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On April 1, 1994, as an April Fools' Day radio stunt, Los Angeles modern rock station KROQ-FM switched to KQLZ's "Rock 40" format, complete with original Pirate Radio bumpers, station legal IDs, airchecks, and playlists. [24] Shadow Steele returned to the airwaves for the event, broadcasting live from the KROQ-FM studio. [25]
KQLZ, a legal radio station billed as Pirate Radio Los Angeles (with a mailing address at a P.O. Box in Avalon) Pirate Cat Radio, San Francisco Bay Area; Portland Radio Authority, Portland, Oregon, USA; Radio 270, United Kingdom; Radio 390, United Kingdom; Radio Caroline, United Kingdom (now licensed and legal) Radio City, United Kingdom
Get the Fuck Up Radio (GTFU) was an internet and pirate radio radio program located in Los Angeles. The program was broadcast every Monday night from 2000 to 2010 by Aaron Farley and Jeremy Weiss so the two photographers could hang out weekly. The format included band interviews, live musical performances, and prank calls.
The Free Radio Cafe focuses on pirate radio stations broadcasting from North America and Europe, with forums for loggings, QSLs, shortwave and FM broadcasting. FRC welcomes new members. Radio Free New York is a detailed history of some Brooklyn NYC-area AM and FM pirate radio stations from the 1970s to today.]
Before joining KPCC, Carpenter was the car and motorcycle critic for the Los Angeles Times and the Orange County Register. She is also known for operating two illegal pirate-radio stations and writing about unconventional adventures for the women's magazine Jane which she undertook in order to experience them firsthand.
African American radio DJs emerged in the mid 1930s and late 1940s, mostly in cities with large black populations such as New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Detroit. Jack L. Cooper was on the air 9 1 ⁄ 2 hours each week on Chicago's WCAP and is credited with being one of the first black radio announcers to broadcast gramophone records ...
In 1989, Shannon left WHTZ for Los Angeles to start up KQLZ, branded as "Pirate Radio". Pirate Radio employed a "Rock 40" concept, a top 40 format that emphasized hard rock and heavy metal music. [22] As the 1990s began, top 40 radio overall experienced a decline, and Pirate Radio struggled in the Los Angeles ratings.
Stations that previously broadcast the format include KEGL in Dallas, KQLZ (Pirate Radio) in Los Angeles, KRZR in Fresno, California, KXXR in Kansas City, and WMMS in Cleveland. [3] Rock 40 stations eventually segued to CHR or an AOR spinoff format such as active rock or modern rock.