Arrow (radio format)

Arrow is a radio format that plays "classic hits" from the late 1970s through the early 1980s among other selections. The format was briefly popular in a number of markets.

The word "Arrow" is an extended acronym for "All Rock and Roll Oldies".

Many Arrow stations were owned by Infinity Broadcasting now known as CBS Radio and scattered throughout the United States. The flagship and founding station for Arrow was KCBS-FM 93.1 in Los Angeles which created and launched the format in September 1993 and ran it into 1996 before switching to a more classic rock "Arrow" format from 1996-2005.[1]

The original Arrow format focused on oldies music from the late 1960s and the entire 1970's decade without the pop, bubblegum, disco, and doo-wop. It also emphasized less DJ talk and one or two toned down jingles.[2][3]

Arrow in the Netherlands is close to the original format (although also playing "classic hits" from later decades) 675 AM or on FM cable in the Netherlands. Although since 2004 the Arrow-company also operates a jazz station with the name Arrow Jazz FM.

Besides Los Angeles, the Arrow format has been used in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas from 1993-1997 (see KBFB) and in Houston, Texas from 1993-2013 (see KQBT), and Bethesda, Maryland from 1993-2007 (see WIAD).

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1996-10-29. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  2. ↑ http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1993/RR-1993-09-17.pdf
  3. ↑ Video on YouTube


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