Patrick, you've been around long enough to know that radio is programmed by a consensus of what the majority of the target audience agrees is their favorites. I know you've read all the previous discussions about how programming "deeper cuts" is essentially a path toward failure. You might be happy, but far too many more wouldn't ... and then when the station changed format because of low ratings, you'd be right here insisting "it should have worked".
Look at it from a global perspective: If any of those songs were still viable on Classic Hits, surely you would see them in regular rotation at multiple stations across the country. That they are not in regular play is proof that your tastes are different from the masses. Telling us that you will change stations isn't going to convince anyone that the thousands of listeners who don't change stations are wrong.
You inform us that "all these were hits". Allow me to remind you of what has been said here over and over: Past hit status doesn't mean a song is a hit today. If that was the case, we'd be hearing "We Are The World" twice a day, every day. What matters is how the majority of listeners feel about hearing a song NOW. I happen to know, from the databases I have access to, that those songs might as well be obscure, because the audience no longer wants to hear them.
Radio is never going to program to your tastes. Sorry. Perhaps what you need is a MP3 player instead of a radio?
