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Post by berewyn on Mar 1, 2015 15:09:40 GMT -5
Gary Owens "feeding the AT40 goldfish for Casey and working for scale." That was pretty good. Just flew by without any fanfare. It's wonderful to hear the combination of AT40 and Gary's sense of humor. Good to know he mowed the lawn, fed the goldfish, and watered the houseplants. I'd forgotten about the LDD to the "Rodney Dangerfield city," even though I was listening to the original countdown in my home town of Buffalo. And I still have my "Talking Proud" button.
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Post by darnall42 on Mar 1, 2015 15:20:30 GMT -5
WEZG will be airing the gary owens show at 6pm eastern (according to thier facebook feed)
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Post by berewyn on Mar 1, 2015 15:28:39 GMT -5
Strangely, this week sounds better than do either of the weeks that preceded or followed it. And it's not solely due to a guest host this week... Both 9/5 and 9/19 suffer from horribly obscure first hours to their shows; they are, arguably, poster childs for the argument of starting the show with the second hour. On 9/5, four of the first five survey songs are all songs that peaked down there in the 30s , and 9/19 has five songs down there that peak in the bottom ten (Silver Condor, at their peak of #32, kick off Hour 2). The result: Both weeks take longer for their shows to really get going. This week, on the other hand, doesn't have this problem, thanks to its debuts in the first hour (Rick Springfield and Hall & Oates in particular) - the lesser hits and the bigger hits are spread out rather nicely. There is a bit of a lull in the second hour, but it feels more like just that, a lull, rather than an extended period of "what are these songs???" bringing it down. Those "horribly obscure" songs are the ones I most want to hear! I'm sure I'm not the only one who'd rather hear a song I haven't heard in decades to something I can hear any day of the week on an oldies station. On the four-hour shows, the first hour is always the most interesting. A curse on those stations that don't play it (like my local affiliate)! Yes! I'm willing to hear "Jessie's Girl" for the gazillionth time for a chance to listen to "You Could Take My Heart Away." And how about a little love for the one horribly obscure song from 9/5 that fell off this week: "Nicole" by Point Blank?
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Post by 1finemrg on Mar 1, 2015 15:31:31 GMT -5
And how about a little love for the one horribly obscure song from 9/5 that fell off this week: "Nicole" by Point Blank? Gets a lot of love from me!
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Post by edisonlite on Mar 1, 2015 16:10:20 GMT -5
WEZG will be airing the gary owens show at 6pm eastern (according to thier facebook feed) I didn't find WEZG on the '70s or '80s radio station lists here, but a google search showed this- Abigail Radio 101.5 WEZG-FM Greenville, SC Is this the station that will be playing AT40 at 6pm EST? They seem to be on tunein.com so I should be able to hear the station there.
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Post by BrettVW on Mar 1, 2015 17:15:13 GMT -5
How does Larry Morgan open/close fhe show?
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Post by at40fansince1984 on Mar 1, 2015 17:53:52 GMT -5
I'll ask before I post but can you mention where you can download MP3's of shows. A thing I noticed is before the debut of "General Hospi-tale" by the Afternoon Delights Gary Owens called it a Rap song something Casey never did in any of it's other 4 weeks (unless I missed it).
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Post by Mike on Mar 1, 2015 18:02:22 GMT -5
I didn't find WEZG on the '70s or '80s radio station lists here, but a google search showed this- Abigail Radio 101.5 WEZG-FM Greenville, SC Is this the station that will be playing AT40 at 6pm EST? They seem to be on tunein.com so I should be able to hear the station there. Now playing: 2/28/76.
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Post by JMW on Mar 1, 2015 18:05:43 GMT -5
Grow Some Funk of Your Own Chloe Nikita That's What Friends Are For Empty Garden This doesn't equal four... Yeah, I know, but That's What Friends Are For is technically credited to Dionne & Friends, not Elton John, so I'd called 'em on it! All right, 4.5 then.
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Post by top40collector on Mar 1, 2015 18:13:31 GMT -5
Thanks Ken for playing this show with all 4 OE'S.
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Post by darnall42 on Mar 1, 2015 18:15:00 GMT -5
I didn't find WEZG on the '70s or '80s radio station lists here, but a google search showed this- Abigail Radio 101.5 WEZG-FM Greenville, SC Is this the station that will be playing AT40 at 6pm EST? They seem to be on tunein.com so I should be able to hear the station there. Now playing: 2/28/76. Yeah they rerun all the shows on a sunday night so the gay owens show will be coming next,and then most likely the 1986 show that they aired on friday
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Post by darnall42 on Mar 1, 2015 18:17:00 GMT -5
I'll ask before I post but can you mention where you can download MP3's of shows. no - it's a strict rule ,Punishable by expulsion
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Post by Hervard on Mar 1, 2015 19:03:31 GMT -5
Now, starting on WODC...
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Post by at40fansince1984 on Mar 1, 2015 19:09:37 GMT -5
I'll ask before I post but can you mention where you can download MP3's of shows. no - it's a strict rule ,Punishable by expulsion Thanks, I didn't want to get into trouble because I enjoy posting on here.
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Post by BrettVW on Mar 1, 2015 19:19:05 GMT -5
I have been trying to figure out how I know Gary's voice from my youth. It took Wikipedia to remind me he was the announcer for "Garfield and Friends"
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