(disclamer: I'm not in the radio business, just a listener)

I have been K-Hits biggest fan since the format went on-air, and I've conversed with several of the personalities on occasion about content. I have to say that in the last few months, K-HITS' playlist rotation has stagnated to the point that it's tough to listen to.

As with CharlieFM, I've held a long-standing viewpoint of how I would program a station like K-HITS if I had the job: I'd start with the Billboard Top 100 for the years from 1961-1980. That would be approx 2000 songs. I would add or remove various songs per year depending on oversaturation, obtaining permissions to play issues, and other minor factors. I would weight the songs, making sure that the top 20 for each year was in about a 25% heavier rotation than the other 80 per year. Then I would cherry pick another 300-500 songs that may not have been big hits in their time, but history has made them bigger. So in the end, I would have approx 2500-3000 songs that could be randomly rotated, taking into account the weighted tracks.

What's so hard about this? Why do radio stations continue to limit their playlists to the low-to-mid triple digits when their supposed format encompasses literally thousands of songs that would be appropriate and welcome to the listeners?

I think that any "Big Fan" or "Loyal Listener" will ultimeately come to that point in time as you can only play a "TOP 40" playlist in rotation only so many times before you get tired of it. Let's face it.....most radio is not meant for the long time listeners but instead for the casual listener who will not pick up on this fact. When they tune in they here the great hit's that they are fond of but they do not listen day in and day out so they don't notice it. I like KGON with their listener interactive programs that give us listener's a chance drive! Connect the Classics, Rock Shots, Six Pack Weekends, all those are listener based and some great "B" side tunes make it to the airwaves! When the day comes were radio quit's being interesting and fun then I will quit radio! But for now I still enjoy radio even though there are way to many spot's these days. You only get about 12 or 13 songs every hour and some stations even less than that.

I still like "K-hits" better than any other station in Portland (musically), but I agree with Chrispdx on larger playlists. Charlie is a joke. "We play everything", still haven't heard any Big Band, Country, Jazz or anything else but mostly '80s crap.
No variety there.

Of course, one flaw in chrispdx's theory is that quite a few songs in the time frame he mentioned haven't aged well and are unlistenable today, not to mention the many songs, including Top 10 tracks, were turkeys to begin with. The mid-late 70's had a dearth of stuff you still want to hear today.

I'm not quite sure about this but it appears KHITS is overlooking OTHER decent tracks by popular artists of the day. Is there a 3 song limit per artist? Three Dog Night and Creedence Clearwater seem to be in this overlooked group. I can't really say for sure because most of my time I'm listening to 94.7

I have spieled before on this topic, as have others, notably Roger -- where are we in the countdown? Nine? You great folks have indulged me already, so I'll reserve my rant. Craig is putting together a great shift, and I am enjoying it far too much to be cranky. The word of the day: Rodeo. :0)

Im starting to enjoy K-hits a lot more than I am with Charlie, and I have always been a big fan of Charlie!
The problem I have with Charlie is that they are playing waaaay too much of the Crap that KINK is playing like Train, and Rem- Everybody hurts"- AWFUL! I seriously can't take Train, I HATE REM and that is the main reason why I hate KINK! I think that crap is so bland and boring!!!! Let KINK play that CRAP why does Charlie have to play so much of it?? I wish Charlie and Khits would play some completely different songs that we havent heard in years.

I wish Charlie Would rock a little bit harder and throw in some of the harder rock tracks. I heard metallica on Charlie the other day followed by Stevie Wonder and I was actually impressed at how good the transition sounded. They should throw in more rock and Blow KUFO out of the water. Kufo is doing nothing right, Now is the time to rid them of all their listeners.

Regardless if you love them or hate them, Charlie is doing something right because they had a good book and they are tied with K-hits. Plus I hear Charlie everywhere I go. Was getting my haircut yesterday and they had charlie Cranked! I listen to both K-hits and Charlie and i have to admit, i hear Charlie at more businesses than I do K-hits.

Justin, "I hear Charlie everywhere I go." That's not a good sign I remember when KXL-FM had a 70's format and nearly every business I went into seemed to be on KXL-FM. Everyone I knew listened to it, yet they had poor ratings, go figure. Ratings are highly over rated.

I never listen to Charlie, and I wont stay somewhere that its being played!

As to Khits, they've added a few older songs lately, I'd still like to hear chuck Berry occassionally, They've played several different Herman Hermits songs lately. I hadn't heard "No Milk today", in a long time. Mack the Knife or Splish Splash would be good to hear.

Hey Nwokie.The other day They were playing "Splish Splash" on your favorite station, CHARLIE!!!!

Problem with charlie, is you have to listen to 6 or 7 songs you cant stand, to heat that occassional gem.

And Charlie really ticked me off the way they replaced KISN, I know it was a business decision, but I can stay mad for a long time.

Nwokie, heres a question, do you like any bands that
came out in the last 25 years??NOW I agree that most of the music coming out today is AWFUL, because it is, but Id be curious if there are any bands that you do like that didn't come from the 60's or 70's.
OR are you just one of those moldy oldies who are just "stuck in the past"???

I'm 27 years old, and I know almost every song K-Kits plays. That should tell you that they are not digging very deep into their library lately.

Whoa, so I heard Three Dog Night's "Liar" on KHits about an hour ago. Looks like they DO program off this website!

I'd also suggest: "Out In The Country", "One Man Band" and "Pieces of April"!

"Whoa, so I heard Three Dog Night's "Liar" on KHits about an hour ago. Looks like they DO program off this website! :-)

I'd also suggest: "Out In The Country", "One Man Band" and "Pieces of April"!"

And, how about some of their others:
Shambala, Never Been to Spain, Family of Man, Old Fashion Love Song, Black and White, Celebrate, Till the World Ends, Easy to be Hard.

Notice, I did not include the overplayed given token "Joy to the World".

Expand that playlist..... not just for Three Dog Night, but for other artists as well. Too many good tunes go unplayed while overplaying a few "tokens" from some bands. That is one of my big complaints about the Charlie "We Play Everything" nonsense.

I agree with Nwokie. I don't want to listen through 6-7 or more overplayed songs I can't stand or am tired of just to hear an occasional gem.

So, I go to the Spanish stations for awhile where most everything I hear is almost new to me.

There's a great shortwave station you would love! The time changes every few seconds! I'm not positive about "'Til the World Ends" but am pretty sure I've heard the rest of those songs on K-Hits!

Any modern rock music I like?
short answer No!, Long answer Hell No.

For anyone who doesn't think K-Hits plays old enough music, try this week's theme weekend. I just heard "The Great Pretender"!

This weekend has been great!

The Angeles, Bobby Darin, Chubby checker, (nowadays he would be called vertically challenged checkers).

Mark Lindsey has been on KHITS on Saturday nights for a while. What are your thoughts on that show?

I like Lindsey's show, he has improved a lot, hisearlier shows on KISN (forget I said that name). he was a little forced, now hes gotten much more relaxed on the air.

I still miss Stoners show!

Lindsay, gentlemen. It's Mark Lindsay.

When is his (Yaws) restaurant going to open? It's taking forever!!! Hurry up already!

around the middle of july

I heard Nash Rambler yesterday, and Mr Lindsay's program depressed me, he played a novelty "SS 396", and "Corvair" those were my first 2 cars.

I would really like to have that SS back.

Beep Beep

Jarvis Jeep!

(Oh, sorry...commercial break from a time warp.)

Seriously, can someone clue me in if this program is streamed...If so, I'd like to check it out...

...as is every Portland FM except(probably temporarily)93.1.(It was before.) Go to the front page of this site for a complete list.

JIMBO SAID....."I agree with Nwokie. I don't want to listen through 6-7 or more overplayed songs I can't stand or am tired of just to hear an occasional gem."

Teri Danner explained why in another thread... Don't agree, but it's why it is. Glad to know there is a group that seems neglected speaking out. Still, any song out side the expected that KHITS plays is one more than most of them play. Take what you can get, and keep those cards and letters rolling in. If you don't tell them, they won't change.

the station does sound pretty decent but they need to expand the playlist, there is no reason i should hear the same songs playing at the same time each day. there is so much not included in their list that they could ad

they also need to give some thought to how the songs sound depending on what time of day it is, i don't need to hear slow sad songs in the morning or during the day at all for that matter

I think inside KHITS, theres a true oldies station trying to get out.

The play list this past weekend was fabelous.

I about half expected last weekend's focus to be on fathers. I was looking forward to ditties from Danny Thomas and Jerry Lewis!

Thought I'd resurrect this thread, and say that KHITS has been doing a little bit better about their playlist rotations, but still way too much "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" and "Runnin' On Empty". More Acid Rock and up-tempo Disco.

You got a problem with songs that mention General Robert E. Lee?

....ditties from Danny Thomas and Jerry Lewis!

Gary Lewis does a fine little take off on his dad in a song called "Time Stands Still"

How's about copying CBSFM New York by adding The 80's?

General Robert E. Lee?

A river boat. or a 70s orange chrysler product.

How about NOT copying 'CBSFM by adding the '80s. They'll get their time. Let's at least let the '60s run their course first. For me, 1983 was the break point. Everything took a 45 degree turn after that. Before that, it still had a '70s feel.

I was surprised to hear Michael Jackson "don't stop tell ya get enough" On K-hits the other night.

I'm thinking that's on "Off The Wall". If so, it's from 1979.

Alright, dammit, today for the fourth daytime in a row (I've been counting, unfortuately) I heard that f'ing Joan Baez "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" song. Is there REALLY a demand to hear that song EVERY FREAKIN' DAY??? AAAAAHHHH Dear K-Hits program director: YOU SUCK. End of message.

I have a solution: Listen every other day. That way it won't get stale. In between, you can sample different radio stations. K103, KGON and KINK come to mind. Maybe, even Charlie. How about Country? About half of it sounds like 30 year old Rock.

pdxchris sez: "Dear K-Hits program director: YOU SUCK."

Hmm . . . I think there are only 7 songs ever recorded in the 60's and 70's that would not result in a "you suck" outcome from someone, somehere, when played.

Now if some PD could only figure out what those 7 song are, they'd be suck-free.




(ps: its NOT Louie, Louie! )

I think there are only 7 songs ever recorded in the 60's and 70's that would not result in a "you suck" outcome ...
(ps: its NOT Louie, Louie!)
Then it's probably 6 songs.

This probably goes for every song out there: the song you personally hate is someone's favorite. The song they hate is probably your favorite. Not everyone can please everybody everyday.

Funny thing, I have actually noticed quite an expansion of the playlist over the past months. It is great to hear many less obvious, but equally fine cuts from artists that need no introduction. I also have heard a few great lost oldies coming to light again. I have been delighted by the growing share of classic soul too.

Features like the Soul Kitchen, Sixties at Six and One 45 at 1:45 are great ways to reintroduce great tunes and K-Hits has taken full advantage of those slots. The weekend specials -- like the groovy Peace, Love & Hippiness that is running right now -- have been fantastic.

If it has been awhile, the morning show with Dave McKay is worth another listen. Live local radio is the only way to start your day. I really like how it has naturally evolved into an "old school Portland" morning show with the perfect balance of music, humor and information. It was good before, and the rapport was natural, but I think Carol Bachelor was the intangible missing piece. She makes it all groove now.

I do not see the "suck" at all. The balance between 60s and 70s is almost equal, the playlists are getting ever more creative, and the talent is great. Now that virtually every record of the era has been remastered and reissued, they are tapping into that vast and bottomless resource. Some segues have been downright brilliant, or more accurately, intuitively human.

KLTH has improved their playlist slowly, but exponentially over the past few months, and it seems like things are being added more than dropped. I like that kind of variety a great deal. Yes, of course I want slightly more obscure Turtles, and I continue to beg for Love, Big Star, The Move and The Pretty Things, but things are getting good.

[Sure, The Mothers of Invention, Fugs, The Stooges, Modern Lovers, Captain Beefheart, Can, Roxy Music, Velvet Underground, 13th Floor Elevators, Television, Patti Smith, X, Talking Heads, Ramones and Sex Pistols qualify as part of the era, but I do not see that anytime soon.]

Much of the change has been due to feedback from listeners. Yes, K-Hits still gives a big damn about us, all of us, so we should give them credit for taking our suggestions. They also have an on-air staff that loves rock and roll. I hope that their ideas are being heard loud and clear too.

As always, I adore all the liners with inside references meant to delight the natives. In fact, at this point, I would be bummed without the dorky guy. There, I said it. You know what else I like? This station is actively involved in local events, gatherings and concerts in Portland and the Valley.

I think that KLTH is beginning an era we will all look back to in twenty years with a great deal of fondness and great memories. This is a station where everyone does their homework, everyone sounds happy to be playing on the radio and everyone is good company for the listeners.

This is one of the only 24/7 live and local stations we have left. I am happy that they tied for 7th with KINK in the spring book with what looks like a solid upward trend. So, instead of attacking the PD, why not add a few constructive ideas of your own? Let's just test and see if they are paying attention. I have two requests:

First, how about adding American Girl by Tom Petty? I know, everyone knows Fast Times at Ridgemont High was from '82, but the single was released in '77. Oh, and those thieving children in The Strokes stole the song, so the kids will know the riff from another station.

Second, since we just lost the immensely talented Lee Hazlewood, how about getting some Nancy and Lee in heavier rotation? Some Velvet Morning, Sand -- the fantastic flipside of Lady Bird -- and the big hit Jackson would compliment Boots really well. I wonder if he will meet the real Phaedra in the afterlife?

I know where you are coming from Chrispdx -- my Mom was addicted to her 8-tracks, so sometimes Joan grates on my nerves too. Still, bless them for rolling out a chestnut from the Band instead of something screechy or weepy that she wrote herself. Yes, Joni, Linda, Rita, Melanie and others are more fun, so request them and outrequest the Baez booster. I can't wait to get some gravy fries at Mark's cafe. We should both go Chris, it has been forever.

Limit a playlist to seven songs, any seven songs, and it will suck. Give playlist power to an utterly deranged slot machine and you have Charlie.

newflyer sez: "(ps: its NOT Louie, Louie!)
Then it's probably 6 songs."

I stand corrected.

Littlesongs, I agree that K-HITS playlist has expanded since I wrote the original post in May, and of all the stations in Portland, K-HITS definately captures the old 62 KGW vibe better than any station since. That being said, I listen 8-9 hours a day every weekday at work and occassionally on weekends, and I still say that due to the large number of tunes available to them, me hearing the same song 4-5 times in a week is unexcusable and just flat-out lazy. I know that I'm the exception of the average listener, and that most people don't analyze playlists to the degree that I do, so I don't think my opinion should carry THAT much weight, and to be fair, they overplay some songs that I really do enjoy (Ace's "How Long" and Player's "Baby Come Back" come to mind), so I guess what I'm trying to say is not that they suck, but to try to be more random and original.

"Limit a playlist to seven songs, any seven songs, and it will suck. Give playlist power to an utterly deranged slot machine and you have Charlie."

I like the concept of Charlie. I think the execution has been horrible. Their idea of "random" has become solely 80s pop. When Charlie first come on the air, I was hoping it would be my ipod on the radio: Parliment segueing into Mozart segueing into Charley Pride segueing into Def Leppard segueing into Samantha Mumba. But if the original vision was anything like that, it's been lost, which is why I hardly listen to them anymore.

Yeah the K-HITS playlist has definitely gotten larger, it's great. It seems to be programmed pretty well. The repetition I notice is on the Billy Joel and Paul Simon tunes, for some reason those leap out at me. I also hear the heavy play on "Baby Come Back," which us DJs used to call "Baby Quack Quack."

Must have played that song a buh-zilion times!

Oh God yeah.... Billy Joel's "Movin' Out"... EVERY DAMN DAY.

charlie is by far the best station in portland, PERIOD!
Do they really play everything? NO, they don't. But thats ok because they have a much bigger playlist than any station in portland.
Hearing Johnny Cash followed by Eminem works well with me. The Thing I love about Charlie is that they are WAAAAY more liberal on the playlist than most of these bob/ Jack Fm stations. Its great getting to hear some real artsist like Johnny Cash instead of having to hear this Nickelback CRAP that the other stations play every 10 minutes. I hope Charlie stays around a while because I get too Burnt out on K-hits and KGON. While I enjoy the music, KGON and K-hits play the same damn songs every day! At least with charlie, they take some risks and play some songs I havent heard in years!

Yeah, I really enjoy hearing Johnny Cash on Charlie, Im glad they are playing him. It amazes me of how few stations play Johnny Cash. Im actually surprised that K-hits isn't playing Mr. Cash.
The only two stations In portland that play Johnny Cash (that Im aware of is Charlie and 94.7
I would think after the Movie "walk the line" came out that suddenly more stations would be playing his music.

"Charlie, the best station", I totally disagree, 90% of what they play, is unlistenable! And the DJ's they have are horrible. No station will be able to have a playlist, everyone likes, so they should pick the audience their trying to reach, and play that music.

I'm not going to listen for 30 minutes, hoping to hear a song I like. And my daughters dont like it either, because it playes oldies and occassional country.

Hey, I just got back from a fourteen state tour of the upper midwest USA (Portland to Detroit and back) and got to listen to some interesting radio. I would have listened to more, but my kids (10 and 12) are not radio listeners - especially to the kind of radio I like to listen to on the road.

Some comments:

- I heard K-Hits at least one other place out there (Nebraska?) also playing '60s and '70s hits, and also used live DJ's rather than VT. Is this the latest breaking format nationally? Where did it start - here in PDX perchance?

- The Charlie/Jack format is out there, and sounds equally blase' everywhere. I spent a good chunk of road time listening to "Bob", with their own Bob that made cute quips between songs (not as well produced as our Charlie, though.) And the "random" song mix swung more country than urban.

- I also listened to a station that imaged itself as "The Pickle". I'm still shaking my head over that one.

Nice to see everyone again.

So is Mark Lindsay really going to be broadcasting live from his Cafe??? When is his cafe opening again???

ok, Stairway to Heaven on K-Hits. Interesting. But they did follow Stairway with one of the worst of all time segues -- The Tokens' "Under the Boardwalk". Can you say Charlie???

edselehr, hey, did the Edsel make the trip without an incident? I was wondering about that for a while now.

The Drifters.

The 1958 Edsel towed the 1962 Shasta trailer very well. My Edsel has the rare Borg-Warner 3-speed/OD manual transmission (96% had automatics) which is very dependable and economical. Except for an annoying exhaust gasket leak, it got me there and got me back pretty comfortably. Thought it would be about 5,000 miles, but ended up being 6,200 (!)

BTW, the cheapest gas I bought while on the road was when I pulled back into Sandy on the last day - $2.63 a gallon. The most I paid was $3.26. Average was about $3.00. And they are *loading* the gas in the midwest with ethanol! East of the Rockies, "plus" grade is by default 10% ethanol, making it cheaper than regular unleaded! I always put the expensive regular in the Edsel, because the old rigs don't do so good with ethanol.

Edselehr: Yeh! "The Pickle" looks like a real interesting station. Take a look at their interactive website:

http://www.1055thepickle.com/

WYKT 105.5 Wilmington, Illinois, 1.3KW, HAAT: 163m.

Welcome back Edselehr! I take it that your better half didn't fill the trailer with rocks? ;o)

Craig, once again, I bow to your research! What a swell place to be an intern on a hot summer day:

http://www.1055thepickle.com/images/winners-with-pickle.jpg

...or it could have been "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". Better yet, "She Lets Her Hair Down(Early in the Morning)"! I must be the only one who ever bought that song but it probably made a fortune for Clairol!

okay, apparently someone's listening about expanding the K-HITS playlist, but... Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl" was played. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but that song came out in 1982. So is the "60s and 70s" music going to start including the early 80s now? If so, this may be the beginning of the end for me with K-HITS, since if I want to listen to tired, rehashed 80s music, I can switch on Movin' or Charlie.

Hey TOTO, Movin ain't in Kansas no more. They ain't done the 80's Rock Hit's bit for some time now!

Add: Unless of course your talking about them playing stale music from their current format.

Whew! Another threadkiller averted. Occasionally straying past 1980 by core artists is not the end of the world. When you hear Paula Abdul(now heard on K103), let me know.

Hey Chris I have also heard 80's hits starting to appear on K-hits- ACDC "you shook me all night long" and Stevie Nicks- can't remember the name of the song but it is mid 80's. Is K-hits evolving??? My answer is YES!!!! If they are playing songs from the 80's than "Superhits of the 60's and 70's" is very misleading!!!!!

I am with you ChrisPDX. What set K-HITS a part from the other tired oldies or, I should say "classic hits" stations is that they stuck to ONLY 60s and 70s and included many, many lost 45s from their massive library. If K-HITS goes with the 80s and reduces the 60s and continuee with the much over played Billy Joel, then I am done with them too.

They also used the "Three's Company" theme song and contest name for a while. That show was early 80's, not 70's.

It doesn't matter. The station needs to "project" a 60's and 70's theme. If a song is a little older or newer, it's okay as long as it fits in. In other words, if the average listener considers the song a "70's-era" song, it's okay if it was released in 1981 or something. Not really a big deal.

The fun Three's Company segment -- essentially another version of Iris Harrison's popular My 3 Songs -- still runs every morning with Dave McKay. Today's answer was "songs from movies."

"Three's Company is a popular American sitcom that ran from 1977 to 1984 on ABC."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three's_Company

Actually, the use of the theme song is entirely appropriate to the era. Damn, I miss Don Knotts.

Don Knotts did a great job, but the Norman Fell years were the good ones for the show.

Okay, I stand corrected on the years of production for Three's Company. I still believe that it's not a big deal if the cut off date for music is not exactly December 31st, 1979.

Well, apparently K-HITS used to feel that it was a big deal because only a few months, ago one evening, a listener called in to request Burnin' For You by B.O.C. and the DJ said he couldn't play it because it came out in the 80s (1981).
I applauded that policy. K-HITS should adhere to it.

Did it chart? I just heard "Celebration" on K-Hits from 1981, an interesting song. Less than 2 years after Disco was all but declared dead, a very similar sound went to the top of the charts and stayed there! I was surprised it didn't rejuvenate the entire Disco era but that really did seem to be all there was.

Yeah, clearly K-HITS appears to have sold out, or caved in to pressure to add 80s music. It is too bad. It will ruin the station for me. Buh-Bye!

Stupid Move on K-hits. Now they are competeing with Charlie.
This may be the end all for K-hits! I thought Dennis Knows how to program a station???? He is going in the WRONG DIRECTION!!

How many time can stations play these BURNT OUT overplayed songs like "celebration" by Kool and the Gang???????? That song needs to go Bye bye! Im about ready to take K hits off my preset if
they start adding stale songs like "celebration"

I'd like to know just why everyone hates 80's tunes so much. I was in HS during the early 80's and love the music from that era. I do agree that the top 40 selections from most bands from that time are tiresome to hear but there was TONS of good music from then virtually untapped. Is the burnout so bad on certain songs that the entire discography from a certain group is viewed in a dim light?

I like 80s music. I like 60s and 70s music. But I can't be in the mood for 60s and/or 70s and have 80s music satisfy. Maybe it's because of my age...I'm class of '75. 60s and 70s is the music of my youth and I regard those two decades as one era as far as my life and memories are concerned. By the 80s I was an adult and that music is from a very different part of my life, and it triggers much different memories. Not better or worse, just different. Also, I think the line between "70s" and "80s" is a little fuzzy. For example, I think Fleetwood Mac and Little River Band belong in "80s" even though they both had some big hits before 1980. They just somehow sound wrong to me amongst 60s and 70s music. Maybe I'm just weird...and my preferences would probably be totally different if I were 5 or 6 years younger. I may not be expressing myself well, but I gotta say I do a big double take (and reach for the pushbutton)whenever I hear the likes of Billy Joel on an "oldies" station.

Billy Joel, Fleetwood Mac, Little River Band spanned much of my high school and college years.

You are being weird Scott, but that's "what I like about you." Sorry 80s throw back.

Thanks Chris! Now that's what friends are for! Seriously, I'll bet Fleetwood Mac and LRB sound fine to you amongst 60s & earlier 70s, since your childhood spanned those years, right?

I don't hate 80s music, I love it but I agree with Scott that the decades in music do not compliment each other. I feel there should be separation. 60s and 70s belong together and 80s and early 90s belong together. When I am in the mood for either I would like to tune in and be guaranteed to hear music from those specific eras. Otherwise, I would have been a fan of Charlie, which I am not.

I feel there should be separation. 60s and 70s belong together and 80s and early 90s belong together.
Completely agreed.
BTW, K-Hits just played "Celebration" again a few minutes ago.
Yeah, they've responded to the new competition. IMO, too many good folks on K-Hits, so I'll simply say "let the best station win."
I think the thing that gets me just a little more about 80s music on a local CBS Radio station is because K-Hits signed on playing 60s and 70s, and we had Mix 107-5 for the 80s.

they need to throw some 80s in to the mix.

oh good grief. If you want that kind of a mix, just listen to Charlie FM. K-HITS does NOT need to be playing 80s records.