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Anyone listening to the yacht rock weekend on klos

KilowattKat said:
Wow! So, in 1980 Christopher Cross was #78 on the AOR song list. However, that doesn't mean every AOR played it. KUPD was an AOR that I listened to back then, and I KNOW they NEVER played Christopher Cross. NEVER!
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KUPD 97.9 Tempe Survey 1980-04-18

Tempe radio station KUPD 97.9 FM survey chart for the week of 1980-04-18.
www.las-solanas.com

Wrong! KUPD-FM also played Robert John's "Sad Eyes," back in the summer of 1979 after it had flipped to a top-40 style AOR format.
 
ted chittenden said:

KUPD 97.9 Tempe Survey 1980-04-18

Tempe radio station KUPD 97.9 FM survey chart for the week of 1980-04-18.
www.las-solanas.com

Wrong! KUPD-FM also played Robert John's "Sad Eyes," back in the summer of 1979 after it had flipped to a top-40 style AOR format.
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I didn't listen to AOR in 1980, It was wasn't until maybe 1983 in High School that I started listening, and KUPD never played Cross at that time. Obviously, when it first came out, they did.

I think the Yacht Rock weekend is a great idea, but on the right station, like KOST would be more ideal.

How about the current Classic Rock format. Are they playing Cross, Vannelli, Johns, Earth, Wind, and Fire, and others, today? No, and there's a reason for that. They no longer fit the format.
 
You know, I'm reading this thread and reminding myself that when I was younger (I'm 62 now), you could hear stations break out of format, sometimes way out of format, even in large cities, for certain shows. KOOL-FM in Phoenix, for example, ran a top 30 U.S. albums countdown for a few months back in late 1978. The same station had a locally-produced contemporary Christian show hosted by D.W. Thomas in 1979. KOY in Phoenix ran the entire 1978 version of Drake-Shenalt's "The History of Rock and Roll," though many of the hours included songs that were not on the station's normal MOR/AC playlist. The same station also carried Casey Kasem's "American Top 40," for a time between 1979 and 1980 though several songs in that program were not on KOY's playlists either. In Oklahoma City, KOMA ran for 15 years, first on Saturday evenings and then on Sunday evenings, an oldies show dedicated to playing songs from the 1950s through the 1970s that most people either never heard of or forgot about completely.

In small towns (and this is still true today), what local stations played when was even starker. Show Low Arizona's KVSL, though mostly a country and top-40 mix, reserved Sunday mornings from 6am to noon to play (besides religious services and public affairs programming) literally easy music from the likes of Johnny Mathis, Dean Martin, and Herb Alpert during the 1970s and early 1980s. In Lawrenceburg, Tennessee today, WLLX-FM, which normally plays current country, spends all Saturday night and early Sunday morning playing 1950s and 1960s pop and rock.

And you get in a tizzy because KLOS-FM decides to have an all yacht-rock weekend? Regardless of how it does in the ratings, I think that it's cool that they're playing these songs, many of which are deemed to be too old to be played even on KRTH!
 
KilowattKat said:
Wow! So, in 1980 Christopher Cross was #78 on the AOR song list. However, that doesn't mean every AOR played it. KUPD was an AOR that I listened to back then, and I KNOW they NEVER played Christopher Cross. NEVER!
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We’re not talking about KUPD. We’re talking about KLOS, and as I said, Christopher Cross broke as an AOR artist and crossed over to Top 40 and AC.
 
KilowattKat said:
I didn't listen to AOR in 1980, It was wasn't until maybe 1983 in High School that I started listening, and KUPD never played Cross at that time. Obviously, when it first came out, they did.
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That’s like saying nobody played disco in ‘83. It was over by then. AOR evolved harder.

KilowattKat said:
I think the Yacht Rock weekend is a great idea, but on the right station, like KOST would be more ideal.
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What you’re missing is that @TheBigA is right. Apart from Hues Corporation and Bertie Higgins, KLOS played these artist as currents. In fact, most of what we call Yacht Rock now started on AOR, crossed to AC and then, because it had very little teen appeal, to Top 40.
 
KilowattKat said:
I'm listening right now. It's weird hearing KLOS play Michael McDonald's 'Sweet Freedom' which is now regulated to AC Gold. Ok, now its Toto 'Rosanna'. Yeah, this is way too out of format for KLOS. And to do it for the whole weekend...strange. I wonder what their hardcore rock listeners are thinking right now. 😲

Now, it's Kenny Loggins ' This Is It' ....

UPDATE: Now it's Christopher Cross 'Sailing'. OMG

To their credit, heard between songs.... It's the KLOS Yacht Rock Weekend, so, relax...seriously, just RELAX, Def Leppard and Metallica return on Tuesday.
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Ahem.

Some of those songs you refer to as "AC Gold" are still getting significant Classic Hits airplay.

Specifically, "Sweet Freedom", "Rosanna" and "This Is It".

Just because KRTH's current direction excludes those hits, on a national level they are not "relegated" to AC.
 
K.M. Richards said:
Ahem.

Some of those songs you refer to as "AC Gold" are still getting significant Classic Hits airplay.

Specifically, "Sweet Freedom", "Rosanna" and "This Is It".

Just because KRTH's current direction excludes those hits, on a national level they are not "relegated" to AC.
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Ahem:

Are you sure you're replying to my post? So far, I haven't mentioned either Classic Hits or KRTH at all. Others have, but not myself Only Classic Rock and AOR I've been talking about.
 
KilowattKat said:
I didn't listen to AOR in 1980, It was wasn't until maybe 1983 in High School that I started listening, and KUPD never played Cross at that time. Obviously, when it first came out, they did.
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This is the inherent danger of making a definitive statement that a station didn't play a particular song when one's own listening experience did not encompass the time period when said song was a current.

KilowattKat said:
I think the Yacht Rock weekend is a great idea, but on the right station, like KOST would be more ideal.
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It wouldn't be noticeable on KOST. KLOS obviously wants to get some attention.

KilowattKat said:
How about the current Classic Rock format. Are they playing Cross, Vannelli, Johns, Earth, Wind, and Fire, and others, today? No, and there's a reason for that. They no longer fit the format.
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Formats evolve. Just as KUPD had evolved from its original direction to what you heard starting in 1983, Classic Rock has done its share of evolution over its timeline.

Another thing that I believe needs to be pointed out is that at the time AOR became a format descriptor, top-40 stations were often referred to as "rock" stations. AOR was not, as many appear to believe, a version of the progressive rock formats that preceded it. It was hit focused, but without the top-40 presentation. Hence Gino Vanelli being acceptable at a lot of AOR stations. You cannot make a fair comparison between AOR back in the day to Classic Rock today.
 
KilowattKat said:
Ahem:

Are you sure you're replying to my post? So far, I haven't mentioned either Classic Hits or KRTH at all. Others have, but not myself Only Classic Rock and AOR I've been talking about.
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I quoted you calling those songs "regulated (sic) to AC Gold". Their presence on Classic Hits rebuts that specific statement.

You don't have to have made a reference for the rebuttal to be valid.
 
K.M. Richards said:
I quoted you calling those songs "regulated (sic) to AC Gold". Their presence on Classic Hits rebuts that specific statement.

You don't have to have made a reference for the rebuttal to be valid.
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Oh I'm sorry.. I should have said AC Gold and Classic Hits? And oops, I made a typo (relegated). Not everyone is as perfect as you.
 
KilowattKat said:
Oh I'm sorry.. I should have said AC Gold and Classic Hits? And oops, I made a typo (relegated). Not everyone is as perfect as you.
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I was only trying to clarify.

Had you said what you intended to, I wouldn't have said anything in rebuttal.
 
ChannelFlipper said:
And why is Kia advertising to a demographic (yacht rock fans) that is almost entirely 55+? Kias are what you buy when you are waiting tables to put yourself through college, they're not for affluent old people who drive BMWs. The format is called YACHT rock for a reason. Talk about missing the mark.
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Aw, Flip. You can't just form an opinion on something and then ignore new developments over 15 or 20 years.

Kia's best seller is the Telluride---an upscale SUV. The last one I drove was $54,000 and change:
www.mikehagertycars.com

Once More, With Feeling: The 2024 Kia Telluride SX -Prestige X-Line V6

Hello again, old friend.
www.mikehagertycars.com www.mikehagertycars.com

Also, it's called "Yacht Rock" because of a satire done 20 years ago:

 
ted chittenden said:
You know, I'm reading this thread and reminding myself that when I was younger (I'm 62 now), you could hear stations break out of format, sometimes way out of format, even in large cities, for certain shows.
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You're right, because at this time, the "format" was changing. It's exactly why you wouldn't hear a lot of those songs a few years later. It was changing partly because of Lee Abrams, who actually worked in the ABC Radio system, and left to start a radio consulting company. He would advise stations to narrow their playlists to the Superstars. The "format" became harder, and it also became more successful.
 
TheBigA said:
You're right, because at this time, the "format" was changing. It's exactly why you wouldn't hear a lot of those songs a few years later. It was changing partly because of Lee Abrams, who actually worked in the ABC Radio system, and left to start a radio consulting company. He would advise stations to narrow their playlists to the Superstars. The "format" became harder, and it also became more successful.
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This.

It was Abrams' "Superstars" format that I was referencing in the last paragraph of post #28, and I appreciate BigA's filling in the blanks that I couldn't pull from memory right away.

Maybe, like Mike, I haven't had enough coffee yet today.
 
michael hagerty said:
Aw, Flip. You can't just form an opinion on something and then ignore new developments over 15 or 20 years.

Kia's best seller is the Telluride---an upscale SUV. The last one I drove was $54,000.
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Sure, I will just cruise down to my yacht moored at the marina and have the valet take care of my Kia for me. Now that is what I call stylin'.
 
So, did
michael hagerty said:
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Maybe I haven't had enough coffee yet, but...
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All I know is that in 1983, Christopher Cross was not being played, I didn't realize AOR was different in 80 than it was in 83. Older songs from the 60's and 70's were part of the AOR format. But Cross , Vannelli, Johns, were dropped at some point, and no longer on the playlist. Maybe I haven't had enough coffee yet either (apologies for the lack of clarification).

Anyways, I'm actually enjoying the KLOS Yacht Rock Weekend. After Tuesday, for those wanting more, there's Buddy Shula's WKEY which does an ALL Yacht Rock format.
 
KilowattKat said:
So, did

All I know is that in 1983, Christopher Cross was not being played, I didn't realize AOR was different in 80 than it was in 83. Older songs from the 60's and 70's were part of the AOR format. But Cross , Vannelli, Johns, were dropped at some point, and no longer on the playlist.
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Correct. If you look at the discographies. bands like Steely Dan and the Doobie Brothers with Michael McDonald were done by 1981. All of the mushy pop music was gone. Michael McDonald referenced that in the documentary. The band Toto was a transition, and they did it because of Steve Lukather, who brought a heavier guitar sound to AOR radio. Michael Jackson was also part of the transition. Thriller got rock airplay. Beat It got rock airplay because of Eddie Van Halen's guitar solo. But that was it. After that, you wouldn't hear MJ on rock radio.
 


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