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Post by rondixon66 on Feb 6, 2016 20:45:54 GMT -5
I hear you about the 4 hour 70s been the one I rely on as well as the 70s list of charts too and was surprised to hear this week forward they plan to alternate 70/80s or one each I guess depending on the mood. Well have to make sure Kokz stays on the list as they are likely going to be my main with the bus the backup now.
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Post by countdownmike on Feb 6, 2016 21:07:47 GMT -5
retroguy, dbjacoby, rondixon66 and CoachEight: Thank you for the kind words. I had expected some pushback for missing some 70s shows but got just the opposite, the reason I went into detail the way I did. What a relief! Certainly better than no Classic AT40, which very well could have been for us, considering how programming changes happen sometimes. Wishing you all the happiest of listening experiences with WODC and the other great stations keeping in the spirit of giving the best of radio...American Top 40 with Casey Kasem!
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Post by jamesff on Feb 6, 2016 22:41:03 GMT -5
I was wondering if you could add a show on Saturday nights.
I am disappointed that there is no 70 shows posted this week. I had a feeling this would eventually happen.
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Post by countdownmike on Feb 6, 2016 23:22:26 GMT -5
jamesff: The 80s dominate this week to introduce this added series. One of my favorite 70s shows from 1973 is Sunday and I will be catching it on Majic is Cleveland. There will be plenty of 70s shows coming. One should be on next week.
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Post by retroguy on Feb 6, 2016 23:25:43 GMT -5
I am sure that if countdownmike was in complete control at WODC he would play all 70's and 80's offerings every week including all extras. He has gone into INCREDIBLE detail about what will be aired, why it will be aired, and the logic behind it. He has also laid out some of the restrictions and limitations he is faced with. I believe he has accomplished the overall best solutions to most people's wants and concerns. TREMENDOUS JOB MIKE!
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Post by countdownmike on Feb 7, 2016 9:59:01 GMT -5
Thank you retroguy. Have to mention this. I forgot to return to the practice of putting PSAs ahead of the shows. That way anything starting at :59 wouldn't last for more than 30 seconds or a minute. "Paradise City" never sounded so looong in my life! Automation always hits the lottery...a 6:00 song starting at :59!
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Post by interstate19 on Feb 7, 2016 10:17:38 GMT -5
Didn't even know this thread existed!
Mike, we all know you're doing everything you can and we appreciate it. I'm happy with the changes, extras or not. Most of us I'm sure understand if it was up to you...etc. We're just happy the shows are still being aired, and with the same enthusiasm we've all come to enjoy from you. Keep up the great work! However, the four hour shows get me up at 5am here in SoCal, which is fine because it gives me an hour's head start over my kids... usually.
John
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Post by countdownmike on Feb 7, 2016 10:44:55 GMT -5
John, I think this might be the first time I created a thread. Because the ideas presented affect 70s/80s and possibly other threads and I was trying to put it all in one place, so you all may have to direct people to this so they know what's happening. Looks good so far but it feels strange listening to one of our other stations just to hear my 1973 show, with some of my favorite songs! James Brown, Bobby Womack...and I can even do "Love Jones" this morning! I'm hand-picking each week's presentations, with the thought of what's best for listeners of both our Columbus audience and from what program details I've learned from knowledgeable people like you on this board. If I were doing it for me, 1973 would be on right now! GREAT episode with one of the best Top 10 lists in the series! I bought 7 of the ten (including #1!) and still have them!
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Post by countdownmike on Feb 7, 2016 10:48:20 GMT -5
By the way, for any youngins listening to the Ryan Seacrest AT40, the current tune "Hotline Bling" is sampled from this week's 1973 #3, Timmy Thomas' "Why Can't We Live Together."
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Post by interstate19 on Feb 7, 2016 11:36:50 GMT -5
"We're at number 13" (momentary panic until #6 starts) haha
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Post by SFGuy on Feb 7, 2016 16:07:31 GMT -5
Despite the missed extras issued that may come up, I do appreciate a person who cares to give us these shows like you Mike and Ken Martin. Mike, I assume Ken's 80's No. 1 shows will be on for sure when the time comes?
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Post by countdownmike on Feb 7, 2016 19:18:38 GMT -5
When Ken was airing his specials last year on his own station, many postings then and after seemed to be sure that Premiere was going to pick them up for 2016 holiday runs, just as the 70s specials were. So one would have to believe the May, July and September holiday weekends would be perfect. Certainly for us, even if we had to add a Saturday night, which we did to air the regular ones and any additional specials last year, and the year before I believe.
My dream situation, especially with these new 80s shows, would be on Memorial Weekend, to air a Ken special on Saturday night at 7, the regular 70s or 80s Sunday a.m., a 70s or 80s "A" or "B" Sunday night, and anything else, like a 70s special or even another program on Memorial Day. Same thing for July with the 4th being on a Monday and the same again for Labor Day Weekend.
In that situation, just like when we did the year Casey died and afterward, you would hear everything the series had to offer on those weekends, because you have three days to air the shows. I'd be glad to see the Kens confirmed. Even if not, still a lot of AT40 to go around for the holiday weekends in 2016 with the added 80s series and keeping the 70s.
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Post by mkarns on Feb 13, 2016 1:25:52 GMT -5
This weekend, with Premiere offering only one show from either decade, the Bus airs them both. 1977 on Sunday at 9 AM, and 1984 at 7 PM.
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Post by mrjukebox on Feb 13, 2016 15:02:24 GMT -5
Thanks,Mike for all you do.
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Post by mct1 on Apr 10, 2016 23:29:28 GMT -5
This week marks the tenth week since WODC's format change. Some observations so far:
WODC has run two shows every weekend.
WODC has run at least one '80s show every weekend.
Most of the time, if two '80s shows have been available, WODC has run both of them (6 out of 8 weeks). On the two occasions when both '80s shows weren't run, it was the "B" show that wasn't run. One of these shows was from 1980 and the other from 1988 (not much of a pattern there). The '70s shows that ran in their place were from 1978 and 1979. These were the only two weeks those years have been run since the format change. In other weeks, when an '80s "B" show could have been dropped in favor of a '70s show from 1977 or earlier, WODC has stuck with running the two '80s shows.
On two occasions when there was no '80s "B" show, the second show WODC ran was from the '70s series. Both shows were from 1977 (one was the only '70s offering that week; the other was the "B" show behind a 1972 "A" show).
To the extent that these represent "rules" as to which shows WODC will run:
1. WODC will always run two shows (but see #6 for a situation that hasn't come up yet where we don't know for certain what WODC will do). 2. WODC will always run at least one '80s show (the sole offering on one-show weeks, or the "A" show on two-show weeks). That takes care of one slot. 3. If there are two '80s shows available, WODC will usually run the '80s "B" show in the other slot. 4. If there is a show from 1978 or 1979 available in the '70s series, WODC may run that show in the other slot rather than the '80s "B" show. 5. If there is no '80s "B" show, but there is a show available in the '70s series from 1977 or later, WODC will run that show in the other slot. 6. We don't yet know how far back into the '70s WODC is willing to reach in scenario #5. If there was no '70 show available before a certain year, would WODC just run one show that week (the '80s show) and not bother with the '70s offerings?
To me, the greatest loss with WODC's format change has been with '70s "B" shows from 1970-72. While more and more stations are avoiding shows from those years, there are enough stations that always run the "A" show that you can usually find a show from 1970-72 if it is that week's "A" show. If a 1970-72 show is a "B" show, however, it's often hard to find any station that will go out of its way to run that show over an "A" show from later in the decade. When WODC and WEZG ran both '70s shows on two-show weekends, you could at least find the 1970-72 "B" shows on those two stations. Now that WODC no longer runs these shows, and WEZG is gone, it's a lot harder to find them.
Earlier in the thread, someone had expressed concern that WODC's format change could make it harder to find complete four-hour shows from late 1978 and 1979; Mike assured us that he would do his best to make sure WODC ran these shows when they were available. While these shows can be relatively hard to find, and I'm happy that WODC will continue to often be an option to hear them, they aren't quite as hard to find as the 1970-72 "B" shows. There are a handful of other stations that carry the complete four-hour shows from 1978-79. KOKZ and WPNC almost always run them when they are available, and WTOJ runs them when they are the "A" show.
On the flip side, with its format change WODC has become a good source of '80s "B" shows, which can be hard to find when certain combinations of years are involved.
Disclaimer: none of the above is intended as criticism of WODC or any other station for choosing to play shows from certain time frames exclusively/more heavily than others. I recognize that radio stations are commercial enterprises that have go to where their listeners want to, and there are likely few people in radio who have treated the Classic AT40 rebroadcasts better than Mike Eiland.
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