True that. The first song played on KCOL was the Kingsmans' "Louie, Louie". For a time they played some music from the 50s and 60s, particularly when Caldwell did his show mid morning. Over time, the period of time shifted to more recent decades of music, where now the music is predominantly 70s and 80s (I keep thinking I hear a song or two from the 1990s occasionally). Most classic hits stations have done this, not just KCOL. When I think of the term 'oldies', I naturally think of 50s - 60s music, probably because of my age. Others might ask why the music of the 1930s and 40s is no longer on broadcast radio - my mother did when she was still living because those were the decades when she was young and when she was older wanted to hear the songs with which she was familiar. At some point, stations quit playing music with the formats such as the 'music of your life', or 'moribund music', or whatever title those of us reared on the Beatles would ascribe to that awful music of our parents. Now we're in the same generational predicament. Why are we surprised at this?
Oh, and by the way, the Eagle was NEVER "classic hits". That was a blatant lie from day one. Its always been a classic rock station.
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