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CHR Radio playlists From The 80s

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CHRles

As promised here are some playlists from the Big D's Top 40 stations. This one's from Novem 1985 when Dallas had 97.1 The Eagle leaning on Pop/Rock hits, similar to WMMS 100.7 in Cleveland. KAYE 92.5 was playing all the hits while Kiss 106.1 was also playing all the hits, and was the most Dance/Rhythmic friendly of the bunch.

97.1 The Eagle Dallas November 1, 1985

1 Mr. Mister Broken Wings
2 Glenn Frey You Belong To The city
3 Starship We Built This City
4 Heart Never
5 Howard Jones Like To Get To Know You Well
6 Thomspon Twins Lay Your Hands On Me
7 Tears For Fears Head Over Heels
8 Night Ranger Four In The Morning
9 Bryan Adams One Night Love Affair
10 The Hooters And We Dance
11 Bryan Adams Diana
12 Jan Hammer Miami Vice Theme
13 The Cars Tonight She Comes
14 Eddie Murphy Party All The Time
15 Cheap Trick Tonight It's You
16 Tommy Shaw Romeo's Theme
17 Collins & Martin Separate Lives
18 Arcadia Election Day
19 Motley Crue Home Sweet Home
20 ZZ Top Sleeping Bag
Adds Simple Minds Alive & Kicking
Sting Love Is The Seventh Wave
Autograph Blondes In Black Cars
Joe Lynn Turner Endlessly
Elton John Wrap Her Up
John Cougar Small Town
Till Tuesday Love In A Vacuum
Syrvivor Burning Heart


92.5 KAYE Dallas November 1,1985

1 Starship We Built This City
2 Thompson Twins Lay Your Hands On Me
3 Collins & Martin Separate Lives
4 Wham Wham Rap
5 Glenn Frey You Belong To The City
6 Mr. Mister Broken Wings
7 Ready For The World Oh Sheila
8 Eddie Murphy Party All The Time
9 Bryan Adams Diana
10 Stevie Wonder Part Time Lover
11 Heart Never
12 Hooters And We Dance
13 Whitney houston Saving All My Love
14 Tina Turner One of the Living
15 Howard Jones Like To Get To Know You
16 ABC Be Near Me
17 Arcadia Election Day
18 Scritti Politti Perfect Way
19 Oingo Boingo Weird Science
20 OMD So In Love
21 Cheap Trick Tonight Its You
22 David Foster Love Theme From St, Elmo's Fire
23 Olivia Newton John Soul Kiss
24 Paul Young I'm Going To Tear Your Playhouse Down
25 Aretha Franklin Whos Zoomin Who
26 Corey Hart Boy In The Box
27 Elton John Wrap Her Up
28 Freddie Jackson You Are My Lady
29 ZZ Top Sleeping Bag
30 Jan Hammer Miami Vice Theme
31 Motley Crue Home Sweet Home
32 Simple Minds Alive & Kicking
33 Bryan Adams One Night Love Affair
34 Talking Heads And She Was
35 The Cars Tonight She Comes
Adds the Outfield Say It Isnt So
Dire Straits The Walk of Life
Lionel Richie Say You Say Me
Sting love Is The Seventh wave
Gino Vanelli Hurts To Be In Love
On Go West Eye To Eye
Euythmics & Aretha Franklin Sisters Are Doin It
John Cougar Small Town
Survivor Burning Heart
Klymaxx I Miss You
Sheena Easton Do It For Love



Kiss 106.1 Dallas November 1,1985

1 Jan Hammer Miami Vice Theme
2 Ready For The World Oh Sheila
3 Stevie Wonder Part Time Lover
4 Tears For Fears Head Over Heels
5 Starship We Built This City
6 Loverboy Lovin Every Minute of It
7 Mr. Mister Broken Wings
8 A-Ha Take On Me
9 Collins & Martin Separate Lives
10 Bryan Adams One Night Love Affair
11 ABC Be Near Me
12 Glenn Frey You Belong To The City
13 Paul Young I'm Going To Tear Your Playhouse Down
14 Dire Straits Money For Nothing
15 Freddie Jackson You Are My Lady
16 Aretha Franklin Whos Zoomin Who
17 Thompson Twins Lay Your Hands On Me
18 Eddie Murphy Party All The Time
19 Whitney Houston Saving All My Love For You
20 Heart Never
21 Sting Fortress Around Your Heart
22 David Foster Love Theme From St, Elmo's Fire
23 Olivia Newton John Soul Kiss
24 Arcadia Election Day
25 Zz Top Sleeping Bag
26 Hooters And We Danced
27 John Cougar Lonely Ol Night
28 Tina Turner One of the Living
29 Madonna Dress You Up
30 Simple Minds Alive & Kicking
31 Howard Jones Like To Get To Know You Well
32 Bowie & Jagger Dancing In The Streets
33 Gino Vanelli Hurts To Be In Love
34 OMD So In Love
35 Eurythmics & Aretha Sisters Are Doin It
36 Starpoint Object of My Desire
37 Lionel Richie Say You Say Me
38 Kool & The Gang Cherish
39 Sheena Easton Do It For Love
40 Scritti Politti Perfect Day
 
Here's how things stacked up a couple of years later. In mid 1987 we have 97.1 The Eagle continuing its Rock lean slowly playing more Hard Rock titles as the year progresses. Kiss 106.1 sounded like a lot of CHRs in the Midwest and the South (such as Z-93 Atlanta or 92 X Columbus). In the second half of the year I bring up a playlist from Y-95 programmed by none other than Buzz Bennett. The station played a lot of the same records you'd hear on Z-100 New York or Z-95 Chicago at the time. It was a pure Pop station, though you can see the Teen Pop starting to creep in with Tiffany, Rap with both LL Cool J & The Fat Boys, and the station was acknowledging the growing popularity of Hard Rock with young females. Dance/Pop was a bit risque with George Michael's mega-hit "I Want Your Sex", and Paul Lekakis "Boom Boom Boom", which was popular on radio stations in the big cities, especially on Top 40/Dance stations like Power 96 Miami, Power 106 L.A., and Hot 103 New York.

97.1 The Eagle Dallas April 24,1987

1 Cutting Crew Died In Your Arms
2 Steve Winwood The Finer Things
3 U2 With Or Without You
4 Genesis In Too Deep
5 Crowded House Don't Dream It's Over
6 Poison Talk Dirty To Me
7 Bryan Adams Heat of the Night
8 Kenny Loggins Meet Me Half Way
9 Boston Cantcha Say
10 Lou Gramm Midnight Blue
11 Book of Love I Touch Roses
12 Bryuce Hornsby Mandolin Rain
13 Psychedelic Furs Heartbreak Beat
14 Huey Lewis & The News I Know What I Like
15 Bon Jovi Never Say Goodbye
16 Bon Jovi Wanted Dead Or Alive
17 Wang Chung Let's Go
18 Franklin & Michael I Knew You Were Waiting
19 Starship Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
20 Peter Wolf Come As You Are
21 Patty Smyth Never Enough
22 Chicago If She Would Have Been Faithful
23 Eddie Money I Wanna Go Back
24 Glass Tiger I Will Be There
25 Bangles Walking Down Your Street
26 Madonna La Isla Bonita
27 Robert Cray Smoking Gun
28 Ratt Dance
29 Stryper Free
30 Fleetwood Mac Big Love
31 Thompson Twins Got That Love
32 Night Ranger The Secret of My Success
33 Sammy Hagar Winner Takes All
34 David Bowie Day In Day Out
35 Peter Gabriel Don't Give Up
36 Journey Why Can't This Night
37 Chris De Burgh The Lady In Red
38 Eddie Money Endless Nights
39 Boston We're Ready



Kiss 106.1 Dallas April 24, 1987

1 Cutting Crew Died In Your Arms
2 Steve Winwood The Finer Things
3 Poison Talk Dirty To Me
4 Madonna La Isla Bonita
5 Lou Gramm Midnight Blue
6 U2 With Or Without You
7 Sammy Hagar Winner Takes All
8 Aretha Franklin/George Michael I Knew You Were Waiting
9 Bangles Walk Down Your Street
10 Chris De Burgh The Lady In Red
11 Crowded House Don't Dream Its Over
12 Jody Watley Looking For A New Love
13 Kenny Loggins Meet Me Halfway
14 Paul Lekakis Boom Boom Boom
15 Peter Wolf Come As You Are
16 Club Nuveau Lean On Me
17 Starship Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
18 Cyndi Lauper What's Going On
19 Bran Adams Heat of the Night
20 Glenn Medeiros Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You
21 Donna Allen Serious
22 Glass Tiger I Will Be There
23 Genesis In Too Deep
24 Kim Wilde You Keep Me Hangin On
25 Boston Can'tcha Say
26 Robbie Nevil Dominoes
27 Chicago If She Would Have Been Faithful
28 Fleetwood Mac Big Love
29 Lionel Richie Se La
30 Expose Come Go With Me
31 Herp Albert Diamonds
32 Paul Simon You Can Call Me Al
33 Wang Chung Let's Go
34 Thompson Twins Get That Love
35 Luther Vandross There's Nothing Better
Adds Bon Jovi Wanted Dead Or Alive
Lisa Lisa Head To Toe
Smokey robinson Just To See Her
Atlantic Starr Always
On Journey Why Can't This Night



Y-95 Dallas September 18, 1987

1 Prince U Got The look
2 Tiffany I Think We're Alone Now
3 Madonna Causing A Commotion
4 Levert Casanova
5 Lisa Lisa Lost In Emotion
6 Europe Carrie
7 Michael Jackson Bad
8 George Michael I Want Your Sex
9 Los Lobos La Bamba
10 Whitesnake Here I Go Again
11 Billy Idol Mony Mony
12 REO Speedwagon In My Dreams
13 John Cougar Paper In Fire
14 Poison I Won't Forget You
15 Whitesnake Is This Love
16 Grateful Dead Touch of Grey
17 L.L. Cool J I Need Love
18 T'Pau Heart And Soul
19 Fat Boys Wipe Out
20 U2 Where The Streets Have No Name
21 Cars You Are The Girl
22 Madonna Whos That Girl
23 Bon Jovi Edge of a Broken Heart
24 Whitney Houston Didn't We Almost Have It All
25 Motley Crue Wild Side
26 Los Lobos Come And Let's Go
27 Wa Wa Nee Sugar Free
28 Miami Sound Machine Betcha Say That
29 Jimmy Davis Kick The Wall
Adds Michael Bolton That's What Love Is All About
Fleetwood Mac Little Lies
Pet Shop Boys It's A Sin
Kenny G Don't Make Me Wait
Squeeze Hourglass
On Whitney Houston Moment of Truth
 
By 1988 Y-95 and 97.1 The Eagle were truly going head to head as both stations leaned Rock for a while though Y-95 still played some big city jams like JJ Fad's "Supersonic". Y-95 quickly moved back to a true blue Top 40 playing all the hits, which you'll notice in this playlist from late 1989. The Eagle was playing a lot of Adult friendly Rock titles, not as much Hard Rock as some may remember - they played a lot more Hard Rock in 1990. So rather than sounding like L.A.'s 100.3 Pirate Radio or 99.5 The Fox in Detroit, they went with the type of Rock CHR WMMS 100.7 Cleveland was still doing at the time (shortly thereafter WMMS completely went AOR - Album Oriented Rock). And the new kid on the block was 100.3 Jamz, which in the late 80s was sounding a lot like 106 KMEL San Francisco or 95.5 PGC in Washington. It was Churban for the most part, but you still see New Kids on The Block, Technotronic, and some Freestyle in there. Rap actually wasn't too dominant on the playlist:

100.3 Jamz Dallas November 17, 1989

1 Milli Vanill Blame It On The Rain
2 Paula Abdul The Way That You Love Me
3 New Kids on the Block This One's For The Children
4 Regina Belle Baby Come To Me
5 Soul II Soul Back To Life
6 Janet Jackson Rhythm Nation
7 Janet Jackson Miss You Much
8 Surface You Are My Everything
9 Luther Vandross Here And Now
10 Jody Watley Everything
11 After 7 Heat of the Moment
12 Sybil Walk On By
13 Babyface Tender Lover
14 Seduction Heartbeat
15 Paula Abdul Opposites Attract
16 Michel'le No More Lies
17 2 Live Crew Me So Horny
18 Bobby Brown Rock Witcha
19 Technotronic Pump Up The Jam
20 Seduction 2 To Make It Right
21 Taylor Dayne With Every Beat of My Heart
22 Teddy Riley & Guy My Fantasy
23 Maragarett Coleman Woman's Intuition
24 Pajama Party Over And Over
25 Young MC Principal's Office
26 Babyface As Soon As I Get Home
27 Heavy D & The Boys Somebody For Me
28 Shirley Lewis Realistic
29 Randy Crawford Knockin On Heaven's Door
30 Jaya If You Leave Me Now
Adds Bobby Brown I'll Be Good
Quincy Jones I'll Be Good To You
Angela Winbush It's The Real Thing
Rob Base Turn It Out
New Kids on the Block My Favorite Girl
Neneh Cherry Heart
Prince Scandalous
Stevie B Girl I'm Searching For You
Sa Fire I Will Survive
On Sharon Bryant Foolish Heart
After 7 Don’t Cha Think



Y-95 Dallas November 17,1989

1 Bad English When I See You Smile
2 B-52's Love Shack
3 Kevin Paige Don't Shut Me Out
4 Paula Abdul The Way That You love Me
5 Soul II Soul Back To Life
6 Richard Marx Angelia
7 Kix Don't Close Your Eyes
8 Milli Vanilli Blame It On The Rain
9 2 Live Crew Me So Horny
10 Phil Collins Another Day In Paradise
11 Roxette Listen To Your Heart
12 Linda Rondstandt Don't Know Much
13 Janet Jackson Miss You Much
14 Billy Joel We Did'nt Start The Fire
15 New Kids on the Block This One's For The Children
16 Gloria Estefan Get On Your Feet
17 Aerosmith Love In An Elevator
18 Tears For Fears Sowing The Seeds of Love
19 Taylor Dayne With Every Beat of My Heart
20 Bon Jovi Livin In Sin
21 Janet Jackson Rhythm Nation
22 New kids on the Block Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time
23 Motley Crue Dr. Feelgood
24 Lou Gramm Just Between You And I
25 Belinda Carlisle Leave A Light On
26 Don Henley The Last Worthless Evening
27 Rolling Stones Mixed Emotions
28 Great White The Angel Song
29 Milli Vanilli Girl I'm Gonna Miss You
30 Jody Watley Everything
Adds Tesla Love Song
Babyface Tender Lover
On Prince The Arms of Orion
Seduction 2 To Make It Right
Lil Louis French Kiss
Madonna Oh Father



97.1 The Eagle Dallas Novemer 17, 1989

1 Roxette Listen To Your Heart
2 B-52's Love Shack
3 Richard Marx Angelia
4 Alarm Hold Me Down The River
5 Kix Don't Close Your Eyes
6 Tears For Fears Sowing The Seeds of Love
7 Don Henley The Last Worthless Evening
8 Tom Petty Free Fallin
9 Billy Joel We Didn’t Start The Fire
10 Belinda Carlisle Leave A Light On
11 Phil Collins Another Day In Paradise
12 Paul Carrack I Live By The Groove
13 Lou Gramm Just Between You And Me
14 Whitesnake Fool For Your Loving
15 Great White The Angel Song
16 Rolling Stones Rock And A Hard Place
17 Bon Jovi Livin In Sin
18 Aerosmith Love In An Elevator
19 Aerosmith Janie's Got A Gun
20 Bad English When I See You Smile
Adds Rod Stewart Downtown Train
Motley Crue Kickstart My Heart
Michael Morales I Don't Know
On Billy Squier Don't Let Me Go
Tesla Love Song
Enuff Z'Enuff New Thing
Steve Stevens Action
 
12+ Ratings for Summer 1987

Call Letters Frequency Format Sp 1987 Su 1987
KKDA-FM 104.5 Urban 8.7 10.6
KVIL-A/F 1150/103.7 Adult Contemporary 7.5 8.1
KPLX 99.5 Country 7.4 6.9
KMEZ-A/F 1480/100.3 Easy Listening 4.9 6.3
KSCS 96.3 Country 4.5 5.8
KRLD 1080 News/Talk 5.6 5.6
WBAP 820 Country 6.6 5.2
KEGL 97.1 Top 40 6.3 4.6
KHYI 94.9 Top 40 3.9 4.1
KTXQ 102.1 Rock 4.6 3.9
 
CHRles said:
As promised here are some playlists from the Big D's Top 40 stations. This one's from Novem 1985 when Dallas had 97.1 The Eagle leaning on Pop/Rock hits, similar to WMMS 100.7 in Cleveland. KAYE 92.5 was playing all the hits while Kiss 106.1 was also playing all the hits, and was the most Dance/Rhythmic friendly of the bunch.
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92.5 was KAFM "92 1/2 KAFM, This Week's Hits" not KAYE. Falling behind KEGL and KTKS, it flipped to KZPW "Z92.5, Your Power Station" (and then the KZPS calls a week later) February 1986. Then, soon out of the format altogether (evolving to AC by the end of the summer of '86 and then to classic hits/oldies "Classic Hits 92.5 KZPS" in the fall).
 
Stop it!!! You guys are making me feel old!!
 
easttxtv said:
DFWPT said:
Stop it!!! You guys are making me feel old!!
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Not only old, but wondering where the listenable radio went...
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I'm sure that's what folks in their 40s and 50s in 1985 were saying about the playlists above, lamenting that radio was better in the 1960s when "real music" by the Beatles and Elvis were played.
 
Fun thread. It's a nice trip down memory lane to see those old playlists and remember what those stations sounded like at the time.

Current playlists, of course, don't tell the whole story -- the amount of older music on each station (and how old that older music was) varied over the course of the years. But I remember that for several years, every "Eagle Free Flight" would start with an oldie. Often times, a very old oldie, since I remember hearing "Stairway to Heaven" start out at least one of those Free Flights, circa 1988.

I also remember that the Eagle wasn't above a bit of time warping -- while the Free Flights were supposed to start at five minutes before the top of the hour, they sometimes started late. But they would always give the time that the Free Flight was supposed to have started at, even if it was actually several minutes later. That was, of course, an Arbitron no-no, since it could cause a station to get credit for a quarter hour of listening that the station hadn't really earned.
 
I have a an aircheck scan mp3 of the dial from '87-'88 that I listen to every now and then... the NEW KSCS... Christian contemp K-O-J-O.. "K-plex" Harmon and Evans. Q-102 with Bo & Jim, Redbeard ( or "Brownbeard" as we called him cuz he butt kissing the artists he was interviewing, still loved him though). Buzz Bennett's Y-95. Wow what a station!! I had a job interview with this legend, he was very friendly with his big moustashe and cowboy hat, not what I was expecting from a CHR PD. They were slammin' it out with KEGL, a very good CHR as well. KJMZ had just come on the air from that little shack in Lake Highlands with the 4 stubbie AM sticks that were transmitting KHVN-am 970. Thats all a neighborhood now. Love the memories...

MS
 
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