Oldies is a generic term commonly used to describe a radio format that usually concentrates on Top 40 music from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. This article is about Broadcast radio, for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. The Top Forty or Top 40 is a music industry shorthand for the currently most-popular songs in a particular genre. The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. It is also used to describe the popular music of this era.
The name stems from a series of phonograph albums, titled Oldies but Goodies, which were collections of hits, starting in the late 1950s. This series inspired a 1961 song titled Those Oldies but Goodies, permanently setting the name to the genre. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
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Oldies tunes are typically from R&B, pop and rock music genres. Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Country, jazz, classical music, and other formats are generally not considered oldies music, although some of those genres have their own oldies format (for instance, classic country), and a number of songs "crossed over" from country to Top 40. Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and Secular music Classic Country is a radio format that specializes in playing mainstream country hits from past decades Occasionally the term is used to describe the rare station that includes 1940s music as well, although music from before 1955 (coinciding with the "birth of rock'n'roll"), is typically the domain of the adult standards format. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African Adult Standards is a North American Radio format heard primarily on AM or class A FM stations However, the term constitutes ambiguity for people who like old dancing music. This article is about music for dancing in general You may also be looking for Electronic dance music.
This format is sometimes called Golden Oldies (after another album series of the same name, which was sold through bulk TV commercials), though this term usually refers to music exclusively from the '50s and early '60s (also termed "Real Oldies" or "True Oldies" by some radio stations which specialize in music from this era). Oldies radio typically features artists such as Elvis Presley, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, The Supremes, The Four Seasons, and Sam Cooke; as well as such musical movements and genres as doo-wop, soul music, Motown, the British Invasion, early girl groups, surf music, and bubblegum pop. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 The Beach Boys is an American rock band Formed in 1961 the group gained popularity for its close vocal harmonies and lyrics reflecting a California Youth culture The Supremes were an American female singing group that first formed as a quartet called The Primettes The Four Seasons (known off and on since 1967 as Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons - although not shown that way on any of their hit records is an American Sam Cooke ( January 22, 1931 &ndash December 11, 1964) was an American gospel, R&B, soul, and Doo-wop is a style of vocal-based Rhythm and blues music which developed in African-American communities in the 1940s and which achieved mainstream popularity both in the 1950s Soul music is a Music genre that combines Rhythm and blues and Gospel music, originating in the United States. "Motown" redirects here For the city see Detroit Michigan. The British Invasion was the term applied by the news media — and subsequently by consumers — to the influx of Rock and roll, beat and pop performers A girl group is a Popular music act featuring several young Female Singers who generally harmonize together Surf music is a Genre of Popular music associated with Surf culture, particularly Orange County and other areas of Southern California Bubblegum pop (also known as bubblegum rock, bubblegum music, or simply bubblegum) is a genre of Pop music whose classic period ran from 1967
Most oldies stations limit their on-air playlists to no more than 300 songs, on the philosophy that average listeners will stay tuned provided they're familiar with the hits being played. The drawback to this concept is the endless repetition of the station's program library. Oldies has some overlap with the classic rock format, which concentrates on the rock music of the late-'60s and '70s and also plays newer material made in the same style. Classic rock was originally conceived as a Radio station programming format which evolved from the Album oriented rock (AOR format in the early-1980s Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. [1]
History
All-"Oldies" stations as we know them today did not really come into existence until the early 1970s. In the 1960s very few Top 40 Radio stations played anything older than a few years old. The Top Forty or Top 40 is a music industry shorthand for the currently most-popular songs in a particular genre. In the late 1960s a few FM stations adopted Top 40 formats that leaned towards adults who did not want to hear the same 30 songs over and over again but also did not want to hear easy listening music featured on MOR radio stations. They mixed in oldies with their current product and played new music only several times per hour. These radio stations were often referred to as "Golden" or "Solid Gold" stations. Some AM radio stations also began to employ this format. There were also syndicated music format packages such as Drake-Chenault's "Solid Gold" format, frequently used on FM stations that needed separate programming from their AM sisters due to the new FCC rules on simulcasting, that functioned as a hybrid of oldies and the adult contemporary and softer rock hits of the day. Drake-Chenault was a radio syndication company that specialized in automation on FM radio stations Adult contemporary music, frequently abbreviated AC, refers to styles of popular music that ranges from "lush Sixties pop often vocal -based and rooted in The popularity of the movie American Graffiti is often credited with helping to spur the 1950s nostalgia movement of the early 1970s, and it was out of this 1950s nostalgia movement that some of these stations, such as WHND/WHNE "Honey Radio" in Detroit, WCBS-FM in New York, WQSR Baltimore, and WROR in Boston, sprang up and were classified as Oldies stations and not Adult Top 40 stations. American Graffiti is a period Coming of age film directed by George Lucas, and written by Lucas Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck WRDT, known on the air as "The Word AM 560 Detroit's Christian Talk" is a Radio station licensed to Monroe Michigan, serving the Detroit metropolitan WCSX is a Detroit -based FM Radio station broadcasting a Classic rock format WCBS-FM (1011 MHz is a radio station in New York City owned by CBS Radio. WQSR is a radio station broadcasting on 1027 FM The station is licensed to Baltimore and serves that market WBMX, known on-air as " Mix 985," is a Radio station with a Hot adult contemporary format in Boston Massachusetts. These stations, however, did play current product sparingly (one or two per hour) throughout the 1970s and into the 1980s; WCBS-FM, for example, played current hits under the moniker "Future Gold" as late as the late 1980s, and WLNG on nearby Long Island featured a roughly 50/50 mix of current hits and oldies from the early 1960s until about 1999. WLNG (921 FM) is a Radio station in Sag Harbor New York that has earned a reputation as a throwback to an earlier era with its frequent use of Jingles Long Island is an island located in southeastern New York, USA, its western shores directly across from Manhattan, from which the island stretches WGAR in Cleveland and KRLA in Los Angeles were other examples of Top 40 stations with heavy oldies orientations; KRLA was in fact promoted in the 1970s as the "Elvis-to-Elton" station. WHKW is an AM radio station in Cleveland Ohio, USA operating on 1220 kHz. KRLA (870 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a News / Talk format Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947 is an English pop / rock Singer, Composer
Most of these "Solid Gold" stations began to either evolve into other formats or abruptly drop the format altogether from the late 1970s to early 1980s. Most AM solid Gold stations simply flipped to other formats. Some FM stations evolved into Adult Contemporary stations such as WROR Boston, WFYR Chicago, for example. Other FM stations simply moved into other formats like Rock, Top 40, Urban, or Country. In the early 1980s many Adult Contemporary stations began mixing in more oldies into regular rotation. Many of these stations had oldies shows on Saturday nights.
Gradually, beginning in 1982, both AM and FM stations began flipping to a full-time oldies format playing "All Oldies All The Time". These stations played strictly music from 1955 to 1973 focusing on the 1964 to 1969 era. By the mid to late 1980s stations like WDRC-FM Hartford, WODS Boston, WOGL Philadelphia, KLUV Dallas, WWSW Pittsburgh, WJMK Chicago, and many others sprang up. WDRC-FM, known as DRC-FM is a Radio station based in Bloomfield Connecticut, which primarily serves the Hartford market KLUV, branded as "K-LUV" (K-Love is a Radio station transmitting on 98 WWSW-FM (3WS, is an Classic Hits Radio station based in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. WJMK (1043 FM is a rock -leaning Variety hits Radio station in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Some had as few as 300 songs while sations like WODS and WOGL had as many as 1500 songs in regular rotation. By 1989, most large and medium markets had at least one Oldies station. By 1990, most were on FM.
From 1986 to 1990 several solid gold stations evolved into full-time oldies stations by eliminating current and recent product, gradually eliminating 1980's songs, and even limited 1970's songs severely. KRTH and WQSR both did this in the late 1980s into the early 1990s. WCBS-FM, however continued playing current product in regular rotation until 1988. After that, they continued playing it once an hour between 11 p. m. and 5:30 a. m. until 2001. WCBS-FM also played several 1990's songs per shift during these over night hours. They continued also to play between one 1980's song every couple hours to as many as two per hour day and night. WCBS-FM also played between three and five songs per hour from the 1970s. They indeed played more 1970's music than any other notable oldies station. At the same time, WCBS-FM featured slightly more pre 1964 songs than the average station playing as many as five of those per hour.
Oldies stations continued to be late 1960s based throughout the 1990s. WCBS-FM was an exception. Most AM oldies stations also disappeared by the early 1990s except in markets where there was no FM oldies outlet. The format fared well with no end in sight.
Decline of Oldies Formats
In 2000, oldies stations began to notice their demographics were getting older and harder to sell. Still, at that time only a couple stations dumped the format altogether. A few went for a flavor of the months format called "Jammin' Oldies". But most continued to hang onto the format initially.
Since the turn of the century, stations began to limit selections from the '50s and early '60s. At the same time these stations began playing songs from as late as 1979 and even a few 1980's songs. WCBS-FM New York slightly cut back on the pre 1964 oldies and slightly increased the 1970's and 1980's songs early in 2001. They also eliminated the overnight currents and recurrents at the same time along with some specialty shows.
In 2002, many Oldies stations have dropped most music from before 1964 from their playlists, as it is believed that doo-wop and other music from the late '50s and early '60s appeals to demographics undesirable to advertisers, namely listeners over 65. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. As a result, many oldies stations have filled the holes in their playlists by extending their range through late-'70s. Some stations extended into the '80s. WCBS-FM canceled their Doo Wop Shop program and cut back to only one pre 1964 oldie an hour. By 2003, that station played under 50 such songs in regular rotation. Other stations eliminated pre 1964 oldies altogether with only a couple exceptions (Louie Louie, Shout, Johnny B. Goode for example). " Louie Louie " is an American rock 'n' roll song written by Richard Berry in 1955 For other uses of the term see " Shout " " Shout " is a popular and influential popular song, originally recorded " Johnny B Goode " is a seminal 1958 Rock and roll Song by Chuck Berry, ranked by Rolling Stone as the seventh greatest
From 2003 to 2006, most FM oldies stations such as KRTH, WOGL, KLUV, have evolved into classic hits (see below), classic rock, or gold-based adult contemporary formats (i. "Classic Hits" redirects here For 24/7 music formats known as "Classic Hits" see Classic Hits (ABC radio network or Classic Hits Classic rock was originally conceived as a Radio station programming format which evolved from the Album oriented rock (AOR format in the early-1980s Adult contemporary music, frequently abbreviated AC, refers to styles of popular music that ranges from "lush Sixties pop often vocal -based and rooted in e. WHTT-FM in Buffalo, New York). WHTT 1041 FM, is a commercial Radio station based in Buffalo New York United States. Others simply dumped the format altogether.
The changes in selection have created some confusion over the definition of "Oldies", while many stations have adjusted their logos to accommodate their new formats. Stations that continue to use the term "oldies" in their on-air positioning generally do not play music made after 1979 (with some exceptions) and still may play one pre 1964 oldie an hour. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Still, that is not always true. WODS in Boston still calls themselves "Oldies 103. 3" but plays almost nothing from before 1964 and a moderate amount of early 1980's music. But most stations that do play post-1975 music have generally dropped the word "oldies" from their positioners, using identifiers such as "Super Hits," "Classic Top 40" or "The Greatest Top 40 Hits of All Time" (a la WRIT in Milwaukee and KLUV in Dallas/Fort Worth), or "Classic Gold" (a la CFCO in Chatham, Ontario, or the now-defunct "Classic Gold" oldies-radio network in the United Kingdom). Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. WRIT-FM (957 FM is a Radio station in Milwaukee Wisconsin, owned by Clear Channel Communications KLUV, branded as "K-LUV" (K-Love is a Radio station transmitting on 98 CFCO (630 AM and 929 FM) is a News, Sports, and Country music Radio station located in Chatham Ontario Not to be mistaken for the original Yorkshire Radio Network named station Classic Gold. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Many say the greatest hits from the 60s and 70s. WSRZ-FM in Sarasota, FL dropped their "Oldies 108" advertising nomenclature in favor of "Your Home Town Station" while expanding their playlist up to 1980. They still have their "Cruise In" segment for late '50's[2] and early '60's music. KQQL in Minneapolis/St. KQQL ("Kool 108" 1079 FM) is an Oldies / Classic hits music formatted Radio station serving the Twin Cities region of Paul and WLDE in Fort Wayne, Indiana, are two other examples of oldies stations which have relegated early and mid-1960s music to weekend specialty shows. WLDE is an FM Radio station from Fort Wayne Indiana. The station operates on the FM radio frequency of 101
In response to this, some radio stations such as WSAI in Cincinnati and WRLL in Chicago in the early 2000s adopted the "Real Oldies" moniker and a playlist spanning exclusively the mid-50s through the mid-'60s. WSAI is an AM radio station broadcasting out of Cincinnati Ohio. WRLL (1690 AM was an Oldies station licenced to Berwyn Illinois, and serving the greater Chicago area Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Most of these "Real Oldies" stations were on the AM dial and featured legendary personalities from the '60s-'70s golden Top 40 era (for example, WLS legend Larry Lujack was part of the WRLL air staff). The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. The Top Forty or Top 40 is a music industry shorthand for the currently most-popular songs in a particular genre. Larry Lujack (born June 6, 1940) a Top 40 Music radio Disc jockey who was a precursor to the Shock jocks of the 1990s However, WSAI soon dropped the format, and WRLL (now WVON) dropped it as well in the fall of 2006, because of a combination of low ratings (due largely to the amount of "unfamiliar" music played on such stations and the fact that they broadcast on AM) and unfavorable ad demographics. WVON (1690 AM is a Radio station licensed to Berwyn Illinois, serving the greater Chicago area airing an African-American -oriented talk Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
Many other stations have also been forced to drop the format because of low ad revenue despite high ratings. On June 3, 2005, New York's WCBS-FM, an oldies-based station for over three decades, abruptly switched to the Jack FM format, resulting in a tremendous outcry from oldies fans in the Big Apple. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City of New York WCBS-FM (1011 MHz is a radio station in New York City owned by CBS Radio. Jack-FM is the Moniker and on-air Brand of 49 Radio stations in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. The Big Apple is a nickname or Moniker for New York City. It was first popularized in the 1920s by John J WJMK in Chicago (WCBS-FM's sister station) switched to Jack FM on the same day. WJMK (1043 FM is a rock -leaning Variety hits Radio station in Chicago, Illinois. Jack-FM is the Moniker and on-air Brand of 49 Radio stations in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. Some point to the demise of WCBS-FM and WJMK as a sign that the oldies format is in danger, for many of the same reasons that the adult standards format is disappearing. Adult Standards is a North American Radio format heard primarily on AM or class A FM stations However, WJMK had been struggling for many years, and was in much worse shape than most other major-market oldies stations. In addition, unlike New York City (with the possible exception of WMTR (AM) in nearby New Jersey), the Chicago market has not technically been without an oldies station since, due to the existence of the aforementioned WRLL and now WZZN. WMTR (1250 AM) is a Radio station owned by Greater Media. It is licensed to Morristown, New Jersey and serves Morris County [3]
The oldies format returned to WCBS-FM on July 12, 2007 in an updated form featuring hits from 1964 through the late 1980s (and without the word "Oldies", but rather "Greatest Hits" in the on-air positioning), with songs such as "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" by Cyndi Lauper, "Gloria" by Laura Branigan, and "We Built This City" by Starship in rotation (though it should be pointed out that the original WCBS-FM played current hits mixed in with its oldies as late as the late 1980s and the three songs mentioned here during most of their years). WCBS-FM (1011 MHz is a radio station in New York City owned by CBS Radio. Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper (born June 22 1953 is an American Grammy - and Emmy award winning Singer-songwriter and Laura Branigan (July 3 1957 – August 26 2004 was an American singer and actress of Irish ancestry " We Built This City " is a song written by Bernie Taupin, Martin Page, Dennis Lambert, and Peter Wolf, and originally recorded WCBS-FM (1011 MHz is a radio station in New York City owned by CBS Radio. Some pre-1964 songs are also included in the format. Thus far, the resurrected WCBS-FM has been well received. WCBS-FM (1011 MHz is a radio station in New York City owned by CBS Radio. Still, WCBS-FM is classified as "Classic Hits" rather than Oldies.
Other Oldies Stations
The oldies format remains one of the most popular formats on radio in markets where it is still active. Some of the most successful major-market oldies stations today really lean Classic Hits and include KRTH "K-Earth 101" in Los Angeles, KOLA 99. KRTH (1011 FM, "K-Earth 101" is a US Oldies Radio station located in Los Angeles California, broadcasting to the KOLA is a commercial Classic hits music Radio station in San Bernardino California, broadcasting to the Riverside - San Bernardino California 9 in Riverside-San Bernardino, CA, WODS "Oldies 103" in Boston, WOGL in Philadelphia, WMJI "Majic 105. WMJI is an American commercial FM Radio station in Cleveland, Ohio broadcasting at 105 7" in Cleveland, WDJO in Cincinnati, and KLUV in Dallas. WDJO (1160 AM) is a Radio station licensed to Florence Kentucky in the Cincinnati Ohio Metropolitan area that carries an Oldies KLUV, branded as "K-LUV" (K-Love is a Radio station transmitting on 98 WZZN in Chicago, however is similar to the way oldies stations sounded several years back. They still play one or two pre 1964 songs an hour during the day and as many as 4 an hour at night. However, to illustrate the continued decline in the format, San Francisco's KFRC moved toward Classic Hits in 2005 and dropped this format entirely in 2006 in favor of the Rhythmic AC "MOViN" format which left most of Northern California without an oldies station until the debut of KCCL (K-Hits 92. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Rhythmic adult contemporary is a format used on stations in the United States and Canada, similar to Rhythmic top 40 radio "Movin'" (capitalized as "MOViN'") is a Brand name used for a variety of Radio stations in numerous broadcast markets in the United States KCCL is a commercial Oldies music Radio station in Placerville California, broadcasting to the Sacramento California area on 92 1) in Sacramento in January, 2007. (It should be pointed out, however, that KFRC had already evolved its format and positioning to classic hits at the time it changed to "Movin". "Classic Hits" redirects here For 24/7 music formats known as "Classic Hits" see Classic Hits (ABC radio network or Classic Hits ) But KFRC was not gone for long. On May 17, 2007 with Free FM hot talk format failing on 106. This article describes the network and branding For the lone station remaining that uses it see KLSX. Hot talk is a radio format involving a form of Talk radio geared predominantly to a male demographic between the ages of 18-49 9 KIFR CBS relaunced KFRC with a rock leaning classic hits format on 106. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. 9.
Veteran New York radio programmer Scott Shannon developed a format known as the "True Oldies Channel," distributed via satellite by ABC Radio, which features some of the music featured on "Real Oldies" stations as well as hits of the late '60s and very early '70s, but generally nothing after 1975. The City of New York Michael Scott Shannon is a radio Disc jockey, current co-host of "The Big Show" on WPLJ and the official voice of the Sean Hannity Show The True Oldies Channel is a syndicated radio programming stream hosted by American radio personality Scott Shannon. ABC Radio Networks, known as ABC Radio for short is an American Radio network. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The most high-profile "True Oldies Channel" affiliate is probably WZZN-FM in Chicago, which adopted the "True Oldies" approach in the wake of WJMK's change to Jack FM. Jack-FM is the Moniker and on-air Brand of 49 Radio stations in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. However, WZZN has slowly been adding more local personalities (including veteran radio personalities Greg Brown and Dick Biondi), and now only airs 'True Oldies' from 10am-4pm weekdays. Greg Brown may refer to Greg Brown (broadcaster, announcer for the Pittsburgh Pirates Greg Brown (businessman, CEO of Motorola Dick Biondi (born September 13, 1932, Endicott New York, United States) is a Radio Hall of Fame Top 40 and Oldies WIFO-FM Jesup, GA airs the True Oldies Channel during weekends as a contrast to its normal weekday country programming, and it is well received. WIFO-FM (1055 FM) is Jesup's FM Heritage station,broadcasting a wide variety of programming including mornings with Butch Hubbard Local News with Bob True Oldies has also evolved to include more 1970's music and less pre 1964 product.
Jones Radio Networks, Waitt Radio Networks and Dial Global (formerly part of Westwood One) also offer 24-hour satellite-distributed oldies formats. Jones Radio Networks & Jones Media Group were branches of Jones International before being sold to Triton Media Group. Waitt Radio Networks is a national radio network based in Omaha Nebraska, formerly owned by NRG Media and purchased in April 2008 by Triton Radio Dial Global is a radio syndication company It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Triton Media Group. Westwood One ( is an American Radio network. It is based in New York City, and it was previously managed by CBS Radio, the Radio ABC Radio actually offers two (three if Timeless is counted): in addition to the "True Oldies Channel," there is the much longer-running and more established "Oldies Radio" format (formerly known as "Pure Gold" during the time in the Satellite Music Network), which focuses mainly on the decade from 1965 to 1975 with some older and newer material. Timeless is a 24-hour satellite music service of ABC Radio Networks (through Citadel Broadcasting) distributing a mix of soft Oldies and Adult standards Classic Hits (Jones radio network Classic Hits (formerly known as Pure Gold & Oldies Radio) is an American Radio network with an Oldies Satellite Music Network was the first satellite delivered network to provide complete live 24-hour a day Music programing to local stations, under several Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [4]
In North America, Satellite Radio broadcasters XM and Sirius each have more than a dozen oldies radio channels, with XM offering separate stations for each decade from the '40s to the '90s, and Sirius doing the same for the '50s through the '80s. A satellite radio or subscription radio (SR is a Digital radio signal that is broadcast by a Communications satellite, which covers a much wider geographical These companies also offer specific genre channels for disco and dance hits, classic rock, classic country, and vintage R&B and soul hits. Disco is a Genre of dance-oriented music whose origins are hard to define This article is about music for dancing in general You may also be looking for Electronic dance music. Classic rock was originally conceived as a Radio station programming format which evolved from the Album oriented rock (AOR format in the early-1980s Classic Country is a radio format that specializes in playing mainstream country hits from past decades The soul, according to many religious and philosophical beliefs is the self-awareness, or Consciousness, unique to a particular living [5],[6]These pay radio channels boast thousands of songs in their libraries, ensuring far less repetition than traditional broadcast stations. As of early 2007, the total number of satellite radio listeners is still under 15,000,000, but it's expected that this will increase over time. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Music Choice similarly offers commercial-free music channels for most oldies or gold music genres similar to satellite radio. Music Choice is a US company that programs music and produces music-related content for digital cable cell phones and cable modem subscribers in the US
Classic hits format
A variation on the classic rock theme is classic hits, which provides most of the playlist of classic rock with an addition of contemporaneous R&B and pop hits as well, striking a balance between the mostly '70s-focused classic rock genre and the more broad-based oldies format. Classic rock was originally conceived as a Radio station programming format which evolved from the Album oriented rock (AOR format in the early-1980s "Classic Hits" redirects here For 24/7 music formats known as "Classic Hits" see Classic Hits (ABC radio network or Classic Hits Classic rock was originally conceived as a Radio station programming format which evolved from the Album oriented rock (AOR format in the early-1980s Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure Classic rock was originally conceived as a Radio station programming format which evolved from the Album oriented rock (AOR format in the early-1980s
Spoof
The prevalence of TV ads for the "Golden Oldies" album series led to a spoof of the commercials and the genre on an episode of The Flip Wilson Show, in which Wilson and guest star Roy Clark tried to sell a collection titled "Olden Moldies. The Flip Wilson Show is a Variety show that aired in the US on NBC from September 17, 1970 to June 27, Roy Linwood Clark (born 15 April 1933, Meherrin Virginia, United States is a versatile and well-known Country music Musician "
External links
- Oldies Music — Definitions And History.
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