One hour commercial-free classic rock blocks on FM. Arizona has commercial-free classic rock blocks on FM--REAL commercial-free classic rock blocks, not bait and switch commercial-free classic rock blocks!! If you know of any other rebel classic rock freeform FM's that are actually still around and kicking where you live I'd like to know about them. Because I've never heard any like this...until two months ago, when my wife and I moved to Mesa. Yeahhhh, other than a once hourly station ID the big AZ has commercial-free. And the rock up in here is higher than all 12,562 elevation feet of Humphrey's Peak.
B-sides, concert versions, record collection slips-by...all of the very highest order from KCDX, 103.1 FM, Florence, Arizona. Quick station ID then nuttin' but solid bada-bing. Mint condition r-a-w-k. Oh sure, you get the occasional "charters" out of a can...stir-fried lovingly with forgotten exotic--and even fresher--left out LP cuts that get the shaft on terrestrial. Pretty much a seven-layer bar for the tympanic membrane. No, maybe it can't match up with the likes of the radio station that holds this blog's reins, but out here 103.1 is a neck-in-neck second.
Indeed, God bless KCDX! Non...stop...ROCK.
Sounds like "the LAKE" station from Buffalo.
Posted by: LJP | January 16, 2010 at 12:44 PM
Take THAT Clear Channel...
Posted by: Larry In Seattle | January 17, 2010 at 01:32 AM
wait whuuuuutt?
Posted by: Jason | January 17, 2010 at 04:54 AM
What do you mean by "freeform?" The station bills itself as "non-stop rock."
That sounds like a format to me.
Posted by: Oran Kelley | January 17, 2010 at 12:25 PM
Did anyone else read this as Thank God for xkcd? lol.
www.xkcd.com
Posted by: Ash | January 18, 2010 at 04:48 PM
Well, in KCDX's case it COULD be, to some extent, a format...it is indeed rock and, save for maybe ten seconds of ID, more or less non-stop. But a) there's the periodic call sign announcement much like FMU and b) how many FM terrestrials have you heard that get on their "non-stop" or "thirty minutes commercial free classics" kick then totally bullshit you with twenty minutes of ads?
Posted by: Listener Coolie | January 19, 2010 at 02:07 AM
KCDX is an extremely unusual commercially licensed station, so certainly could be running advertising. The owner, Ted Tucker, has a history of building, moving and technically upgrading broadcast properties for profit. He has previously used the commercial-free format as a 'placeholder' on his stations until they're fully upgraded and sold. Meanwhile, Tucker's got lots of happy fans. However, KCDX has been doing this for some years now, and all bets are off as to the real intent.
Posted by: Bessiesblues.blogspot.com | January 24, 2010 at 03:08 PM
KCDX is on the web and sounds very nice. Another web gem is a station out of Michigan: www.okemosbrewing.com - very nice selection with stuff you don't hear too often.
Posted by: Ed Walker | April 22, 2010 at 04:13 PM
I just discovered this one in Seattle - oldies from 60's/70's, less "classic rock", but still a really good selection. It's 104.5 FM, KMCQ (http://www.americanpopradio.com/). They don't seem to be streaming online, but if yr in the Seattle area, I'll take it over the self-important "alternative" KEXP any day. Like KCDX, they only play occasional station id's. How do these guys pay the bills?
Posted by: Mark Iverson | May 03, 2010 at 12:53 AM