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Remembering "The Mighty Met"
Speaking of radio, Don Barrett's LARadio.com site chronicles the rise and fall of legendary L.A. freeform station KMET (94.7 FM).

KMET, known as "The Mighty Met," is still fondly remembered in the market as one of the most successful album-oriented rock radio stations in the country.

Writes Barrett: For those of you who arrived in L.A. after 1985 or weren’t paying much attention to the radio during the 70s and early 80s, KMET was arguably one of the top 7 most important music stations in the last half century – KMPC (MOR), KFWB (Top 40), KRLA (Top 40), KHJ (Boss Radio), KIIS (CHR) and KROQ (Alternative). KMET stood alone as the pantheon of free-form radio, consistently beating its archrival, KLOS.

But Hollywood is all about perceptions. And the perception is that KMET reflected the disenfranchised, the hippies, free love, dopers and those who loved sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll. But the appeal of KMET crossed all demographic lines. An April/May 1978 ARB, listed KMET as the #1 station in Persons 12-49.