Get Ready for Diamond Dave

So, tomorrow will mark the first day of K-Rock's transformation into Free FM, which means David Lee Roth will be taking over New York's airwaves. The Free FM bio for the former Van Halen front man and certified EMT is PR pitch-perfect: "By the time he reached his mid-20s, Roth was a world-class frontman with platinum albums from his work with his high school buddies, Van Halen." But, in his NY Post interview, Roth was a little more colorful. When referencing his uncle, Manny Roth, founder of Cafe Wha?, he said, "Uncle Manny was the guy who hired Bob Dylan on January 24, 1961, for the first time in this city. Manny is now 88 and his wife is 51, which means that my future wife just passed driver's ed." Ew! Gothamist would rather he stick to stories about him being an EMT in the Bronx.

Will you be listening to Dave tomorrow morning?

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By Jen Chung in Arts & Entertainment on January 2, 2006 11:00 AM

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Cessie

I leave NYC for grad school and I come back to one of the most well-rounded (that isn't saying much)...NYC stations gone! As "popular" stations went, Hot 97 and KRock were probably the best...but that wasn't saying much...NYC has surprisingly suck-ass "mainstream" stations...is there anything to replace Krock's range on Alternative music?

jim norton

O&A Party Rock!!!

bklynd

Tagging the station as "Free FM" seems idiotic. If anything, it implicitly devalues the station.

And it's not like it's commercial free or free-format like WFMU. Wouldn't it be cool if there were a movement to take the commercial broadcast spectrum back, by suing the FCC or some shit.