I have two stations for you that I listen to on line. Rewind 94.3 in Munroe, Mi. is run by Munroe Access Cable Television. mpactstudio.org with a link to the station. The station has some specialty programming hi-lited on their webpage. The remainder of the day, they are a giant juke box playing "Classic Hits, Classic Rock, and Everything in Between" No Commercials, no traffic, no sports, very little news. the occasional PSA. Their playlist covers early/mid 60's to early/mid 90's. First time I have ever heard Green Day and the Grassroots back to back. Station has polished professional sounding ID's but their 49 watt [78 erp] doesn't even reach Toledo, which is only 25 miles away.            The second station I enjoy is KOZT in Ft. Bragg, Ca. [kozt.com]  While they are a commercial station [35,000 watts] serving Mendocino county, the station has an extremely local feel to it. The majority of the ads are for local business. Their newscasts all deal with Mendocino County, with the exception of the odd item of national interest. Sports scores given only for SF area teams. The music is somewhat of a progressive rock format played in three song sets with only one commercial between sets. Jocks are mostly retired from the big FMer's from LA and SF. They are given ample time to chat about the music being played or things happening in the community. Here is a sample of some the artists I have heard on the station. The Ridles, Tedeschi Truck Band, Joy Of Cooking, Jesse Winchester, Santana[Leave Me Alone] Electric Flag, Taj Mahal, Subdudes, Hendrix[Georgia Blues] Jethro Tull[Serenade To A Sucker] Enjoy!

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I have two stations for you that I listen to on line. Rewind 94.3 in Munroe, Mi. is run by Munroe Access Cable Television. mpactstudio.org with a link to the station. The station has some specialty programming hi-lited on their webpage. The remainder of the day, they are a giant juke box playing "Classic Hits, Classic Rock, and Everything in Between" No Commercials, no traffic, no sports, very little news. the occasional PSA. Their playlist covers early/mid 60's to early/mid 90's. First time I have ever heard Green Day and the Grassroots back to back. Station has polished professional sounding ID's but their 49 watt [78 erp] doesn't even reach Toledo, which is only 25 miles away.            The second station I enjoy is KOZT in Ft. Bragg, Ca. [kozt.com]  While they are a commercial station [35,000 watts] serving Mendocino county, the station has an extremely local feel to it. The majority of the ads are for local business. Their newscasts all deal with Mendocino County, with the exception of the odd item of national interest. Sports scores given only for SF area teams. The music is somewhat of a progressive rock format played in three song sets with only one commercial between sets. Jocks are mostly retired from the big FMer's from LA and SF. They are given ample time to chat about the music being played or things happening in the community. Here is a sample of some the artists I have heard on the station. The Ridles, Tedeschi Truck Band, Joy Of Cooking, Jesse Winchester, Santana[Leave Me Alone] Electric Flag, Taj Mahal, Subdudes, Hendrix[Georgia Blues] Jethro Tull[Serenade To A Sucker] Enjoy!

I used to listen to KOZT FM online around 2003. Good station. Their owner Tom Yates was at a number of major market stations such as KSAN and KLOS before he started this station in the early 1990's. Their playlist skews somewhat roots and Americana like KPIG FM  from Santa Cruz but I would say that KPIG has a wider format but unfortunately they have been on a fee system for streaming for a number of years.

There are a few commercial stations left in smaller markets that are like remnants of the old free form format. KOZT and KPIG are two but there are more.  The best station I remember listening to on the internet was WRNR FM out of Baltimore around 1997-99. These days they are a more typical and much narrower formatted  triple A.

One problem is finding the time to listen and also the inferior internet streaming feeds. Would be nice to have such options in the car for free and on a high quality terrestrial signal.

Last edited by Fitz (February 2, 2019 7:04 pm)