Thanks WPLJ, for 5 hours of 80s heaven

There are a few radio stations that I listen to in New York City. WQXR (for classical) and KJOY (98.3 FM). But on Saturday nights (at the risk of exposing my pathetic social life) I tune to 95.5 WPLJ. Sure enough, WPLJ is one of those top 40 type deals that most of us that like music loathe, but for five hours on Saturday night it is all 80s baby. I remember several years ago when I was down in Florida, driving on the I-95 on a Saturday night listening to a radio station called The Coast and they had that 80s thing in full gear, I heard myself wonder how is it that New York doesn’t do stuff like this. Folks, there is nothing like driving down I-95, feeling the rush of the warm wind against your face and watching the palms sway to the rhythm of Simple Minds’ Don’t You Forget About Me. Of course, coming back to New York City was sort of downer and killed all my dreams of surfing in the Atlantic. And then one Saturday night, bored out of my skull, I was dial hopping on the radio and I heard some bloke talking about Saturday night at the 80s. I was intrigued, and so I listened on. And then I found my piece of heaven. So whenever I’m home on Saturday night, I tuned in to WPLJ for those wicked 80s tunes. To the folks at WPLJ, thanks … you’re special. And I bloody love ya.

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