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Classic soul is a radio format that focuses on the more raw types of soul music from the 1950s to 1970s that draw from certain rhythm and blues and soul music influences, after 1980 is generally considered "contemporary R&B" with the smoother and more sophisticated styles, the split is mostly indicated by Michael Jackson's 1979 album Off the Wall, which is considered to sit at the nexus of ...
KIPR / KFOG – Power 92 Jams – Urban contemporary. KHTE-FM - 96.5 The Box - Urban contemporary. KOKY – 102.1 KOKY – Urban adult contemporary. KPZK – Praise 102.5 – Urban contemporary gospel. KZTS - Rejoice 1380/105.5/103.3 - Urban Gospel. KWCP-LP - KWCP-LP 98.9 The Mix - Urban Adult Contemporary / Classic Hip Hop.
1970s–early 90s Old school R&B, funk, and disco: Available: Available: 51: 99.50 Smokey's Soul Town (formerly Soul Revue; replaced XM's Soul Street) Classic soul and R&B; curated by Smokey Robinson: Available: Available: 74 — SiriusXM Silk 330: Smooth and sexy R&B love songs: U.S. only: Available: 330 — Shaggy's Boombastic Radio (formerly ...
Golden Age of Radio. Girl listening to vacuum tube radio during the Great Depression. Prior to the emergence of television as the dominant entertainment medium in the 1950s, families gathered to listen to the home radio in the evening. The Golden Age of Radio, also known as the old-time radio ( OTR) era, was an era of radio in the United States ...
Rhythmic oldies. Rhythmic oldies is a radio format that concentrates on the rhythmic, R&B, disco, or dance genres of music. Playlists can span from the 1960s through the 2000s and, depending on market conditions, may be designed for African-American or Hispanic audiences. It is also referred to as "Jammin' Oldies" or "Music From Back in the Day ...
Northern soul is a music and dance movement that emerged in Northern England and the Midlands in the early 1970s. It developed from the British mod scene, based on a particular style of Black American soul music with a heavy beat and fast tempo (100 bpm and above).
The Orphonics were soon renamed "The Delfonics," and their first recording, "He Don't Really Love You" b/w "Without You", which had been arranged and produced by Thom Bell, was released on the small Moon Shot Records label in around August 1966.
Music critic Tony Green, in the book Classic Material, refers to the two-year period 1993–1994 as "a second Golden Age" that saw influential, high-quality albums using elements of past classicism – drum machines (Roland TR-808), drum samplers (Akai MPC60, E-mu SP-1200), turntable scratches, references to old-school hip hop hits, and "tongue ...