another WPLJ question

[cafy1000]

Hi everyone,

Those of you in the New York City and surrounding areas know that WPLJ did not treat AT 40 very well the least 2 years it aired. It was at a terrible time slot (Sundays at 6 am), and they deleted many songs each week. Sadly, I stopped listening regularly after about 1993. Here is my question. When did AT 40 air the Top 100 of 1993? I assume it was an 8 hour show. Did they air it on January 2, 1994? What time did it start?

thanks!

[matt]

I believe it was aired the weekend of Jan. 1st and 2nd in 1994 - and was an 8-hour show...

[cafy1000]

thanks, can anyone tell me what time WPLJ aired the AT 40 top 100 of 1993 on Jan 2, 1994?

thanks

[Deleted]

Dec 28, 2011 16:15:36 GMT -5 cafy1000 said:

thanks, can anyone tell me what time WPLJ aired the AT 40 top 100 of 1993 on Jan 2, 1994?

thanks

I posted somewhere that in Orlando they only ran the last 4 hours of it in the normal AT49 timeslot (Saturday 6am)

[matt]

Dec 28, 2011 16:15:36 GMT -5 cafy1000 said:

thanks, can anyone tell me what time WPLJ aired the AT 40 top 100 of 1993 on Jan 2, 1994?

thanks

Oops sorry--guess you were looking for more specifics...

[saltrek]

Just so you know, it wasn't only WPLJ that deleted songs from AT 40 towards the end. I believe the way AT 40 produced the show, they made certain (mostly rap) songs optional. Y-100 in Miami also was guilty of airing the chopped up version.

[mrjukebox]

In his book,"American Top 40-The Countdown Of The Century",Rob Durkee mentioned that WPLJ purposely deleted the rap songs because they didn't play that particular music.