From Programmer’s Digest (Vol. 1, Issue 9, 12/72), this 1972 composite of KROQ – A Profile of the Roq was interesting to me at the time, but being 3000 miles away from Los Angeles, I didn’t really know if the station was a contender or not. So now, despite the high frequency distortion, it has tweaked my curiosity again. What was this station doing with so many great voices and legendary (even then) talents? Did KROQ ever seriously threaten KHJ?
Featured on this composite, in order of appearance:
Charlie Tuna, Sam Riddle, Jay Stevens, Steve Lundy, (passed away in Houston in April 1999) Jim Wood, Jimmie Rabbit, Steve Sands, J. Paul Huddleston and Paul Oscar Anderson.
An impressive staff and the strangest jingles I never heard again are only part of the story of KROQ. According to comments lost in cyberspace, the station’s abysmal signal and rubber paychecks made for a short-lived experience.