Is Classic Van Halen Slowly Disappearing from the Airwaves?

[Wolverine]

do you guys notice for years you heard at least 25 different CVH tunes through the years on the radio and nowadays you hear maybe 4 or 5 of the same CVH tunes...JUMP,PAMANA DTNA,YRGM,RWD
This shouldn't be happening...nothing like blasting atomic punk,doa,full bug,light up the sky,cradle,unchained,ice cream man,so this is love,beautiful girls,etc when it came on the radio!!

[TwoFoolsAMinute]

The Buzzsaw on Serius Radio fully represents classic Van Halen.

[Lou]

I've noticed this happening with quite a few bands. Less than 10 years ago they'd play more than just 4 or 5 songs from bands like VH, The Police, Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, The Who, etc. But it's REALLY gotten bad. I wonder, if I were 15 years old now like I was in 1997, would I be into VH? I'd only hear the same fuckin' 4 songs over and over. Whereas at least in 1997 they were still playing stuff like "Beautiful Girls," "Take Your Whiskey Home," "Drop Dead Legs," "Mean Street," "So This Is Love?" etc. etc.

[lms2]

Around these parts we are finaly getting some radio stations that play classic rock at all... and not just whatever the top 40 happens to be, So in my case, no, its not disappearing, its making a comeback! :D

[CVHfan]

It is because of Clear Channel. The radio is being homogenized and AOR has pretty much disappeared from the airwaves. Top 40 is dominant playing the same songs over and over and over. Just about all the radio stations are guilty of this. Classic Rock stations are nearly that bad.

[Lou]

The thing is, not one of the four rock stations in Philadelphia are Clear Channel though. Two are owned by Greater Media (a smaller company that has stations in Philly and Boston), one is Infinity and the other is Nassau Broadcasting which operates in New Jersey.

[CVHfan]

Just about all the Rock stations in Denver are owned by Clear Channel. THey are not the only culprit, but it is the same basic concept.

[Matt White]

DETROIT radio represents CLASSIC VAN HALEN. I just heard "Bottoms UP" at lunch time the other day!!!

On the other hand, I almost NEVER hear van hagar on the radio here.

[Roguesgirl]

I have heard more CVH in the Boston area lately and dig when the jocks say "Van Halen as it should be with DLR". This was just said today!

I heard MWM a week or so ago on the air. very cool.

[stringfelowhawk]

I remember in 97 in JAX they played the hell outta MWM and Blue On Black.................... I know that one isn't VH. But it always seemed to follow MWM.

Now, I still hear CVH daily. In Va Bch, 100.5 plays alot of it. But, they are obligated to play one or two Hagar songs too. I don't hear those two daily though. They only play them once a week or so and usually its "Finish your abortion" and "Sorry you bruised my ass Black And Blue". That other clear channel station here plays the same 8 fucking songs around the clock. LITERALLY!!! I'm glad 100.5 came to town cause if I had to hear CREED again twice in an hour I was gonna go buy me an assault rifle and camp out in their lobby and asked the cops whose side they took in the split.

Oh, I work late nights so we get "Bottoms Up", "Beautiful Girls", "Pretty Woman", "ATBL", "RWD", "Panama", "Jump", "I'll Wait" occasionally as well. And interestingly enough they'll actually play "Mean Streets", "Unchained", "Hot For Teacher", "Jamie's Cryin", hell, you name it and they play it. Of course, I'm not up during the day so I don't know about what they play then.

[ULTRAMAN VH]

DLR era VH is still played regularly in my neck of the woods. Just heard "Feel Your Love Tonight" and "Drop Dead Legs" yesterday. Very rarely here any Van Hagar though.

[Carmine]

Up in Syracuse 95x plays almost exclusive Roth era VH. On any given day, you could hear:

RWTD
You really got me
aint talkin bout love
ice cream man
on fire
DTNA
beautiful girls
ATCWR
everybody wants some
romeo delight
mean street
hear about it later
unchained
so this is love
pretty women
dancing in the streets
the full bug
jump
panama
hot for teacher
I'll wait

the only hagar is dreams or runaround....rarely!

[Carmine]

ATCWR, just came on!

[Lou]

I have never heard "Bottoms Up" on the radio.

[WACF]

Alive and well here...thank God!

The music programmer is a huge CVH fan.