The music blaring from the speakers of a small pub on a recent Friday night seemed like typical oldies fare: Aretha Franklin’s “Respect,” the 1970s tune “Disco Lady” and the 1950s surf instrumental ...

My first battery-powered radio — a ten-transistor Realtone — came from my Aunt Ina when I was about seven. I used to think I was ten, but the songs from 1973 would be wrong: I distinctly remember ...

The former KMZT (1260 AM) made the switch to country oldies on October 1st at noon, after a month of stunting that included 24/7 Taylor Swift, then a weekend of nothing but “Gone Country” by Alan ...

With his cheery baritone and enthusiasm for old rock, R&B, doo-wop and soul, Art Laboe was a fixture of West Coast radio for 79 years. The gregarious Los Angeles disc jockey was considered as much a ...

Los Angeles loves its oldies, as proven by the September ratings that were released last month. Earning close to its highest rating ever, the all-oldies (sorry, all-classic hits) KRTH (101.1 FM) was ...

To be clear, when I say “in town,” I mean broadcasting from Playas de Rosarito, a suburb of Tijuana in Baja California, Mexico. And when I say “new oldies station,” I mean four hours per day, on a ...

The Milwaukee Radio Group has decided to give Pure Oldies a shot on WRXS-FM (106.9). The old format was Top 40. The new format will include music from the late 50’s through the 60’s. “The 60’s will ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Civic Media, a Wisconsin news/progressive-talk radio network, is buying WZTI-AM (1290), the Milwaukee oldies station that has been ...

According to the latest Nielsen ratings for metro Los Angeles released last week, oldies-formatted KRTH (101.1 FM) dominated the city, with a 6.4 share of the audience of listeners aged six and over, ...