At 8pm eastern on Friday April 3, 2020 a new kind of 80s radio station was born when I introduced myself, talked a bit about the vision for the station, then turned to Kilroy for the first record. I remember the feeling of excitement as “Sign of the Times” by The Belle Stars played. My lifelong dream had come true at the age of 49, I was on the radio! The format of Charlie’s 80s Attic was decades in the making, as I’d find myself humming and singing 80s songs that I hadn’t heard since the first couple of years of MTV’s existence. Songs that never saw the light of day on radio. I strongly felt ..read more

Charlie, Kari and Joe will be taking some much needed time off from Saturday March 30th through Sunday April 7th for the Easter Holiday and a Spring Break of sorts. They’ll be back on Monday April 8th with the regular programming schedule. What does this mean? No Deep Dive Shows on 4/1, 4/2, 4/3 & 4/4 No Monday Top 10 Countdown or Three at Three on 4/1 & No Kari at 4pm eastern No Twofer Tuesday on 4/2 and no Captain Joe at 4pm eastern No Wild Card Wednesday on 4/3 and no Kari at 4pm eastern No Thursday Top 20 Countdown on 4/4 and no Captain Joe at 4pm eastern No Dare To Be Different sh ..read more

We are ready to kick off another year here in Charlie’s 80s Attic! The on-air crew returns on Tuesday January 2, 2024! Here is the programming schedule for 1/2/24 thru 1/7/24… ***80s Deep Dive returns on Monday January 8th along with the Monday Top 10 Countdown and the Three At Three!*** Tuesday January 2, 2024: Charlie will be bringing you a special TWO HOUR Twofer Tuesday beginning at 1pm eastern (replay at 8pm eastern). Charlie will be on air from 3pm-4pm eastern immediately following Twofer Tuesday. At 4pm eastern Captain Joe returns bringing you all the great 80s music you love! Wednesday ..read more

2023 has been so much fun, thanks to YOU! As we wind down 2023 and look ahead to 2024, we want to take a moment out to thank you. Thank you for bringing us into your homes, places of business, vehicles or wherever else you listen to Charlie’s 80s Attic. It is truly a privilege and we could not do this without you. Thank you for your support and generosity. Without your donations, we could not keep the lights on here year after year and continue bring you all the music and special programming that we all love! Most of all, thank you for keeping the great decade of the 1980s alive with us. That ..read more

Season’s Greetings To All! Here’s a look at our Holiday Programming Schedule: On Friday December 15th, it’s Fundraising Friday! Charlie, Kari & Joe will be on air from 9am-5pm eastern working hard to raise much needed funds to keep the Attic on the air in 2024! That will be followed by the Weekend Blast-Off at 5pm eastern and The Friday MegaMix at 6pm eastern. On Saturday December 16th at noon eastern it’s an all new, HOLIDAY edition of Dare To Be Different with Kari! (Replay on Wednesday December 20th at 7pm eastern). The replay of our Wild Card Wednesday Top 25 Countdown (Top songs of 19 ..read more

On Friday, December 15th, Charlie’s 80s Attic is asking for your support! It’s our second annual pledge drive! We are asking you to partner up with us so that we can bring you another year of music and special programming! Charlie, Kari and Joe will be on air from 9am-5pm eastern asking for your support! We love being able to bring you great music and memories from Charlie’s 80s Attic 24/7–365, and although we keep our expenses low, there are lots of expenses associated with delivering great music around the world, day in and day out! For us to stay on the air and bring you all this ..read more

ROCKTOBER is one of the best months of the year and we are celebrating here in Charlie’s 80s Attic with TWO Rocktober Specials! If you love the hard rock and metal of the 80s you’ll love our three hour Rocktober specials! The first airs on Friday October 6th at 8pm eastern and re-airs on Saturday October 7th at 8pm eastern! The second airs on Friday October 27th at 8pm eastern and re-airs on Saturday October 28th at 8pm eastern! Set your reminders now! Rock On ..read more

Charlie, Kari & Joe will be taking their final scheduled time off here in 2023 beginning on Sunday September 17th and running through Sunday September 24th. Special programming will resume on Monday September 25th at 1pm eastern with a new episode of 80s Deep Dive. Kilroy & Karen have you covered between September 17 & September 24th with 24/7 commercial free, subscription free and repeat free 80s music. The replay of Saturday 9/16’s Dare To Be Different will still air on Wednesday 9/20 at 7pm eastern and there WILL still be a Weekend Blast-Off and Friday MegaMix on Friday 9/22. Th ..read more

Coming up on Labor Day Weekend (Saturday September 2nd, Sunday September 3rd and Monday September 4) we will be bringing you the Top 100 songs of the 1980s decade as ranked by Billboard Magazine. The Countdown will be brought to you commercial free, subscription free and commentary free from 12noon-7pm (eastern) all three days! There will be no 80s Deep Dive shows next week, instead you’ll get the following: On Tuesday September 5th beginning at 1pm eastern (replay at 8pm eastern) Charlie will be bringing you a THREE HOUR edition of Twofer Tuesday! On Wednesday September 6th beginning at 1pm e ..read more

Charlie’s 80s Attic Radio station came on the air on April 3, 2020. Founder Charlie McMahon wanted to offer 80s music lovers an alternative to terrestrial and satellite 80s radio stations who play the same couple of hundred Top 10/Top 20 songs from the 80s on a never ending loop. Although we enjoy being nostalgic by sharing Billboard Hot 100 charts on our Facebook page, the decade of 80s music is not defined, nor is it limited to songs that charted in the Top 20 on the Hot 100 or even those that cracked the Hot 100. The vision of Charlie’s 80s Attic was to give the lesser known and lesser comm ..read more