# Bachman Turner Overdrive - Lite Rock?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachman-turner-overdrive-lite-rock/300942>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 25, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachman-turner-overdrive-lite-rock/300942 "2005-04-25T01:17:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachman-turner-overdrive-lite-rock/300942/1 "2005-04-25T01:17:16Z")

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A local “Lite Rock” radio station recently played back to back, “Taking Care of Business,” and “Let It Ride.”

So when did BTO become lite rock?

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachman-turner-overdrive-lite-rock/300942/2 "2005-04-25T01:42:01Z")

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> [@Duckster](#):
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> A local “Lite Rock” radio station recently played back to back, “Taking Care of Business,” and “Let It Ride.”
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> So when did BTO become lite rock?

At 25 years all the subgenres blur into each other.

In the 1970s no self-respecting FM station would have played Fleetwood Mac and the Stones within an hour of each other.

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachman-turner-overdrive-lite-rock/300942/3 "2005-04-25T03:47:32Z")

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> [@Duckster](#):
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> So when did BTO become lite rock?

When their average fan hit middle age.