Programmers write about The Glory Days of Top 40 Radio reminds me of watching the movie Argo. Over the long term, it meant songs could spend long runs for about a year on the chart even after they went to recurrent status on other published charts. The Power Pig was more outrageous, but Y107 was a better station. Listen to any aircheck from any era of Kaplan ownership — Jack Gale, Robert Murphy, Boo Baron, or Jay Thomas. This hit remained on the chart for 72 weeks, from July 2010 to November 2011. Rounds was also the marketing director; the initial funder was California strawberry grower. It was fun reading about these different stations and what made them excel, and I wish we still had many of them.
You made radio come alive. For the rest of its chart run, the title was never again mentioned. Getting it down to 20 was tough, unfair, and subjective. Tones and I - Dance Monkey 2. Although Kasem would eventually be taken to court by his former syndicator, the signing enabled him to reintroduce the American Top 40 name and brand to a modern audience. American Gold's last show aired at the end of March 2009, replaced with another show hosted by Bartley for ,. This is presumably to remove the first two verses, in which the lyrics included highly charged political issues such as , and anti- sentiments.
Welland was kind of a suburb of Buffalo, just not as close as Tonawanda was. The station was 1000kw days 250 nights but still was credited by many of the major record labels as being great market for breaking new artists and new singles I agree that Burt Levine created magic in that quonset hut! The Flying Dutchman started out in Mornings, only to leave and Steve Early movin in thereafter!!! Some of them went back to the U. It was just too great a line not to steal. Probably a chart first for one individual. On the weekend of March 28, 1998, one week after Westwood One finally cancelled the three countdowns Kasem was hosting for them after four weeks without him. Archived from on January 28, 2013. Prior to Casey leaving Premiere Radio, these segments were hosted by his son Mike; when the series first began, these segments were hosted by one of Casey's former guest hosts,.
Our focus is Top 40 radio from 1955 to 1989. At least in my city. Talk about being in the right place at the right time. Now, here's the other one, the one at the very top. Dix when we signed out on pass at midnight.
Please enjoy and remember Richard in the comments. And for the very reason you named—the stations that personally floated the proverbial boat of the person making the choices—narrowing them down to any given number at least falls short of impossible. Bloomington, Indiana: Author House, 2004. The best 1-2 punch: Fenway 6-10 am and Ginsburg 8-10 pm M-S. Newly produced extra segments hosted by voiceover talent Larry Morgan are available for use at stations' discretion. I apologize to all those I left out.
Bloomington, Indiana: Author House, 2004. Early adopter in the format 1958, survived to the mid-70s. Each song was heavily promoted by Kasem and contained a story about the artist or some fact making it relevant to the contemporary audience. It was certainly an interesting assignment. This pattern was also evident during the 1987 Year End countdown.
It also gave Chancellor the rights to the historic name as Kasem signed over his rights to the branding. Bloomington, Indiana: Author House, 2004. The idea was to protect some station in Canada. Retrieved on June 5, 2009. The program is currently hosted by and presented as an adjunct to his weekday radio program,. It would remain and peak at 40 the following week.
Bloomington, Indiana: Author House, 2004. American Top 40 with Casey Kasem The 1970s. American Top 40 with Casey Kasem The 1980s. However, he left Westwood One toward the end of February 1998 and gave no notice that he would not be back. Thanks for all of the comments and memories! Most show dates roughly correspond to the current week in real time. Bloomington, Indiana: Author House, 2004.