Top 40 has experienced slumps before, but now must compete with formats that specifically appeal to fans of rock oldies or hip-hop or hard rock.

Chillingworth was committed to Hawaiian music, but also enjoyed playing other styles such as rock oldies, R&B, blues and folk.

The score includes rock oldies like "Monster Mash" and "Great Balls of Fire."

Jim Bannon operated WSVM with classic hits of the decades of the 1960s, 1970's and 1980s (rock oldies), plus high school sports.

Ms. Krauss finds them from folk and country songwriters and among rock oldies.

The band crashed and stomped through songs by Mr. Fair and Kramer as well as rock oldies.

The positive listener response to the offbeat novelties that Hansen included in his rock oldies show led to his eventually turning it into an all-novelty show.

Then it became "107.1 The Fox", playing rock oldies.

These emerge from an eclectic composite of R&B and blues to seminal rock oldies and even popular standards.

The station's format is Memories (soft rock oldies), specializing in many songs from the 50s through the 80s that traditional "oldies" stations no longer play.