Carroll, as a consultant, took the "Rock of the 80s" format to other stations, including 91X in San Diego, KOEU in Palm Springs, California, KMGN FM in Bakersfield, California, The Quake in San Francisco and KYYX in Seattle, among a few on the US West Coast in the 1980s. The first station with the call letters KROQ was formed in 1972, broadcasting on 1500 AM, with a format of Top 40 hits. KROQ-FM (106.7 FM, pronounced "kay-rock") is a radio station licensed to Pasadena, California serving the Greater Los Angeles Area. But much of the station's mystique--and listener loyalty--dates from its early-'80s adolescence as an independently operated renegade station with no real owner. My goal was to transport you back in time, if only for a moment. Whip It. DJs included Jed The Fish, Richard Blade, Freddie Snakeskin, Sweedish Eagle, The PoorMan and Dusty Street. [24][25][26], Throughout the 1990s, KROQ's format focused on mainly alternative rock (or alternative metal), grunge, punk pop, Britpop and nu metal, giving up-and-coming bands their first exposure on the station or in Southern California, including Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, Oasis, Foo Fighters, Green Day, The Offspring, Sublime, No Doubt, Rage Against the Machine, Korn, Bad Religion, Weezer, Blink-182, Hole, Garbage and System of a Down. } In 1986, KROQ was purchased at a then-record $45 million by Infinity Broadcasting. [2], Richard Thomas Sheppard attended Oxford University, graduating in 1974, and worked as a club DJ known as "The Young Dick Sheppard" in the United Kingdom and Europe. The KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1980. ... U2’s ‘The Joshua Tree’ voted the greatest album of the 1980s. In 2000, he wrote the second-season finale for the UPN science fiction television series Seven Days, titled "The Cure". 10:00 pm to 12:00 am. Nicole Alvarez. He is best known for his radio programs that feature new wave and popular music from the 1980s. For the entirety of the big ‘80s, KROQ was the conduit between these sonic wizards and millions of ears throughout Southern California. The news came as a shock for longtime listeners as Doc on the Roq had been reporting news for the station for 27 years while Lisa May had been reporting traffic for the past 24 years. It was the flagship station of Kevin and Bean (revamped as "Kevin in the Mornings With Allie & Jensen" in 2019) and former show Loveline, hosted originally by Jim "The Poorman" Trenton with Dr. Drew Pinsky, then by "Psycho" Mike Catherwood with Pinsky. The FM station became KROQ-FM, and the two stations broadcast identical programing through 1978, when the AM station was sold. While working at KROQ in the mid-1980s, local Orange County TV station KDOC had a program called Adventures with the Poorman hosted by Trenton. Listen To KROQ Roq Of The 80s, An HD2 '80s Classic Rock Station Based In Los Angeles. // -->