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00:00 Texas is a controlled chaos area.

00:04 That's what 101 was.

00:06 [MUSIC]

00:11 >> It's KOL.

00:12 You know what the weather is,

00:13 stick your head out the door.

00:14 >> These FM stations no one ever heard of,

00:17 were reaching this counterculture.

00:19 That grew, the music grew.

00:21 >> Man, it was freeform.

00:23 The DJs got to play with the [inaudible] they wanted.

00:26 So they played whoever they felt like playing.

00:28 If they didn't like your music,

00:29 you were going to get played.

00:29 >> Hi, I'm Dana Steele with my special guest tonight, Billy Idol.

00:33 >> We helped start what was the FM.

00:36 [MUSIC]

00:38 >> 101 KOL.

00:40 >> KOL was my education.

00:43 You didn't want to be the last person to know about a new song.

00:45 [MUSIC]

00:47 >> We weren't just a radio station.

00:49 We were part of the community.

00:50 We were part of your lives.

00:52 >> KOL was a pioneer in breaking new artists.

00:56 That's when they really could.

00:57 >> I got George Harrison in the studio by probably insulting him.

01:02 >> And there were an awful lot of listeners out there.

01:04 Millions of people wanted to be part of this party.

01:06 The brand of KOL was always rebellion.

01:09 It was rebellion against the status quo.

01:12 We would actually get on the air and say,

01:14 don't put a KOL bumper sticker on your car because you will be stopped by the cops.

01:18 >> People like Crash and Dana Steele, they were my heroes.

01:22 >> Once he had a mic in the hand, it was like, it's on.

01:25 >> All across America, I don't know.

01:27 If you know the names Stevens and Kool.

01:29 >> The reason these guys are here is because the FCC right now has

01:33 boarded three radio stations to tone it down.

01:35 >> Every consultant and program director that you come across will tell you,

01:40 the music is the star and everybody else is just there for support.

01:44 KOL and the Runaway Radio were the stars.

01:47 [MUSIC]

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