“After the ’80s, everything got splintered into niches. “That was the last generation where Top 40 radio played all different types of music,” Parker said. When the on-air mics go off, the Talk Talk with Martha Quinn begins Heres your VIP pass to share a laugh with the entire crew. The target audience will be adults ages 35 to 54. In 2009, after 39 years as the King of the Countdowns, Kasem stepped down as host of American Top 20 and American Top 10, and in 2003, he retired from the helm of American Top 40 the show he created in 1970 that became the gold standard of music programming. Morris Knight, also a Kiss alumnus, will do afternoon drive with KOSF host Ron Michaels moving from afternoon to evening. The San Francisco station will be the first all-’80s format among 800 stations owned by iHeartMedia, formerly Clear Channel.įollowing Quinn in the morning starting June 14 will be Christie James, who will come over from sister station 98.1 Kiss-FM, which recently switched from rhythmic oldies to rebrand itself as the Breeze, playing relaxing hits. “Out of 30 or 40 iHeart streams, the ’80s is “hands-down the most listened-to station on iHeartRadio,” Parker said. ![]() ![]() The station will be called iHeart80s and is an extension of the iHeart80s digital radio station and music streaming service. “I don’t know if I would say ‘plenty of Phil Collins,’” said Program Director Don Parker, “but definitely some.” Also some Billy Idol, Depeche Mode, Prince and Michael Jackson. The station broadcasts Classic Hits music programming and goes by the name iHeart80s 103.7 on the air with the slogan 80s Music for San Francisco Bay. ![]() Get ready for Boy George, Fine Young Cannibals, Tears for Fears, Crowded House, Duran Duran, Madonna and plenty of Phil Collins. Former names, Big 103.7 iHeart 80s103.7 Callsign, KOSF Postal address, Floor 4, 340 Townsend St, San Francisco, 94107.
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