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Michael Halloran Is Radios In Motion
Michael Halloran, known for his long stint with 91X in San Diego, talks about his career while re-visiting songs played on KROQ from 1986.

Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos
May 18, 20231 min read
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Steven Blush Introduces Disco To Rock
Author Steven Blush covers the good, the bad, and the ugly during the Saturday Night Fever era when rock bands made disco records.

Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos
May 4, 20231 min read
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Ever Fallen In Love? with Craig Rosen
Author/Journalist Craig Rosen joins our podcast to help analyze songs 30 to 21 from the 1986 KROQ year-end playlist.

Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos
Apr 27, 20231 min read
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Glen Matlock Sees Consequences Coming
Glen Matlock talks with us about his new album Consequences Coming, playing with Blondie and of course his time with The Sex Pistols.

Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos
Apr 20, 20231 min read
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Debora Iyall of Romeo Void
We welcome Debora Iyall of 80s band, Romeo Void to bring us up to speed on her life and the band's new release for Record Store Day.

Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos
Apr 13, 20231 min read
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Sam Zniber: Radio Prodigy
Sam Zniber has programmed radio stations from Sydney to Miami to Paris, France. He currently runs his own radio research firm, MusicDatak.

Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos
Apr 6, 20231 min read
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Benji McPhail Discovers Music At 91.7 in Dallas
Benji McPhail is the Program Director and Morning Show host at KXT 91.7 in Dallas. Benji accepts our challenge to discuss songs from 1986.

Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos
Mar 30, 20231 min read
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Max Tolkoff on 91X, Alternative Radio and KROQ from 1986
Max Tolkoff has an opinion or two on the state of Alternative radio. Max lets loose as we analyze songs played on KROQ in 1986

Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos
Mar 23, 20231 min read
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Lynn Goldsmith: Not Just A Rock And Roll Photographer
Lynn Goldsmith's latest book of photography is entitled, "Music In The 80s". We are thrilled to welcome her into our virtual studio.

Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos
Mar 10, 20231 min read
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Steve Kilbey of The Church
Steve Kilbey of The Church finds time to sit down with us and talk about the band's latest album, The Hypnogogue.

Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos
Mar 3, 20231 min read
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Dennis Constantine, Adult Rocker
Dennis Constantine joins the podcast to discuss his career, and to offer his opinion on songs 70 to 61 from the 1986 KROQ year-end playlist.

Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos
Feb 24, 20231 min read
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Jake "The 80s Never Ended In My Book" Rudh
Jake Rudh, founder of Transmission Music in Minneapolis joins our podcast to to offer his opinion on music from the 1986 KROQ playlist.

Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos
Feb 17, 20231 min read
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The Rock Report With Rita Wilde
Rita Wilde is a radio legend, with over 25 years as a DJ, MD, and PD at 95.5 KLOS. Rita Wilde gives us her Rock Report on the podcast.

Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos
Feb 3, 20231 min read
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Having A Sit With Buzz Knight
Talk with Buzz Knight about his storied radio career and podcast "Takin A Walk". We also look at KROQ from 1986 and songs 100 to 91.

Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos
Jan 27, 20231 min read
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The World Famous KROQ in 1986
"The dream team is in the house" as we start our look at the top songs played on KROQ back in 1986. This week, it's songs 106.7 to 101.

Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos
Jan 20, 20231 min read
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Pop Culture 1986
We dive into many of our favorite touchstone moments that helped define the year 1986 on The What Difference Does It Make Podcast

Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos
Jan 13, 20231 min read
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Stevie Nicks: Mirror in the Sky
Simon Morrison's latest book is Mirror in the Sky and he tells us all about the twice inducted Rock Hall icon, Steve Nicks.

Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos
Oct 7, 20221 min read
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The Smithereens Have Been Found
The Smithereens guitarist Jim Babjak and drummer Dennis Diken visit the What Difference Does It Make virtual studios

Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos
Sep 30, 20221 min read
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Lost 80s Live In San Diego
We went to a Lost 80s Live concert to learn why artists and fans keep coming back to these 80s music shows.

Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos
Sep 23, 20221 min read
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Heathers: The Musical
Director Andy Fickman has brought Heathers back to life. The dark comedy classic, Heathers, is now a movie musical and it is so "very".

Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos
Sep 16, 20221 min read
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