Mondays: *12midnight-1pm Eastern: Big 80s Hits/Deeper 80s Hits/Forgotten 80s Favorites Streaming *1pm-3pm Eastern: 80s Deep Dive with Charlie (New Episode) *3pm-4pm Eastern: Charlie’s on air/regular programming *4pm-7pm Eastern: Kari’s On Air *8pm-10pm Eastern: Replay of 80s Deep Dive with Charlie *10pm-12midnight Eastern: Big 80s Hits/Deeper 80s Hits/Forgotten 80s Favorites Streaming Tuesdays: *12midnight-1pm Eastern: Big 80s […]
This Day In 80s Music, September 2nd
On this day in 1988: The Human Rights Now! world tour kicked off at Wembley Stadium London with Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Peter Gabriel, Tracy Chapman and Youssu n’Dour. Taking in five continents and claiming to be the most ambitious rock tour in history. Human Rights Now! was a worldwide tour of twenty benefit concerts on behalf of […]
This Day In 80s Music, September 1st
On this day in 1980: Fleetwood Mac ended a nine-month world tour with a performance at the Hollywood Bowl. Lindsay Buckingham announced on stage, “This is our last show for a long time.” On this day in 1983: Mick Jones, lead guitarist with The Clash was fired by the other three members who claimed he’d ‘drifted […]
This Day In 80s Music, August 31st
On this day in 1984: ‘Purple Rain’ the movie-starring Prince opened at cinemas across the U.K. with special late night previews. The film grossed more than $80 million at the box office and became a cult classic. On this day in 1985: Brothers In Arms’ by Dire Straits started a nine-week run at #1 on the U.S. […]
This Day In 80s Music, August 30th
On this day in 1980: Christopher Cross went to #1 on the U.S. singles chart with “Sailing.” It would spend one week in the top spot. It was released in June 1980 as the second single from his self-titled debut album. The song was a huge success in the United States, reaching #1 on the […]
This Day In 80s Music, August 29th
On this day in 1987: Def Leppard scored their first U.K. #1 album with Hysteria which also became #1 on the U.S. album chart in July the following year after spending forty-nine weeks working its way to the top. Also on this day in 1987: Rick Astley’s debut hit ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’, started […]
Labor Day Weekend Special Programming Schedule
Friday September 3rd: *1pm-4pm eastern: (FIRST AIRING) Countdown of the Top 40 Songs from Labor Day Weekend 1984 *4pm-5pm eastern Charlie on air *5pm-6pm eastern: Friday Afternoon Happy Hour/Weekend Kickoff *6pm-7pm eastern: Hip Hop Happy Hour (an hour of old school 80s Hip Hop Classics) *7pm-10pm eastern: Replay of the Countdown of the Top 40 Songs from Labor […]
This Day In 80s Music, August 28th
On this day in 1984: The Jacksons’ Victory Tour broke the record for concert ticket sales after they surpassed the 1.1 million mark in two months. The Victory Tour was a concert tour of the United States and Canada between July and December 1984. It was the only tour with all six Jackson brothers, even though Jackie was injured for […]
This Day In 80s Music, August 27th
On this day in 1988: George Michael started a two week run at #1 on the U.S. singles chart with ‘Monkey.’ “Monkey” became George Michael’s sixth solo single reaching #1 in the US, and the fourth single to do so from the ‘Faith’ album. George Michael joined Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston as three artists […]
This Day In 80s Music, August 26th
On this day in 1987: Sonny Bono, who once said that he never voted until he was 53, announced that he was running for mayor of Palm Springs, California. He won the election in 1988 and went on to win a seat in Congress in 1996. On this day in 1989: Richard Marx was starting […]