Since when does "soft rock" (what was considered mainstream pop when it first came out) get renamed "easy listening?"
Looking at the WLRS playlist that showed up at 4pm Eastern time on Friday, there's nothing that isn't mainstream pop from the late 1970s-1980s on it. And all of them played ad naseum in the past35+ years, even if there aren't any stations around still playint it. Wonder if they might daypart the music mix to include some adult standards artists or downtempo stuff on the playlist for middays or at night, but I guess anything that isn't amped up, highly caffeinated, and aimed to make you want to cut off traffic in front of you is now considered "easy listening."
Sure seems to overlook at LOT of territory from some major league talents in the 20th century (and plenty of singers who are still going strong today, such as Streisand, James Taylor, Tony Bennett, Bette Midler, etc etc etc. ).