This novelty song premiered in May 1960, when Chicago radio station
WLS-AM changed its format from farm programming to rock and roll. It
topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was certified gold.

https://genius.com/The-hollywood-argyles-alley-oop-lyrics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcNSGFeUIV0

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On Fri, 09 May 2025 06:52:15 -0500
JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

This novelty song premiered in May 1960, when Chicago radio station
WLS-AM changed its format from farm programming to rock and roll. It
topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was certified gold.

https://genius.com/The-hollywood-argyles-alley-oop-lyrics

Huh - fond memories of WKRP in Cincinnatti (pilot episode) when Johnny
D. scratches the record off of Lawrence Welk and puts on the Rolling
Stones as they change format.

What a great show.

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On Fri, 9 May 2025 07:52:03 -0600, Retrograde
<fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

puts on the Rolling
Stones as they change format.

Lots of AM radio stations changed formats in 1960s and onward.

I suspect shows like below affected audiences musical interests, so
more/more radio stations jumped ship to a new format in larger cities.
In rural areas, same old format for years.

I suspect the increase in home TV assisted also. "In 1948, 1 percent
of U.S. households owned at least one television; in 1955, 75 percent
did."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_in_the_United_States

Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show - "an American musical variety show
broadcast weekly in the United States on the ABC television network
7:30-8 p.m. (Eastern Time) on Saturdays from February 15, 1958,
through September 10, 1960, sponsored (except for the first two shows)
by Beechnut Gum. "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dick_Clark_Show

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