Totally Awesome 80s
About the show
It’s a five-hour tour through the pop, rock, and party hits of the 80s. The songs and artists that defined the decade:
Madonna, Pat Benatar, John Cougar Mellencamp, Phil Collins, Michael Jackson, Hall & Oates, Huey Lewis and the News, George Michael, Gloria Estefan, Cyndi Lauper, Heart, Billy Joel, Bangles, Go-Gos, J. Geils Band, Culture Club, Prince, Pointer Sisters, Journey, and many more!
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A 45-year radio veteran, Kent’s career has taken him to New Jersey, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Oklahoma, and Washington. In the 80s, he hosted the award-winning “Hit Magazine” on WTVN, Columbus. He went on to be morning personality and Program Director at Classic Hits stations in Indianapolis, Oklahoma City, and Spokane. He spent 31 years programming legendary Classic Hits KOMA, consistently achieving top-5 ratings. Kent was also named medium market Program Director of the year by Radio and Records magazine.
Kent says, “Hosting ‘Totally Awesome 80s’ is an exciting trip back to a decade that was really fun for me in radio. The music was great and life was good. We had great movies, classic video games, the advent of CDs, VCRs, and the personal computer revolution was just beginning. It was an exciting time and the music of the 80s brings it all alive again!”