Re: IVIV: Chapter Five—Head 'em off at the Past ! ! !

[Robin Landseadel]

On Sep 13, 2009, at 7:03 AM, Dave Monroe wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Robin Landseadel
> <robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> A transition in radio occurred in "Pop" radio during the brief rise  
>> and steep fall of the hippies. KPPC turned into one of those  
>> "Underground" radio stations, featuring long sets, heavier sounds  
>> and stoned DJs....

> Jingle: "Coming or going
> or just in the race.
> Stay with KLOG
> 'cause Casey's on the case." . . .

Great, true and very much on the [Casey Kasem]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK75u5EDdEc

case for 1976. Dan Ackroyd's DJ routine reflected the reality of pop  
radio in the mid-seventies and showed the way to our current awful  
Clear Channel state of radio.

In 1976 I was living  in L.A. [Eagle Rock, or as my mom called it  
Rogle Eek]  and the FM stations that were genuinely freaky in 67/68  
had become a lot more like that SNL routine by 1976.

At the same time, over at KPFK, there was an "Early Music" program— 
Bach & pre-Bach, composers like Josquin du Pre and Biber, obscurities  
for most classical music lovers and very possibly the best stuff to  
get unearthed from historical research of 'olde musique'—that did its  
level best to sound like one of those circa 67/68 "underground" radio  
stations. Joseph Spencer's "Chapel, Court & Countryside was some kind  
of anomly, floating un-moored from "standard time" and managing to  
continue for another twenty years. Trillium Fortnight probably guested  
on C,C & C 'back in the day.'

Back to Top 40, Here from "The Rutles—All You Need is Cash."

Ladies & Gentlemen—Bill Murray the K!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9AtD37HRiU