![]() ![]() ![]() I can understand the former, but the latter decision is truly strange – is he afraid he’ll upset the actual radio stations? At any rate Donahue’s first station was KMPX, but Ladd changes it to “KFRE.” Later on KMET will become “KAOS.” All this robs Radio Waves of being a legitimate history of free-form radio, while making it seem more like fiction – goofy fiction, at that, particularly given the goofy fake names Ladd saddles his real-life coworkers with (ie, KMET DJ Mary Hart becomes KAOS DJ Mega Turnon). Ladd changes not only the names of people but also the names of stations. He has a meeting with the mousy manager, who keeps the office lights off to conserve the energy bill, and from this the first free-form rock FM station is born. ![]() From there he begins calling FM stations until he finds a number that’s out of service, which is sign that they’re in trouble and not paying the bills. So we have Tom and Raechel sitting around one night and listening to the first Doors album and Donahue wondering why you never hear music like it on the radio. ![]() The format follows that of Dakota Days Ladd relays history via fiction, complete with expository dialog. Donahue by the way is the “star” of the first Golden Age Of Underground Radio, which features vintage airchecks by him throughout – it’s a great listen, as is the second volume, which features B. Donahue by the way was the creator of what is still thought of as rock radio he had 20 years experience doing AM, got sick of the banalities, and hit upon the idea of a radio station that played current music, hip music, and wasn’t as much worried about ad revenue. Ladd opens the book in ’68, with Tom Donahue and his wife Raechel starting a San Francisco radio station that actually played rock music. So if you’re looking for a straight-up factual report of rock radio, this might not be the book for you. Others would disagree, though, particularly in how he’s changed the names of known radio personalities and even radio stations. Also Ladd has chosen to write his book in a pseudo-novel style, which I thought was interesting. There are serveral books out there, but this one by Jim Ladd, a famous LA jock from the day, struck me as the most interesting, as it opens with the beginning of free-form and shows how corporate radio finally killed off the genre. It really is a window into another era, and a big thanks to Javed Jafri for making it available for us to listen to.Īfter listening to hours of vintage airchecks, I decided to learn more about free-form radio. The recordings from ’68-’72 are by far my favorite, and listening to them you can hear everything from avante garde sound paintings to waterbed commercials – not to mention rock songs they still don’t play on today’s so-called “classic rock” radio. Then I discovered Let The Universe Answer, where you can stream actual vintage recordings of rock radio “airchecks,” as they’re officially known. I always wondered what such a broadcast might sound like, but other than modern CD recreations like The Golden Age Of Underground Radio volumes 1 and 2 I figured this would be impossible. Where DJs approached their shows in a “free-form” style, playing whatever they wanted, saying whatever they wanted. Thank you for your time.I never listen to the radio – I can’t imagine why anyone would, these days – but I’ve always been interested in what is known as “progressive free-form” rock radio, ie the radio format that briefly flourished in the very late ‘60s to the very early ‘70s. If my information is inaccurate, then please correct me. So my question is: what is the biggest discount there can be on the 30-gem skin, 80-gem skin, 150-gem skin, and 300-gem skin. I have only seen one other occasion with a discount on a 300-gem skin, and it was only 21 gems off (279 gem skin), or 7%, which doesn't make much of a difference. I ask because today, because like most people, I got the offer for the 300->199-gem Phoenix Crow skin, which is roughly 33.66% percent off, which still is pretty pricey, but it's the best discount for a 300-gem skin I've ever seen. I have never seen a discount on a 30-gem skin. I know that 80-gem skins can go either 26.25% off (to 59 gems) or 38.75% off (to 49 gems), though there might be other discounts on 80-gem skins. I know that 150-gem skins go 14% off on most discounts (to 109 gems), but occasionally they'll go 54% off (to 69 gems). I have searched the internet to find a guide on the different types of discounts on the different skin prices, but I could not find one. It's about discounts on skins for Brawl Stars. OK, so I just made a Reddit account and I'm new to this, and this is my first post. ![]()
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