When the drought finally snapped for a few hours the other day, WCBS-FM morning host Scott Shannon indulged his mischievous inner 12-year-old. He played “Rhythm of the Rain” by the Cascades, a No. 3 ...

For a time in the 1980s — the MTV era of Billy Idol, Cyndi Lauper, Prince, Madonna and countless others — Scott Shapiro and Jeff Turk were spinning top-40 hits at local radio station Hot 95.9 WNPQ-FM.

We’ve come a long way since the era of cassette tape hiss. From optical media to digital downloads to streaming, the way we’ve listened to music has seriously changed over the past 40 years, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. These days, Cassandra Peterson, the real woman behind the icon, is retired from donning the black wig and tight black dress of ...

Central New York fans of hair bands, synthesizers and "Jessie's Girl" will be happy to know that there's a new online radio station playing the biggest hits from the 1980s. Syracuse80s.com officially ...

Summertime chillin': If you are in the mood for a mental walk back to the 1980s, you should check out Poolside FM's new look. The retro radio station combines an 80s-like playlist with retro visuals ...

Directed by Ellen Goldfarb, New Wave: Dare To Be Different is an engrossing, emotional and educational remembrance of the frequency 92.7 FM that powered the youth of the New York City suburbs during… ...

Steve Palec reunites with his old QFM co-host "Abdul" this weekend on WKLH-FM ... Robin Roberts gets Sarah Palin ... Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin are back together again ... This week's favorite ...

Back in 2009, when Avatar dominated the box office and Obama was being sworn in for his first term, the world was a very different place - so was radio. We had big stations as super-brands emerged at ...

For decades, Elvira, the Mistress of the Dark, has been the undisputed queen of Halloween. But the 1980s were her heyday. Back then, she hosted horror films, adorned bedroom posters, and starred in ...