When the radio station at 101.9FM in New York went from rock/alternative to sports talk last fall, it was yet another blow to the New York rock radio market. Like the demise of KROCK before it, the ...

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 ...

“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, ...

Classic rock radio recently turned thirty years of age -- Billboard spoke to the format's creator, and key representatives in the radio business, to assess where it sits in 2015. By Marc Hogan On ...

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 ...

At ALT 92.3 FM, where they don’t say “rock,” it’s a mix of millennial oldies and newer, pop-leaning and electronic folk from bands like Bastille and Smith & Thell. By Joe Coscarelli It was still light ...

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 ...