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The classic rock format evolved from AOR radio stations that were attempting to appeal to an older audience by including familiar songs of the past with current hits. [8] In 1980, AOR radio station M105 in Cleveland began billing itself as "Cleveland's Classic Rock", playing a mix of rock music from the mid-1960s to the present. [9]
VH1 Classic logo (2007-2016) Relaunched on August 1, 1999 as VH1 Classic Rock, the channel primarily featured a mainstream rock/adult hits-formatted mix of music videos and concert footage from the 1960s to the 1980s, though it originally included a wider range of genres and time periods. [6] The channel name was quickly changed to VH1 Classic ...
KLPX (96.1 FM) is a commercial radio station in Tucson, Arizona.It is owned by Lotus Communications and airs a classic rock radio format.Local DJs are heard during the day and the syndicated "Nights with Alice Cooper" show is heard evenings.
KKZX (98.9 FM) is a classic rock radio station serving the Spokane, Washington area. The station offers up a steady diet of rock music hits from the 1960s to the early 1990s. [2] [3] [4] In 2015, KKZX experimented with harder and more recent selections to try to compete with active rocker Rock 94 1/2. However, the increasingly crowded rock ...
The track is now a staple of classic rock radio, and in 2008, it was named the 39th-best hard rock song of all time by VH1. [1] It was included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame list of the "500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll" and was ranked number 212 on Rolling Stone' s "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list in 2021, updated from its previous ...
Oldies is a term for musical genres such as pop music, rock and roll, doo-wop, surf music, broadly characterized as classic rock and pop rock, from the second half of the 20th century, specifically from around the mid-1950s to the 1980s, as well as for a radio format playing this music.
"Smokin'" is a song by American rock band Boston, released from the band's debut album Boston (1976) as the B-side to the band's first single, "More Than a Feeling". "Smokin'" was written by the band leader, guitarist and main songwriter Tom Scholz and lead vocalist Brad Delp .
In August 1975, KZOK moved from its free-form progressive format to a more mass-appeal and better–researched AOR format. With the success of KZOK's rock format on FM, in 1982, the AM station switched to a different rock format, modern rock, allowing KZOK's advertisers to have two choices for their commercials aimed at Seattle's rock audience.