WNEW

Once underground, or free-form, radio proved itself capable of attracting listeners and advertising revenue in significant numbers, radio corporations jumped onto the bandwagon. None was as successful as Metromedia, which owned the West Coast pioneers KSAN in San Francisco and KMET in Los Angeles. The company soon switched its New York City FM station, WNEW, from an all-female deejay format to free-form, which as it matured under corporate umbrellas became known as progressive rock radio....