Everyone loves the Top 40 hits, and this goes back to at least the 1950s. How did we arrive at “40” as the number of songs that are counted? Why not 50, or 25 or even 10? Renowned rock journalist Ben ...

Fifty years this month, May 5, 1965, Boss Radio 93 KHJ in Los Angeles (or as it was referred to at times as "Boss" Angeles) hard launched its Top 40 format on the 930 AM frequency. Little did it know ...

Top 40 music this year. Here are the 50 most played songs on Top 40 radio in 2025, according to Mediabase. #50 squabble up – Kendrick Lamar #49 Party 4 U – Charli XCX #48 Apple – Charli XCX #47 Nokia ...

In the past couple of years, K-pop has come a long way in getting airplay in the States. Acts like BTS, Lisa of BlackPink, as well as Blackpink themselves, have all had their fair share of radio play ...

Trends are funny. Funny in an interesting way, and often caused by forces not necessarily obvious. Such an example is top 40 radio, represented locally by KIIS (102.7 FM). The station, which almost ...

If you're a fan of K-pop, or a follower of the Hallyu wave, by now, you know how rare it is to hear a Korean act on U.S. radio. In the past decade, there have been snippets of Girls' Generation and ...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 21: (L-R) Jimin, Jungkook, RM, J-Hope, V, Jin, and SUGA of the K-pop boy band BTS visit the "Today" Show at Rockefeller Plaza on February 21, 2020 in New York City.

I’ve never been a fan of the iHeart Radio app that you can download to your smartphone. I always thought it too cumbersome to use compared to alternatives, and I don’t like the way iHeart restricts ...

What got me hooked on radio as a career was AM Top 40. In 1966, at the conclusion of eighth grade, my last English class assignment was to write about life in the year 2000 and what I would be doing.