Update, 2/25/13: The Smiths ’80s radio station takeover: Here’s what really happened according to the original offense report filed by the Lakewood Police Department, plus letters written by the ...

Besides being a long, seemingly unfounded piece of local-music folklore, as well as a now well-documented and utterly fascinating part of the Smiths mythology, the story of James Kiss is a redemptive ...

A WKRQ-FM billboard for its Q102 Morning Zoo show in the 1980s. Even more fun! Bob "The Producer" Berry says he's attending the "Remembering Radio’s Rock Rivalries" program Sunday along with Eddie ...

Central New York fans of hair bands, synthesizers and "Jessie's Girl" will be happy to know that there's a new online radio station playing the biggest hits from the 1980s. Syracuse80s.com officially ...

Often in radio, the smaller stations are the most interesting. Case in point is KNAC (now KBUE, 105.5 FM). Licensed to Long Beach, the little station set the standard for creative programming during ...

When the drought finally snapped for a few hours the other day, WCBS-FM morning host Scott Shannon indulged his mischievous inner 12-year-old. He played “Rhythm of the Rain” by the Cascades, a No. 3 ...

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 ...

The local radio station for Cuyahoga Falls residents has changed what its listeners will hear on the airwaves. Late last month, the city of Cuyahoga Falls, City Hall posted on its Facebook page that ...

Absolute Radio has announced the forthcoming launch of a new radio station dedicated to 1980s pop music, which is aimed at fun-loving but "reluctant" adults. Titled Absolute 80s, the new station will ...