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Classic rock is a radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format features music ranging generally from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, primarily focusing on commercially successful hard rock popularized in the 1970s.〔Pareles, Jon. "Oldies on Rise in Album-Rock Radio" ''New York Times'' June 18, 1986: C26〕 The radio format became increasingly popular with the baby boomer demographic by the end of the 1990s. Although classic rock has mostly appealed to adult listeners, music associated with this format received more exposure with younger generations of listeners with the presence of the Internet and digital downloading.〔(Kids are listening to their parents - Their parents' music, that is ) ''USA Today'' March 30, 2004〕 Some classic rock stations also play a limited number of current releases which are stylistically consistent with the station's sound, or from established classic rock artists who still produce new albums.〔"New York Radio Guide: Radio Format Guide", NYRadioGuide.com, 2009-01-12, webpage: (NYRadio-formats ). 〕 ==History== The classic rock format evolved from AOR radio stations that were attempting to appeal to an older audience by including familiar songs of the past with current hits.〔Hill, Douglas. "AOR Nears Crucial Crossroads: Demographics, Ad Pressures My Force Fragmentation" ''Billboard'' May 22, 1982: 1〕 In 1980, AOR radio station M105 in Cleveland, Ohio began billing itself as "Cleveland's Classic Rock", playing a mix of rock music from the mid-1960s to the present.〔Scott, Jane. "The Happening" ''The Plain Dealer'' June 13, 1980: Friday 30〕 In 1982, radio consultant Lee Abrams developed the "Timeless Rock" format which combined contemporary AOR with hits from the 1960s and 1970s.〔"Timeless Rock FM Format Is Taking Shape", ''Billboard'' November 6, 1982: 1〕 KRBE (AM), Houston was another early classic rock radio station. In 1983 program director Paul Christy designed a format which played only early album rock, from the 1960s and early 1970s, without any current music or Top 40 material at all. KRBE was the first station to use the term "classic rock" on the air.〔Kojan, Harvey. "KRBE: Classic Pioneer" ''Radio & Records'' July 13, 1990: 47〕 Classic rock soon became the widely used descriptor for the format, and became the commonly used term for early album rock music by the general public. In the mid-1980s, the format's widespread proliferation came on the heels of Jacobs Media's (Fred Jacobs) success at WCXR, Washington, D.C., and Edinborough Rand's (Gary Guthrie) success at WZLX, Boston. Between Guthrie and Jacobs, they converted more than 40 major market radio stations to their individual brand of classic rock over the next several years.〔Freeman, Kim. "Classic Rock Thrives In 18 Months" ''Billboard'' October 25, 1986: 10〕 ''Billboard'' magazine's Kim Freeman posits that "while classic rock's origin's can be traced back earlier, 1986 is generally cited as the year of its birth".〔Kim Freeman. ("Labels Fight Losing Battle vs. Classic Rock". ) ''Billboard''. Vol. 99, No. 52. (26 December 1987.) p. 88. Retrieved 15 October 2015. ISSN 0006-2510〕 By 1986, the success of the format resulted in oldies accounting for 60–80% of the music played on album rock stations.〔"Overview 1986" ''Billboard'' December 27, 1986: Y4〕 Although it began as a niche format spun off from AOR, by 2001 classic rock had surpassed album rock in market share nationally.〔Ross, Sean. "Classic Rock Overtakes Album In Spring Arbs" ''Billboard'' September 15, 2001: 75〕 During the mid-1980s, the classic rock format was mainly tailored to the adult male demographic ages 25–34, which remained its largest demographic through the mid-1990s.〔Stark, Phyllis. "Katz Study Charts Classic Rock's Growth" ''Billboard'' July 16, 1994: 80〕 As the format's audience aged, its demographics skewed toward older age groups. By 2006, the 35–44 age group was the format's largest audience and by 2014 the 45–54 year-old demographic was the largest. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Classic rock」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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