The Alternative 10 Questions section is a weekly interview with a top alternative radio station personality or record label executive, discussing their experiences working in the alternative rock radio industry. The Alternative format is updated weekly with interviews, top questions, news and answers about alternative music. ">
LOS ANGELES - As students, enthusiasts and caretakers of this wonderful medium, we’re keenly aware that radio’s “Golden Age” boasted an incredible array of entertainers and broadcasters. With lifestyles, technology and society being what they are today, it’s almost inconceivable to imagine that families would actually gather around the radio and attentively listen – and…
Reader Richard Koenig of Torrance sent me a real treat this week: a promotional album from a now-defunct radio station. Still sealed, it has the Licorice Pizza pricing sticker on the front; it cost $1.06, the numbers echoing the station’s frequency, and a date of May 1976. “I purchased the LP at a record store […]
Reader Richard Koenig of Torrance sent me a real treat this week: a promotional album from a now-defunct radio station. Still sealed, it has the Licorice Pizza pricing sticker on the front; it cost $1.06, the numbers echoing the station’s frequency, and a date of May 1976. “I purchased the LP at a record store […]