Q: WHAT IS CLASSIC ROCK? A: WHATEVER DRIVES YR RATINGS UP
Ever since Classic Rock™ emerged as a radio programming format, the challenge has been to define just what qualifies as “classic”.
Back in the 90s, it was relatively clear-cut, at least to me - classic-rock was defined by both time period and sound. It didn’t include anything from the 50s, and very little before 1964, when The Kinks invented power ( Read more... )
Back in the 90s, it was relatively clear-cut, at least to me - classic-rock was defined by both time period and sound. It didn’t include anything from the 50s, and very little before 1964, when The Kinks invented power ( Read more... )
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What is interesting to me is when I talk to fans and with Sirius XM and other options in the equation, people like the artists, but want to hear other songs. For example, XM had a channel called Deep Tracks. So it's still Jethro Tull but it's not Aqualung or it's Zeppelin but not the obvious. There's no reason why this formula wouldn't work in lieu of hearing the same songs time and again.
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