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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.
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 .
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.
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 lesser-known artists whose songs hit the charts are heard as well. Prior to 2009, most songs came from the years 1955 through 1977.
Music from the 1970s and 1980s fills out the playlist. When the show debuted, the three-month time window (e.g., spring of a given year), carried over from American Gold , was still being used, with the range of feature years roughly from the late 1960s to early 1980s, with the monthly format beginning in the early 2010s.
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]
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.
WWSF's "Legends" programming was merged with the "Seacoast Oldies" programming of former sister stations WXEX and WXEX-FM, using the "Seacoast Oldies" branding, on July 24, 2023; the combined format retains WWSF's local news and sports programming, as well as some songs that had previously only been part of WWSF's playlist.