B. Mitchel Reed

B. Mitchel Reed (June 10, 1926 – March 16, 1983) was a successful and popular American disc jockey on both Top 40 and album-oriented rock radio stations, working in New York and Los Angeles during his 25-year career.

The lineup included Bruce Hayes, Al Jarvis, Joe Yocam, Elliot Field, Bill Ballance, Ted Quillin, and Gene Weed.

He soon became part of a team of disc jockeys known as "The Good Guys," among them Jack Spector, a fellow alum from Boys High School in Brooklyn who had graduated two years ahead of him.

After attending the Monterey Pop Festival in the Summer of Love, June 1967, Reed realized he wanted to go in another direction music-wise.

As Barney Hoskyns wrote in Hotel California, "So much did Reed talk her up that her first live dates in town were all sellouts at the Troubadour.

"[2] Both KMPX and KPPC achieved more success than anticipated due to the popularity of this new AOR (album-oriented rock) programming, which was in defiant opposition to the then current Top 40 AM radio format and its limitations.

After the strike ended in June 1968, Donahue persuaded station owner Metromedia to take on the AOR format at KMET (FM)-Los Angeles.

KMET (the "Mighty Met") had a nearly 20-year run as one of L.A.'s top album rock outlets ultimately losing its decades-long ratings war with its cross-town FM rival, KLOS.