July 1965: Number 8 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of rock music
When the Federal Communications Commission ruled that broadcasters in major US markets could not duplicate programming on both their FM and AM frequencies, it probably didn't realise the boost it had given to underground rock. Faced with the need to fill hours of airtime cheaply, stations took to filling the hours on FM with DJs playing album cuts, creating a new radio outlet for music that would otherwise have been unbroadcastable, and birthing "album-oriented rock", that staple of the following decade.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jun/12/broadcasting-regulators-boost-albums
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