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KSWD (The Sound)/Los Angeles Brings Back KMET


KMET-FM, the legendary renegade FM station that captivated a generation of Rock fans, will return to Los Angeles' airwaves for one day on Friday, July 10. The original air personalities, jingles, rock stars, and groupies (now in their 40s) all will be there, on a day that host KSWD-FM (100.3 The Sound)/Los Angeles is calling, "Finally a KMET Friday."

KMET was the unofficial mouthpiece and meeting place for the youth counterculture movement of the '70s and '80s. The station's ratings were enormous, its concerts and events were mobbed, and other media outlets scrambled to book air personalities as guests. KMET's studios were a second home for artists like Mick Fleetwood, Jackson Browne, Ted Nugent and Bruce Springsteen.

"Finally a KMET Friday" will begin on 100.3 The Sound much like their weekday routine began for more than a decade, with top-rated morning host Jeff Gonzer and newsman Ace Young reuniting. Joining them as the day unfolds will be Paraquat Kelley, Jack Snyder, David Perry, Rick Scarry, L.A.'s first female PD Sam Bellamy, van driver Raul and fast-talking Sales Manager Bob Griffith.

The day will conclude with legendary KMET oddball Dr. Demento presenting his greatest hits at 7pm. Other youth icons of the '70s and '80s are expected to visit the studios to reminisce.

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