80s80s Wave

Wave means new wave, synthpop, post-punk, and the electronic sound that defined 1980s alternative culture. The station's name does the work - everything selected originates from that single decade. Depeche Mode, The Human League, Soft Cell, Kraftwerk's later work, Italian synth-pop producers, British post-punk experiments - all rotate through daily. The station doesn't discriminate between mainstream hits and cult recordings. Dead Can Dance appears alongside Duran Duran. Visage sits next to Cabaret Voltaire. The programming presumes listeners understand '80s alternative culture as unified desp…