Living With Chronic 25-54-itis

During the early-’90s CHR radio crisis, you would occasionally see a trade publication article asking if the format was suffering from “25-54-itis.” Younger listeners had been siphoned off by Hip-Hop and Alternative, and some CHR stations’ response was not to fight for them, but to play “Hold on My Heart” by Genesis or some other AC-leaning title from a veteran act approaching the end of its hit streak.