[BC] "Underground" (WAS: La st Sta nds)

[Robert Orban]

At 01:14 PM 1/7/2006, you wrote:
>From: "Steve" <shnewman at alaweb.com>
>Subject: Re: [BC] "Underground" (WAS: La st Sta nds)
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>I thought everyone knew the term underground radio. Sorry. Well, it's
>basically a format that had no structure that was born in San Francisco
>during the hippy movement. It played groups like Jefferson Airplane, The
>Grateful Dead etc. and anything else you might like to throw in at the
>time....say like....the sounds of the ocean.  Free-form would be another
>good description of it. (Now I'm going to get messages that it wasn't
>birthed in San Francisco. Ok guys, I'm ready.

I thought that Tom Donahue was credited as inventing the format at KMPX. 
KSAN followed soon thereafter.

Bob Orban