KROQ-FM, the Glossary
KROQ-FM (106.7 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Pasadena, California, serving the Greater Los Angeles.[1]
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235 relations: Adam Carolla, AFI (band), Alternative metal, Alternative rock, Amplitude modulation, Arcade Fire, Arrested Development (group), At KROQ, Audacy, Inc., B. Mitchel Reed, Bad Religion, Bakersfield, California, Beabadoobee, Beam tilt, Beastie Boys, Berlin (band), Billboard (magazine), Billie Eilish, Blink-182, Blondie (band), Britpop, Burbank, California, Camper Van Beethoven, Carson Daly, Cassandra Peterson, CBS, CBS Radio, Center for Louisiana Studies, Charles Laquidara, Chris Hardwick, Classic alternative, Classic rock, Cold (band), College rock, Country music, COVID-19 pandemic, Crestview, Los Angeles, Cypress Hill, Depeche Mode, Devo, Dominic Fike, Dr. Demento, Dramarama, Drew Pinsky, Duran Duran, Dusty Street, Echo & the Bunnymen, Elliot Mintz, English language, Epicenter (music festival), ... Expand index (185 more) »
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Adam Carolla
Adam Carolla (born May 27, 1964) is an American radio personality, comedian, actor and podcaster.
AFI (band)
AFI (abbreviation for A Fire Inside) is an American rock band from Ukiah, California, formed in 1991.
Alternative metal (also known as alt-metal) is a genre of heavy metal music that combines heavy metal with influences from alternative rock and other genres not normally associated with metal.
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Alternative rock
Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s.
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Amplitude modulation
Amplitude modulation (AM) is a modulation technique used in electronic communication, most commonly for transmitting messages with a radio wave.
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Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire is a Canadian indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec, consisting of husband and wife Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, alongside Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury and Jeremy Gara.
Arrested Development (group)
Arrested Development is an American hip hop group, that was formed in Atlanta in 1988.
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At KROQ
At KROQ is a three-song live EP by Morrissey, released on 18 September 1991.
Audacy, Inc.
Audacy, Inc. is an American broadcasting company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
B. Mitchel Reed
B.
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Bad Religion
Bad Religion is an American punk rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1980.
Bakersfield, California
Bakersfield is a city in and the county seat of Kern County, California, United States.
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Beabadoobee
Beatrice Kristi Ilejay Laus (born 3 June 2000), known professionally as Beabadoobee, is a Filipino-born English singer and songwriter.
Beam tilt
Beam tilt is used in radio to aim the main lobe of the vertical plane radiation pattern of an antenna below (or above) the horizontal plane.
Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys were an American hip hop/rap rock group from New York City, formed in 1981.
Berlin (band)
Berlin is an American new wave/synth-pop band formed in Los Angeles in 1978.
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation.
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Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell (born December 18, 2001) is an American singer and songwriter.
Blink-182
Blink-182 is an American rock band formed in 1992 in Poway, California.
Blondie (band)
Blondie is an American rock band formed in New York City in 1974 by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein.
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Britpop
Britpop was a mid-1990s British-based music culture movement that emphasised Britishness.
Burbank, California
Burbank is a city in the southeastern end of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
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Camper Van Beethoven
Camper Van Beethoven is an American rock band formed in Redlands, California in 1983, later based in Santa Cruz and San Francisco.
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Carson Daly
Carson Jones Daly (born June 22, 1973) is an American television host, radio personality, producer, and television personality.
Cassandra Peterson
Cassandra Peterson is an American actress best known for her portrayal of the horror hostess character Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.
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CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS (an abbreviation of its original name, Columbia Broadcasting System), is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of Paramount Global and is one of the company's three flagship subsidiaries, along with namesake Paramount Pictures and MTV.
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CBS Radio
CBS Radio was a radio broadcasting company and radio network operator owned by CBS Corporation and founded in 1928, with consolidated radio station groups owned by CBS and Westinghouse Broadcasting/Group W since the 1920s, and Infinity Broadcasting since the 1970s.
Center for Louisiana Studies
The Center for Louisiana Studies is the press of the University of Louisiana, with the mission to promote and facilitate scholarly research on any and all aspects of Louisiana studies.
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Charles Laquidara
Charles Laquidara (born November 24, 1938) is an American radio disc jockey whose show, The Big Mattress, was broadcast in the Boston, Massachusetts, area for nearly 30 years (1969–1996) on WBCN.
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Chris Hardwick
Christopher Ryan Hardwick (born November 23, 1971) is an American comedian, actor, television and podcast host, writer, and producer.
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Classic alternative
Classic alternative is a radio format focusing on alternative music from the late 1970s to early 1990s, with particular focus on the early days of MTV.
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Classic rock
Classic rock is a radio format that developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s.
Cold (band)
Cold is an American rock band from Jacksonville, Florida, formed in 1986 by lead singer and rhythm guitarist Scooter Ward, drummer Sam McCandless, bassist Jeremy Marshall and lead guitarist Matt Loughran.
College rock
College rock is rock music that played on student-run university and college campus radio stations located in the United States and Canada in the 1980s and 1990s.
Country music
Country (also called country and western) is a music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and the Southwest.
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.
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Crestview, Los Angeles
Crestview is a neighborhood in the Westside of the city of Los Angeles, California.
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Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill is an American hip hop group from South Gate, California, formed in 1988.
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in Basildon, Essex in 1980.
Devo
Devo (originally), often stylized as DEVO, is an American new wave band from Akron, Ohio, formed in 1973.
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Dominic Fike
Dominic Fike (born December 30, 1995) is an American singer, rapper, and actor.
Dr. Demento
Barret Eugene Hansen (born April 2, 1941), known professionally as Dr.
Dramarama
Dramarama is an American, New Jersey–based alternative rock/power pop band, who later moved to Los Angeles.
Drew Pinsky
David Drew Pinsky (born September 4, 1958), commonly known as Dr.
Duran Duran
Duran Duran are an English pop rock band formed in Birmingham in 1978 by singer Stephen Duffy, keyboardist Nick Rhodes and guitarist/bassist John Taylor.
Dusty Street
Dustine "Dusty" Frances Street (October 19, 1946 – October 21, 2023) was an American disc jockey.
Echo & the Bunnymen
Echo & the Bunnymen are an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1978.
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Elliot Mintz
Elliot Mintz (born February 16, 1945) is an American radio and television personality as well as media consultant.
English language
English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.
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Epicenter (music festival)
Epicenter was a rock festival featuring acts on multiple stages started by Danny Wimmer Presents in Southern California where it was sponsored by KROQ.
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Fairfax Avenue
Fairfax Avenue is a street in the north central area of the city of Los Angeles, California, United States.
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Faith No More
Faith No More is an American rock band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1979.
Fall Out Boy
Fall Out Boy is an American rock band formed in Wilmette, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, in 2001.
Fear (band)
Fear, stylized as FEAR, is an American punk rock band from Los Angeles, formed in 1977.
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States.
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Fine Young Cannibals
Fine Young Cannibals (FYC) were an English pop rock band formed in Birmingham, England, in 1984 by former The Beat band bassist David Steele and guitarist Andy Cox with singer Roland Gift (formerly of the Akrylykz).
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Flagship (broadcasting)
In broadcasting, a flagship (also known as a flagship station or key station) is the broadcast station which originates a television network, or a particular radio or television program that plays a key role in the branding of and consumer loyalty to a network or station.
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Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters is an American rock band formed in Seattle in 1994.
Frank Murphy (radio personality)
Frank Murphy is known as a radio and television personality in Knoxville, Tennessee.
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Frazer Smith
Frazer Smith, also known as Frazier Smith (born January 17, 1955), nicknamed "The Fraze", is an American radio personality, actor and stand-up comedian.
Free-form radio
Free-form, or free-form radio, is a radio station programming format in which the disc jockey is given wide or total control over what music to play, regardless of music genre or commercial interests.
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Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African-Americans in the mid-20th century.
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Garbage (band)
Garbage is a Scottish and American rock band formed in 1993 in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Glendale, California
Glendale is a city in the San Fernando Valley and Verdugo Mountains regions of Los Angeles County, California, United States.
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Greater Los Angeles
Greater Los Angeles is the most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. state of California, encompassing five counties in Southern California extending from Ventura County in the west to San Bernardino County and Riverside County in the east, with Los Angeles County in the center, and Orange County to the southeast.
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Green Day
Green Day is an American rock band formed in Rodeo, California in 1987 by lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong and bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, with drummer Tré Cool joining in 1990.
Grunge
Grunge (sometimes referred to as the Seattle sound) is an alternative rock genre and subculture which emerged during the in the U.S. state of Washington, particularly in Seattle and nearby towns.
Hagfish (band)
Hagfish were an American rock band originated in Sherman, Texas that rose to notoriety via performances in the Deep Ellum district of Dallas, Texas, drawing influences from both punk rock and alternative rock.
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HD Radio
HD Radio (HDR) is a trademark for an in-band on-channel (IBOC) digital radio broadcast technology.
Hertz
The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one event (or cycle) per second.
Hilton Hotels & Resorts
Hilton Hotels & Resorts (formerly known as Hilton Hotels) is a global brand of full-service hotels and resorts and the flagship brand of American multinational hospitality company Hilton.
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Hip hop music
Hip hop or hip-hop, also known as rap and formerly as disco rap, is a genre of popular music that originated in the early 1970s from the African American community.
Hole (band)
Hole was an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1989.
Ian Whitcomb
Ian Timothy Whitcomb (10 July 1941 – 19 April 2020) was an English entertainer, singer-songwriter, record producer, writer, broadcaster and actor.
Iggy Pop
James Newell Osterberg Jr. (born April 21, 1947), known professionally as Iggy Pop, is an American singer, musician, songwriter, actor and radio broadcaster.
iHeartMedia, Inc., or CC Media Holdings, Inc., is an American mass media corporation headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.
Incubus (band)
Incubus is an American rock band from Calabasas, California.
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Industrial music
Industrial music is a genre of music that draws on harsh, mechanical, transgressive, or provocative sounds and themes.
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Infinity Broadcasting Corporation
Infinity Broadcasting Corporation was a radio company that existed from 1972 until 2005.
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John J. "J.
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Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction is an American rock band from Los Angeles, formed in 1985.
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Jed the Fish
Edwin Jed Fish Gould III (born July 15, 1955), known to radio listeners as "Jed the Fish", is a disc jockey who hosted afternoon drive on KROQ-FM in Los Angeles, from 1978 to 2012.
Jim Trenton
James Trenton, nicknamed "the Poorman", is an American radio broadcaster.
Jimmy Eat World
Jimmy Eat World is an American rock band formed in 1993 in Mesa, Arizona.
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Jimmy Kimmel
James Christian Kimmel (born November 13, 1967) is an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer.
Johnny Otis
Johnny Otis (born Ioannis Alexandres Veliotes (Ιωάννης Αλέξανδρος Βελιώτης); December 28, 1921 – January 17, 2012) was a first generation Greek-American singer, musician, composer, bandleader, record producer, and talent scout.
KCBS-FM
KCBS-FM (93.1 MHz) is a commercial radio station in Los Angeles, California, serving Greater Los Angeles. KROQ-FM and KCBS-FM are radio stations in Los Angeles.
KDLD
KDLD is a commercial FM radio station in Santa Monica, California, broadcasting to the Greater Los Angeles area on 103.1 MHz. KROQ-FM and KDLD are radio stations in Los Angeles.
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Ken Roberts (28 Feb 1941 - 22 May 2014) was a concert promoter who developed KROQ 106.7 FM into an important modern rock station, helping to introduce Prince, Culture Club, and Duran Duran.
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Lisa Kennedy Montgomery (born September 8, 1972), referred to mononymously as Kennedy, is an American libertarian political commentator, radio personality, author, and former MTV VJ.
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Kevin and Bean
Kevin and Bean was the morning show on KROQ-FM, an alternative rock-format radio station in Los Angeles, California.
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Kevin McKeown (politician)
Kevin McKeown (born January 6, 1948) is an American politician who was twice (2015 and 2020) the Mayor of Santa Monica, California.
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KFRC-FM
KFRC-FM (106.9 MHz) is a commercial radio station in San Francisco, California, serving the San Francisco Bay Area.
KFRG
KFRG (95.1 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to San Bernardino, California, and broadcasting to the Riverside-San Bernardino-Inland Empire radio market.
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KITS
KITS (105.3 FM, "Live 105") is a commercial radio station in San Francisco, California. KROQ-FM and KITS are alternative rock radio stations in the United States.
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KJAQ
KJAQ (96.5 FM) is a commercial radio station in Seattle, Washington.
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KLOS
KLOS (95.5 FM, "95-5 KLOS") is a commercial radio station that is licensed to Los Angeles, California, and serves the Greater Los Angeles area. KROQ-FM and KLOS are radio stations in Los Angeles.
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KMET (FM)
KMET was a Los Angeles FM radio station owned by Metromedia (hence the "MET" in its call sign) that broadcast at 94.7 MHz beginning on May 2, 1966. KROQ-FM and KMET (FM) are radio stations in Los Angeles.
KNDD
KNDD (107.7 FM, "107.7 The End") is a commercial radio station in Seattle, Washington. KROQ-FM and KNDD are alternative rock radio stations in the United States, modern rock radio stations in the United States and radio stations established in 1962.
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KNX (AM)
KNX (1070 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Los Angeles, California. KROQ-FM and KNX (AM) are radio stations in Los Angeles.
KNX-FM
KNX-FM (97.1 MHz, "KNX News 97.1 FM") is a commercial radio station in Los Angeles, California, United States. KROQ-FM and KNX-FM are radio stations in Los Angeles.
KNZR-FM
KNZR-FM (97.7 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Shafter, California, and broadcasting to the Bakersfield radio market.
KOFY-TV
KOFY-TV (channel 20) is a television station licensed to San Francisco, California, United States, serving the San Francisco Bay Area as an affiliate of Merit Street Media.
Korn
Korn (stylized as KoЯn) is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, originally formed in 1993 by James "Munky" Shaffer, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu and David Silveria, who were members of the band L.A.P.D. Their current lineup features Shaffer (guitar); Arvizu (bass); Brian "Head" Welch (guitar); Jonathan Davis (vocals), and Ray Luzier (drums), who replaced Silveria in 2007.
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KPPC (AM)
KPPC was a radio station in Pasadena, California, United States, broadcasting on 1240 kHz between 1924 and 1996. KROQ-FM and KPPC (AM) are radio stations in Los Angeles.
KRBZ
KRBZ (96.5 FM, “Alt 96-5”) is an alternative rock station, licensed to Kansas City, Missouri and serving the Kansas City metropolitan area. KROQ-FM and KRBZ are alternative rock radio stations in the United States and modern rock radio stations in the United States.
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KROQ (1500 AM)
KROQ (1500 AM) was a radio station licensed to Burbank, California, serving the Los Angeles metropolitan area. KROQ-FM and KROQ (1500 AM) are radio stations in Los Angeles.
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KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas
Almost Acoustic Christmas is an annual concert run by the Los Angeles radio station KROQ-FM.
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KROQ Top 106.7 Countdowns
The KROQ Top 106.7 Countdowns is an end-of-year countdown that lists the top "106.7" songs on the Los Angeles station KROQ as voted by listeners.
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KROQ Weenie Roast
KROQ Weenie Roast is a multi-artist music concert, presented annually in May by the Los Angeles, California, modern rock radio station KROQ-FM.
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KRTH
KRTH (101.1 FM, "K-Earth 101") is a commercial radio station that is licensed to Los Angeles, California, United States and serves the Greater Los Angeles area. KROQ-FM and KRTH are radio stations in Los Angeles.
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KTBZ-FM
KTBZ-FM (94.5 MHz) is a commercial Mainstream Rock/Alternative Rock radio station licensed to Houston, Texas. KROQ-FM and KTBZ-FM are modern rock radio stations in the United States.
KTWV
KTWV (94.7 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Los Angeles, California, and broadcasting to the Greater Los Angeles area. KROQ-FM and KTWV are radio stations in Los Angeles.
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KVIL
KVIL (103.7 FM, Alt 103.7) is a commercial radio station dual-licensed to Highland Park and Dallas, Texas. KROQ-FM and KVIL are alternative rock radio stations in the United States and modern rock radio stations in the United States.
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KXFG
KXFG (92.9 FM) is a commercial country music radio station in Menifee, California, broadcasting to the Temecula area.
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KYSR
KYSR (98.7 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Los Angeles, California, and owned by iHeartMedia KYSR broadcasts an alternative rock format and is the flagship station of syndicated morning drive time program The Woody Show. KROQ-FM and KYSR are alternative rock radio stations in the United States, modern rock radio stations in the United States and radio stations in Los Angeles.
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LA Invasion
KROQ LA Invasion was an annual autumn rock festival organized by KROQ radio.
LA Weekly
LA Weekly is a free weekly alternative newspaper in Los Angeles, California.
Lenny Kravitz
Leonard Albert Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor.
Linkin Park
Linkin Park is an American rock band formed in Agoura Hills, California, in 1996.
Living Colour
Living Colour is an American rock band from New York City, formed in 1984.
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (also known as the L.A. Coliseum) is a multi-purpose stadium in the Exposition Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States.
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Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.
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Love and Rockets (band)
Love and Rockets are an English rock band formed in 1985 by former Bauhaus members Daniel Ash (vocals, guitar and saxophone), David J (bass guitar and vocals) and Kevin Haskins (drums and synthesisers) after that group split in 1983.
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Loveline
Loveline is a syndicated radio call-in program in North America, offering medical and relationship advice to listeners, often with the assistance of guests, typically actors and musicians.
Machine Gun Kelly (musician)
Colson Baker (born April 22, 1990), known professionally as MGK (stylized mgk and formerly Machine Gun Kelly), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and actor.
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Mark Goodman
Mark Goodman (born October 11, 1952) is an American radio host, TV personality and actor.
Matt "Money" Smith
Matt "Money" Smith (born August 28, 1973) is an American sports radio personality, including play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Chargers.
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Metallica is an American heavy metal band.
Michael Catherwood
Michael Dwight Catherwood (born March 15, 1979), also known as Psycho Mike, is an American radio personality.
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Morrissey
Steven Patrick Morrissey (born 22 May 1959), known mononymously as Morrissey, is an English singer and songwriter.
Mount Wilson (California)
Mount Wilson is a peak in the San Gabriel Mountains, located within the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and Angeles National Forest in Los Angeles County, California.
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Muse (band)
Muse are an English rock band from Teignmouth, Devon, formed in 1994.
My Chemical Romance
My Chemical Romance (commonly abbreviated to MCR or My Chem) is an American rock band from Newark, New Jersey.
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NBC
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.
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New Order (band)
New Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by vocalist and guitarist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook, and drummer Stephen Morris.
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New wave music
New wave is a music genre that encompasses pop-oriented styles from the 1970s through the 1980s.
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Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails, commonly abbreviated as NIN, stylized as NIИ, is an American industrial rock band formed in Cleveland in 1988.
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Nirvana (band)
Nirvana was an American rock band formed in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1987.
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No Doubt
No Doubt is an American rock band formed in Anaheim, California in 1986.
Nu metal (sometimes stylized as nü-metal) is a subgenre of that combines elements of heavy metal music with elements of other music genres such as hip hop, funk, industrial, and grunge.
Oasis (band)
Oasis were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991.
Oingo Boingo
Oingo Boingo was an American new wave band formed by songwriter Danny Elfman in 1979.
P.O.D.
P.O.D. (an initialism for Payable on Death) is an American Christian nu metal band formed in 1992 and based in San Diego, California.
Palm Springs, California
Palm Springs (Cahuilla: Séc-he) is a desert resort city in Riverside County, California, United States, within the Colorado Desert's Coachella Valley.
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Panic! at the Disco
Panic! at the Disco was an American pop rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2004 by childhood friends Ryan Ross, Spencer Smith, Brent Wilson, and Brendon Urie.
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Parliament-Funkadelic
Parliament-Funkadelic (abbreviated as P-Funk) is an American music collective of rotating musicians headed by George Clinton, primarily consisting of the funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic, both active since the 1960s.
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Pasadena Presbyterian Church
Pasadena Presbyterian is the first church in Pasadena, California, United States, it was established in 1875.
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Pasadena, California
Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, northeast of downtown Los Angeles.
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Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990.
Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys are an English synth-pop duo formed in London in 1981.
Pixies (band)
The Pixies are an American alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts formed in 1986 by Black Francis (vocals, rhythm guitar, songwriter), Joey Santiago (lead guitar), Kim Deal (bass, vocals) and David Lovering (drums).
Pop-punk
Pop-punk (also punk-pop, alternatively spelled without the hyphen) is a rock music fusion genre that combines elements of punk rock with power pop or pop.
Post Malone
Austin Richard Post (born July 4, 1995), known professionally as Post Malone, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and guitarist.
Powfu
Isaiah Faber (born March 31, 1999), known professionally as Powfu, is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer.
Prince (musician)
Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958April 21, 2016) was an American singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer, and actor.
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Punk rock
Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s.
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age (commonly abbreviated as QOTSA) is an American rock band formed in 1996 in Seattle, Washington. The band was founded by vocalist and guitarist Josh Homme, who has been the only constant member throughout multiple lineup changes.
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R.E.M.
R.E.M. were an American alternative rock band from Athens, Georgia, formed in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe, who were students at the University of Georgia.
Radio & Records
Radio & Records (R&R) was a trade publication providing news and airplay information for the radio and music industries.
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Radio broadcasting
Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience.
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Raechel Donahue
Raechel Donahue is a rock radio pioneer generally associated with her husband Tom Donahue, who died in 1975.
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Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine (often abbreviated as RATM or shortened to Rage) was an American rock band formed in 1991 in Los Angeles, California.
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Ralph Garman
Ralph Garman (born November 17, 1964) is an American actor, comedian, musician and radio host best known as the host of The Joe Schmo Show, for his voice work on the Fox animated series Family Guy, former entertainment reporter and impressionist for the Kevin and Bean morning show on Los Angeles radio station KROQ-FM, and his podcast with co-host Kevin Smith Hollywood Babble-On.
Ramones
The Ramones were an American punk rock band formed in the New York City neighborhood Forest Hills, Queens in 1974.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Richard Blade
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Rick Carroll
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Riki Rachtman
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Rise Against
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Rodney Bingenheimer
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Rolling Stone
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Run-DMC
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Saliva (band)
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San Diego
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San Francisco
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Scott Mason (radio personality)
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Seattle
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Seether
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Sha Na Na
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Shadoe Stevens
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Ska
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Sly and the Family Stone
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Social Distortion is an American punk rock band formed in 1978 in Fullerton, California.
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Soul music
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Sparks (band)
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Spotify
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Staind
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Stanley Sheff
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Steve Jones (musician)
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Stone Temple Pilots
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Stryker (DJ)
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Sublime (band)
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Sum 41
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System of a Down
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Talking Heads
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Tami Heide
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The Alarm
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The Beach Boys
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The Beat (British band)
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The Bravery
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The Cars
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The Clash
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The Cult
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The Killers
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The Offspring
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The Pandoras
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The Police
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The Psychedelic Furs
The Psychedelic Furs are an English rock band founded in London in February 1977.
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The Replacements (band)
The Replacements were an American rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1979.
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The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962.
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The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins (or simply Smashing Pumpkins) is an American alternative rock band from Chicago.
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The Strokes
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The Weirdos
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Thrice
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Tom Donahue (DJ)
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Top 40
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X, commonly referred to by its former name Twitter, is a social networking service.
U2
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University of Louisiana at Lafayette
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette (UL Lafayette, University of Louisiana, ULL, or UL) is a public research university in Lafayette, Louisiana.
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Unsolved Mysteries
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Variety (magazine)
Variety is an American magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation.
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Velvet Revolver
Velvet Revolver was an American hard rock supergroup consisting of Guns N' Roses members Slash (lead guitar), Duff McKagan (bass, backing vocals) and Matt Sorum (drums, backing vocals), alongside Dave Kushner (rhythm guitar) formerly of punk band Wasted Youth, and Scott Weiland (lead vocalist) formerly of Stone Temple Pilots.
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Venice Boulevard
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Verdugo Mountains
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Violent Femmes
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Watt
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Weezer
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West Los Angeles
West Los Angeles is an area within the city of Los Angeles, California, United States.
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WWBX
WWBX (104.1 FM, Mix 104.1) is a radio station with a hot adult contemporary format in Boston, Massachusetts.
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WWDC (FM)
WWDC (101.1 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station in Rockville, Maryland, near Washington, D.C. The station is owned by iHeartMedia through licensee iHM Licenses, LLC, and broadcasts an alternative rock radio format. KROQ-FM and WWDC (FM) are alternative rock radio stations in the United States and modern rock radio stations in the United States.
X (American band)
X is an American punk rock band formed in Los Angeles.
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XETRA-FM
XETRA-FM (91.1 MHz), branded as 91X, and sometimes identified as XTRA-FM, is an English-language radio station licensed to Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.
XTC
XTC were an English rock band formed in Swindon in 1972.
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24kGoldn
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See also
New wave radio stations
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KROQ-FM
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