Remembering AM radio’s 3-minute rule and the songs that broke it

There are various reasons for this difference. In the early days of recorded music, songs tended to be about three minutes ...
Yahoo

Belinda Carlisle on Covering ’60s and ’70s AM Radio Hits She Grew Up on for New Album, ‘Once Upon a Time in California,’ and This Year’s Go-Go’s Reunion

The Go-Go’s were good and all, but you know who really had the beat? The DJs who powered KHJ and KRLA in the 1960s and early ’70s, when seemingly every kid in Los Angeles was tuned in to one of just a ...
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

New Ten-Q website lets radio fans hear KTNQ AM, one of LA’s best ’70s-era stations

The mid-1970s was a strange time for radio. FM still had not become the dominant band, but it was making inroads and many AM stations didn’t know how to react. This led to some grave mistakes. Think ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana

That '70s song

The success of Cali songstress Sara Bareilles is a sad but true indicator of the measures aspiring songwriters have to take these days to get their music to the masses. In an era where the singles ...