My Local Classic Rock Station

[Jesse]

For a full week back in October, I kept track of what my local Classic Rock station (which will remain nameless, but it's owned by a conglomerate so I'm sure it could just as easily be ANY big market Classic Rock station). This wasn't as difficult as one might think. I actually never even listened to it! On their website, they post their recently played songs of the previous 12-24 hours and I simply copied and pasted them to a document when I got the chance. The difficult and time consuming part was/is in analyzing the data. Compiling what songs were played by which artists and tallying up the scores. My intent was to prove how boring and repetitious Classic Rock radio is. My findings were not all that clear however. I'm still working up my findings and my thoughts on it, but I figured I'd start posting what I've discovered so far.

So far, just reading the raw data, this particular Classic Rock station is more diverse than I've ever given them credit for. They have spots for, approximately, 1630 songs for the week and, this particular week, they played about 540 different songs, by 153 different artists! Pretty good diversity on the surface as that averages out to each song being played 3 times a week and each artist being represented at least once a day (keep in mind, this is around the clock, so if you are just listening at work or at home or on your daily commute, the chances of you hearing the same songs 3 times are low......IF this station were even-handed with their airtime!) However, there is more than meets the eye simply by the raw data. I'll post my full findings today, but I will continue to post my analysis as I go. There is a lot to be looked at here and I'm barely scratching the surface so far.

[Jesse]

These are the songs and artists that were played on my local station from October 13th through October 19th 2019 along with how many times they were played:


1-Five Man Electrical Band
4 Artist Plays
1 Distinct song
"Signs"-4

2-38 Special
5 Artist Plays
1 Distinct song
"Hold On Loosely"-5

3-AC/DC
21 Artist plays
6 Distinct songs
"Back In Black"-5
"Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"-4
"For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)"-1
"Highway To Hell"-3
"T.N.T."-4
"You Shook Me All Night Long"-4

4-Aerosmith
48 Artist plays
14 Distinct songs
"Come Together"-6
"Crazy"-3
"Dude (Looks Like A Lady"-6
"Sweet Emotion"-3
"What It Takes"-3
"Love In An Elevator"-4
"Angel"-4
"Walk This Way"-3
"Rag Doll"-2
"Janie's Got A Gun"-2
"Livin' On The Edge"-3
"The Other Side"-1
"Dream On"-4
"Cryin'"-4

5-Alice In Chains
4 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"Man In The Box"-4

6-Allman Brothers Band
3 Artist Plays
3 Distinct songs
"Ramblin' Man"-1
"Jessica"-1
"Melissa"-1

7-America
10 Artist plays
2 Distinct songs
"Sister Golden Hair"-7
"A Horse With No Name"-3

8-Bad Company
13 Artist plays
4 distinct songs
"Shooting Star"-4
"Feel Like Makin' Love"-4
"Bad Company"-4
"Run With The Pack"-1

9-The Beatles
13 Artist plays plus 2 hours
4 Distinct songs plus 2 hours random songs
"A Day In the Life"-4
"Let It Be"-6
"Hey Jude"-2
"Get Back"-1

10-Pat Benatar
15 Artist plays
4 Distinct songs
"Love Is A Battlefield"-6
"Hit Me With Your Best Shot"-4
"Heartbreaker"-2
"We Belong"-3

11-Billy Idol
11 Artist plays
4 Distinct songs
"White Wedding'-3
"Dancin' With Myself"-3
"Rebel Yell"-4
"Mony, Mony"-1

12-Billy Joel
26 Artist plays
8 Distinct songs
"Scenes From An Italian Restaurant"-2
"The Entertainer"-1
"My Life"-5
"Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)"-4
"It's Still Rock'n Roll"-4
"Piano Man"-2
"Big Shot"-5
"Only The Good Die Young"-3

13-Billy Squier
3 Artist Plays
2 Distinct songs
"The Stroke"-1
"Lonely is The Night"-2

14-The Black Crowes
6 Artist plays
2 Distinct songs
"She Talks To Angels"-2
"Hard To Handle"-4

15-Black Sabbath
4 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"Paranoid"-4

16-Blind Melon
2 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"No Rain"-2

17-Blue Oyster Cult
8 Artist Plays
2 Distinct Songs
"Burnin' For You"-5
"(Don't Fear) The Reaper"-3

17-Bon Jovi
16 Artist Plays
4 Distinct songs
"Runaway"-3
"Wanted Dead Or Alive"-7
"Livin' on A Prayer"-3
"You Give Love A Bad Name"-3

18-Boston
6 Artist plays
2 Distinct songs
"More Than A Feeling"-5
"Peace Of Mind"-1

19-David Bowie
17 Artist plays
7 Distinct songs
"Suffragette City"-1
"Space Oddity"-5
"Young Americans"-1
"Modern Love"-1
"Fame"-4
"Starman"-1
"Changes"-4

20-Boz Scaggs
5 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"Lido Shuffle"-5

21-Bryan Adams
10 Artist plays
3 Distinct songs
"Run To You"-3
"Summer Of '69"-4
"Cuts Like A Knife"-3

22-Bachman-Turner Overdrive
6 Artist Plays
2 Distinct songs
"You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet'- 4
"Takin' Care Of Business"-2

23-Bush
3 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"Comedown"-3

24-The Cars
20 Artist plays
6 Distinct songs
"Good Times Roll"-1
"My Best Friend's Girl"-6
"You Might Think"-6
"You're All I've Got Tonight"-1
"Just What i Needed"-5
"Dangerous Type"-1

25-Creedence Clearwater Revival
6 Artist plays
2 Distinct songs
"Have You Ever Seen The Rain"-5
"Bad Moon Rising"-1

26-Cheap Trick
7 Artist plays
2 Distinct songs
"I want you To Want Me" (Live)-5
"Surrender-2

27-Chicago
2 Artist Plays
2 Distinct songs
"Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?"-1
"25 Or 6 To 4"-1

28-Eric Clapton
21 Artist plays
9 Distinct songs
"Lay Down Sally"-1
"Layla" (Unplugged)-5
"Wonderful Tonight"-3
"Cocaine"-5
"Let It Rain"-1
"Layla"-3
"After Midnight"-1
"Forever Man"-1
"I Shot The Sheriff"-1

29-Collective Soul
6 Artist plays
2 Distinct songs
"December"-4
"Shine"-2

30-The Counting Crows
3 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"Mr Jones"-3

31-Cream
1 Artist play
1 Distinct song
"White Room"-1

32-Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
10 Artist Plays
5 Distinct songs
"Our House"-4
"Teach Your Children"-3
"Southern Cross"-1
"Ohio"-1
"Just A Song Before I Go"-1

33-Deep Purple
4 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"Smoke On The Water"-4

34-Def Leppard
19 Artist plays
7 Distinct songs
"Love Bites"-3
"Rocket"-1
"Animal"-4
"Rock Of Ages"-5
"Pour Some Sugar On Me"-4
"Photograph"-1
"Foolin'"-1

35-Rick Derringer
1 Artist play
1 Distinct song
"Rock'n Roll Hootchie Koo"-1

36-Dire Straits
6 Artist Plays
2 Distinct songs
"Sultans Of Swing'-1
"Moeny for Nothing"-5

37-Don Henley
12 Artist plays
3 Distinct songs
"The Boys Of Summer"-8
"Leather And Lace'-3
"All She Wants To Do It Dance"-1

38-The Doobie Brothers
10 Artist plays
2 Distinct songs
"Listen To The Music"-5
"Black Water"-5

39-Don McLean
6 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"American Pie"-6

40-The Doors
33 Artist plays
10 Distinct songs
"Hello I Love You"-3
"People Are Strange"-3
"Riders On The Storm"-5
"Love Her Madly"-2
"Touch Me"-5
"Love Me Two Times"-4
"Light My Fire"-4
"L.A.Woman"-4
"Break On Through"-1
"Roadhouse Blues"-2

41-Bob Dylan
2 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"Knockin' On Heaven's Door"-2

42-The Eagles
23 Artist plays
8 Distinct songs
"Life In The Fast Lane"-3
"Hotel California"-6
"Heartache Tonight"-2
"Take It Easy"-3
"Lyin' Eyes"-5
"Take It To The Limit"-2
"Already Gone"-1
"Desperado"-1

43-Eddie Money
7 Artist Plays
3 Distinct songs
"Shakin'"-1
"Take Me Home Tongiht"-4
"Baby Hold On"-2

44-Electric Light Orchestra
9 Artist plays
5 distinct songs
"Don't Bring Me Down"-5
"Fire On High"-1
"Evil Woman"-1
"Livin' Thing"-1
"Sweet Talkin' Woman"-1

45-Edgar Winter Group
1 Artist play
1 Distinct song
"Frankenstein"-1

46-Elton John
38 Artist plays
12 Distinct songs
"Your Song"-5
"Philadelphia Freedom"-1
"Rocket Man"-5
"Daniel"-3
"Tiny Dancer"-6
"Mona Lisas & Mad Hatters"-4
"Crocodile Rock"-2
"Bennie And The Jets"-5
"Someone Saved My Life Tonight"-2
"Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me"-3
"Candle In The Wind"-1
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"-1

47-Fleetwood Mac
33 Artist plays
10 Distinct songs
"Landslide"-2
"Go your Own Way"-5
"The Chain"-7
"Dreams"-5
"Gyspy"-4
"Never Going Back Again"-3
"Don't Stop"-2
"Gold Dust Woman"-3
"Rhiannon"-1
"You Make Lovin' Fun"-1

48-Pink Floyd
42 Artist plays
10 Distinct songs
"Comfortably Numb"-7
"Brain Damage/Eclipse"-4
"Time"-5
"Breathe"-5
"Money"-4
"Hey You"-5
"Another Brick In The Wall"-5
"Young Lust"-3
"Run Like Hell"-1
"Wish You Were Here"-3

49-John Fogerty
4 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"Centerfield"-4

50-Foghat
4 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"Slow Ride"-4

51-Foreigner
24 Artist plays
5 Distinct songs
"Hot Blooded"-6
"Cold As Ice"-2
"Juke Box Hero"-5
"Double Vision"-6
"Feels Like The First Time"-5

52-Foo Fighters
3 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"Learn To Fly"-3

53-Peter Frampton
7 Artist plays
2 Distinct songs
"Show Me The Way"-2
"Baby, I Love Your Way"-5

54-Gary Wright
4 Artist Plays
1 Distinct song
"Dream Weaver"-4

55-Genesis
23 Artist plays
8 Distinct songs
"That's All'-5
"Man On The Corner"-1
"Follow You Follow Me"-3
"Misunderstanding"-5
"Just A Job To Do"-2
"Invisible Touch"-5
"Tonight, Tonight, Tonight"-1
"Turn It On Again"1

56-Guns'n Roses
18 Artist plays
"November Rain"-2
"Sweet Child O'Mine"-5
"Patience"-5
"Paradise City"-3
"Welcome To The Jungle"-3

57-Georgia Satellites
4 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"Keep Your Hands To Yourself"-4

58-Golden Earring
1 Artist play
1 Distinct song
"Radar Love"-1

59-Grand Funk Railroad
8 Artist Plays
"We're An American Band"-6
"Some Kind Of Wonderful"-2

60-Great White
4 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"Once Bitten Twice Shy"-4

61-Norman Greenbaum
5 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"Spirit In The Sky"-5

62-The Guess Who
6 Artist plays
2 Distinct songs
"American Woman"-5
"Share The Land"-1

63-Greg Kihn Band
5 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"The Breakup Song"-5

64-Heart
11 Artist plays
5 Distinct songs
"Barracuda"-1
"Magic Man"-4
"Crazy On You"-4
"Even It Up"-1
"These Dreams"-1

65-The Hooters
12 Artist plays
2 Distinct songs
"And We Danced"-9
"All You Zombies"-3

66-INXS
2 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"Need You Tonight"-2

67-J Geils Band
9 Artist plays
2 Distinct songs
"Freeze Frame"-5
"Centerfold"-4

68-Jethro Tull
3 Artist plays
3 Distinct songs
"Bungle In The Jungle"-1
"Locomotive Breath"-1
"Living In The Past"-1

69-Jimi Hendrix
12 Artist plays
5 Distinct songs
"All Along The Watchtower"-3
"Hey Joe"-2
"Foxey Lady"-3
"Fire"-3
"Purple Haze"-1

70-Joan Jett
8 Artist Plays
3 Distinct songs
"I Hate Myself For Loving You"-5
"I Love Rock'n Roll"-2
"Bad Reputation"-1

71-Joe Walsh
2 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"Life's Been good"-2

72-John Caffery And The Beaver Brown Band
1 Artist play
1 Distinct song
"On The Dark Side"-1

73-John Lennon
11 Artist plays
3 Distinct songs
"Imagine"-6
"Instant Karma"-3
"Watching The Wheels"-2

74-Janis Joplin
4 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"Me And Bobby McGee"-4

75-Judas Priest
1 Artist Play
1 Distinct song
"You've Got Another Thing Coming"-1

76-Journey
36 Artist plays
8 Distinct song plays
"Faithfully"-7
"Who's Cryin' Now"-6
"Wheel In The Sky"-5
"Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'"-5
"Separate Ways"-5
"Don't Stop Believin'"-4
"Anyway You Want It"-3
"Lights"-1

77-Kansas
10 Artist plays
2 Distinct songs
"Dust In The Wind"-5
"Carry on My Wayward Son"-5

78-The Kinks
7 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"Lola"-7

79-Kiss
4 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"Rock'n Roll All Night"-4

80-Lou Reed
2 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"Walk On The Wild Side'-2

81-Loverboy
3 Aritst plays
1 Distinct song
"Workin' For The Weekend"-3

82-Manfred Mann's Earth Band
6 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"Blinded By The Light"-6

83-Marshall Tucker Band
3 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"Can't You See"-3

84-Meat Loaf
7 Artist plays
3 Distinct Songs
"You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth"-5
"Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad"-1
"Paradise By The Dashboard Light"-1


85-John Cougar Mellencamp
23 Artist plays
7 Distinct songs
"Jack And Diane"-8
"Authority Song"-1
"Pink Houses"-5
"Hurts So Good"-1
"I Need A Lover"-3
"Small Town"-4
"R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A"-1

86-Metallica
8 Artist plays
3 Distinct songs
"The Unforgiven"-2
"Enter Sandman"-3
"Nothing Else Matters"-3

87-The Moody Blues
4 Artist Plays
4 Distinct songs
"The Voice"-1
"I'm Just A Singer"-1
"Question"-1
"Your Wildest Dreams"-1

88-Motley Crue
4 Artist plays
2 Distint Songs
"Home Sweet Home"-3
"Smokin' In The Boys Room"-1

89-Mott The Hoople
2 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"All The Young Dudes"-2

90-Nazareth
3 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"Love Hurts"-3

91-Neil Young
13 Artist plays
6 Distinct songs
"Rockin' In The Free World"-5
"Old Man"-4
"Cinnamon Girl"-1
"Southern Man"-1
"My, My, Hey, Hey (Out Of The Blue)"-1
"Heart Of Gold"-1

92-Night Ranger
3 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"Sister Christian"-3

93-Nirvana
9 Artist plays
2 Distinct songs
"Smells Like Teen Spirit"-4
"Come As You Are"-5

94-Ozzy Osbourne
9 Artist plays
2 Distinct songs
"Crazy Train"-6
"Mama, I'm Coming Home"-3

95-Patti Smith Group
6 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"Because The Night"-6

96-Paul McCartney
15 Artist plays
4 Distinct songs
"Maybe I'm Amazed" (live)-6
"Listen To What The Man Said"-1
"Live And Let Die"-5
"Band On The Run"-3

97-Pearl Jam
20 Artist plays
6 Distinct songs
"Black"-6
"Daughter"-3
"Even Flow'-4
"Alive"-2
"Jeremy"-3
"Better Man"-2

98-Peter Gabriel
9 Artist plays
3 Distinct songs
"In Your Eyes"-4
"Solsbury Hill"-4
"Shock The Monkey"-1

99-Tom Petty
55 Artist plays
15 Distinct songs
"Free Fallin'"-8
"You Got Lucky"-4
"The Waiting"-4
"Don't Come Around Here No More"-6
"Runnin' Down A Dream"-2
"Learning To Fly"-1
"Don't Do Me Like That"-5
"Mary Jane's Last Dance"-3
"American Girl"-6
"Stop Draggin' My Heart Around"-2
"You Don't Know How It Feels"-3
"Refugee"-4
"I Won't Back Down"-3
"Breakdown"-2
"Yer So Bad"-1
"Listen To Her Heart"-1

100-Phil Collins
6 Artist plays
2 Distinct songs
"In The Air Tonight"-5
"Sussudio"-1

101-Poison
9 Artist plays
2 Distinct songs
"Nothin' But A Good Time"-5
"Every Rose Has It's Thorn"-4

102-The Police
13 Artist plays
6 Distinct songs
"Walking on the Moon"-1
"Message in A Bottle"-2
"Don't Stand So Close To Me"-1
"Every Breathe You Take"-4
"Roxanne"-4
"So Lonely"-1

103-The Pretenders
3 Artist plays
3 Distinct songs
"Back On The Chain Gang"-1
"Brass In Pocket"-1
"Middle Of the Road"-1

104-Pure Prairie League
2 Artist Plays
1 Distinct song
"Amie"-2

105-Queen
33 Artist plays
8 Distinct songs
"You're My Best Friend"-4
"Fat Bottomed Girls"-1
"We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions"-5
"Another One Bites The Dust"-6
"Killer Queen"-4
"Bohemian Rhapsody"-6
"Somebody To Love"-3
"Under Pressure"-4

106-Quiet Riot
4 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"Cum On Feel The Noise"-4

107-The Ramones
6 Artist plays
2 Distinct songs
"I Wanna Be Sedated"-3
"Blitzkrieg Bop"-3

108-Red Hot Chili Peppers
5 Artist plays
2 Distinct songs
"Under The Bridge"-3
"Soul To Squeeze"-2

109-REM
8 Artist plays
3 Distinct songs
"Losing My Religion"-3
"It's The End Of The World And We Know It"-4
"The One I Love"-1

110-REO Speedwagon
10 Artist plays
3 Distinct songs
"Keep On Loving You"-4
"Can't Fight This feeling"-4
"Take It On The Run"-2

111-Robert Palmer
3 Artist plays
2 Distinct songs
"Bad Case Of Loving you"-2
"Addicted To Love"-1

112-Rod Stewart
6 Artist Plays
3 Distinct songs
"Maggie May"-2
"You're In My Heart"-3
"You Wear It Well"-1

113-Rush
3 Artist plays
1 Distinct Song
"Tom Saywer"-3

114-Santana
1 Artist play
1 Distinct song
"Evil Ways"-1

115-The Scorpions
7 Artist plays
2 Distinct songs
"Rock You Like A Hurricane"-3
"No One Like you"-4

116-Bob Seger
18 Artist plays
5 Distinct songs
"Turn The Page"-6
"Old Time Rock'n Roll"-5
"Against The Wind'-4
"Night Moves"-2
"Feels Like A Number"-1

117-Simple Minds
5 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"Don't You Forget About Me"-5

118-Skid Row
3 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"18 And life'-3

119-Lynyrd Skynyrd
18 Artist plays
5 Distinct songs
"What's Your Name"-5
"Gimme Three Steps"-2
"Sweet Home Alabama"-7
"Free Bird"-3
"Tuesday's Gone"-1

120-Soundgarden
8 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"Black Hole Sun"-8

121- Bruce Springsteen
25 Artist plays
7 Distinct songs
"Born In The USA"-5
"Born To Run"-3
"I'm On Fire"-4
"Spirit In The Night'-6
"Cover Me"-4
"Dancin' in The Dark"-2
"No Surrender"-1

122-Squeeze
1 Artist play
1 Distinct song
"Tempted"-1

123-Stealers Wheel
4 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"Stuck In The Middle With You"-4

124-Steely Dan
8 Artist plays (5 on 1 day!)
7 Distinct songs
"Dirty Work"-1
"Do It Again"-2
"Fm (No Static At All)"-1
"My Old School"-1
"Black Friday"-1
"Deacon Blues"-1
"Reeling In The Years"-1

125-Stephen Stills
4 Artist plays
1 distinct Song
"Love The One You're With"-4

126-Steve Miller Band
19 Artist Plays
6 Distinct songs
"Take The Money And Run"-3
"Swingtown"-1
"The Joker"-6
"Rock'n Me"-4
"Jet Airliner"-4
""Fly Like An Egle"-1

127-Stevie Nicks
12 Artist plays
4 Distinct songs
"Stop Draggin' My Heart Around"-2
"Leather And Lace"-3
"Edge Of Seventeen"-3
"Stand Back"-4

128-The Rolling Stones
60 Artist plays
26 Distinct Songs
"It's Only Rock'n Roll (But I Like It)"-5
"Beast Of Burden"-6
"Honky Tonk Women"-4
"Start Me Up"-5
"Gimme Shelter"-2
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"-4
"Angie"-3
"Paint it Black"-3
"Memo From Turner"-1
"Jumpin' Jack Flash"-4
"Miss You"-4
"Sympathy For The Devil"-3
"All Down The Line"-1
"Salt Of The Earth"-1
"Can't You Hear Me Knockin"- 1
"Brown Sugar"-2
"She's So Cold"-2
"Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)"-1
"You Can't Always Get What You Want"-1
"Fool To Cry"-1
"Just My Imagination"-1
"Out Of Time"-1
"Mother's Little Helper"-1
"Waiting On A Friend"-1
"Wild Horses"-1
"Some Girls"-1

129-Stone Temple Pilots
9 Artist plays
2 distinct songs
"Interstate Love Song'-5
"Plush (acoustic)"-4

130-Styx
8 Artist Plays
2 Distinct songs
"Come Sail Away"-6
"Renegade"-2

131-Supertramp
16 Artist plays
"Give A Little Bit"-1
"Breakfast In America"-2
"The Logical Song"-4
"Goodbye Stranger'-4
"Take The Long Way Home"-4
"Dreamer (live)"-1

132-Sweet
6 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"Ballroom Blitz"-6

133-T. Rex
3 Artist Plays
1 Distinct song
"(Bang A Gong) Get It On"-3

134-Talking Heads
11 Artist plays
4 Distinct songs
"Once In A Lifetime"-6
"Burning Down The House"-3
"Life During Wartime"-1
"And She Was"-1

135-The Clash
6 Artist plays
2 Distinct song
"Should I Stay Or Should I Go"-3
"Rock The Casbah"-3

136-The Knack
1 Artist play
1 Distinct song
"My Sharona"-1

137-Thin Lizzy
6 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"The Boys Are Back In Town"-6

138-George Thorogood
19 Artist plays
5 Distinct songs
"One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer"-6
"Who Do you Love"-5
"Bad To The Bone"-4
"I Drink Alone"-3
"Move It One Over"-1

139-Todd Rundgren
4 Artist plays
2 Distinct songs
"Bang The Drum All Day"-3
"Hello It's Me"-1

140-Tommy Tutone
3 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"867-5309 (Jenny)"-3

141-Toto
7 Artist plays
3 Distinct songs
"Hold The Line"-5
"Africa"-1
"Rosanna"-1

142-Pete Townsend
5 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"Let My Love Open The Door"-5

143-Twisted Sister
4 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"We're Not Gonna Take It"-4

144-U2
17 Artist plays
5 Distinct songs
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"-2
"Pride (In The Name Of Love)"-2
"New Year's Day"-6
"Sunday Bloody Sunday"-6
"Mysterious Ways"-1

145-Van Halen
25 Artist plays
9 Distinct songs
"Hot For Teacher"-1
"Runnin' With The Devil"-3
"Jamie's Cryin'"-5
"Dance The Night Away"-1
"Why Can't This Be Love"-5
"Panama"-3
"(Oh) Pretty Woman"-3
"You Really Got Me"-2
"I'll Wait"-2

146-Van Morrison
4 Artist plays
3 Distinct songs
"Brown Eyed Girl"-1
"Moondance"-2
"Tupelo Honey"-1

147-War
7 Artist Plays
1 Distinct Song
"Low Rider"-7

148-Warren Zevon
4 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"Werewolves Of London"-1

149-Whitesnake
5 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"Here I Go Again"-5

150-The Who
23 Artist plays
7 Distinct songs
"Bargain"-1
"Pinball Wizard"-5
"Baba O'Riley"-3
"Behind Blue Eyes"-6
"Who Are You"-5
"Join Together"-1
"All This Music Must Fade"-2

151-Yes
5 Artist plays
1 Distinct song
"I've Seen All Good People (Your Move)"-5

152-Led Zeppelin
80 Artist plays
28 Distinct songs
"Going To California"-8
"Trampled Underfoot"-3
"Kashmir"-5
"Over The Hills And Far Away"-5
"Whole Lotta Love"-7
"What Is And What Should Never Be"-5
"Misty Mountain Hop"-4
"D'yer Mak'er"-2
"Black Dog"-5
"Stairway to Heaven"-3
"Communication Breakdown"-1
"Out On The Tiles"-1
"Rock'n Roll"-4
"All Of My Love"-5
"Dazed And Confused"-2
"Dancing Days"-1
"The Battle Of Evermore"-1
"The Ocean"-4
"Immigrant Song"-3
"Heartbreaker/Living Loving Maid"-2
"Fool In The Rain"-1
"Ramble On"-2
"Hey, Hey What Can i Do"-1
"I Can't Quit You Baby"-1
"Ten Years Gone"-1
"Houses Of The Holy"-1
"Hots On For Nowhere"-1
"For Your Life"-1

153-ZZ Top
16 Artist plays
4 Distinct songs
"Tush"-5
"Sharp Dressed Man"-5
"La Grange"-5
"Legs"-1

[Jesse]

I don't expect anyone to compile this information in their head, so here are the most played artists:

1-Led Zeppelin- played 80 times. 28 different songs
2-The Rolling Stones- played 60 times. 26 different songs
3-Tom Petty- played 55 times. 15 different songs
4-Aerosmtih- played 48 times. 14 different songs
5-Pink Floyd- played 42 times. 10 different songs
6-Elton John- played 38 times. 12 different songs
7-Journey- played 36 times. 8 different songs
8-The Doors- played 33 times. 10 different songs
9-Fleetwood Mac- played 33 times. 10 different songs
10-Queen- played 33 times. 8 different songs.


For the record, out of the 1631 songs played during the week, 458 were by one of these 10 artists. In other words, when listening to this station, despite the diversity shown by how many different artists and songs they play, they play songs by one of these artists roughly 30% of the time! Also, of the 540 different songs they play, 140 (about 1/4) are by one of these 10 artists. Not very diverse, is it?

[duojett71]

No real surprises there. I skimmed through the list. I think one of the most telling things for me on that list is the Van Halen plays. Every song but one was from the Roth era. Shows that the Roth era stood the test of time much better. I am not a fan of the Hagar era and don't really consider it Van Halen......but I always loved how people who loved the Hagar era would say...."...they sold more albums and had more hits with Sammy..".....which actually is not true. The Roth era has outsold the Hagar era significantly. Both eras were successful of coarse.....but the Hagar era just had more mainstream songs that really did not hold up well.

[Jesse]

Dec 20, 2019 19:05:47 GMT -5 duojett71 said:

No real surprises there. I skimmed through the list. I think one of the most telling things for me on that list is the Van Halen plays. Every song but one was from the Roth era. Shows that the Roth era stood the test of time much better. I am not a fan of the Hagar era and don't really consider it Van Halen......but I always loved how people who loved the Hagar era would say...."...they sold more albums and had more hits with Sammy..".....which actually is not true. The Roth era has outsold the Hagar era significantly. Both eras were successful of coarse.....but the Hagar era just had more mainstream songs that really did not hold up well.

To me, the surprises were how many different songs and artists this station actually DID play. I expected around 100 songs by 35-40 artists. Don't know why, but I did. Probably because it seems like I hear the same songs every time I tune in to it. However, upon further review (as I've posted a little bit of), there IS quite a bit of repetition going on here. The diversity in the playlist is more from songs/artists being played once or twice a week during non-peak hours. In that respect, my finding weren't all that surprising.

Another thing that surprised me was the amount of airplay given to both 80's Hair Bands and '90's grunge/alternative bands. Not saying that they shouldn't play those artists, but I'm surprised that they got the amount of airplay they did...… often while ignoring hits from established Classic Rock bands during the '80's and '90's.

In tandem with my last paragraph, it surprised me that artists who dominated radio back in the day and/or were even a big part of Classic Rock radio just 5-10 years ago have been whittled down to (or nearly down to) "one-hit-wonder" status. Styx, Kansas, 38 Special, Boston, Allman Brothers Band, Billy Squier, The Black Crowes, Black Sabbath, Bachman Turner Overdrive, Cream, Deep Purple, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Heart, The Kinks, Jethro Tull, The Doobie Brothers, Rush, The Moody Blues, REO Speedwagon, Loverboy, Santana, The Guess Who, Warren Zevon, and Yes all reduced to a handful of songs played a handful of times. Weird. It wouldn't take a whole lot of search and effort to double the amount of songs they play and therefor increase the variety.

Van Hagar albums, on the hole, charted better than Roth-era Van Halen albums and probably sold more initially too. But, yeah, the Roth-era left a bigger mark on the musical world and those songs just sound better in the context of 2019 than the Van Hagar tunes...… though this station could stand to add a few of the Hagar-era hits to their playlist.

[Jesse]

So, here's 25 artists (random order) who USED to get a lot of airplay back in the day and many of them were staples on Classic Rock radio just a few short years ago, yet are only played sparingly today:

38 Special
Allman Brothers Band
America
Bad Company
The Black Crowes
Billy Squier
Black Sabbath
Boston
Bachman Turner Overdrive
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Cream
Deep Purple
The Doobie Brothers
Jethro Tull
Heart
The Kinks
Kiss
Loverboy
The Moody Blues
REO Speedwagon
Rush
Santana
Steely Dan
Styx
Yes

These 25 artists were played a COMBINED 144 times during this particular week and represented by a mere 55 songs among them. I came up with over 100 additional hits by these artists that this station could play. I guess they had to push these artists aside to make room for Nirvana, Soundgarden, Peral Jam, Blind Melon and Red Hot Chili Peppers :/

If you can't follow, I'll sum it up:
The 10 artists I posted before, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Tom Petty, Aerosmith, Pink Floyd, Elton John, Journey, The Doors, Fleetwood Mac and Queen are played about 30% of the time, while the 25 artists here are played about 9% of the time.

More analysis to come!

[Jesse]

Looking at this from another angle, here are some of the most played songs:

And We Danced- The Hooters. Surprisingly played 9 times! Most of any song this particular week!

Played 8 times:
Boys Of Summer-Don Henley
Going To California-Led Zeppelin
Jack And Diane-John Cougar Mellencamp
Free Fallin'-Tom Petty
Blackhole Sun-Soundgarden. Hard to believe that the same people who want to hear the above songs played 8 times also want to hear this song!

Played 7 times:
Sister Golden Hair-America. Yeah, surprised me too!
Wanted Dead Or Alive-Bon Jovi
The Chain-Fleetwood Mac
Comfortably Numb-Pink Floyd
Faithfully-Journey
Lola-The Kinks
Sweet Home Alabama-Lynyrd Skynyrd
Low Rider-War
Whole Lotta Love-Led Zeppelin


These 15 songs account for 98 of the 1630 song plays or 6% of radio airtime.

Another 35 songs were played 6 times each. I won't list them, but add these songs to the first 15 and you got 50 songs played, roughly 20% of the time.

It wouldn't even bother me all that much except many of these songs have been played at this rate FOR 30 YEARS! I actually love many of these songs, but I don't need to hear them 6-8 times a week. Hell, I don't even need to hear them once a week!