iHeart80s Radio

iHeart80s commits fully to its decade without apology. The station doesn't position the '80s as guilty pleasure or retro irony. Instead, it argues - correctly - that '80s music often possessed greater structural sophistication and production ambition than what followed. New wave and synthpop elements sit beside power ballads and arena rock, all treated with equal seriousness. Artists like Depeche Mode and Duran Duran share programming space with Def Leppard and Bon Jovi, proving that the decade contained multitudes. That catholicity keeps the format from becoming parody. The music works becaus…