Tornado Alley (PROG)

[blackhawks]

About a year ago I stumbled on to 87.7 MeTV FM on my car radio.

Mostly 70's and 80's music, with a few 60's & 50's dropped in. Continual and commercial-free until they promo the station at the half hour.

Now here's the fun. The name of the artist and song appear on your info screen and sometimes the year of release appears immediately, sometimes not until toward the end of the song.

They've never stated such but I believe they are trying to get the driver and passengers involved in a guessing game about the year of release.

If you're like me, and the song resonates because of what it evokes about events in your life at the time of the song, you will nail it to the year, maybe a year either side of it.

Sometimes it's tricky for songs at the very end or very beginning of a decade because the transition to sounds that define the music of the decade have not yet emerged. Late 50's early 60's, for example.

It's Chicago based and I don't know if or how widely it is syndicated.

Think of what nice respite, or not, a song like this is. It's one that had me drive about 3-4 miles without remembering how I got there. :)

https://metv.com/stories/listen-to-timeless-and-memorable-music-right-here-with-metv

MeTV Music has a format all its own, with an easy to listen to vibe and a seemingly endless stream of songs that will treat listeners to musical memories. The wide collection of musical artists and eras showcases artists such as Billy Joel, Carole King, Aretha Franklin, Elton John, The Carpenters, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Simon and Garfunkel, Chicago, Hall and Oates, The Four Seasons, The Eagles, and hundreds more.


“MeTV Music brings back so many of the artists and songs that terrestrial radio has stopped playing because they ‘skew older’ or are unfamiliar to today’s program directors” said Neal Sabin, Vice Chairman of Weigel Broadcasting Co.

“Our Chicago MeTV FM station has proved there is an audience for this music with ‘hipsters, hippies, boomers and beyond.' Now we are making a similar product available nationally via MeTV.com. The wow factor will hit you hard when you spend time with MeTV Music."

Its one-of-a-kind music format is based on the successful launch and operation of 87.7 MeTV FM, our Chicago-based station that debuted the MeTV Music format in March 2015. MeTV Music was launched in association with AccuRadio, America’s fastest growing music webcaster.