Dead Kennedys, Bow Wow Wow, Damned, Thompson Twins: ACE Brixton 82-12/09-30

Cocteau Twins, Killing Joke: The Hacienda, Manchester 82-12/08-14

Oingo Boingo, X: Long Beach Vets Stadium 82-12/6-7

Bauhaus: Oxford Road Show (BBC 19-11-82)

Bauhaus perform "The Passion Of Lovers" and a "Lagartija Nick-Atonin Artaud Medley" on the Oxford Road Show 19-11-82.

PiL: Pasadena Conv. Center 82-11-07

KFRC: 610 AM San Francisco Oct. 28, 1982

KFRC: 610 AM San Francisco Oct. 28, 1982
featuring Jackson Armstrong.
Thanks to bayarearadio.org for making this available.

Cabaret Voltaire, Thompson Twins, Tears For Fears: The Hacienda, Manchester 82-10/27-29

The Clash: Sacramento Mem. Aud. 82-10-22

R.E.M.: Raleigh Underground, 10 Oct, 1982

R.E.M. Live from the Raleigh Underground ALMOST-COMPLETE SHOW, 10 Oct 1982 

Less than two months earlier the band released their first EP, CHRONIC TOWN (I.R.S. Records, 24 Aug 1982).

This is the earliest known professionally shot video of a live R.E.M. gig.
Setlist:
1. Wolves, Lower (CHRONIC TOWN)
2. Laughing (MURMUR)
3. 1,000,000 (CHRONIC TOWN) - Note: Mitch Easter, who produced CHRONIC TOWN as well as the band's first two LPs, MURMUR and RECKONING (with Don Dixon), joins the band on guitar.
4. Moral Kiosk (MURMUR)
5. Catapult (MURMUR)
6. West of the Fields (MURMUR)
7. Radio Free Europe (MURMUR)
8. Ages of Yo

9. We Walk (MURMUR)
10. Carnival of Sorts (Box Cars) (CHRONIC TOWN)
11. Skank

Stipe - v
Buck - g
Mills - b
Berry - d
Mitch Easter - g on 1,000,000

Psychedelic Furs: Hammersmith Odeon, London 82-10-10

Bauhaus: Old Grey Whistle Test (live BBC 4-10-82)

Bauhaus performing on the legendary British TV music show Old Grey Whistle Test."A Spy in the Cab" and "Ziggy Stardust."

KFOG: 104.5 FM San Francisco Sept 17, 1982

KFOG: 104.5 FM San Francisco Sept 17, 1982
Thanks to bayarearadio.org for making this available.

KFOG: 104.5 FM San Francisco Sept 16, 1982

KFOG: 104.5 FM San Francisco Sept 16, 1982
Thanks to bayarearadio.org for making this available.

The Mighty 690: XETRA. Tijuana Mexico 1980-84

The Mighty 690 - XETRA. Tijuana Mexico airchecks.

XETRA was a 50,000 watt "border blaster" out of Tijuana with a directional antenna pointed straight at Los Angeles, heard in up to 37 states at night, it was a rockin' top 40 station that played only the hottest hits! All the music it played was pitched up, and the DJ banter was frantic.

In the summer of 1980, came this radio station launch...The Mighty 690, playing a rockier version of a Top 40 format than competitor 13K (KGB-AM 1360), which played anything from the B-52's and The Lizards to Barbra Streisand and Christopher Cross (Sailing, Zzzzzz).

Booming into Los Angeles from a 50,000 watt transmitter in Tijuana, the Mighty 690 took Southern California by surprise as it not only provided an alternative to the mixed-up 13K  or the "grown-up" KYXY-esque B100, but it also gave some Top 40 stations in Los Angeles such as KIQQ and KFI, a run for the listeners as Mighty 690 billed itself as a Los Angeles station in the top-of-the-hour station I.D.'s to get listeners up there to also listen.

The Mighty 690 was also an answer to 13K's cluttered format as it billed itself as "Clutter-Free". Eventually, in March 1982, 13K lost enough listeners to be convinced to change formats to an audio version of CNN2 (now CNN Headline News), then its current KPOP format of nostalgia.

Ted Ziegenbusch hired me as production director during the first week of January, 1981 (3 and a half months after The Mighty 690 went on air). Ted left the Noble Organization soon after that. He was long gone when we ran with the 50k thing. Treasure hunts had been a staple of radio for decades–even at that time. We could down several rounds of cocktails while Kris Anderson, Roger Agnew and Frank Felix discussed whose idea it really was. These are the guys who kicked off The Mighty 690 in the first place. Frank Felix was THE programming genius. 
Best Regards–
Michael Boss 
(Mighty 690 afternoon drive guy)

On January 10, 1983, Mighty 690's low-rated station, 91X playing straight rock and roll without any noticeable personality, changed formats, but not its handle, to alternative rock based on the successful formula Los Angeles' KROQ 106.7 pioneered in 1978. The first song on the current 91X?
"Sex" by Berlin.

In the fall of 1984, the XTRA said goodbye to The Mighty 690 and switched to golden oldies from the 50's and 60's, XTRA Gold 690.

And as they say... the rest is history!

airchexx.com/mp3/0982-xetra-m_boss
youtube.com/playlist/Mighty 690 9/1983 Midday Countdown
airchexx.com/mp3/xxxx84-XETRA-KrisAndersonScoped

KROQ: "World Famous" 106.7 FM Los Angeles July 26, 1982

Back in the early 80s, KROQ, KNAC in Los Angeles and 91X in San Diego were the only commercial radio stations in southern California that played "New Wave" and Punk music.

For many people, the first time they heard U2, REM, Billy Idol, The B-52s, New Order, Depeche Mode or The Cure, they had their radios tuned to 106.7, 105.5 or 91.1 FM. 

Actual audio from the "world famous" KROQ includes nostalgic commercials, drop ins and DJs Poor Man, Dusty Street, Richard Blade and others.

Here's early KROQ archival audio from  
KROQ July 26, 1982.

KROQ 1 1988 10th Bday mix
KROQ 1 B 1988 10th Bday mix
kroq 2 side 1
kroq 2 side 2
kroq 3 side1  Depeche Mode is evil
kroq 3 side 2 with Poor Man
kroq 4 side 1 Tweek your ex
kroq 4 side 2 June, 1988

Special thanks to Zack and DJ Craig for making these available!

Jed was away from KROQ in San Francisco on FM 99 The Quake KQAK 98.9, along with Oz Medina and many others (1985).

Freddy Snakeskin IS still on the LA airwaves. He runs and hosts KROQ2, the HD band of the station which plays the classic "Roq of the '80s" format. Doug "The Slug"/"Sluggo" Roberts also DJs afternoon drive time.

It's HD, but it's terrestrial radio, and also available to stream for free around the world on radio.com. 

Oingo Boingo: Nothing To Fear 82-07-19

Echo & Bunnymen, Simple Minds, Blancmange: The Hacienda, Manchester 82-07/12-19

New Order: National Ballroom, Kilburn 82-05-25

The Cramps: B.J. Kelly's 82-05-24

KGO: 810 FM San Francisco May 3, 1982

KGO: 810 FM San Francisco May 3, 1982
Thanks to bayarearadio.org for making this available.

THE CURE: HAMMERSMITH ODEON 82-05-01

The Cramps: Adams Avenue Theatre, San Diego 82-04-23

Thompson Twins, China Crisis: Hammersmith Palais 82-04-12

The Cure: L'Echo des Bananes, Paris April 11, 1982

The Cure en "L'Echo des Bananes" en 1982, interpretando: One Hundred Years, Cold, The Hanging Garden, Play for Today, A Forest, The Figurehead.

BOW WOW WOW: Empire Ballroom, Leicester 82-03-22

U2: The Ritz 82-03/17-18

THE DAMNED: Teatime at Vinyl Fetish 82-02-27

Bauhaus: "Archive" (Live at Old Vic, London, 1982)

Killing Joke, Aztec Camera: Hammersmith Palais 82-02-23

Siouxsie & The Banshees: Meervart 20/02/82

KROQ: Los Angeles Airwaves 1982

KROQ, Los Angeles Airwaves 1982