I believe that the now-venerable KDHX also was associated with Double Helix video productions, which presented some good concerts on local cable access. I also recall WMRY [owned by a religious institution, the call letters stood for W-Missionary!] played good music and promoted some concerts at Mississippi Nights.
Sad that station had went off the air and changed to KLOU. No radio staion will ever be the same. I'll be 50 this year and i grow up in the 80s. Ever song on that list is awesome. Obviously i could make a play list of all this song today, but it's just not the same as turning on the radio with the anticipation of what song is next. Love that feeling.
my dad was a huge KMOX-AM listener-(his first new car a 1978 Oldsmobile cutlass supreme only had an am radio no 8-track no fm) wish I could have restored that car.
Wow! KMOX-FM I thought KMOX was only an AM satiation all those years running up I-55 with my family to see my grandparents in southern Illinois.-(long before the I-255 bypass/loop existed!)
If you were a teenager or young adult in the 80's , you listened to KHTR. Still remember listening in the mornings while getting ready for school. It was a sad day when they flipped formats in '88 to Oldies KLOU.
@@jeremyheitzig599 The Q! I recall KSLQ had a promotion where they gave out KSLQ bumper stickers, and if their roving team found you and you said "I Q In My Car" you won something... Anyhow, they interviewed KMOX-TV [channel 4] news anchor Julius Hunter, and at the end of the segment, when he said "I Q In My Car" one of the jocks managed to blurt out "I 4 on my TV!"
@@jeremyheitzig599 KXOK AM63 had a good top 40 format if you didn't mind the mono AM signal. I recall hearing Squeeze Box by The Who on KXOK, and of course their edit of Oh What A Night with the repeated "back in 63! 63! 63!"
Remember how "The Reflex" by Duran Duran OWNED the summer of '84 on KHTR? This was the soundtrack of my youth and I'm grateful to you for sharing this!
My very favorite radio station growing up in St. Louis. Can still remember the day it went away and how bad it sucked when I heard Elvis coming out of the dial on 103.3...
I remember riding the bus to school as a kid, one day we listened to KHTR the next would be KWK. I wish there was a list of all these songs that they played, at least in this video. Some I have forgotten about until I just heard them again.
I used to listen in southern Illinois. There was no radio insight, etc so I had no idea they were going to flip to oldies. I think the first song that KLOU played was, "Rock and Roll is here to Stay." I was in shock. After that, I spent nights listening to Jimmy Paige and Steve Buys on Q106.5.
This was one of those CBS owned CHR stations that was under the consulting arm of Mike Josephs and didn't adopt his Hot Hits formatics. Some of the CBS owned Top 40 stations that were starting up from the late 70's into the early 80's were branded as "Hot Hits". My hometown station KITS was one of those. Interesting music sweep. Nice to hear the Total Coelo clip!
Speaking of not surviving 1988, I vividly remember getting on the school bus one morning, expecting to hear Bon Jovi or Robert Palmer playing over the speakers. What I instead heard was a song that went something like, "Oh sweet pea, come on and dance with me." I felt like I'd entered some sort of musical Twilight Zone. Little did I know that was the birth date of Oldies KLOU!
The direction of music was changing around 1988; Hip Hop was starting to be a big part of the Top 40 format, and CBS didn't like the image the music was putting forth, thus they went with a corporate directive to change to Oldies, unfortunately. I'll never forget being about 12 years old getting into my Dad's Volare station wagon, punching up 103.3 and being so disappointed when I heard "Sherry" by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons and a KLOU 103 jingle. After KHTR went away I had a bad time finding anything I liked listening to on the radio and started listening to a lot of Country on Kix 104 around that because Q106.5 just wasn't the same it was much more urban leaning than KHTR was and I couldn't find much I liked on the radio at that time after listening to KHTR from the time I had my first radio when I was five or six.
Takes me back gonna be 50 this year and was big into music since I was in grade school
when this station switch to 103.3 KLOU I was so mad!
I remember this switch over too! When they became "oldies".
KDHX FM radio had been around since 1987.
I believe that the now-venerable KDHX also was associated with Double Helix video productions, which presented some good concerts on local cable access.
I also recall WMRY [owned by a religious institution, the call letters stood for W-Missionary!] played good music and promoted some concerts at Mississippi Nights.
nothing better than tuning in this station and hearing Steve winwood or the Miami vice theme coming out of the speakers!
Sad that station had went off the air and changed to KLOU. No radio staion will ever be the same. I'll be 50 this year and i grow up in the 80s. Ever song on that list is awesome. Obviously i could make a play list of all this song today, but it's just not the same as turning on the radio with the anticipation of what song is next. Love that feeling.
my dad was a huge KMOX-AM listener-(his first new car a 1978 Oldsmobile cutlass supreme only had an am radio no 8-track no fm) wish I could have restored that car.
Wow! KMOX-FM I thought KMOX was only an AM satiation all those years running up I-55 with my family to see my grandparents in southern Illinois.-(long before the I-255 bypass/loop existed!)
If you were a teenager or young adult in the 80's , you listened to KHTR. Still remember listening in the mornings while getting ready for school. It was a sad day when they flipped formats in '88 to Oldies KLOU.
What was the dominant top 40 station in the Lou before that?
@@JoelHacker I'd say it was probably KADI 96.3 or KSLQ 98.1
@@jeremyheitzig599 The Q!
I recall KSLQ had a promotion where they gave out KSLQ bumper stickers, and if their roving team found you and you said "I Q In My Car" you won something... Anyhow, they interviewed KMOX-TV [channel 4] news anchor Julius Hunter, and at the end of the segment, when he said "I Q In My Car" one of the jocks managed to blurt out "I 4 on my TV!"
@@jeremyheitzig599 KXOK AM63 had a good top 40 format if you didn't mind the mono AM signal. I recall hearing Squeeze Box by The Who on KXOK, and of course their edit of Oh What A Night with the repeated "back in 63! 63! 63!"
I remember that format flip in 1988. I remember turning on the radio and hearing The Jackson 5's "Rockin Robin" and thinking WTF! It was so sad!
Remember how "The Reflex" by Duran Duran OWNED the summer of '84 on KHTR? This was the soundtrack of my youth and I'm grateful to you for sharing this!
Duran Duran was my group as a teen. I loved them for being creative compared to other groups.
Loved hearing "The Reflex" throughout the summer of '84.
My very favorite radio station growing up in St. Louis. Can still remember the day it went away and how bad it sucked when I heard Elvis coming out of the dial on 103.3...
Listened to this station every morning going to High School with my friends during our drive to Eureka Senior High.
Another eureka alumni,I was in class90-91
KHTR whoa I remember that station. What year, not sure but I remember it vaguely.
#52 is Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin - Separate Lives
KSHE has been true to the
game. And it's not going anywhere.
Same 20 songs on kshe
Thanks for posting, listening to this takes me back to my teenage years. I used to love to record songs from KHTR.
I remember riding the bus to school as a kid, one day we listened to KHTR the next would be KWK. I wish there was a list of all these songs that they played, at least in this video. Some I have forgotten about until I just heard them again.
That's a long list, but I'll try my best. I'm adding it to the description.
KWK... I remember that station as well.
The only radio station I lessened to in high school.
Hell yeah I remember this when I was a freshman in high school. Go Civic Memorial Eagles!!!
I used to listen in southern Illinois. There was no radio insight, etc so I had no idea they were going to flip to oldies. I think the first song that KLOU played was, "Rock and Roll is here to Stay." I was in shock. After that, I spent nights listening to Jimmy Paige and Steve Buys on Q106.5.
This was one of those CBS owned CHR stations that was under the consulting arm of Mike Josephs and didn't adopt his Hot Hits formatics. Some of the CBS owned Top 40 stations that were starting up from the late 70's into the early 80's were branded as "Hot Hits". My hometown station KITS was one of those. Interesting music sweep. Nice to hear the Total Coelo clip!
That's awesome! Brought back a bunch of memories! Thanks for posting!
Speaking of not surviving 1988, I vividly remember getting on the school bus one morning, expecting to hear Bon Jovi or Robert Palmer playing over the speakers. What I instead heard was a song that went something like, "Oh sweet pea, come on and dance with me." I felt like I'd entered some sort of musical Twilight Zone. Little did I know that was the birth date of Oldies KLOU!
It was "Lollipop, lollipop, oh lolli-lollipop" for me. :(
Haha!
Do you have more good quality of these jingles?
I remember they had a contest and gave away Pontiac Fieros I think this was 1985
I very much enjoyed KHTR, wish that they'd stayed around. Doesn't make sense why they didn't.
The direction of music was changing around 1988; Hip Hop was starting to be a big part of the Top 40 format, and CBS didn't like the image the music was putting forth, thus they went with a corporate directive to change to Oldies, unfortunately. I'll never forget being about 12 years old getting into my Dad's Volare station wagon, punching up 103.3 and being so disappointed when I heard "Sherry" by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons and a KLOU 103 jingle. After KHTR went away I had a bad time finding anything I liked listening to on the radio and started listening to a lot of Country on Kix 104 around that because Q106.5 just wasn't the same it was much more urban leaning than KHTR was and I couldn't find much I liked on the radio at that time after listening to KHTR from the time I had my first radio when I was five or six.