Pop of a previous era. Radio stations and marketers that use this are trying to give you a rose-colored, edited, and filtered version of the past. Mr Orwell sez:

He who controls the present controls the past. He who controls the past controls the future.

Having said that... I'm a sucker for "Mystery Achievement", especially if some college radio station plays it while I'm driving. Kewl folks, remember: Type O Negative will be geezer bait someday.

A radio station format playing popular music, usually rock, 80% or more of which is non-current. Subgenres of this format exist, with some stations specializing in country music oldies or R&B oldies.

Source: The M Street Radio Directory, 1996 Edition

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