[Ads-l] Throwback

[Ben Zimmer]

On Thu, Aug 4, 2022 at 4:51 PM Alice Faber <afaber at panix.com> wrote:

> On 8/3/22 8:09 PM, Dan Goncharoff wrote:
> > When did "throwback" become a category of radio station? Is "oldies" or
> > "classic" too old and classy?
> >
> Sometime after "Throwback Thursday" became a thing on social media?
>

Other way around, actually -- "Throwback Thursday" has been a thing on rock
radio at least since the '90s, along with other rhyming features like
"Twofer Tuesday."

A dance club on Long Island had "Throwback Thursdays" in 1996:
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106954611/throwback-thursdays/

And here's "throw-back Thursday" on an Indiana radio station in 1998:
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106955181/throw-back-thursday/

--bgz

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