KROQ Top 106.7 Countdowns explained

The KROQ Top 106.7 Countdowns is an end-of-year countdown that lists the top "106.7" songs on the Los Angeles station KROQ as voted by listeners. The countdown started in 1980, and ran every year until 2009. Since 2009, the list has been compiled by fans from playlist data.[1]

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, KROQ's proximity to Hollywood and the Los Angeles music scene gave it a unique place in the development of the punk, new wave and alternative rock genres.[2] In its heyday, KROQ was considered the most powerful radio station in the world. It was the top-rated station in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, and its "ROQ of the 80s" format was copied nationwide. Its renegade roots, and willingness to experiment, came along at the same time as the birth of punk and new wave. The choices made by the station and its staff had a worldwide impact. This is reflected in the annual list of most popular songs.[3]

The end of year countdown was the first among the station's "lists". Among others released are the "List Of 106.7 Biggest KROQ Bands"[4] and "Flashback 500" or "Firecracker 500" (presenting the 500 most popular songs).[5] In April 2020, the station released a COVID Quarantine edition of the "Top 106.7 Songs of All Time", with Everlong by the Foo Fighters topping the list.[6]

Countdowns by year

KROQ Top 106.7 Countdowns! Year !! Number 1 Song !! Artist !! Reference
1980 [7]
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013

Lack of female artist representation

Over the years, bands like the Go-Gos and the Bangles made the list, but didn't make the top spot. Missing Persons, fronted by Dale Bozzio, topped the chart in 1981, the chart's second year. However, since its inception, the number of female artists has decreased over the years,[8] with Sinéad O'Connor being the only woman, or female act, to top the countdown.[9] This is the same phenomena seen on the Billboard's Alternative Songs chart that went seventeen years without a woman topping the chart from 1996 to 2013.[10]

Over the years, KROQ's Weenie Roast has also faced allegations that it does not pay enough attention to gender equity.[11]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: KROQ 2010 Top 106.7 Most Played Songs Playlist . Darth Brett . YouTube.
  2. Book: Apter . Jeff . Gwen Stefani and No Doubt: Simple Kind of Life . 2009 . Omnibus Press . 9780857120489. 151 .
  3. Sullivan . Kate . KROQ An Oral History . Los Angeles Magazine. November 2001. Emmis Communications. 90–. 1522-9149.
  4. Web site: Beastie Boys #1 On The List Of 106.7 Biggest KROQ Bands . 2012-05-12.
  5. Web site: Complete list of countdowns from 1980 to present . Rocklists.com.
  6. Web site: KROQ Quarantine Countdown of the Top 106 (Point 7) Songs of All Time . KROQ.COM . 2020-04-23.
  7. Web site: Top 80 Songs of 1980 . KROQ . radio.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20200607025322/https://kroq.radio.com/top-80-songs-1980 . 2020-06-07. June 7, 2020 .
  8. News: Craughwell . Kathleen . It's a Man's World at KROQ . LA Times . 2002-01-21.
  9. Web site: Song title 66 - Nothing Compares 2 U . chart2000.com . Steve Hawtin . 2020-04-06 . Chart Entries . KROQ 1 of 1990.
  10. Web site: Lorde First Woman in 17 Years to Top Alternative with 'Royals'. Billboard. 2013-08-16. 2013-08-16.
  11. Web site: Weenie Roast: No Women Aloud? . Mike . Boehm . 1999-06-17 . Los Angeles Times.

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