Classic 21 80's New Wave

Belgium's Classic 21 maintains a laser focus on 1980s new wave, a decision that sounds limiting until you remember how expansive that era actually was. New wave encompasses synthpop, post-punk, no-wave, electronic experimentation, and guitar-driven alternative - essentially anything that rejected 1970s mainstream rock and produced something electronic or conceptually oblique. The station rotates through canonical acts like Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, and Joy Division alongside deeper cuts from bands with smaller followings but equally inventive production. The curation shows knowledge. Someone'…