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WEEKLY REPORT

The Big 80s

Week of Jul 27 - Aug 2, 2026
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New York (EDT) · Prepared Aug 5, 2026 · On-air music analytics
Tracks in rotation
911
▲ +23 vs prev
Total spins
2,469
▼ -4 vs prev
Avg POP
51.8
▼ -0.3 vs prev
Tune-out vs ambient
-0.046
▲ +0.001 vs prev
Avg listeners
476
▲ +9 vs prev
Peak listeners
759
▼ -5 vs prev
New adds
0
no change

What changed this week

Recommended actions

Movers top 25 of 911 in rotation, by POP change

# Track Spins POP Cross Appeal Tune-out rate
1 Cure · Love Song 12 +3 64 ▲ +32.0 48 85 -0.47
2 Scritti Politti · Perfect Way 14 +3 21 ▼ −29.4 29 16 0.43
3 O'Bryan · The Gigolo 2 +1 11 ▼ −20.4 2 16 2.56
4 Junior · Mama Used To Say 6 +2 46 ▲ +19.6 42 45 -0.35
5 Billy Joel · Uptown Girl 3 +1 36 ▼ −17.4 26 34 1.39
6 Erasure · Chains of Love 11 +2 25 ▼ −16.8 39 35 0.31
7 Sheila E · The Glamorous Life 5 60 ▲ +16.7 47 57 -0.47
8 Taylor Dayne · Love Will Lead You Back 1 37 ▼ −16.0 24 39 2.97
9 Sheila E · A Love Bizarre 5 +1 42 ▲ +15.0 33 38 -0.23
10 Modern English · I Melt With You 9 -3 55 ▲ +13.9 42 54 -0.18
11 Big Country · In A Big Country 10 47 ▲ +13.9 49 51 -0.17
12 David Bowie · Day-In Day-Out 1 +1 39 ▼ −13.5 31 39 1.24
13 Romeo Void · A Girl In Trouble (Is A Temporary Thing) 1 +1 41 ▼ −13.4 33 37 1.38
14 Smithereens · Only A Memory 1 +1 38 ▼ −13.4 28 35 1.27
15 Talk Talk · It's My Life 12 +3 73 ▼ −13.0 60 55 -0.09
16 Billy Ocean · Love Zone 1 +1 33 ▼ −12.9 24 41 1.08
17 New Order · Blue Monday 10 64 ▲ +12.7 52 68 -0.24
18 Taco · Puttin' On The Ritz (Big 80s mix) 13 +5 64 ▲ +12.5 38 61 -0.26
19 Stevie Nicks · Edge Of Seventeen 3 -1 42 ▼ −12.4 42 44 0.39
20 Whispers · Rock Steady 5 +2 49 ▼ −12.3 49 42 0.34
21 Bangles · If She Knew What She Wants 1 30 ▼ −12.3 27 27 2.04
22 Power Station · Some Like It Hot 12 +3 38 ▼ −12.1 41 41 0.05
23 Richard 'Dimples' Fields · If It Ain't One Thing, It's Another 1 +1 28 ▼ −12.1 21 27 1.01
24 Psychedelic Furs · Love My Way 13 -1 64 ▲ +11.6 52 63 -0.18
25 Paul Young · Everytime You Go Away 3 +1 53 ▼ −11.5 48 55 0.41

Exposure vs Appeal 60 most-played tracks

0 50 100 LOW SPINS · HIGH APPEAL room to play more HIGH SPINS · HIGH APPEAL keep as is HIGH SPINS · LOW APPEAL heavy for its pull LOW SPINS · LOW APPEAL lower priority M - Pop Muzik · Appeal 52 · 14 spins Breakfast Club - Right On Track · Appeal 34 · 14 spins Scritti Politti - Perfect Way · Appeal 16 · 14 spins Taco - Puttin' On The Ritz (Big 80s mix) · Appeal 61 · 13 spins Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way · Appeal 63 · 13 spins Howard Jones - Things Can Only Get Better · Appeal 59 · 13 spins Baltimora - Tarzan Boy · Appeal 78 · 12 spins Talk Talk - It's My Life · Appeal 55 · 12 spins Kajagoogoo - Too Shy · Appeal 59 · 12 spins Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star · Appeal 71 · 12 spins Information Society - What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) · Appeal 54 · 12 spins Cure - Love Song · Appeal 85 · 12 spins Power Station - Some Like It Hot · Appeal 41 · 12 spins a-ha - Take On Me · Appeal 90 · 11 spins Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence · Appeal 75 · 11 spins New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle · Appeal 54 · 11 spins Naked Eyes - Always Something There To Remind Me · Appeal 53 · 11 spins Human League - (Keep Feeling) Fascination · Appeal 59 · 11 spins Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round · Appeal 62 · 11 spins Real Life - Send Me An Angel · Appeal 60 · 11 spins Cure - Just Like Heaven · Appeal 48 · 11 spins Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science · Appeal 50 · 11 spins Reflex - The Politics of Dancing · Appeal 40 · 11 spins Erasure - Chains of Love · Appeal 35 · 11 spins Thompson Twins - Lay Your Hands On Me · Appeal 77 · 10 spins New Order - Blue Monday · Appeal 68 · 10 spins Animotion - Obsession · Appeal 55 · 10 spins Gary Numan - Cars · Appeal 52 · 10 spins Corey Hart - Sunglasses At Night · Appeal 49 · 10 spins Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - If You Leave · Appeal 47 · 10 spins Big Country - In A Big Country · Appeal 51 · 10 spins Naked Eyes - Promises, Promises · Appeal 77 · 9 spins Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait · Appeal 63 · 9 spins Level 42 - Something About You · Appeal 59 · 9 spins Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax · Appeal 57 · 9 spins ABC - The Look Of Love · Appeal 70 · 9 spins New Order - True Faith · Appeal 48 · 9 spins Depeche Mode - People Are People · Appeal 49 · 9 spins Modern English - I Melt With You · Appeal 54 · 9 spins Soft Cell - Tainted Love-Where Did Our Love Go · Appeal 45 · 9 spins Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now · Appeal 69 · 8 spins A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away) · Appeal 70 · 8 spins Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight · Appeal 71 · 8 spins ABC - Be Near Me · Appeal 62 · 8 spins ABC - Poison Arrow · Appeal 59 · 8 spins Nu Shooz - Point Of No Return · Appeal 47 · 8 spins Human League - Don't You Want Me · Appeal 75 · 7 spins Michael Jackson - Thriller · Appeal 62 · 6 spins Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance · Appeal 63 · 6 spins Pointer Sisters - I'm So Excited (long) · Appeal 65 · 6 spins Maxi Priest - Close To You · Appeal 45 · 6 spins George Benson - Give Me The Night · Appeal 36 · 6 spins Junior - Mama Used To Say · Appeal 45 · 6 spins Lionel Richie - Running With The Night · Appeal 51 · 5 spins KC & The Sunshine Band - Give It Up · Appeal 57 · 5 spins Grover Washington, Jr. - Just The Two Of Us · Appeal 53 · 5 spins Mary Jane Girls - In My House · Appeal 60 · 5 spins Prince - When Doves Cry · Appeal 53 · 5 spins Smokey Robinson - Being With You · Appeal 46 · 5 spins Londonbeat - I've Been Thinking About You · Appeal 53 · 5 spins SPINS this week → How well a track holds listeners across its actual plays, including the effects of genre, era, familiarity and format fit.APPEAL ↑

Genre performance most-played, by appeal · catalog avg 49.1

Top performers
Electronic 6 tracks
57.4
+8.3
New Wave 128 tracks
55.3
+6.2
Pop 212 tracks
52.0
+2.9
Mid-pack
Progressive Rock 20 tracks
49.4
+0.3
Disco 27 tracks
46.5
−2.6
Underperforming
Hard Rock 22 tracks
41.8
−7.3
R&B 21 tracks
40.2
−8.9
Soul 89 tracks
40.1
−9.0

Audience average and peak online listeners

BY DAY · avg fill, peak cap
2026-07-27 · avg 483 · peak 715 Mon 2026-07-28 · avg 495 · peak 728 Tue 2026-07-29 · avg 517 · peak 759 Wed 2026-07-30 · avg 502 · peak 713 Thu 2026-07-31 · avg 500 · peak 742 Fri 2026-08-01 · avg 432 · peak 636 Sat 2026-08-02 · avg 403 · peak 550 Sun
DAYPART HOLD · avg listeners by hour
11:00 00 06 12 18 0 654
Methodology

POP is Airplay Live's 0-100 measure of how well a track holds listeners during actual broadcasts. POP change is the movement across the period. Cross (Cross POP) is the channel-comparable version; Appeal is the track's raw pull. Tune-out rate is measured against the station's ambient turnover (signed, lower is better).

Rotation (Early / Heavy / Steady / Sparse / Building) describes each track's observed airplay pattern since it entered our airplay, how long ago we first aired it and how steadily and often it plays. It is deliberately not Currents / Recurrents / Gold: those depend on a song's release and chart-peak age, which we do not track. We only know when a track entered our airplay, so we describe the pattern, not the lifecycle. It matters as context: a steady backbone track and a newcomer earn very different reads of the same POP. New adds are tracks whose first airplay falls in this period.

Song-level plays only (60 to 1140 seconds, excluding non-music and long mixes). Audience is the average and peak concurrent online listeners for the period; this is not cume. Times are shown in the station's home timezone.

Song-level plays only (60-1140s, non-showmix, non-break). Tune-out rate is mean ratio_adj (signed, lower is better). No cume: audience is average/peak concurrent online listeners.