Stations that did not embrace new trend or held onto an older trend longer.

[tall_guy1]

These are stations that were very reluctant to embrace a new trend or stayed with a certain "sound" while "trendier" stations jumped on something new. Hot AC stations generally have filled this void years ago. For instance, some (not all) Hot ACs would play new music from artists that were new but not "trendy." For instance, Daughtry was still on some more AC/rock leaning Hot ACs in the early 2010s (usually in smaller towns)with his new songs, while more big city Hot ACs moved away from that and onto stuff like Lady Gaga and Kesha. Were there any stations, for instance, that held onto disco (maybe playing "new" disco songs) in the 80s or 80s styles in the '90s?

 

[Delete My Account]

KPIG in Freedom, California held on (and still does) to alt country and a myriad of Americana and roots genres, ever since their founding. Outside of non-commercial radio, most of that music isn't played on the airwaves anywhere else.

 

[NoWayNoCC]

Some really, really small top 40 stations used to throw in a weird oldie that other stations had long ago dropped.

 

[ted chittenden]

While most stations, both commercial and non-commercial, have dropped the playing of 1950s oldies (that audience is quickly dying off), there are two stations that I know of--WKCE in Knoxville, TN, and WAIZ in Hickory, NC--that still play music primarily from that decade.