And I said, what about “Breakfast at Tiffany’s?” I said “I think I remember the film”…
During the last school year I regularly rode the bus, KOKZ 105.7 in Waterloo switched from Top 40 (the previous 15 years of such, more or less) to oldies. In the time since a post six years ago about KOKZ moving toward playing the ’70s, I found some Waterloo Courier references pegging the switch to the first half of February 1997. The one-hit wonder referenced there and here, which peaked on the Billboard charts in October 1996, was played frequently before the time warp to 1967.*
But as the audience for oldies gradually ages out (if you know what I mean) (and they’re doing it VERY gradually), the stations have to move accordingly.
So KOKZ is now “Iowa’s Classic Hits” and plays classic Casey Kasem countdowns on the weekends. And “Centerfold” and “Material Girl”.
AND A GOO GOO DOLLS SONG FROM 1998. Which, it needs to be pointed out, is after February 1997. KOKZ has come full circle.
I had no idea those Medicare open enrollment commercials were targeted at me.
UPDATE: “Rock 108” played Linkin Park, and not just any Linkin Park song, that Linkin Park song. Ow.