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27-408: WFLI may refer to: WFLI (AM) , a radio station (1070 AM) licensed to Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, United States WFLI-TV , a television station (channel 23, virtual 53) licensed to Cleveland, Tennessee, United States [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about radio and/or television stations with

54-556: A Top 40 station, it competed with the other AM radio stations in the Chattanooga market such as WDXB and WOGA (later WMOC) for the young adult market. The station's power was boosted to 50,000 watts in 1967. From 1961 to 1980, WFLI was a popular contemporary hits station in the Chattanooga area. It was nicknamed "Jet Fli". The station also held two concerts each year called "WFLI Jet-Fli Spectaculars". These concerts attracted large crowds to Memorial Auditorium. The WFLI Light in

81-453: A 1960s and 1970s oldies music format featuring live and local DJs. WFLI also began carrying some special features highlighting the station's past through locally-produced programming such as the "Daily Downbeat" show featuring former station alumni from the station's original 'JET FLI' era of the 1960s and 70s along with other notable or retired broadcasters from other area stations from the same era. In July 2021, WFLI began to naturally-evolve

108-644: A decade-based collection, as opposed to a single style of music. There are theories about why the music of the 1980s continues to be popular, especially to younger generations such as Millennials. The advent of music in video games such as the Grand Theft Auto , Rock Band , and Guitar Hero series introduced younger audiences to 1980s songs from artists such as The Police, Queen, Duran Duran, The Cars , R.E.M. , Billy Joel , and hundreds of others . Another theory includes TV shows and movies on Netflix and other streaming video services that are set in

135-407: A few of sports talk programs. WFLI is the flagship station for UTC Chattanooga Mocs athletics, carrying University of Tennessee Chattanooga football and basketball with Learfield Sports. Classic hits Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes songs from the top 40 music charts from the late 1960s to the early 2000s, with music from the 1980s serving as the core of

162-447: A major shift in radio programming. According to these reports, the 1970s and 1980s were the last decades that a typical top 40 radio station played all music types; by the 1990s, top 40 began splintering into various genres such as rap and alternative rock, and each station was reformatted to focus on one type of music. Millennials also grew up in an era when music radio formats featuring older music were becoming widespread, something that

189-450: A situation where artists like Madonna , George Michael , Michael Jackson , and Prince , who are considered major superstars, were no longer being played on AC stations. Most of these stations are now current-intensive, playing newer artists versus those from the 1980s which have aged out of the AC format. The recent appeal to this format has introduced format flips in major markets, including

216-575: A slightly newer music library stretching from all decades to the present with a major focus on 1990s and 2000s pop, rock and alternative songs. In addition, adult hits stations tend to have larger playlists, playing a given song only a few times per week, compared to the tighter libraries on classic hits stations. For example, KRTH , a classic hits station in Los Angeles, and KSPF , a classic hits station in Dallas, both play power songs up to 30 times

243-587: A term that better defined the stations who were basing their libraries in the MTV era of music. Thus, the term classic hits was accepted by the radio community as the official name and recognized by Nielsen Audio as a format classification. In addition, many adult contemporary (AC) stations that had featured a large library of 1980s music began to phase it out as new artists like Adele , Pink , Bruno Mars , Maroon 5 , and others became very popular, thus making these stations much more current oriented. This factor created

270-653: A week or more, which is another differentiator compared to other formats that share songs with classic hits libraries. The classic hits format saw growth in the 2010s, with stations like KRTH, WCBS-FM in New York, WLS-FM in Chicago, WROR-FM in Boston and Greatest Hits Radio in the UK having successful ratings with this model. Classic hits was named "format of the summer of 2018" by Nielsen Audio 's research team emphasizing

297-410: Is known today began to take shape in the mid 2000s when oldies radio stations started having audience and ratings issues. They believed that they could not be successful with the oldies format and needed to update the music and presentation to stay relevant in the 25-54 demographic on which advertising agencies base ad purchases. After several years of format transitions and changes, the industry needed

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324-409: The 1960s and 1970s "oldies" format into a more standard classic hits format, moving the station musically into music centered more in the 1970s and 1980s with some top chart hits from the early- to mid-1990s. On June 5, 2023, WFLI returned to a conservative talk radio format, which featured the return of the syndicated Rick & Bubba show to mornings, several syndicated conservative talk hosts, and

351-650: The 1980s and feature music from that era. Examples include Netflix's popular series Stranger Things (whose soundtrack features songs from Cyndi Lauper and Toto ), Wet Hot American Summer , Glow , and The Goldbergs on ABC . Movies with box office success that are set in the 1980s have also been contributed to the popularity of the music of that era, including Guardians of the Galaxy , The Wedding Singer , Hot Tub Time Machine , and Ready Player One . Studies suggesting that millennials prefer older music have also been published with theories regarding

378-440: The 1980s, such as U2 and Michael Jackson . Together, all of these variations of musical genres still have mass appeal due to the origins of radio stations that played them together when they were hits. Similar to the philosophy with oldies radio, most of the music is upbeat and edgy. While these music types can be found in other formats, what makes this format unique is the variety of genres being played together on one station as

405-439: The 80s and more". Radio programmer Scott Shannon , the architect of the modern top 40 era at WHTZ (Z100) in New York during the 1980s, moved his morning show to WCBS-FM, bringing many of the 1980s-style radio formats to the station. Dallas-based JAM Creative Productions , a major producer of radio station jingles in the 1980s, created an updated jingle package for stations that moved to a classic hits presentation. Jingles in

432-495: The CBS-FM update package include cuts from the popular "Flame Thrower" and "Warp Factor" packages made famous by WHTZ in the 1980s. Today's classic hits format is a representation of the variety of music types found on the radio in the 1980s including these core artists. These were a few examples that were more commonly used on most classic hits stations. Rock: Alternative and new wave : Pop: R&B and dance: Songs from

459-480: The Sky projected a spotlight in the sky, attracting listeners to businesses and events. By 1979, FM was becoming popular and the new WSKZ (KZ-106) captured most of WFLI's audience. After a two-year switch to a country music format, WFLI switched to a religious format in 1982, branding itself as "The Mid South's Most Powerful AM Gospel Station" with a Southern gospel music format in its later years. WFLI signed off

486-470: The air on March 31, 2017, but returned to the air under new management with a talk format in May 2017. On July 10, 2017, a one-day-only 1960s–1970s oldies format honored the station's heritage. It switched back to a talk format by July 11, airing the syndicated programs of Laura Ingraham , Dave Ramsey , Todd Starnes , Eric Metaxas and morning duo Rick & Bubba . On April 23, 2018, the station returned to

513-639: The flip of WIAD , Washington D.C. from adult contemporary-formatted "Fresh-FM" to classic hits as "The Drive" in October 2018. Most of the current classic hits stations were simply slow evolutions from oldies, including WOGL in Philadelphia, WRBQ-FM in Tampa, KSPF in Dallas, and WOCL in Orlando, among many others. WOGL changed their slogan to "Nobody plays more 80s" whereas WRBQ-FM changed to "Hits of

540-477: The format. Music that was popularized by MTV in the early 1980s and the nostalgia behind it is a major driver to the format. It is considered the successor to the oldies format, a collection of top 40 songs from the late 1950s through the late 1970s that was once extremely popular in the United States and Canada. The term is sometimes incorrectly used as a synonym for the adult hits format, which uses

567-542: The huge popularity of the format. In addition, the Millennial generation is listening to this format in record numbers, according to a Nielsen report. As of December 2019, there are now over 1,100 classic hits stations in the United States, the largest amount in format history. The term "classic hits" is believed to have its birth at WZLX in Boston , when the station hired programming consultant Gary Guthrie to convert

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594-551: The maximum for commercial AM stations in the U.S. But 1070 AM is a clear channel frequency reserved for KNX Los Angeles . So WFLI must reduce power at night to 2,500 watts to avoid interference. It uses a directional antenna at all times. Programming is also heard on 250 watt FM translator W241AF at 96.1 MHz . (which formerly carried WUSY -HD2) in addition to a second translator for coverage in areas located north of downtown Chattanooga, W262DQ at 100.3 MHz . On February 20, 1961, WFLI signed on with 10,000 watts. As

621-586: The mid- to late 1970s which had an influence on the MTV generation from artists such as Queen , Foreigner , Elton John , and the Bee Gees are still featured on many of these stations as the oldest part of the library. Additionally, stations have started to play songs from the 1990s and 2000s that have appeal to this audience such as " Linger " by The Cranberries and Uncle Kracker 's version of " Drift Away ", along with later releases by artists that were successful in

648-522: The same/similar call signs or branding. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WFLI&oldid=1020217425 " Category : Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages WFLI (AM) By day, WFLI broadcasts at 50,000 watts ,

675-400: The station from adult contemporary to a format composed of the hipper tracks from the oldies format and album tracks from popular classic rock albums. The goal was to attract and magnetize people who experienced adolescence in the 1960s or 1970s and enjoyed the music of those eras, but did not favor the then-current heavy metal or top 40 music of the 1980s. These were people whose mindset

702-523: Was aging beyond album-oriented rock and top 40, yet were still either too young for or uninterested in oldies . Until the mid-2000s, the term "classic hits" was used by stations that played the softer or more hit-oriented side of classic rock . Today, there are a few stations that identify as classic hits, such as WROR-FM in Boston and WJJK in Indianapolis, but whose playlists have more in common with classic rock. The classic hits format as it

729-439: Was not necessarily true for Generation X; much of the classic hits library was included in adult-contemporary stations of the era, while classic rock was only beginning to split from more modern rock stations in the late 1980s, around the same time oldies emerged as a standalone format. During the late 2010s, many stations in the adult contemporary, adult R&B , and alternative formats either reduced or eliminated songs from

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