Pre 80's music never played on radio.

[david51058]

Why is it when most radio stations in the country have a program dedicated to music from the past, they never ever play music earlier than the eighties? What about those of us who grew up in the sixties and seventies? There is some fantastic music from those decades but it never gets played.

[mrs_overall]

There is a programme on radio 2 called Sounds of the Seventies

Also, Tony Blackburn has a programme where he plays the hits from 2 bygone years and the first one is generally pre 1980

[andy-hughes]

Radio stations pay hundreds of thousands of pounds to companies who research the tastes of their audience demographics, in order to pitch music content correctly.

You can be sure that if pre-80's music is not being played, it's because the research demonstrates that there is no demand for it. Not among individuals, or even groups - you and i could form a demographic 'group' tomorrow - but the majority of the audience they are looking to reach obviously have abandoned the fruitful musical areas prior to thirty years ago.

Shame.

[Famous5]

And on Saturday morning Brian Matthew presents Sounds of the Sixties

[Backdrifter]

Were the great danny Baker not currently very ill and long-term off-air you'd hear on his weekday BBC London shows a mix of 70s stuff taking in disco, punk and prog.

[mrs_overall]

I could be mixing up sounds of the 70's with sounds of the 60's.
It has been a long day.......

[Backdrifter]

No mrs overall both those shows exist - 60s is Saturday morning and I think 70s is Sunday afternoon.

[mrs_overall]

Thanks for that backdrifter - I thought for a mo I had early onset Oldtimers disease

[tearinghair]

Before Saga Radio became Smooth radio there was a lot of decent old stuff on there. Now I'm reduced to listening to CDs of Dreamboats and Petticoats for the late 50s/early 60s music.

[MarkRae]

> And on Saturday morning Brian Matthew presents Sounds of the Sixties.

Yes indeed. I try never to miss it.

Absolute Radio play a great mix, including stuff from the 60s and 70s:
http://www.absolutera.../we_play/just_played/

[gingejbee]

david - it's been pointed out already, but you can't be listening to BBC Radio 2.

[lankeela]

What about Gold? They only play music from the sixties, seventies and eighties.
Best station on the radio. 1152.

[lankeela]

Today's playlist!

http://www.mygoldmusic.co.uk/playlist.asp

[Snafu03]

they assume anyone who likes music before the 80s is dead

[david51058]

Yes I do listen to radio 2 but Iwas thinking more of the commercial stations. Classic gold is good but it's only on medium wave so the sound quality is not too good.

[mickrog]

solid gold
smooth

or try offshore radio on internet........broadcasts in style of radio caroline

[Valmave]

Yes - you should listen to Gold either on digital or on line. I think their music is exactly what you are looking for.

[Biglil266]

Try

www.oldiesproject.com

It's run as a hobby and you'll hear Sixties and Seventies music that's never played on commercial radio, as well as the original Radio London Fab Forties from 46 years ago.

Mary Payne, Radio London Webmaster
www.radiolondon.co.uk

[daftgrandad]

Magic plays a very good cross section,including many hits from 60s-70s.
105.4

[fadeout73]

Don't know where you are but in Glasgow we have Clyde 2 which plays 60s, 70s, 80s onwards. Clyde is part of Bauer Media which incorporates other stations in Scotland (Tay AM, Forth 2, Northsound 2 and Westsound) You can listen to them online here's the link for Clyde 2.

http://www.clyde2.com