Comments on: The ROQ of the 80s Returns http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/03/the-roq-of-the-80s-returns/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:04:11 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: johnk http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/03/the-roq-of-the-80s-returns/#comment-46803 johnk Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:50:30 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/03/the-roq-of-the-80s-returns/#comment-46803 Do you guys have dj choice on there? I always liked how that put some personality into the shows. Do you guys have dj choice on there? I always liked how that put some personality into the shows.

]]> By: browne http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/03/the-roq-of-the-80s-returns/#comment-46674 browne Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:56:39 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/03/the-roq-of-the-80s-returns/#comment-46674 Scott Mason you were one of my favorite DJs at KROQ, so great for you to check in. I will definitely try to check out the station. Do any of you remember when Tainted Love was always the number one song at the end (or was it the beginning of the year) round up of all time best KROQ songs? Browne Scott Mason you were one of my favorite DJs at KROQ, so great for you to check in.

I will definitely try to check out the station.

Do any of you remember when Tainted Love was always the number one song at the end (or was it the beginning of the year) round up of all time best KROQ songs?

Browne

]]> By: scott1067 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/03/the-roq-of-the-80s-returns/#comment-46670 scott1067 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:09:31 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/03/the-roq-of-the-80s-returns/#comment-46670 Thanks for remembering some of us ! FYI. IF you listen on an HD Radio there are no commercials, the commercials are only on the web stream. Freddy and I would sure love to devote more time to the " Roq of the 80's", and hopefully we will have the chance. Will, I recall meeting you a few times at the station " back in the day". GOOD TIMES !! Scott Mason Thanks for remembering some of us ! FYI. IF you listen on an HD Radio there are no commercials, the commercials are only on the web stream. Freddy and I would sure love to devote more time to the " Roq of the 80’s", and hopefully we will have the chance. Will, I recall meeting you a few times at the station " back in the day".

GOOD TIMES !!

Scott Mason

]]> By: browne http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/03/the-roq-of-the-80s-returns/#comment-46591 browne Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:05:10 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/03/the-roq-of-the-80s-returns/#comment-46591 "Remember Pirate radio and KNAC?" nattygirl I remember KNAC. I remember I met this boy in summer camp who listened to KNAC and I thought, "Wow you're pretty bad ass, you listen to KNAC, should I even really be talking to you, because you know we are from different worlds" because me being all alternative kroq chick wasn't used to people who did have short hair cuts...lol... His name was David, he taught me so much that summer, like how the members of Poison didn't really have long hair, but hair weaves. He assured me that his hair was real and though his dad was upset by it, his dad would just have to deal with it. What a rebel, at least to me. Amazingly the first person who taught me about hair weaves was a long haired KNAC person from Orange County... The radio used to be fun, before it became all corporate and boring and a mass marketing machine. The radio station you listened to used to mean something, or maybe not, I thought it did though. Browne "Remember Pirate radio and KNAC?" nattygirl

I remember KNAC. I remember I met this boy in summer camp who listened to KNAC and I thought, "Wow you’re pretty bad ass, you listen to KNAC, should I even really be talking to you, because you know we are from different worlds" because me being all alternative kroq chick wasn’t used to people who did have short hair cuts…lol…

His name was David, he taught me so much that summer, like how the members of Poison didn’t really have long hair, but hair weaves. He assured me that his hair was real and though his dad was upset by it, his dad would just have to deal with it.

What a rebel, at least to me.

Amazingly the first person who taught me about hair weaves was a long haired KNAC person from Orange County…

The radio used to be fun, before it became all corporate and boring and a mass marketing machine.

The radio station you listened to used to mean something, or maybe not, I thought it did though.

Browne

]]> By: KROQ and Extreme Nostalgia - a thaumaturgical compendium http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/03/the-roq-of-the-80s-returns/#comment-46528 KROQ and Extreme Nostalgia - a thaumaturgical compendium Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:51:15 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/03/the-roq-of-the-80s-returns/#comment-46528 [...] wheaton) These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web [...] [...] wheaton) These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web [...]

]]> By: daveshare http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/03/the-roq-of-the-80s-returns/#comment-46499 daveshare Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:22:46 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/03/the-roq-of-the-80s-returns/#comment-46499 Nice!!! Thanks Wil! Nice!!! Thanks Wil!

]]> By: nattygirl http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/03/the-roq-of-the-80s-returns/#comment-46481 nattygirl Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:19:49 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/03/the-roq-of-the-80s-returns/#comment-46481 Lovelines was totally my sex-ed. My parents forbid the radio in my house, so I had to listen to it in secret, under the covers. Remember Pirate radio and KNAC? Why did LA's radio market change so drastically? Thanks for bringing back memories of radio... the only radio I ever listed to now is KOST 103.5 during Christmas. Lovelines was totally my sex-ed. My parents forbid the radio in my house, so I had to listen to it in secret, under the covers. Remember Pirate radio and KNAC? Why did LA’s radio market change so drastically? Thanks for bringing back memories of radio… the only radio I ever listed to now is KOST 103.5 during Christmas.

]]> By: browne http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/03/the-roq-of-the-80s-returns/#comment-46470 browne Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:39:08 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/03/the-roq-of-the-80s-returns/#comment-46470 Remember Lovelines when it was GOOD, really good and really funny. I used to stay up Sunday Nights and sneak and listen to the radio. I used to LOVE KROQ. Scott Mason, Poorman, Rodney on the Rock...Rodney is still there. Why don't they put Poorman back on KROQ!!!! KROQ made junior high so much fun, because the next day we would all talk about the insane calls, "Did you hear the girl who had sex with her boyfriend and got a disease!!! I think that happened to Jen P in third period, because she's a slut too..." (you have to refer to jennifers with the first letter of their last name, because 1 out of 3 women born in the 1970s name is jennifer.) The judgmental jerk days of jr high... Browne Remember Lovelines when it was GOOD, really good and really funny. I used to stay up Sunday Nights and sneak and listen to the radio.

I used to LOVE KROQ.

Scott Mason, Poorman, Rodney on the Rock…Rodney is still there. Why don’t they put Poorman back on KROQ!!!!

KROQ made junior high so much fun, because the next day we would all talk about the insane calls, "Did you hear the girl who had sex with her boyfriend and got a disease!!! I think that happened to Jen P in third period, because she’s a slut too…"

(you have to refer to jennifers with the first letter of their last name, because 1 out of 3 women born in the 1970s name is jennifer.)

The judgmental jerk days of jr high…

Browne

]]> By: mulevariation http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/03/the-roq-of-the-80s-returns/#comment-46469 mulevariation Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:32:00 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/03/the-roq-of-the-80s-returns/#comment-46469 For many years now I've had to get my nostalgia fix via my many fastidiously-managed iPod playlists. But now, at long last, I can sample the real thing, once again. This is almost as good as having a DeLorean and 1.21 jiga/giga-watts. Thanks for the tip, Wil. You've totally made my day. For many years now I’ve had to get my nostalgia fix via my many fastidiously-managed iPod playlists. But now, at long last, I can sample the real thing, once again. This is almost as good as having a DeLorean and 1.21 jiga/giga-watts.

Thanks for the tip, Wil. You’ve totally made my day.

]]> By: Wil Wheaton http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/03/the-roq-of-the-80s-returns/#comment-46455 Wil Wheaton Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:12:00 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/03/the-roq-of-the-80s-returns/#comment-46455 Yeah, they run a crapload of commercials near the end of the hour, but the rest of the hour is commercial free, as far as I can tell. It's especially entertaining to hear the promos for the current KROQ -- which I think is mostly crap -- bump up against the promos for Classic KROQ, which I think is mostly awesome. Try it again, near the :15 mark on the hour. I think you'll enjoy it more, then. Oh, and "non-visual MTV" is jut about the most perfect explanation for why I just can't stand to listen to most broadcast radio. Yeah, they run a crapload of commercials near the end of the hour, but the rest of the hour is commercial free, as far as I can tell.

It’s especially entertaining to hear the promos for the current KROQ — which I think is mostly crap — bump up against the promos for Classic KROQ, which I think is mostly awesome.

Try it again, near the :15 mark on the hour. I think you’ll enjoy it more, then.

Oh, and "non-visual MTV" is jut about the most perfect explanation for why I just can’t stand to listen to most broadcast radio.

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