What Difference Does It Make

1985 was a year filled with incredible highs: LIVE AID!, The Breakfast Club, Eddie Murphy, and some soul-crushing lows: New Coke, the Super Bowl halftime show, the film Gymkata. It's all worth revisiting, so join us as we celebrate some of the most unforgettable moments in pop culture from 1985. Get a month of Amazon Music for free courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It Make getamazonmusic.com/wddimpodcast We are a proud member of Pantheon Podcasts.

1985 was a year filled with incredible highs: LIVE AID!, The Breakfast Club, Eddie Murphy, and some soul-crushing lows: New Coke, the Super Bowl halftime show, the film Gymkata. It's all worth revisiting, so join us as we celebrate some of the most unforgettable moments in pop culture from 1985.Get a month of Amazon Music for free courtesy of your 80s music aficionados at What Difference Does It MakeWe are a proud member of Pantheon Podcasts.

New year in more ways than one for the What Difference Does It Make as we go "back To The future" and start up our look at the songs KROQ in Los Angeles played in the year 1985. In this episode, we look at 6.7 songs. We start at the bottom with song 106.7, and for the first time since we started this look back, we actually have access to this earworm of a song. If you're ready to relive the music from 1985, you've come to the right place...

It's a new year in more ways than one for the What Difference Does It Make podcast, as we go "back to the future" and begin our look at the songs KROQ in Los Angeles played in the year 1985. In this episode, we look at 6.7 songs. We start at the bottom, with song #106.7, and for the first time since we started this look back at each year of the 80s, we actually have access to this earworm of a song. If you're ready to relive the music from 1985, you've come to the right place...

Larry "The Duck" Dunn steps into the What Difference Does It Make virtual studio to provide some insight into the New York 80s music scene. Larry started his career at 92.7 WLIR, where he became the Music Director and helped shape the sound of this influential New York radio station. In between our banter about WLIR, Larry's personal experiences with the artists, and his time in the clubs, we look to Los Angeles and the 1985 year-end chart from KROQ. This episode, we look at songs #100 to #91...

Larry "The Duck" Dunn steps into the What Difference Does It Make virtual studios to provide some insight into the New York 80s music scene. Larry started his career at WLIR where he became the Music Director and helped shape the sound of this influential New York radio station. In between our WLIR banter, we look to Los Angeles and the 1985 year end list from KROQ. This episode we look at songs 100 to 91. There are a few lost classics and songs from classic rockers in this ten song chunk...

Brad Savage is a self-described radio nerd, traversing the United States sharing his love of music via his love of radio. He's been with REV105 and KTCZ in the Twin Cities. Moved to Columbia, Missouri to program The Buzz and 102.3 KBXR. This led to Madison, Wisconsin and WMAD, when it was an Alternative rock station, and then on to WQKL "107one" in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He launched The Corner 106.1 WCNR in Charlottesville, Virginia, before finally landing at The Summit in Akron...

Brad Savage is a self-described radio nerd traversing the United States to share his love of sharing music with the community. He's been with REV105 and KTCZ in the Twin Cities. Moved to Columbia, Missouri to do full-time programming at The Buzz and 102.3 KBXR. This led to Madison, Wisconsin and WMAD when it was Alternative, and then to WQKL "107one" in Ann Arbor. He launched The Corner 106.1 WCNR in Charlottesville, Virginia before finally landing at The Summit...

In 1985, Tami Heide was a host on WBCN, Boston's #1 rock radio station at the time. Today, Tami steps into the What Difference Does It Make virtual studio to discuss her career trajectory from Boston to Los Angeles, where she became a host on KROQ in 1991. In between Tami's fart jokes, we're given some insight into her life as a music fan and radio talent...

In 1985, Tami Heide was a host on WBCN, Boston's #1 rock radio station at the time. Today, Tami steps into the What Difference Does It Make virtual studio to discuss her career trajectory from Boston to Los Angeles, where she became a host on KROQ in 1991. In between Tami's fart jokes, we're given some insight into her life as a music fan and radio talent...