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Classic Hits (known as Kool Gold until June 17, 2012) is a 24-hour music format produced by Westwood One.Its playlist is composed of oldies music from the mid-1960s to mid-1980s, from artists such as Billy Joel, The Beatles, The Temptations, Fleetwood Mac, Hall and Oates and dozens more artists mainly targeted at listeners 45–54.
Scott Shannon's True Oldies Channel (also known more recently as The True Oldies Channel: Greatest Hits) is a radio network begun in the spring of 2004. Originally distributed by ABC Radio Networks via satellite, the service plays a hybrid oldies/classic hits format comprising music mostly from 1964 to 1979 but also plays selected cuts from the 1955-1963 era and also from the 1980s.
Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes songs from the top 40 music charts from the late 1960s to the early 2000s, with music from the 1980s serving as the core of the format. Music that was popularized by MTV [1] in the early 1980s and the nostalgia behind it [2] is a major driver to the format.
By 2000, Jammin' Oldies stations had different approaches, with some playing only 60s and 70s music, and others focusing more on the 80s, with still others such as WMOJ playing early rap. KMBX played no 60s music, while WJJJ (which was co-owned with oldies WWSW ) added songs from the 80s and 90s and de-emphasized Motown .
The playlist started with 3,000 songs but was expected to be reduced. The target audience was 55 to 70. [15] The station reclaimed its former WKIX callsign soon afterward. [16] WKIX had a very broad-based playlist incorporating some adult standards and classic country material into an oldies playlist spanning the early 1950s to early 1980s.
Backtrax USA premiered in December 1992 with a two-hour block of hit songs from the 1980s. [1] The 1990s edition launched in January 2003. [2] In March 1998, a special version of the show debuted that aired on board United Airlines aircraft and Air Force One. [3] As of 2012, Backtrax USA has aired more than 1,000 episodes. [4]
Adult standards (also sometimes known as the nostalgia or Big Band format [1]) is a North American radio format heard primarily on AM or class A FM stations.. Adult standards started in the 1950s and is aimed at "mature" adults, meaning mainly those people over 50 years of age, [2] but it is mostly targeted for senior citizens.
WJQZ (103.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits and oldies format. Licensed to Wellsville, New York, United States, the station serves the Olean area. The station is currently owned by DBM Communications, Inc. and features a locally programmed playlist spanning from the 1960s through the 1980s.