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Pop Top 40: Top [Album Rock] Tracks for the Week Ending December 25, 1982

December 29, 2022December 30, 2022 Thomas Inskeep 4 Comments ” Golden Earring, Adam Ant, AOR, Billboard, Dexys Midnight Runners, Duran Duran, Hall and Oates, J. Geils Band, Led Zeppelin, Men At Work, Night Ranger, Pat Benatar, Phil Collins, Pop Top 40, Rush, Saga, Sammy Hagar, Supertramp, The Fixx, The Pretenders, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

On the cusp of ‘83, AOR grapples with New Wave in real time

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The Best Sequences in Album Rock and Beyond

April 30, 2022May 1, 2022 Jim Sullivan 7 Comments Blue Oyster Cult, Born To Run, Bruce Springsteen, Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd, Tangerine Dream, The Clash, The Kinks, The Wall, The Who

Honoring the art of the mix with Springsteen, the Stones, Prince and more

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Radio Remembrance Television 

Johnny Fever Signs Off For The Final Time

February 1, 2022April 3, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Boston Legal, CSI Crime Scene Investigation, Dr. Johnny Fever, Head of the Class, House, Howard Hesseman, Laverne and Shirley, One Day at a Time, RIP, That ‘70s Show, The Andy Griffith Show, The Bob Newhart Show, The New WKRP in Cincinnati., The Rockford Files, WKRP in Cincinnati

Actor Howard Hesseman passes away at age 81

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Music Journalism Radio Records 

LISTEN: I Got a Pride, You Got a Pride, Everybody Got a Pride (But This One’s Mine)

July 8, 2021July 8, 2021 Thomas Inskeep 1 Comment Diana Ross, Dog Park Dissidents, Erasure, Katy Perry, LGBTQ, Maxine Feldman, Nile Rodgers, Pride, Riot Grrl, RuPaul

A personal LGBTQ playlist for Pride Month 2021 – and beyond

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Pop Radio Remembrance 

B.J. Thomas: After The Rain

June 1, 2021March 24, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments B.J. Thomas, Blue Swede, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Dusty Springfield, Glen Campbell, Hooked On A Feeling, Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head, RIP

Remembering the life of an American Pop treasure whose presence spans multiple generations

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Mick Jagger and Dave Grohl: Primitive Fools

April 21, 2021April 21, 2021 Tim Sommer 4 Comments 2021, Dave Grohl, Eazy Sleazy, Foo Fighters, Mick Jagger, Rolling Stones

This childish rant is exactly what “Eazy Sleazy” deserves

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Music Journalism Radio 

Sympathy for the Devil: Four More Songs to Offend Moral Hypocrites

April 6, 2021April 6, 2021 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments AC/DC, Charlie Daniels, Highway To Hell, Lil Nas X, Montero, Rolling Stones, Sympathy For The Devil, The Charlie Daniels Band

Lil Nas X certainly wasn’t the first pop act to crack the charts on the wings of a cloven-hooved Prince of Darkness

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Music Journalism Radio 

Pop Top 40: CMJ Radio Top 20, January 25, 1991

January 30, 2021January 30, 2021 Thomas Inskeep 1 Comment Buffalo Tom, Butthole Surfers, Daniel Ash, Danielle Dax, Happy Mondays, Jane's Addiction, KMFDM, Lush, Nine Inch Nails, Ride, Sisters of Mercy, The Blake Babies, The Charlatans, The Connells, The Cure, The Pogues, Trash Can Sinatras

As ‘91 began, these were the late-’90 records that college radio was spinning

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Pop Radio Remembrance Rock 

Phil Spector’s Selfish Symphonies

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Axel Stordahl, Brian Wilson, George Harrison, Guy Stevens, Jack Nitzsche, Jerry Wexler, John Hammond, John Lennon, Mitch Miller, Mutt Lange, Phil Spector, Rick Rubin, Ringo Starr, Sam Phillips, Shadow Morton, The Beatles, Tony Hatch

His classic 1960’s productions feature everything and the kitchen sink, but omit any room for us or our experience

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New Wave Pop Radio Rock 

ALBUMS: An Unbreakable Heart

December 3, 2020 Marcus K. Dowling 1 Comment 2020, Billy Idol, Joan Jett, Miley Cyrus, Plastic Hearts, RCA

Essentially, Plastic Hearts represents “The Freedom of Miley Cyrus”

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Pop Radio Remembrance Rock 

Say It Isn’t So: Farewell, Tony Lewis

October 22, 2020October 22, 2020 Rachel Linhart 1 Comment 1985, Alan Jackman, Culture Club, Play Deep, Sharp QX-50, Simon Dawson, The Outfield, Tony Lewis, Your Love

The Outfield singer passed away on October 21 at age 62

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Dead Radio Remembrance 

A Quick Note On Jerry Garcia

August 9, 2020August 9, 2020 Ron Hart 3 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, David Grisman, Howard Wales, Jerry Garcia, Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band, Jerry Garcia Band, RIP, The Grateful Dead

Today marks the 25th anniversary of his untimely death

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LISTEN: Debbie Harry Is 75

July 1, 2020July 1, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 75th birthday, Blondie, Debbie Harry, Happy Birthday, KooKoo

We celebrate the birthday of a New York City icon with an exclusive solo years mixtape

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Rockin’ Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio Revisited

April 26, 2020April 26, 2020 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment Bloodrock, Carole King, Chuck Berry, Desmond Dekker and The Aces, Jane Birkin, Johnny Cash, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Radio, Serge Gainsbourg, The Ramones

Jim Sullivan recounts 10 songs outside of rock that defined the FM airwaves for him

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Crossover King: Kenny Rogers in the ’80s

March 23, 2020March 23, 2020 Thomas Inskeep 2 Comments Barbra Streisand, Coward of the County, Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers, Kim Carnes, Lady, Lionel Richie, Lucille, RIP, Ronnie Milsap, Sheena Easton

Rogers was a country star in the back half of the ‘70s, but became an all-conquering superstar in the 1980s

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