Moody Blues in Quad and 5.1

[key_wiz]

Many former "classic rock" stations are now switching to "classic hits"; apparently the successor of the oldies format. They're playing music from the 80's on. Ft. Lauderdale's WBGG )Big 105.9) made this switch, leaving the market without a true classic rock station. Thank goodness for SiriusXM.

As they naturally would. "true classic rock" ended sometimes in the mid-80s. The people that aren't interested in music any newer than that are all at least 60 by now.

When I was a kid, there were radio stations that played only stuff from the pre-rock era. Those formats don't exist anymore.

Why do you think that is?

 

[ar surround]

As they naturally would. "true classic rock" ended sometimes in the mid-80s. The people that aren't interested in music any newer than that are all at least 60 by now.

When I was a kid, there were radio stations that played only stuff from the pre-rock era. Those formats don't exist anymore.

Why do you think that is?

Survival. Nothing more than survival.

BTW, the Surround Master devours the entire Octave album to an extent that I've rarely experienced. There is so much content steered to the rears that I actually have to turn down the volume on those channels. Magnificent.

 

[barfle]

As they naturally would. "true classic rock" ended sometimes in the mid-80s. The people that aren't interested in music any newer than that are all at least 60 by now.

When I was a kid, there were radio stations that played only stuff from the pre-rock era. Those formats don't exist anymore.

Why do you think that is?

I remember my parents listening to KMPC in LA in the 1960s. No rock there. I think it’s “Disney Radio” now, but I’m outside the coverage area and have been for 25 years.

 

[key_wiz]

I remember my parents listening to KMPC in LA in the 1960s. No rock there. I think it’s “Disney Radio” now, but I’m outside the coverage area and have been for 25 years.

I have SiriusXM in the car. My 16 year old's favorite station is TikTok Radio. Plays only music that has become popular via videos that have gone 'viral' on TikTok. Including often playing the "sped up" versions people use on TikTok in order to cram more music into the few seconds of their video.

And she only knows the few seconds of these songs that are used in the videos. The rest of the songs are largely unfamiliar to her.

Welcome to the new Top 40 Radio, I suppose. Artists and producers will now be focused not only on having a 'hook', but how much of their 'hook' can they cram into 8 seconds?

Good news? Some of these songs are quite old. There's no real time frame or style of music associated with TikTok. My kid has become a big Billy Joel fan due to several of his songs being used this way. Small silver lining I suppose? But yes. Technology is redefining what is "popular music" once again. Just as it did with the invention of the phonograph, and of radio, and of the microphone, and of large soundsystems, and of television, and of the internet, etc etc

 

[somethingcleveridunno]

As they naturally would. "true classic rock" ended sometimes in the mid-80s. The people that aren't interested in music any newer than that are all at least 60 by now.

When I was a kid, there were radio stations that played only stuff from the pre-rock era. Those formats don't exist anymore.

Why do you think that is?

Radio in general is now just "people who can't/won't stream music/podcasts"