011.FM - Cruise Control - Road Trip

Cruise Control from 011.FM gets one thing absolutely right: it understands America's highway. The playlist threads a careful line through decades of rock and pop that actually belonged on AM radios during cross-country drives. Springsteen gets rotation, so does Tom Petty, Eagles, and modern acts building similar muscle. It's not ironic nostalgia. These songs fit the context. Four-hour stretches without chatter lets you fall into a rhythm with the music. Production stays clean without flashiness. What separates this from a standard '70s-onwards rock playlist is intentionality - someone decided…