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Soft rock (also known as light rock) is a form of rock music that originated in the late 1960s in the United States and the United Kingdom which smoothed over the edges of singer-songwriter and pop rock, [1] relying on simple, melodic songs with big, lush productions. Soft rock was prevalent on the radio throughout the 1970s and eventually ...
The station plays pop and soft rock music from the 1970s to the present. 1960s music is occasionally played, and every year from mid-November to December 25, WRVR plays varieties of Christmas music, temporarily replacing its AC format.
The following is a list of notable soft rock bands and artists and their most notable soft rock songs. This list should not include artists whose main style of music is anything other than soft rock, even if they have released one or more songs that fall under the "soft rock" genre. (Such songs can be added under Category:Soft rock songs.)
International Love Songs - (removed in 2009 but came back on the air as Love Songs in 2013) Kids Movie Soundtracks - (renamed Kids Movies and Musicals in 2021) Latin Trap Hits; Lite Rock - (renamed Soft Rock) MC MixTape - (replaced by MCU in 2012. Songs became part of the Dance/Electronica channel until 2013) MC Workout: Cardio
In the 1970s, WPAT began integrating some Baby Boomer soft vocals such as The Carpenters, Neil Diamond, Dionne Warwick, and others, still playing one vocal per 15 minutes. In 1982, the stations began playing soft rock songs mixed into the format a couple of times an hour and cut back on pop standards artists and songs.
Pages in category "Classic rock radio stations in the United States" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 531 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The station underwent a format change in 1977 to "soft rock"—a hybrid of Top 40 and adult contemporary music—and a call letter change to WFFM, adopting the moniker "FM 97." In 1979, the station modified its call letters to WFFM-FM (as its AM sister adopted those same calls), and then reverted to WFFM again in May 1981, receiving permission ...
The station is owned and operated by Corus Entertainment, which also owns sister stations CJOB and CFPG-FM. The studios and offices are located at 201 Portage Avenue in downtown Winnipeg, while its transmitter is located on Brady Road in south Winnipeg. CJKR was formerly the most powerful FM radio station in Canada, operating with 310,000 watts ...