"It started with the crystal age. It moved to the golden age. And now, welcome to the solid platinum age," states the tagline in the trailer for the movie FM, which was released on May 3, 1978. Before ...

Former radio executive Randy Michaels with DJ-turned-county auditor Dusty Rhodes at the "Remembering Rock Radio Rivalries" at the downtown public library Sunday. Confessions from the "Remembering ...

Local radio station KFMB-FM has a new name and a new format. The station that was better known as Jack FM is now “100.7 KFM-BFM San Diego,” and the music has changed from adult-contemporary pop to ...

“Why did you become a disc jockey?” It is a question most jocks have been asked. For many in the past, the answer was, “Because I get to play the songs I like on the air.” Of course, these days, ...

Longtime disc jockey Jim Ladd, a central figure in the emergence of FM rock radio in Los Angeles, died Saturday after a heart attack. He was 75. Ladd’s death was announced Monday by Meg Griffin, an on ...

FM, according to former WNEW-FM deejay/program director Richard Neer, was a golden age, "before the days of trashy, hedonistic dumbspeak and disposable three-minute ditties." Neer's book is for all ...

Less than a year after tweaking its format to a more classic hits sound, rock station KISW-FM (99.9) has changed again. Under the promo slogan "the rock is back," KISW will now feature "up-tempo, hard ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Big changes are coming next week for radio listeners in Kansas City with longtime alternative rock station 96.5 changing its format to sports, and becoming the flagship home of the ...

The Jets are ready to rock. With ESPN New York radio leaving its 98.7 FM signal, the Jets are moving their radio game broadcasts from the sports station over to classic rock station Q104.3, a source ...

After more than a decade on the air in Sonoma County, nonprofit Christian rock radio station Broken FM is going off the air for good on June 1. The station, which broadcasts music over FM airwaves in ...

Alt-metal band Breaking Benjamin's 'So Cold' is on the playlist of ROCK 96.3, a New Orleans rock radio station that rolled out its new format on Monday, Feb. 17, 2014. The absence of contemporary rock ...