Early KROQ commercial

the best years for kroq was 1976-1981. does anybody remember a country parody song: "poor sam freeze he's not dead yet...but someday he will be...."please give info. or if you can post.

@bowiestones100 Yup and those early years actually started in the basement at Pasadena City College, before they moved to the studio in Pasadena above the credit dentist, across from the Holiday Inn.

If memory serves, the classic DJ lineup for the golden years (1981-85):

6-10 Raymondo and the Blade
10-2 Jed
2-6 Freddy Snakeskin
6-10 Dusty Street
10-6 Egil, Sam Friese, April Whitney, Katy Manor or any number of DJs who usually did weekends and overnights, including Jim Trenton who somehow was on at nights AND mornings for a long while. Coke was popular back then, wasn't it? =P

And the unheard hero who made it all possible? Rick Carroll, RIP.

@MohanndasChutney I was sad to hear of Rick Carroll passing, he really made that station what it today.

KROQ...now THAT was a Rockin station back then...Loads of awesome New Wave and unkowns. I think KROQ had to do a lot with opening the airwaves for a lot of great bands back then. Played a lot uknowns and catapulted a lot of those into great success here in the States.

Wow! That video brought back a ton of memories.. God, im old. **sigh**

Wow, you really know your early KROQ DJs. I used to hang out at the station back in the mornings during early 1980s, and I got to work with most of the DJs there at the time. But when Infinity Broadcasting bought KROQ, everything went downhill from there.

Just ordered "Mayor of the Sunset Strip" I once saw Rodney at a Dramarama show. He was surrounded by a throng of miniskirted Barbie dolls. What a sight.

radarange, was Infinity the group that brought Kevin and Bean? I know that they've been perennially popular since their arrival in the late 80s, but I, and a few others, never liked them and for me they ruined the spontaneity and magic of KROQ. I also thought they were too much in the realm of KLOS' Mark & Brian and Rick Dees (yuck). Thanks for uploading the jingle btw.