Powell and Ritchie Blackmore were the only constants in the band's line-up over the next five years, as Blackmore evolved the sound of the band from a neo-classical hard rock to a more commercial AOR sound.

The classic rock format evolved from AOR radio stations that were attempting to appeal to an older audience by including familiar songs of the past with current hits.

In the 1970s some were considered progressive, with programming that evolved to what became known as AOR.

By 1969, " The Young Sound " had evolved to a Top 40 / AOR hybrid format, voice tracked on WEEI-FM by Dick Provost.

During Fairbanks ownership in the 1970s, WVBF evolved from being a high energy Top 40 / AOR hybrid station in 1971 / 1972, to becoming a full blown top 40 station by 1975, and eventually evolved into more of a hot adult contemporary format ( by today's standards ' adult contemporary ') over the years.

Also from the Homeless Brother album, " Wonderful Baby " was a number 1 on the AOR chart in 1975 and was later recorded by Fred Astaire.

A later development was freeform radio, later commercially developed as progressive rock radio, and still later even more commercially developed as AOR ( Album-Oriented Rock ), in which selections from an album would be played together, with an appropriate introduction.

" Days Like These " from the disc received substantial airplay during the summer of 1990 on AOR radio stations and re-sparked some interest in the band.

The Tubes, who mixed progressive rock with wild theatricality, and Journey, formed from among some of Carlos Santana's sidemen and eventually experiencing a peak as one of the most popular AOR acts in the United States, were virtually the only acts from San Francisco to gain any sort of fame in the mid-1970s.

Classic rock is a radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock ( AOR ) format in the early 1980s.

In 1980, AOR radio station M105 in Cleveland, Ohio began billing itself as " Cleveland's Classic Rock ", playing a mix of rock music from the mid-1960s to the present.

In 1982, radio consultant Lee Abrams developed the Timeless Rock format which combined contemporary AOR with hits from the 1960s and 1970s.

Unlike AOR radio stations, which played all tracks from albums, classic rock plays a much more limited playlist of charting singles and popular album tracks from artists and bands.

Any naval unit within the USEUCOM or USAFRICOM AOR may be assigned to TF 60 as required upon signal from the Commander of the Sixth Fleet.

Its AOR encompasses the Pacific Ocean from Antarctica at 092 ° W, north to 8 ° N, west to 112 ° W, northwest to 50 ° N / 142 ° W, west to 170 ° E, north to 53 ° N, northeast to 65 ° 30 ' N / 169 ° W, north to 90 ° N, the Arctic Ocean west of 169 ° W and east of 100 ° E ; the People's Republic of China, Mongolia, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Republic of Korea, Japan ; the countries of Southeast Asia and the southern Asian landmass to the western border of India ; the Indian Ocean east and south of the line from the India / Pakistan coastal border west to 068 ° E, south to 5 ° S / 068 ° E, west to 5 ° S / 059 ° E, south to 8 ° S / 059 ° E, southwest to 11 ° S / 054 ° E, west to 11 ° S / 042 ° E, and south along 042 ° E to Antarctica ; Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii.

In 1991, MCA revamped the Uni moniker once more when it changed the name of its music distribution network from MCA Music Distribution Corp to Uni Distribution Corp and released in the US the debut album, ' Blind Faith ' from UK based AOR band, Walk On Fire.

Many of these stations have switched from AOR to another format — in some cases Classic rock or one of the other AOR spin-offs mentioned above.

KLOS is now home to many prominent progressive and AOR rock DJs from Los Angeles radio history.

In 2001, drummer Tilly released the album and it became a surprising small hit in the AOR community, gaining good reviews from specialty mags.

By 1977, the freeform rock would give way to a tightly programmed rock approach, courtesy of radio consultants Burkhart / Abrams and their " Superstars " format, which was essentially just the hits from AOR.

The new organization is responsible for Navy operational forces in the United States Southern Command's area of responsibility ( AOR ), including Naval Special Warfare Unit Four, a training detachment for SEAL teams from the SOCOM operational area.

In September 1971, Allen Shaw and ABC Programming Executive Bob Henaberry designed and pioneered the very first AOR ( album oriented rock ) format, playing only the best cuts from the best selling rock albums with a minimum of disc jockey talk.

AOR ( album-oriented rock ) developed as a commercial compromise between top-forties-style formulas and progressive rock radio / freeform.

Pavlov's Dog is a 1970s progressive rock / AOR band formed in St. Louis, Missouri in 1972.

The freeform or progressive formats developed the repertoire and set the tone that would dominate AOR playlists for much of its heyday.

What links the freeform, progressive, AOR and ultimately the classic rock formats are the continuity of rock artists and songs carried through each phase.

Programmers and DJs of the freeform and progressive phases continued to cultivate a repertoire of rock music and style of delivery that were foundations of AOR and now classic rock.

Nightingale is a once goth rock, now progressive / AOR metal / rock band from Örebro in Sweden.

During the 1970s, WBRU-FM broadcast at 20, 000 watts on 95. 5 FM and established itself as the principal progressive rock ( aka, album-oriented rock or AOR ) station in Rhode Island and southern New England.

They influence the way music is on records, AOR radio, concerts.

As a teenager, he played drums in a rock band called Revival ( who peaked at supporting Irish AOR Band Winter's Reign and also had a demo played on the radio ' How could I know '- Rock with BOC-BLB Radio ).

On the heels of its belated hit single, Styx signed with A & M Records and released Equinox ( 1975 ), which sold well and yielded a minor hit in " Lorelei ", No. 27 in the U. S. More importantly, it contained the rock anthem " Suite Madame Blue ", which gained the band considerable recognition and airplay on FM radio in the relatively new Album Oriented Rock ( AOR ) format.

It spawned a top-ten hit and AOR radio staple in the DeYoung-written " Come Sail Away ," which reached No. 8 in 1978.

However, the song was played heavily on AOR radio stations in the USA at the end of the 1970s, and reached the # 1 spot on the Melody Maker chart in Great Britain.

* AOR ( company ) ( Authority on Radio Communications, Ltd .), a Japanese manufacturer of radio equipment

While the band achieved great success in Canada, in the US, the band never had a song in the Top 40, even though " Lunatic Fringe " became a hit on AOR radio.

The Sherbs received airplay in the US on album-oriented rock ( AOR ) radio stations with both " I Have the Skill " and " No Turning Back ".

The Chrysalis 45 failed to chart on Billboard's Hot 100 during its initial release but was a top track on AOR radio stations as well as a very popular music video on MTV as the ' new ' cable channel celebrated its first full year of operation.

Through the 1970s and 1980s, the Top 40 format diversified into a number of target-specific formats, including contemporary hit radio ( CHR ), oldies ( hits and memories ), adult contemporary ( AC ), album-oriented rock ( AOR ), easy listening, news / talk and sports / talk.

Album-oriented rock ( abbreviated AOR ) is an American FM radio format focusing on album tracks by rock artists.

By the late 1970s, AOR radio discarded the wide range of genres embraced earlier on to focus on a more narrowly defined rock sound.

In the early 1980s, AOR radio was criticised for the lack of black artists included in their programming.

AOR programmers responded that the lack of diversity was the result of increased specialization of radio formats driven by ratings and audience demographics.

At the same time other black artists also made inroads into AOR radio — Prince's " Little Red Corvette ", Eddy Grant's " Electric Avenue " and " Beat It " all debuted on Billboards Top Tracks chart the same week in April 1983.