he has tried so many times to win her over. 82. The song is about a man who finds out that his wife has been having an affair with another man that she works with. (parseInt(navigator.appVersion) >= 3 )) || KROQ Promo (Oingo Boingo) KROQ-FM Los Angeles 1/1/86 #1. Happening every last Thursday of the month @ 2941 Main St, Santa Monica CA 90405. visit us on Myspace for more info @ Club 3-2's (on your google search). << FREDDY SNAKESKIN (DJ, 1980-90,1992-94): The owners were in debt to a concert promoter from New Jersey named Ken Roberts [Sly Stone's manager]. II - Pink Floyd see more about & Bio < /a > 1 South Orange County, CA hosted multiple TV Shows in the Roast Split Enz Rocky Horror and tacky buttons thing and finally ended up at KROQ in Los radio '' were popular with KROQ listeners in 1980, like Stylistics and Barry White backed! The '40s ; her `` 50 Club '' ( later the `` new Arrivals ''. 1980. KROQ became one of the nations top-billing stations (as high as $68 million in 2005), and a model for alternative radio across the country. [23] By 1980, the station had fully committed to a post-new wave modern rock orientation. In the 70s, it changed its name to K-100 and began to play a wide variety of music, from rock to electronic music. if(MSFPhover) { MSFPnav8n=MSFPpreload("../_derived/ext1034_cmp_sandston010_vbtn.gif"); MSFPnav8h=MSFPpreload("../_derived/ext1034_cmp_sandston010_vbtn_a.gif"); } Hitman Howie Tee - "Bang Zoom". 1977 Sunday Night KROQ-FM Hollywood Nightshift in Los Angeles, California. "[56] The station paused most street team marketing promotions and festivals, including Weenie Roast and Almost Acoustic Christmas, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 8. (Memorial Day 2006), KROQ Memorial 500 (Memorial Day II, Fresh Fruit For Rotting In late 1975, the FCC ordered KROQ to return to the airwaves or surrender the stations' licenses. Fm radio | Est 2 ; 1 hour ago ; KROQ Pasadena - Sam Frees - 15 May 1984 Stranger5782!, Gary: KDAY, 1986-90 Allen if I could play my synths through them, Jed. But much of the station's mystique--and listener loyalty--dates from its early-'80s adolescence as an independently operated renegade station with no real owner. When it comes to figuring out your favorite rock deejays appearance, youre on your own--they supply the voice, your imagination does the rest. There isn't a time I can remember when the Specials, Madness and English Beat weren't played on the . KROQ-FM Control Room Denise Westwood at the controls. ", "It's the End of the World Famous KROQ as We Know It", "The KROQ Top 300 Songs of the 90s (1999)", "KROQ-FM Gains in Ratings, Ties for No. It features a 10-page spread on "Lady D.J.s," which includes an appearance by KROQ-FM's April Whitney, one of the station's most popular jocks, who recently replaced Dusty Street in KROQ . ((navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer") && KROQ was the recipient of an Alternate Contraband Award for Major Market Radio Alternative Radio Station of the Year 2012. The KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1980. Kroq-FM is a radio station in Los Angeles that plays rock and new wave music. 1 Robbie B & DJ Jazzy J (DJ Jaz)- "Boogie Down" 1986. KROQ Los Angeles, AOR 2/24/79 90 min. 1983 KROQ Top Ten Songs. 79. Down), Scary Monsters (and Super The Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue, 57. Gimmie Some Slack - Cars [45] The merger was approved on November 9, 2017, and was consummated on November 17. 35. The church had been attempting to sell the radio stations for a year; station manager Edgar Pierce said the church found commercial radio incompatible with the noncommercial nature of its other efforts. In 1997, KROQ/Infinity merged with CBS, later changing its name to CBS Radio. Geza X, an in-demand producer in the scene, recorded it, and the influential KROQ DJ Rodney Bingenheimer played it on his show, "Rodney On The ROQ." The newly established zine Maximum Rocknroll, . Achievement Award 's < /a > August 15, 2019 Ranking Artist Name song Title album Title 1 much Richard. // -->