<sod>Crosby refused to cave in to his striking staff, and brought in his own replacements, who were forced to cross angry picket lines, to continue the progressive rock format at both stations. Several popular rock bands — including [[The Rolling Stones]] and the Grateful Dead — insisted that the station not play their music, in a show of support to the picketers. The eight-week strike ended on May 13, with no resolution between the former staffers and Crosby. Instead, [[Metromedia]] decided to switch the format of their local also-ran classical music FM station, KSFR ([[KYLD|94.9 MHz]]), to freeform rock and adopt call letters [[KSAN|KSAN]], formerly used by an early San Francisco R&B station. Metromedia hired Donahue and most of the displaced KMPX staffers, who started at the station on May 21. Metromedia also hired former KPPC staffers to work at [[KMET (FM)|KMET]] in Los Angeles.<eod>
<sod>Crosby refused to cave in to his striking staff, and brought in his own replacements, who were forced to cross angry picket lines, to continue the progressive rock format at both stations. Several popular rock bands — including [[The Rolling Stones]] and the Grateful Dead — insisted that the station not play their music, in a show of support to the picketers. The eight-week strike ended on May 13, with no resolution between the former staffers and Crosby. Instead, [[Metromedia]] decided to switch the format of their local also-ran classical music FM station, KSFR ([[KYLD|94.9 MHz]]), to freeform rock and adopt call letters [[KSAN_(defunct)|KSAN]], formerly used by an early San Francisco R&B station. Metromedia hired Donahue and most of the displaced KMPX staffers, who started at the station on May 21. Metromedia also hired former KPPC staffers to work at [[KMET (FM)|KMET]] in Los Angeles.<eod>