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data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Classic_hits_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Classic hits (disambiguation)">Classic hits (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Adult_hits" title="Adult hits">Adult hits</a>.</div> <p><b>Classic hits</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Radio_format" title="Radio format">radio format</a> which generally includes songs from the <a href="/wiki/Top_40" title="Top 40">top 40</a> music charts from the late 1960s to the early 2000s, with <a href="/wiki/1980s_in_music" title="1980s in music">music from the 1980s</a> serving as the core of the format. Music that was popularized by <a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the early 1980s and the nostalgia behind it<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a major driver to the format. It is considered the successor to the <a href="/wiki/Oldies" title="Oldies">oldies</a> format,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a collection of top 40 songs from the late 1950s through the late 1970s that was once extremely popular in the United States and Canada. The term is sometimes incorrectly used as a synonym for the <a href="/wiki/Adult_hits" title="Adult hits">adult hits</a> format, which uses a slightly newer music library stretching from all decades to the present with a major focus on 1990s and 2000s pop, rock and alternative songs.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, adult hits stations tend to have larger playlists, playing a given song only a few times per week, compared to the tighter libraries on classic hits stations. For example, <a href="/wiki/KRTH" title="KRTH">KRTH</a>, a classic hits station in Los Angeles, and <a href="/wiki/KSPF" title="KSPF">KSPF</a>, a classic hits station in Dallas, both play <a href="/wiki/Rotation_(music)" title="Rotation (music)">power songs</a> up to 30 times a week or more, which is another differentiator compared to other formats that share songs with classic hits libraries. </p><p>The classic hits format saw growth in the 2010s, with stations like KRTH, <a href="/wiki/WCBS-FM" title="WCBS-FM">WCBS-FM</a> in New York, <a href="/wiki/WLS-FM" title="WLS-FM">WLS-FM</a> in Chicago, <a href="/wiki/WROR-FM" title="WROR-FM">WROR-FM</a> in Boston and <a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_Radio" title="Greatest Hits Radio">Greatest Hits Radio</a> in the UK having successful ratings with this model.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Classic hits was named "format of the summer of 2018"<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by <a href="/wiki/Nielsen_Audio" title="Nielsen Audio">Nielsen Audio</a>'s research team emphasizing the huge popularity of the format. In addition, the <a href="/wiki/Millennials" title="Millennials">Millennial</a> generation is listening to this format in record numbers, according to a Nielsen report.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of December 2019, there are now over 1,100 classic hits stations in the United States, the largest amount in format history.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Classic_hits&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origins">Origins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Classic_hits&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The term "classic hits" is believed to have its birth at <a href="/wiki/WZLX" title="WZLX">WZLX</a> in <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, when the station hired programming consultant Gary Guthrie to convert the station from <a href="/wiki/Adult_contemporary" class="mw-redirect" title="Adult contemporary">adult contemporary</a> to a format composed of the hipper tracks from the oldies format and album tracks from popular classic rock albums. The goal was to attract and magnetize people who experienced <a href="/wiki/Adolescence" title="Adolescence">adolescence</a> in the 1960s or 1970s and enjoyed the music of those eras, but did not favor the then-current <a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">heavy metal</a> or <a href="/wiki/Top_40" title="Top 40">top 40</a> music of the 1980s. These were people whose mindset was aging beyond <a href="/wiki/Album-oriented_rock" title="Album-oriented rock">album-oriented rock</a> and top 40, yet were still either too young for or uninterested in <a href="/wiki/Oldies" title="Oldies">oldies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Contemporary_definition">Contemporary definition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Classic_hits&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Contemporary definition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Until the mid-2000s, the term "classic hits" was used by stations that played the softer or more hit-oriented side of <a href="/wiki/Classic_rock" title="Classic rock">classic rock</a>. Today, there are a few stations that identify as classic hits, such as <a href="/wiki/WROR-FM" title="WROR-FM">WROR-FM</a> in Boston and <a href="/wiki/WJJK" title="WJJK">WJJK</a> in Indianapolis, but whose playlists have more in common with classic rock. </p><p>The classic hits format as it is known today began to take shape in the mid 2000s when oldies radio stations started having audience and ratings issues.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They believed that they could not be successful with the oldies format and needed to update the music and presentation to stay relevant in the <a href="/wiki/Key_demographic" title="Key demographic">25-54 demographic</a> on which advertising agencies base ad purchases. After several years of format transitions and changes, the industry needed a term that better defined the stations who were basing their libraries in the <a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a> era of music. Thus, the term <i>classic hits</i> was accepted by the radio community as the official name and recognized by <a href="/wiki/Nielsen_Audio" title="Nielsen Audio">Nielsen Audio</a> as a format classification. In addition, many adult contemporary (AC) stations that had featured a large library of 1980s music began to phase it out as new artists like <a href="/wiki/Adele" title="Adele">Adele</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pink_(singer)" title="Pink (singer)">Pink</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bruno_Mars" title="Bruno Mars">Bruno Mars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maroon_5" title="Maroon 5">Maroon 5</a>, and others became very popular, thus making these stations much more current oriented. This factor created a situation where artists like <a href="/wiki/Madonna_(entertainer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Madonna (entertainer)">Madonna</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Michael" title="George Michael">George Michael</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Prince_(musician)" title="Prince (musician)">Prince</a>, who are considered major superstars, were no longer being played on AC stations. Most of these stations are now current-intensive, playing newer artists versus those from the 1980s which have aged out of the AC format. </p><p>The recent appeal to this format has introduced format flips in major markets, including the flip of <a href="/wiki/WIAD" title="WIAD">WIAD</a>, Washington D.C. from adult contemporary-formatted "Fresh-FM" to classic hits as "The Drive" in October 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of the current classic hits stations were simply slow evolutions from oldies, including <a href="/wiki/WOGL" title="WOGL">WOGL</a> in Philadelphia, <a href="/wiki/WRBQ-FM" title="WRBQ-FM">WRBQ-FM</a> in Tampa, <a href="/wiki/KSPF" title="KSPF">KSPF</a> in Dallas, and <a href="/wiki/WOCL" title="WOCL">WOCL</a> in Orlando, among many others. WOGL changed their slogan to "Nobody plays more 80s"<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> whereas WRBQ-FM changed to "Hits of the 80s and more".<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Radio programmer <a href="/wiki/Scott_Shannon" title="Scott Shannon">Scott Shannon</a>, the architect of the modern top 40 era<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at <a href="/wiki/WHTZ" title="WHTZ">WHTZ</a> (Z100) in New York during the 1980s, moved his morning show to WCBS-FM,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> bringing many of the 1980s-style radio formats to the station.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dallas-based <a href="/wiki/JAM_Creative_Productions" title="JAM Creative Productions">JAM Creative Productions</a>, a major producer of radio station jingles in the 1980s, created an updated jingle package for stations that moved to a classic hits presentation.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jingles in the CBS-FM update package include cuts from the popular "Flame Thrower" and "Warp Factor" packages made famous by WHTZ in the 1980s. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Musical_definition">Musical definition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Classic_hits&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Musical definition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Today's classic hits format is a representation of the variety of music types<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> found on the radio in the 1980s including these core artists. These were a few examples that were more commonly used on most classic hits stations. </p><p>Rock: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bon_Jovi" title="Bon Jovi">Bon Jovi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Def_Leppard" title="Def Leppard">Def Leppard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreigner_(band)" title="Foreigner (band)">Foreigner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guns_N%27_Roses" title="Guns N' Roses">Guns N' Roses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Journey_(band)" title="Journey (band)">Journey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen" title="Bruce Springsteen">Bruce Springsteen</a></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Alternative_rock" title="Alternative rock">Alternative</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_wave_music" title="New wave music">new wave</a>: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Bowie" title="David Bowie">David Bowie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Depeche_Mode" title="Depeche Mode">Depeche Mode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Police" title="The Police">The Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simple_Minds" title="Simple Minds">Simple Minds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U2" title="U2">U2</a></li></ul> <p>Pop: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hall_%26_Oates" title="Hall & Oates">Hall & Oates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Joel" title="Billy Joel">Billy Joel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyndi_Lauper" title="Cyndi Lauper">Cyndi Lauper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madonna_(entertainer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Madonna (entertainer)">Madonna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wham!" title="Wham!">Wham!</a></li></ul> <p>R&B and dance: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Earth,_Wind_%26_Fire" title="Earth, Wind & Fire">Earth, Wind & Fire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitney_Houston" title="Whitney Houston">Whitney Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_(musician)" title="Prince (musician)">Prince</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Richie" title="Lionel Richie">Lionel Richie</a></li></ul> <p>Songs from the mid- to late 1970s which had an influence on the MTV generation from artists such as <a href="/wiki/Queen_(band)" title="Queen (band)">Queen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Foreigner_(band)" title="Foreigner (band)">Foreigner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Bee_Gees" title="Bee Gees">Bee Gees</a> are still featured on many of these stations as the oldest part of the library. Additionally, stations have started to play songs from the 1990s and 2000s that have appeal to this audience such as "<a href="/wiki/Linger_(The_Cranberries_song)" title="Linger (The Cranberries song)">Linger</a>" by <a href="/wiki/The_Cranberries" title="The Cranberries">The Cranberries</a> and <a href="/wiki/Uncle_Kracker" title="Uncle Kracker">Uncle Kracker</a>'s version of "<a href="/wiki/Drift_Away" title="Drift Away">Drift Away</a>", along with later releases by artists that were successful in the 1980s, such as <a href="/wiki/U2" title="U2">U2</a> and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a>. </p><p>Together, all of these variations of musical genres still have mass appeal due to the origins of radio stations that played them together when they were hits. Similar to the philosophy with oldies radio, most of the music is upbeat and edgy. While these music types can be found in other formats, what makes this format unique is the variety of genres being played together on one station as a decade-based collection, as opposed to a single style of music. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Resurgence_of_1980s_music">Resurgence of 1980s music</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Classic_hits&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Resurgence of 1980s music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are theories about why the music of the 1980s continues to be popular, especially to younger generations such as Millennials. The advent of music in video games such as the <i><a href="/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto" title="Grand Theft Auto">Grand Theft Auto</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Rock_Band" title="Rock Band">Rock Band</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Guitar_Hero" title="Guitar Hero">Guitar Hero</a></i> series introduced younger audiences to 1980s songs from artists such as The Police, Queen, Duran Duran, <a href="/wiki/The_Cars" title="The Cars">The Cars</a>, <a href="/wiki/R.E.M." title="R.E.M.">R.E.M.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Billy_Joel" title="Billy Joel">Billy Joel</a>, and <a href="/wiki/List_of_downloadable_songs_for_the_Rock_Band_series" title="List of downloadable songs for the Rock Band series">hundreds of others</a>. </p><p>Another theory includes TV shows and movies on <a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a> and other streaming video services that are set in the 1980s and feature music from that era.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Examples include Netflix's popular series <i><a href="/wiki/Stranger_Things" title="Stranger Things">Stranger Things</a></i> (whose <a href="/wiki/Music_of_Stranger_Things" title="Music of Stranger Things">soundtrack</a> features songs from <a href="/wiki/Cyndi_Lauper" title="Cyndi Lauper">Cyndi Lauper</a> and <a href="/wiki/Toto_(band)" title="Toto (band)">Toto</a>), <i><a href="/wiki/Wet_Hot_American_Summer_(franchise)" title="Wet Hot American Summer (franchise)">Wet Hot American Summer</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/GLOW_(TV_series)" title="GLOW (TV series)">Glow</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Goldbergs_(2013_TV_series)" title="The Goldbergs (2013 TV series)">The Goldbergs</a></i> on <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>. Movies with box office success that are set in the 1980s have also been contributed to the popularity of the music of that era, including <i><a href="/wiki/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_(film)" title="Guardians of the Galaxy (film)">Guardians of the Galaxy</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wedding_Singer" title="The Wedding Singer">The Wedding Singer</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Hot_Tub_Time_Machine" title="Hot Tub Time Machine">Hot Tub Time Machine</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Ready_Player_One_(film)" title="Ready Player One (film)">Ready Player One</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Studies suggesting that millennials prefer older music<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> have also been published with theories regarding a major shift in radio programming. According to these reports, the 1970s and 1980s were the last decades that a typical top 40 radio station played all music types; by the 1990s, top 40 began splintering into various genres such as rap and alternative rock, and each station was reformatted to focus on one type of music. Millennials also grew up in an era when music <a href="/wiki/Radio_format" title="Radio format">radio formats</a> featuring older music were becoming widespread, something that was not necessarily true for Generation X; much of the classic hits library was included in <a href="/wiki/Adult_contemporary_music" title="Adult contemporary music">adult-contemporary</a> stations of the era, while <a href="/wiki/Classic_rock" title="Classic rock">classic rock</a> was only beginning to split from more modern rock stations in the late 1980s, around the same time oldies emerged as a standalone format. </p><p>During the late 2010s, many stations in the adult contemporary, <a href="/wiki/Adult_R%26B" class="mw-redirect" title="Adult R&B">adult R&B</a>, and alternative formats either reduced or eliminated songs from the 1970s and 1980s in favor of new artists and more current-based music <a href="/wiki/Rotation_(music)" title="Rotation (music)">rotations</a>. 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