Oldies station
 

If Los Angeles has an oldies FM radio station but Houston doesnt, would it be fair to say that Los Angeles has a better radio market/share than Houston? Why would Los Angeles have an oldies station but not Houston? What does this say about la over houston, tx?

Are you sure Houston doesn't have an oldies station? It would be extremely unusual for that to be the case. Houston has a population of over 2 milliion. The Cincinnati metro area, where I live, has half as many people and several oldies stations. Do you have a link you can share that says or shows that Houston has no oldies stations?

I used to live in houston for many years and never found one on the fm dial...! In la there was one...

From a Google search, "For classic hits from the 60s, 70s, and 80s in Houston, you can listen to KKHA (92.5 FM) "Happy Radio 92.5" or KNTX (1410 AM) "Greatest Hits of The 60s, 70s, and the 80s"

I'm certain there are more but first I need to figure out the difference between 'classic' hits and 'greatest' hits! (smiling)

The term 'oldies' has become a bit subjective the last 30 years or so. What was once 'mostly' Top 40 music from the '50's and then the '60's has morphed into a giant blob consuming and spewing nearly anything.

I guess it comes down to semantics; if something is old does it qualify as an oldie? A sane thinking human that has lived over 50 years would correctly say, no. People looking at spreadsheets or putting together a playlist through AI or have only listened to music through a computer aren't going to know the nuances of the eras and genres.

What is the difference between an 'oldies' station and a station that plays 'classic rock'? On 8/5/72, "School's Out" by Alice Cooper and "Layla" by Derek and the Dominos were in the Billboard Top 10 at the same time as "Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)" by Looking Glass and "Alone Again (Naturally) by Gilbert O'Sullivan. The first two are at home on any classic rock station and the other two belong on an oldies station. Don't mix wine and beer!

To answer your question. Yes, it appears there are stations in Houston that qualify as 'oldies'.

Well let me ask you this for your opinion only... Do all fm radio stations across the u.s. more or less play the new music that comes out each year which is played on the fm dial? Like new music which is billboard material from eminem, coldplay, maroon 5, snowpatrol, dua lipa, ect...? Like lets say some who lives in philadelphia would be able to listen to the same new music as someone in detroit or maybe chicago, seattle, ect...?

I can't give an answer regarding current Top 40 artists and FM radio. My sources of new music are through two websites and Spotify.

Two sources?

Here is the most user friendly site I know for new album releases.
https://www.albumoftheyear.org/releases/
enjoy!

In D.C. we have only one true oldies station, WPFW they crank it pretty good.