Anyone remember the King Biscuit Flower Hour?

[Danmel]

Great music. Radio used to be so much better.

[hlthe2b]

1. I do I think a little bit... I agree that radio is hopeless now.

I heard an intervieww piece on the music Olympic athletes were using to motivate them in training. Ugggh... lots of the crappiest rap and other genres with no real sustained rhythm, no melody--virtually no musicality and certainly no inspiring lyrics--some of it creepy violent... I googled recently to see how they'd done in the Olympics and of the three I'd heard interviewed--no medals, btw. Hmmm

[Dr. Strange]

2. I do!

I think I taped a Duran Duran concert off of it once.

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

3. Yeah I do

When I was a kid I shared a bedroom with my older brother. He'd put it on every Sunday night at 10:00.

[Bluzmann57]

4. I do indeed

I also remember "Beaker Street" on the "Mighty 1090, KAAY" from Little Rock, Arkansas of all places. I sometimes wonder in ol' Bill Clinton listened to that show while not inhaling his joint.
Over the air radio is a wasteland now.

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. Wasteland here, still going well in Britain.

They still have many many good radio shows, they can be found in various places on the web.

[MicaelS]

5. Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds..

Rock opera premiered there. Still listen to that today.

[hermetic]

7. For those who don't...

Rock radio entered a new era on Feb. 18, 1973, when the King Biscuit Flower Hour debuted on FM stations across the U.S. The innovative Sunday night series featured recorded concerts and interviews with rock’s biggest stars. King Biscuit would expand its reach to more than 300 stations before it ceased weekly production of new shows in 1993. Reruns continued until 2007.

Read More: The Story of King Biscuit Flower Hour's Debut
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/king-biscuit-flower-hour-debut/

YouTube has lots of the concerts.

[blue neen]

8. Checking in!

FM Radio was so cool in those days. Innovative and interesting and rocking!

[Skittles]

9. ME, ME!!!

LOVED it

I also loved RADIO CAROLINE of the coast of England