KINK's 40 Years In 40 Days

Written Dec. 3, 2008 by Sean Ross in Content + Terrestrial Radio with 0 Comments

If your favorite part of a Triple-A station is the daily 10 at 10, you may have already discoveredKINK Portland, Ore.'s 40th anniversary celebration of 40 years in 40 days, which started in mid-November. For those who don't, "KINK XL" is up to 1987 today as it works its way forward to the present. Here's the station, as monitored from CBS Radio's new AOL IM app, at 7:30 this morning:

INXS, "Never Tear Us Apart"
Santana, "Bella"
Pink Floyd, "One Slip"
Grateful Dead, "Touch of Grey"
U2, "With or Without You"
Robbie Robertson, "Somewhere Down The Crazy River"
George Michael, "Faith" (the one song that stumped the title/artist screen)
John Mellencamp, "Check It Out"
Chris Rea, "Let's Dance"
Fleetwood Mac, "Little Lies"
Lyle Lovett, "L.A. County"
Sting, "Be Still My Beating Heart"

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