[BC] Underground = Classic

[Robert Meuser]

Rich:

I must disagree.  Who do you think for the most part owned those free 
form stations??? It was the Gargantua International of the era.  It was 
all about not spending money.

R



Rich Wood wrote:

> ------ At 12:08 AM 1/8/2006, Jeff Johnson wrote: -------
>
>> Ah, but no longer avant-garde! #1 of what? - a shrinking, sinking 
>> medium? 'Underground' is now 'classic'. What a revolting development! 
>> Bellbottoms and bongs have been replaced by slacks, Cadillacs and 
>> country clubs. Ewww ...
>
>
> 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.
>
> Rich
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