The Grand Ole Opry, country music's beloved radio institution and an American pop cultural staple, turns 100 in 2025. To celebrate, the Opry is revealing a fan-compiled list of the greatest ...

It sounded great, ’90s country is trendy, and the title would certainly get the attention of radio programmers. “A little pandering never hurts,” suggests Top.

With 1989's Pump barely out of chart view, the band released Get a Grip, their 11th album and first No. 1, sparked by a long run of FM-radio-ready songs.

"Sometimes you'd listen to the radio and you'd hear 20 songs in a row that were all mixed by the same person and they could have the same drum samples, everything, the same bass sound, same type ...

However, the show will continue on Hits Radio 90s from Monday (June 9) with Steve Furnell and Karen Oxley back in the hotseat as the North East radio legends take the show to a national audience.