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<blockquote data-quote="Mason" data-source="post: 7091" data-attributes="member: 172"><p><strong>Classic rock</strong> is a US radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_rock#cite_note-nytimes-1" target="_blank">[1]</a> In the United States, the classic rock format comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the mid 1990s,[2] primarily focusing on commercially successful blues rock and hard rock popularized in the 1970s AOR format.[1] The radio format became increasingly popular with the baby boomer demographic by the end of the 1990s.[3]</p><p></p><p>Although classic rock has mostly appealed to adult listeners, music associated with this format received more exposure with younger listeners with the presence of the Internet and digital downloading.[4] Some classic rock stations also play a limited number of current releases which are stylistically consistent with the station's sound, or by heritage acts which are still active and producing new music.[5]</p><p></p><p>Conceptually, classic rock has been analyzed by academics as an effort by critics, media, and music establishments to canonize rock music and commodify 1960s Western culture for audiences living in a post-baby boomer economy. The music predominantly selected for the format has been identified as commercially successful songs by white male acts from the Anglosphere, expressing values of Romanticism, self-aggrandizement, and politically undemanding ideologies. It has been associated with the album era (1960s–2000s), particularly the period's early pop/rock music.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mason, post: 7091, member: 172"] [B]Classic rock[/B] is a US radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_rock#cite_note-nytimes-1'][1][/URL] In the United States, the classic rock format comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the mid 1990s,[2] primarily focusing on commercially successful blues rock and hard rock popularized in the 1970s AOR format.[1] The radio format became increasingly popular with the baby boomer demographic by the end of the 1990s.[3] Although classic rock has mostly appealed to adult listeners, music associated with this format received more exposure with younger listeners with the presence of the Internet and digital downloading.[4] Some classic rock stations also play a limited number of current releases which are stylistically consistent with the station's sound, or by heritage acts which are still active and producing new music.[5] Conceptually, classic rock has been analyzed by academics as an effort by critics, media, and music establishments to canonize rock music and commodify 1960s Western culture for audiences living in a post-baby boomer economy. The music predominantly selected for the format has been identified as commercially successful songs by white male acts from the Anglosphere, expressing values of Romanticism, self-aggrandizement, and politically undemanding ideologies. It has been associated with the album era (1960s–2000s), particularly the period's early pop/rock music. [/QUOTE]
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