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Post by mrjukebox on Apr 29, 2012 18:09:55 GMT -5
In Ohio,Oldies 93.3 in Columbus ran all four hours of the countdown from 4/28/79-In Youngstown,WBBG ran the Dick Clark countdown from 3/25/72.
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Post by Dale Latimer on Apr 29, 2012 19:05:04 GMT -5
It's 6:20 p.m. now and WORC (Worcester, MA) is still doing its regular format. I only hope they run the full four-hour show starting at 7:00! They are playing the DC show! Doesn't surprise me in the least...
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Post by realitycheck on Apr 29, 2012 19:46:13 GMT -5
KTHI is streaming "Casey Kasem/Optional Hr." online. Just caught "Midnight Train to Georgia" as 4/28/79 Hour 1 ended at 8:45 ET.
It then played "Maneater" as a filler before running the David Naughton optional AT40 extra. Hour 2 started at 8:53 ET.
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Post by snarfdude on Apr 29, 2012 20:26:20 GMT -5
I have discovered the error made by the station KMCQ , airing twice the 1st hour. The station has the 1st hour from the international version and also from the national version. The 1st intro of the 1st hour presentation belongs to the international edit, without the sponsoring, and then the second time part 1st hour sounded, the intro of the show had the sponsor sounding, and that is the national edit. So they download the whole show from the national and 1st hour from international. I can see that happening very easily. The mp3 files are abbreviated "INT" for international and if you're looking just for H1S1 (hour 1 seg 1) to put into the automation system and the air date and nothing else, well..... I don't necessarily agree with making mistakes, especially with these shows, but it's not hard to screw up loading segments properly into the computer if you're trying to rush through it. The way premiere labels the files, you really have to pay attention.
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Post by quatermass on Apr 29, 2012 20:53:08 GMT -5
Sad to say, but I think the four-hour 70s shows will be discontinued by the time they get to the four-hour 1978 shows. If the majority of stations will not (or cannot) play the first hour, then why bother? I fully agree and think that may be a wise move anyway. Trying to catch a full 4 hour show from the seventies is a daunting task at best. After this weeks nonsense I think I'll just keep buying them from Shannon and recording the others.
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Post by erik on Apr 29, 2012 21:09:44 GMT -5
Sad to say, but I think the four-hour 70s shows will be discontinued by the time they get to the four-hour 1978 shows. If the majority of stations will not (or cannot) play the first hour, then why bother? I fully agree and think that may be a wise move anyway. Trying to catch a full 4 hour show from the seventies is a daunting task at best. After this weeks nonsense I think I'll just keep buying them from Shannon and recording the others. Actually, I think this week's nonsense was offering two separate shows to affiliate stations. Don't misunderstand, I was absolutely thrilled to hear the Dick Clark episode, but I think 3/25/72 should have waited one week to avoid this confusion with the 4 hour 1979 show. In my case, the stations I usually record from were all offering the 3-hour 1979 edition so I was really scrambling to find good quality streams for 3/25/72 and the 4-hour 4/28/79. This meant recording from unfamiliar stations at my own risk.
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Post by realitycheck on Apr 29, 2012 23:30:35 GMT -5
If anyone has additions to this list, please add them.
Stations that streamed the 4-hour 4/28/79 show according to the various threads... WORC, WODC, KMCQ, WHVO, KTHI, Smooth 70s
I personally heard at least part of Hour 1 on all but WODC.
Stations reported to have aired the 4-hour show but do not stream... KOKZ
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Post by dukelightning on Apr 30, 2012 7:18:26 GMT -5
Sad to say, but I think the four-hour 70s shows will be discontinued by the time they get to the four-hour 1978 shows. If the majority of stations will not (or cannot) play the first hour, then why bother? I fully agree and think that may be a wise move anyway. Trying to catch a full 4 hour show from the seventies is a daunting task at best. After this weeks nonsense I think I'll just keep buying them from Shannon and recording the others. I think this weekend's shenanigans illustrate why Premiere held off for so long in even offering 4 hour shows from late 78/79. Having to allot 4 hours to AT40 once every couple months is simply not viable for many stations for various reasons. While the naming of the series may not be as catchy (AT40: The 80s versus say AT40: The 4 hour shows and AT40: The 70s versus AT40: The 3 hour shows), separating these series by 3 hour shows and 4 hour shows makes more sense IMO. So one series would cover 1970 to Sept. 1978 and the other would cover Oct. 78 to 1988. If anyone thinks 10 years minus 2 months is too long of a range of shows, remember that since these series are 5+ years old, many of the shows have been aired already. The other issue I suppose is that stations airing the 80s are already pressing the issue in some cases when an early 80s show is aired so going back further in time would exacerbate that problem.
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Post by pizzzzza on Apr 30, 2012 8:00:27 GMT -5
If anyone has additions to this list, please add them. Stations that streamed the 4-hour 4/28/79 show according to the various threads... WORC, WODC, KMCQ, WHVO, KTHI, Smooth 70s I personally heard at least part of Hour 1 on all but WODC. Stations reported to have aired the 4-hour show but do not stream... KOKZ Thanks a million for that summary! I've waded through pages and pages of threads on here, trying to keep up with which stations aired AT 40 - 70s - 4 hour version. Now, I can update the stations list - with much appreciation for your help, realitycheck!
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Post by matt on Apr 30, 2012 17:29:41 GMT -5
Sad to say, but I think the four-hour 70s shows will be discontinued by the time they get to the four-hour 1978 shows. If the majority of stations will not (or cannot) play the first hour, then why bother? I fully agree and think that may be a wise move anyway. Trying to catch a full 4 hour show from the seventies is a daunting task at best. After this weeks nonsense I think I'll just keep buying them from Shannon and recording the others. I have to disagree whole-heartily with any naysayers regarding the 4-hour '79 show. First of all, we all waited for a long time for Premiere to offer the Oct '78 - Dec '79 shows at all...then they finally started airing them with the first hour truncated. Then, we all pushed for them to figure out a way to get the full 4-hour shows on the air without any major editing down of the shows to fit the 3-hour time slot (i.e. 4-hour shows in a 4-hour time slot). Now Premiere has heard our voices and made it happen. I thought it was great to hear the full 4-hour show from Premiere this time, and I give them a huge kudos for getting it done. It doesn't matter that there were only six stations that played the optional first hour, thanks to modern technology we are able to access the first hour from anywhere (for the record, my local affiliate KQQL only played the 3-hour version). I really hope that Premiere continues to offer the 4-hour shows the way they did this weekend going forward, even if there continue to be a small number of stations that air the first hour (though I believe the number will grow somewhat as time goes on and more stations figure out how to work it in). As far as buying the shows...wouldn't you rather have a chance to hear the full 4-hour shows for free rather than having to pay $20 for them?? I agree with both thefredboy and lasvegaskid--this was an awkward start to the whole thing due to the offering of the Dick Clark show. It will definitely be worth waiting to see how things play out with future 4-hour airings. I personally had no trouble recording the show with the first hour and listening via playback--and once we get a good feel for which stations to tune into for the 4-hour shows, I think most of us will agree that it is the best way to do it at this point (unless maybe as dukedeb says, they were to start airing these shows as part of the 80's series--something myself and other posters have suggested before, but doesn't sound like it will happen anytime soon...besides that would mean less 80's shows and more 70's when we already get 70's from 2 outlets and 80's from only one).
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Post by michaelcasselman on Apr 30, 2012 17:36:59 GMT -5
I agree with wahoo: my primary station had committed to the 4 hour show until the opportunity to run the Dick Clark tribute presented itself. As 'timely' as the Dick Clark show made itself to programmers is ultimately a product of lousy timing, and should not bee seen as a wholesale dismissal of stations (with the available extra hour to spare) ever airing a 4 hr 70's show.
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Post by reachinforthestars on Apr 30, 2012 18:34:36 GMT -5
It's unfortunate that there was such a difference in music in late 70's compared to the 80's that it will be tough for 80's stations to want to add those to their programming, even though I agree from a logistics perspective they belong there. As long as we encourage the stations playing AT40 The 70's to adjust their programming to 4 hours when needed and those stations see the positive return with an increase in listeners, then it doesn't matter how many stations want to adjust. As long as we have some and Premiere knows the demand is there, then all of us should live happily ever after. That said, we need help from Scott and Pete to let us (and especially the stations) know well in advance when a 4 hour show will be scheduled. It's tougher for stations to adjust when it is sprung on them at the last moment.
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Post by mct1 on Apr 30, 2012 19:55:08 GMT -5
Any word on whether some stations who aired only 3/25/72 or only 4/28/79 will air the other next week? My schedule this week was not conducive to listening to a lot of '70s AT40 (which was further complicated by computer problems).
Even though I would have preferred the '79 show from a music standpoint, I made an effort to listen to the '72 since it was such a rare opportunity to hear it. I caught a decent amount of the 3/25/72 show, but only intermittently, and didn't hear any of the last 45 minutes. I only heard a small portion of 4/28/79, towards the end.
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Post by Dale Latimer on Apr 30, 2012 21:15:22 GMT -5
mct1: Stations tend to announce what they're playing around the middle of the week, or by Friday morning at the latest. All else we know is what Premiere Networks is feeding to them.
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Post by briguy52748 on May 2, 2012 15:31:24 GMT -5
Here's how things played out in my corner of the world:
• KOKZ (Waterloo, Iowa) – as already stated, a four-hour 1979 program. • KMXG-FM (Clinton, Iowa) – truncated the 1979 show to three hours. • KMCH-FM (Manchester, Iowa) – 1972 Dick Clark-hosted program.
Brian
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