Easy Listening Emerged From When Radio Programmers Tried To Target Women

from Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson · host Brady Carlson

Today in 1971 that the magazine Record World published an article about a new and very chill radio format that was the precursor of Easy Listening. Plus: this Saturday in New York City, it’s Pigeon Fest. Music Only for a Woman: The Birth of Easy Listening (JSTOR)Pigeon Fest Help keep this show chill as a backer on Patreon

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