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At other times, weather forecasts, public service announcements, or underwriting announcements for local businesses air between songs. However, at many other times, songs are simply played back-to-back with no bumpers in-between. Its playlist is very diverse and broad, featuring the biggest hits from the 1950s, 60s, 70s, and early 80s. But some ...
Cramond Island (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Chair Amain) [citation needed] is one of several islands in the Firth of Forth in eastern Scotland, near Edinburgh. It lies off the foreshore at Cramond . It is 1 ⁄ 3 mile (0.54 km) long and covers 19.03 acres (7.70 ha).
The station originated as the expanded band "twin" of an existing station on the standard AM band. On March 17, 1997, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that eighty-eight stations had been given permission to move to newly available "Expanded Band" transmitting frequencies, ranging from 1610 to 1700 kHz, with WDDD in Johnston City, Illinois, authorized to move from 810 to ...
Rhythmic oldies is a radio format that concentrates on the rhythmic, R&B, disco, or dance genres of music. Playlists can span from the 1960s through the 2000s and, depending on market conditions, may be designed for African-American or Hispanic audiences.
"Classic Rock" was first issued in the winter of 1988, with the first volume in the series titled Classic Rock: 1965.Like most compilation albums, songs by two of the era's most successful groups – The Beatles and The Rolling Stones – were not included due to licensing issues; however, several albums had cover art with drawings of male rock singers resembling The Beatles.
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.
That format offered mostly music from 1964 to 1975 with one or two pre 1964 oldies per hour and an occasional late 1970s or 1980s song. Except for WMTR's long time local morning show - "Chris Edwards and the WMTR Morning Team", the syndicated format provided the air personalities the rest of the day.
Since 2009, the list has been compiled by fans from playlist data. [1] In the late 1970s and early 1980s, KROQ's proximity to Hollywood and the Los Angeles music scene gave it a unique place in the development of the punk, new wave and alternative rock genres. [2] In its heyday, KROQ was considered the most powerful radio station in the world.