On-air hosts on the channel have included original Rolling Stones manager/producer Andrew Loog Oldham, Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere and the Raiders, punk rock singer Handsome Dick Manitoba, Manfred Jones of the Woggles, Palmyra Delran of the Friggs, Stray Cats drummer Slim Jim Phantom, New York singer/songwriter Jesse Malin, television actor Michael Des Barres, Ko Melina of Ko and the Knockouts, Kelly Ogden of the Dollyrots, veteran FM radio DJs Rodney Bingenheimer, Kid Leo, and Bill Kelly, rock entrepreneur Kim Fowley, actor Drew Carey, and musician/producer Genya Ravan of Goldie & the Gingerbreads.

He concluded that the audience still prefers a genuine personality since the listeners complained that the voice sounded "soulless" and unlike the "real Drew".

[3] Little Steven's Underground Garage periodically co-sponsors shows, and two events in late April 2014[4] featured bands with "Coolest Songs", including the Connection, John & Brittany, the Jellybricks, and Palmyra Delran.

Van Zandt believes that rock 'n' roll is a continuum of the early 1950s sound onward and that it is artificial and counter-productive to isolate music by the decade it was created.

The 2006 results are: The same concept was applied in 2009, with listeners voting at the end of the year for their favorite "Coolest Song in the World This Week".