{"id":431600,"date":"2026-05-17T05:41:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T05:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/431600\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T05:41:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T05:41:18","slug":"playlist-1983-saturday-morning-flashback-may-16-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/431600\/","title":{"rendered":"PLAYLIST: 1983 Saturday Morning Flashback &#8211; May 16, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.audacy.com\/wxrt\/hosts\/johnny-mars\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Johnny Mars<\/a> took us to 1983. The year The White Sox were &#8220;Winning Ugly&#8221; on the South Side, Chicago elected Harold Washington as our first African American Mayor and the TV show &#8220;Mash&#8221; signed off with a record 125 million people watching. Speaking of records, we got the first L.P. from R.E.M. and the last from The Police. Tune in Saturday morning 9am to noon on 93.1FM, 93XRT.COM, your smart speaker or the free Audacy App. Here&#8217;s the XRT Playlist for the Year.<\/p>\n<p>9AM<br \/>Plimsouls- \u201cA Million Miles Away\u201d<br \/>Police- \u201cSynchronicity I\u201d<br \/>Tears For Fears- \u201cPale Shelter\u201d<br \/>Aztec Camera- \u201cOblivious\u201d<br \/>U2- \u201cTwo Hearts Beat As One\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Red Rockers- \u201cChina\u201d<br \/>Joe Jackson- \u201cMemphis\u201d<br \/>Fun Boy Three- \u201cOur Lips Are Sealed\u201d<br \/>Talking Heads- \u201cThis Must Be The Place\u201d<br \/>Eric Clapton- \u201cI\u2019ve Got A Rock N Roll Heart\u201d<br \/>Stevie Ray Vaughan- \u201cTexas Flood\u201d<br \/>10AM<br \/>Todd Rundgren- \u201cBang The Drum All Day\u201d<br \/>Eurythmics- \u201cLove Is A Stranger\u201d<br \/>Jackson Browne- \u201cFor A Rocker\u201d<br \/>Robert Palmer- \u201cYou Are In My System\u201d<br \/>Spandau Ballet- \u201cTrue\u201d<br \/>Lindsay Buckingham- \u201cHoliday Road\u201d<br \/>Stevie Nicks- \u201cIf Anyone Falls\u201d<br \/>David Bowie- \u201cShake It\u201d<br \/>Big Country- \u201cIn A Big Country\u201d<br \/>Bob Dylan- \u201cSweetheart Like You\u201d<br \/>R.E.M.- \u201cTalk About The Passion\u201d<br \/>11AM<br \/>Rolling Stones- \u201cUndercover of The Night\u201d<br \/>The Cure- \u201cThe Love Cats\u201d<br \/>Genesis- \u201cHome By The Sea\u201d<br \/>Neil Young- \u201cLittle thing Called Love\u201d<br \/>Elvis Costello- \u201cEveryday I Write The Book\u201d<br \/>John Mellencamp- \u201cCrumblin\u2019 Down\u201d<br \/>Dire Straits- \u201cTwisting By The Pool\u201d<br \/>Jump \u2018N The Saddle- \u201cCurly Shuffle\u201d<br \/>The Kinks- \u201cCome Dancing\u201d<br \/>Men Without Hats- \u201cSafety Dance\u201d<br \/>Yes- \u201cIt Can Happen\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Remember to email us with any suggestions of songs we might have missed for our Flashback Bonus Track each weekday at 1pm with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/wxrt\/hosts\/annalisa\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Annalisa<\/a>. Email flashbackbonustracks@wxrt.com with your ideas.<\/p>\n<p>Next week, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.audacy.com\/wxrt\/hosts\/johnny-mars\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Johnny Mars<\/a> takes us to 1974. The year David Bowie was singing about &#8220;1984&#8221;, America had a Watergate Scandal on its hands followed by a presidential resignation and in fiction, Stephen King published his first novel, &#8220;Carrie&#8221;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Johnny Mars took us to 1983. 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