For 30 years, starting in 1990 Kevin and Bean hosted the morning drive show on KROQ in Los Angeles, which led to them earning a spot in both the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Hall Of Fame, as well the Radio Hall Of Fame. You can now hear Bean on A Cup Of Tea and A Chat With Allie And Bean podcast as well as on SiriusXM's Lithium Channel and very soon, on First Wave. Gene "Bean" Baxter joins us on the podcast to share some insights into his radio past, the p

From 1987 to the early aughts, John Frost created the offbeat cartoony sounds at the World Famous KROQ in Los Angeles. He now works with many of your favorite Alt Rock stations via his company, ⁠Frostbytes⁠. On the What Difference Does It Make podcast, he shares with us some insights into his career, in addition to sharing his opinions on songs 30 to 21 from the 1989 KROQ year-end chart.

Andy Greene, Senior Writer for Rolling Stone, has been with the storied magazine since 2004. Andy shares with us his origin story of how a shy, young boy from the suburbs of Cleveland finds his way to New York City to write about his idols and rub shoulders with artists like Phil Collins and Bruce Springsteen. We also asked his opinion on the music played on Los Angeles radio station KROQ in 1989, specifically songs 100 to 91 from their year-end playlist.

And so it begins again, as we now take a look at the top 106.7 songs played in 1989 on radio station KROQ in Los Angeles. Upcoming episodes will feature ten songs and a special guest, but for this episode, we will examine the bottom seven songs, 106.7 to 101, based on the station's year-end playlist. It's quite a start to the last year of 80s music, and a fine intro into the type of music explored on The World Famous KROQ.

Kat Corbett has been one of our favorite radio personalities since she started at KROQ in Los Angeles at the start of the 2000 millennium. Kat joins What Difference Does It Make podcast to talk about her origin story and off up opinions on songs 30 to 21 from the 1988 KROQ year end playlist.

Craig Rosen joins us to discuss 80s music, specifically 1988, and songs 90 to 81 from the KROQ year-end playlist.

We examine songs 106.7 to 101 based on the 1988 KROQ year-end playlist.

Dave Beasing joins the podcast this week. Dave is the CEO of Sound That BRANDS, a company that helps Brands tell their stories through...

Enda Caldwell steps into the way back machine to talk about his career and to review 80s music played on The World Famous KROQ from 1987.

Karen Glauber, President of HITS Magazine joins The What Difference Does It Make Podcast to discuss songs played on KROQ from 1987.

The What Difference Does It Make Podcast begins our 1987 musical journey with an analysis of songs from KROQ's year-end chart

"Anything, Anything" happens when it comes to rock n' roll, just ask John Easdale of Dramarama. We cover the KROQ top 10 songs from 1985.

June 9, 2023 will officially be Richard Blade Day in Los Angeles. To honor this 80s Icon, we introduce you to this classic episode from 2021

Darren Brady-Harris, best known as Cliff from the iconic 80s teen film, Sixteen Candles, guests on the What Difference Does It Make podcast.

Writer Annie Zaleski joins our virtual What Difference Does It Make Podcast studios to talk about her 33 1/3 book, Rio.

Dan McGrath, Creative Director of No Sheet Music steps into our virtual studios. We discuss songs 20 to 11 from KROQ's 1984 year end chart.

We invite Jorge Perez Navarro, original anchor of Contacto Deportivo, to talk about his true passion, music from the 80s!

People listening to KROQ in the mid 80s got the good fortune to hear "mega-mixes", a medley of songs from artists like Duran Duran and...

Please, please tell me now! What was the number 1 song on the World Famous KROQ's 1983 countdown?

Did you see the video? Holly continually swats away the question. Okay maybe she didn't see the videos, but she knows the songs. We...