Any Seattle stations doing Prince tributes?

[bobdavcav]

During the C89 days? They still refer to themselves as C89.5.

 

[Kelly A]

Yes, in the height of growth in the 80's and for about ten years after, it was only referred to as C89. How do I know this? Because I invented the brand.

 

[Bongwater]

Yes, in the height of growth in the 80's and for about ten years after, it was only referred to as C89. How do I know this? Because I invented the brand.

DUH! Forgot all about KNHC. That was from the time when some song that went "Y-O-U-N-G, F-R-DOUBLE-E AN-AN-AND SINGLE!" could come on 89.5 MHz at any minute (It was Boney M or something Frank Farian.) Seriously, every time I turned them on, within the first 10 minutes, you'd hear that song.

A few years later, Frank Farian gave us Milli Vanilli and pop music infamy. The backlash catastrophically destabilized pop music and cleared the way for the grunge/alternative/hip-hop revolution of the early '90s that nearly killed CHR. They were lean years even for Prince (compared to his '80s hit streak.) But by comparison, he was actually one of the lucky ones. Aside from Prince and Madonna, almost every other '80s pop act was regulated to either Adult Contemporary or oblivion (mostly oblivion) during those years.