Complex sentence: Bands like The Jam, Elvis Costello and Dave Edmunds visited the station's Long Beach studio and the station was influential in bringing about a thriving alternative music scene in Orange County and Long Beach.
Split into simpler sentences: Bands like The Jam, Elvis Costello and Dave Edmunds visited the station's Long Beach studio. The station was considered influential in bringing about a thriving alternative music scene in Orange County and Long Beach.