Americas Greatest 80s Hits

The 1980s never actually left America, and Americas Greatest 80s Hits exists as proof that decades of people never stopped wanting to hear that specific decade's music on a loop. The station plays the obvious stuff: synth-pop from established artists, stadium rock, and new wave that dominated MTV when MTV still determined taste. Programming assumes the audience either lived through the '80s the first time or discovered it later and decided that was sufficient. Either way, the music works. Nostalgia is easier than taste, and this station exploits that without embarrassment. The tracks selected…