[BC] Underground = Classic

[Steve]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rich Wood" <richwood at pobox.com>
To: "Broadcast Radio Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 10:05 AM
Subject: Re: [BC] Underground = Classic


> I can't accept Classic Rock as Underground. The "Classic" underground
> station on the East Coast was WBCN, Boston. Absolutely free form.
> What I hear on "contemporary" classic rock is rigid. WBCN would play
> an acid rock cut followed by something Classical. It was done so well
> that it actually worked. During my college days WBCN was a cult. Tom
> Donohue's name has recently come up. His stations were the West Coast
> versions of true "Free Form" radio.
>
> I'm afraid those who claim "Free Form Radio" in contemporary radio
> don't know what they're talking about. It's empty hype. Gargantua
> International and "Free Form" are mutually exclusive. Can't be done.

What else can I say. You've hit the nail right on the head. Classic Rock IS
a structured format, as you say, and simply Rock Genre Oldies. Now going
from The Grateful Dead to Vivaldi? Now that's freeform or underground radio.

Steve
Steve Walker Productions