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The station later tried all news (K-News), syndicated top-40 (“Maximum Rock”), and a hybrid oldies/classic rock/AOR format.

I spoke with Gill about Easy Listening, his love of oldies radio in the ’90s, and why Tom Petty should be considered power pop. The world of 2nd Grade songs is very much a 20th-century world.

Radio trade publication M Street Database tracks how the format has nearly disappeared. In 1990 it listed 294 stations playing easy-listening nationally. At the end of 2003, the count was just 18.

The first step to a conscious listening experience is learning mindfulness: being fully attentive in the moment. Mindfulness is more than letting the sound wash over us. It’s about opening up to ...