Results: Oldies Radio
Published on 08/19/2019
				
									
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						1. 
				1. 
						Do you regularly listen to any radio stations specializing in oldies?
Yes
					41%
				1097 votes
		No
					47%
				1252 votes
		I'm unsure; what do you consider oldies?
					12%
				306 votes
		2. 
				2. 
						A friend of mine about a decade my senior is an oldies stickler; when it comes to rock('n'roll), he believes nothing released after 1969 should be considered an oldie. I'm more flexible, though I believe that by the 1980's, the sound of much of popular music had changed enough that its makes sense to me to make aesthetic and, for radio, formatic distinctions. If we all start in the the mid-1950's with Bill Haley, Elvis Preseley, Fats Domino, Pat Boone, et al, where does the era of oldies stop for you?
In the mid-1960s, before the Beatles started having North American hits
					13%
				339 votes
		At the end of the '60's
					17%
				446 votes
		Some time in the '70s
					24%
				624 votes
		Some time in the '80's
					16%
				425 votes
		Some time in the '90's
					7%
				199 votes
		Some time in the '00's
					2%
				52 votes
		Some other distinction I may mention in a comment
					2%
				45 votes
		I've no stake in this issue and would rather not think about it.
					20%
				525 votes
		3. 
				3. 
						It has come to my attention that some radio stations that once played 1960's-'70's material have shifted to played '70's to '80's or '90's music. Most or all such stations seem to also shift from identifying as being "oldies" outlets to being broadcasters of "classic hits." Does tha seem to you as a fair way to (re)brand a radio format?
Sure
					27%
				706 votes
		Not really
					22%
				593 votes
		Unsure
					25%
				673 votes
		I've another suggestion in a comment!
					1%
				38 votes
		I've no stake in this issue.
					24%
				645 votes
		4. 
				4. 
						No matter the variatiobn of oldies or classicx hits format, it's been my experience that most or all such stations don't have in their rotation certain types of records that were hits in the eras the formats encompass. If you'ds an oldies radio aficionado, which of these tyoes of records would you like to hear more, or at all?
Country crossovers
					17%
				445 votes
		Novelty/funny songs
					12%
				330 votes
		Non-sung comedy shticks
					5%
				144 votes
		Topical songs relating to certain news stories or cultural trends
					7%
				199 votes
		Non-comedy spoken word records
					4%
				96 votes
		Records that were popular in the city where a given station is located, though they may have not been national smashes
					13%
				345 votes
		Foreign language songs (granted, there haven't been many of those in the U.S. on English language pop radio)
					4%
				104 votes
		Disco crossovers (perhaps beyond a handful of titles, especially any preceding the Bee Gees' Saturday Night Fever soundtrack contributions)
					16%
				430 votes
		Other (please specify)
					2%
				52 votes
		Not Applicable
					49%
				1311 votes
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				5. 
						Another thing missing from most oldies stations is the general atmosphere of pop stations from those olden days:announcers wth their own jingles and more animated, idiosyncratic oratorical style than radio personalities nowadays. Paired with this question is one of a series of albums released in the '70's and '80s wherein that older style of disc jockeying-when DJ's actually played discs!-is recreated by radio jocks of the '50s's and '60's, including music and commercials from back then. Do you miss this now seemingly antiquated style of broadcasting?
Yes
					19%
				517 votes
		Some aspects of it, but not others
					26%
				690 votes
		No
					13%
				358 votes
		Not Applicable
					27%
				710 votes
		Unsure/Unfamiliar/Not an issue for me
					14%
				380 votes
		
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