What ever happened to AOR?

Question

Album Oriented Rock...it was what I listened to on FM in the 70s. Artists didn't release singles...they got airplay on FM for certain songs that djs took a shine to.....and you bought the album. The Grateful Dead were an AOR band.

Now I can't find any AOR stations on the radio where I live....you know, playing modern rock, but with an album orientation instead of hit singles orientation. Does it still exist? Maybe on XM?

Answer 1

Try internet radio with a service like Live365.

http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory...

Answer 2

yeah,today's music sucks. that just proves we are old

Answer 3

Haven't really found any AORs anymore. Most morphed into classic rock stations once the grunge came along in 1991.

About the closest thing is a format called AAA or Adult Album Alternative . There are some releases you will hear on say Pop (like the Santana/Chad Kroger song now on AAA) but most you won't hear anywhere else and the music is the lower key than what we call Rock these days (which is a lot harder and pre determined cut driven)