Category Archives: Blogs
Friday's Forgotten 45: Come Dancing
As we head into the weekend, a reminder that Nina Blackwood takes over KOKZ every Saturday night from 9 to midnight on Absolutely 80's. It's where I found my Friday Forgotten 45 at 3:45 from The Kinks...
May 20, 2022 ultomatt / CC
Throwback Thursday Forgotten: Love Is The Answer
It's safe to say we live in interesting times. It's been a crazy couple of years, so for today's Forgotten 45 at 3:45, I found a song that was on the charts today in 1979, one with a hopeful message. ...
May 19, 2022 Tim Rodenberg / CC
The Wild West Of Childhood!
People of my generation, X, talk about how great it was to grow up before a million channels, no smart phones, no camera at your fingertips all day to catch you doing something stupid. The best part.....
May 19, 2022
Remember MTV when it was fun?
Ahhhh the 80's when the M in MTV stood for music! Today we go back to 1985 for today's Forgotten 45 at 3:45. It's from Van Halen front man David Lee Roth with "Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody"! The s...
May 18, 2022 Ray MacLean / CC
Tuesday's Forgotten 45 is from Mr. Mister
The Tunesday topic on the Waters Wake-Up Call was the first music you ever bought, mine was the Eagles album "One of These Nights". But I also remember buying my first CD player and CD's and one of th...
May 17, 2022 Anna-Stina Takala / CC
TuNesDay Discussion: First Music Bought With Your Own $
I gotta tell ya, TuNesDays are becoming my favorite days of the week. Another week, another topic. If you love music, it usually starts when you're young. One of my greatest/worst memories was buying ...
May 17, 2022
Monday's Forgotten 45 is from Jefferson Starship
We go back to May of 1981 for today's Forgotten 45 at 3:45 for a song by Jefferson Starship. The band that started as Jefferson Airplane rebranded as Jefferson Starship in 1975 and in 1979 vocalist Mi...
May 16, 2022 Mary McCoy / CC
Actors That Sing: Eddie Murphy
it's been a fun week on the Forgotten 45, we've featured songs from Don Johnson, Steve Martin, Bruce Willis, and David Soul. For the Friday Forgotten we go back to 1986 for Eddie Murphy's "Party All t...
May 13, 2022 David Shankbone
What is Iowa Most Superstitious Of?
Is Friday the 13th really bad luck? Probably not. It's just another reason for having fun in the world of, "Creepiness". We were talking about superstitions this morning. You were giving me all kinds ...
May 13, 2022
Actors That Sing: David Soul
Back in the day when we only had 4 channels, rabbit ear antennas, and you were the remote control for your old man, Starsky & Hutch was must see TV in the 70's! Starsky played by Paul Michael Glas...
May 12, 2022 zombieite / CC