ABSTRACT

Historians have long celebrated the impact of Tom Donahue and KMPX-FM on both radio and the San Francisco counterculture of the 1960s. Surviving recordings from that period shed light on how revolutionary the station was, and how freeform FM spread to corporate radio. This study examines KMPX, AM rival KYA, and KSAN, the corporate-owned station later staffed by Donahue and his colleagues. KMPX and its DJs succeeded in marrying the counterculture to the station, propelled by Donahue’s preexisting status in radio. The freeform approach flourished at KSAN, but ultimately could not survive the decline of the counterculture that created it.

摘要

长期以来，历史学家一直在庆祝Tom Donahue和KMPX-FM对广播和1960年代旧金山反文化的影响。那段时期的幸存录音揭示了电台的革命性以及自由形式的FM如何传播到企业电台。这项研究研究了KMPX，AM竞争对手KYA和KSAN，后者是Donahue及其同事后来拥有的公司所有的电台。多纳休（Donahue）在电台中的先行地位推动了KMPX及其DJ成功地将反文化与电台相结合。自由形式的方法在KSAN盛行，但最终无法幸免于创建它的反文化的衰落。