Originally, 106.7 FM was KPPC-FM, owned by the Pasadena Presbyterian Church. They broadcast religious programming with a co-owned AM station. As the church encountered difficulties operating the stations, they sold the two stations to an outside company, Crosby-Avery Broadcasting, with the church retaining the right to broadcast its services over both stations. Until 1969, the station still broadcast from the basement of the church.
Jed the Fish, the longtime KROQ DJ who set the station up to be as influential as it was in the 1980s and ’90s, died Monday morning ... Jed influenced KROQ, the station influenced Los Angeles, L.A.
From the moment he joined KROQ-FM in 1978, Jed made it clear he wasn't there to play it safe ... He was the instigator of multiple formal FCC violations for his on-air antics at KROQ, honors he wore like badges of pride.
Gould joined KROQ in 1978, right about the time the station began to embrace the Second British Invasion of punk and new wave music ... “It was very eclectic,” said Kat Corbett, a fellow KROQ DJ, of Gould’s musical taste.
Gould joined KROQ in 1978, right about the time the station began to embrace the Second British Invasion of punk and new wave music ... “It was very eclectic,” said Kat Corbett, a fellow KROQ DJ, of Gould’s musical taste.