Posted on 07/11/2022 7:30:43 AM PDT by WXRGina
We stumbled on this Internet radio station recently, and it's a breath of fresh air. San Francisco's KYA offers a very wide selection of "oldies" pop hits, lots of rare ones, and it's an excellent departure from the Corporate Communist radio giants that put out a tiny, stale playlist with targeted stalker ads and "public service" announcements that insult your intelligence when they're not outright lying to you about scamdemics and poison "vaccines."
The only ads on KYA are cool vintage ads from back in the day. The station has actual jocks that tell you about the songs, and every song's title and artist is also on the website or the station stream's "crawl" on your Internet radio. We like it a lot, and I though I'd share it with you, in case you're interested. Just something besides the very real, very bad news of our nation and world today.
Ping, in case you’re interested.
Cool, Jon! That’s a nice one. We have a Grace Digital Mondo that we like very much.
Thanks, Gina! Very fun :)
You’re welcome, Fan! :-)
Accessing it from my TV using Roku via TuneIn app and porting it to a Kenwood KA-75 and Vandersteen speakers
Whoa! VERY COOL, Pappy! :-D
Best part? The sound system was free.
Oh, now THAT’S double-cool! :-D
If you’re in the Bay Area, you can also get this on the AM band at 1260 kilocycles. The last AM Oldies station in the Los Angeles area vanished about two decades ago.
I wondered if this had a terrestrial signal, but when I looked it up, it seemed that the original KYA is now some kind of religious station.
I don’t know what’s considered oldies, but for me that would be the 90s. I’ll listen to some 80s, but virtually anything before that is not on my playlist.
Wow, the 90s seems like “new” music to me, but that’s probably because I’ve always like the hits that were before my time. The official “Oldies” category has shifted some, but its core still remains the 50s and 60s, and now reaching into the 70s.
1260 AM; surprised that none of the posts managed to include this relevant info.
I didn't include it in my main post, because (1) that information is on their website, (2) most people who see this post will not be located within range of the signal, and (3) it's predominantly an Internet radio station at this point. But it WAS mentioned in comment #11 here.
Indeed, this seems to be the case, judging from some comments I've read online.
I have always considered the term Oldies to apply to pre-Beatles Top 40 tunes. However, my own tastes go back much further.
My personal Top 10 chart is currently comprised of songs from 1926-1932--and it changes periodically. The current #1 song is The Waltz You Saved for Me by Wayne King, which edged out last month's chart-topper Have You Forgotten? by Ted Wallace, now sitting at #2. Both are from 1931.
Fiji, many of my favorite songs are from the Standards era, too, the 20s through 40s and 50s.
PS: I was referring to the radio business category term, “Oldies.” I understand it means different things to different listeners.
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