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Originally Posted by lcarus
Seems like when iHeartRadio came around, that's when it started changing. They didn't cut out the classic rock 100%. Just a good chunk of it. They still play Zeppelin and Pink Floyd on occasion, but when they do it's usually just Black Dog and Another Brick in the Wall. ZZ Top, Skynyrd, Tom Petty = gone. Other stuff like Hendrix, Molly Hatchet, George Thoroughgood and Thin Lizzy = gone. Maybe they still play that stuff once in a blue moon or by request.
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It's all about demographics man.
The audience for that kind of music is...well...dying. Literally.
The primary consumers now are Gen X'ers, so they're playing 80's and 90's mixes.