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Post by pzimm7700 on Jul 4, 2009 10:00:18 GMT -5
Did anyone else get the impression Ryan was saying goodbye to Casey Kasem without explicitly saying goodbye?
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Post by pzimm7700 on Jun 25, 2009 20:25:08 GMT -5
I would say this is too big not to go back and produce a tribute, but this is Premiere so who knows.
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Post by pzimm7700 on Jun 17, 2009 4:41:27 GMT -5
With the show ending, will they make the holiday shows available to stations airing At40 the 70's and 80's that flip to an all holiday music format again? I hope so. I inadvertently deleted them off my computer this year and it's a yearly tradition from Christmas Eve evening all through Christmas Day to run them continuously.
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Post by pzimm7700 on Jun 17, 2009 4:35:59 GMT -5
A show hosted by Mike Kasem would be a disaster. Not because Mike is terrible, I like listening to him, but in the current state of radio the number of radio shows being hosted is dwindling because there are fewer and fewer personalities people recognize or have their own "flavor" being given the opportunity. When it became apparent Dick Clark wasn't returning, did they find a new permanent host? No, they cancelled the show. When American Country Countdown and American Top 40 sought new hosts, who did they go find? A new DJ in New York or Los Angeles? Nope, they went out to find a personality people were familiar with from the entertainment world (I know Ryan was a DJ in LA at the time, but few knew that compared to knowing him from AI). Unfortunately that is the state of radio in 2009 and I don't see it getting any better. With more voice tracking and now daily national shows like Delilah, Tesh, and On Air, I suspect it will get worse as fewer DJ's get any exposure at all.
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Post by pzimm7700 on Jun 2, 2009 4:41:10 GMT -5
Nick Cannon guest hosted the show this week, and I must say I thought it was awful. I found myself wanting to turn the dial several times. He wasn't funny (no matter how much the staff was laughing), he wasn't insightful, he was just annoying and grating. I admit, I do not like stars guest hosting shows anyway but he was extremely awful I thought.
What did everyone else think?
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Post by pzimm7700 on May 31, 2009 18:56:23 GMT -5
People at the 80s on 8 have always blamed groups of listeners who want no DJs, no countdowns, and "only the biggest hits". Whether or not this is the case, nobody except Jon Zellner and Rick Stacy (who remains 80s PD, although he is only heard on the 90s on 9) really knows. Personally, I wonder if those listeners actually exist in the large numbers that Zellner and Stacy seem to think or just an excuse to use for editing AT40 and cutting the playlists. I've heard that Zellner's goals have always been to play only songs that are highly "familiar" to most listeners--in effect making Sirius XM decades stations reminiscent of FM. I always thought that Sirius XM was supposed to be better than, not the same as FM. Apparently, I'm wrong. As i have said in the past, whether it is the majority or not, there is a very vocal group who in fact DOES feel that way. Unfortunately, it is that group that I think has killed satellite radio. Rather than ask for stations which resemble what they want and leaving the others alone, they pretty much forced what they want on everyone causing many to walk. I have used Kiss for an example in the past. I originally purchased XM for the LA KIIS FM feed. I logged on to an XM Message board and saw all kinds of bellyaching about the station. Within 2-3 weeks of me plopping down $200 plus the sub start up fees it was Kiss XM and was being produced in house. We always heard rumors Dees's countdown would be back, DJ's would be added, etc. but it never happened. For years, that station was an autopilot jukebox.
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Post by pzimm7700 on May 31, 2009 18:51:57 GMT -5
So, it looks like the 80s AT 40 show got moved. If I didn't know better, I would think that XM is doing everything possible to drive away their customers who only receive XM to listen to AT40. I don't think they are trying to purposely drive anyone away, however I think they realize thats going to happen when they make certain decisions, so they have to weigh the pros vs cons of such a decision. I, like many believe AT40 will be gone when this contract they have ends. They have made the decision the number of people who listen or like AT40 airing and would leave if they were not aired is much smaller than the number who would stay either because they have become used to the service or just don't care.
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Post by pzimm7700 on Mar 12, 2009 5:13:32 GMT -5
I know several entertainment entities who while they may care about their viewers/fans money also look at those same people with contempt and the mentality oh "ok, how can we charge this amount of money while giving just the bare minimum we have to in order to justify the cost" or "if we cut this back, and raise the price, will it affect us THAT much."
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Post by pzimm7700 on Mar 6, 2009 19:19:39 GMT -5
Don't get me wrong. I do like satellite radio, was a big fan of XM radio in its earlier years. Things started going downhill when Jon Zellner was hired to serve as head of music programming and the idea of making XM more like terrestrial radio came forth. No, things started to go down hill for XM back years ago (2003) when they let a vocal minority dictate the direction of the entire service. That small minority cried long and loud enough to get Kiss FM from LA kicked off the air, and replaced with what was for years a jukebox playing the songs. Keeping in mind of course, it was still a clearchannel owned and operated station. It isn't like XM got control of it when this switch happened. This minority wanted nothing, not one shred of anything resembling terrestrial radio. No talking, no dj's, no commercials (sorry folks, but had XM continued to air a couple minutes of commercials an hour on some of their channels, we might not be in this boat now), no nothing. That's what happened. And this is where we are now. I find it funny though to see now over 5 years later, many people having come to realize the Kiss move was stupid and WANTED the LA radio station back, and also I have seen a lot of people saying now they would be ok with a couple minutes of commercials an hour if it meant preserving satellite radio. All these same hotheads needed to look into the future before they went on their rants years ago, I KNEW this day was coming, and it didn't have to. It never had to be right on the verge of bankruptcy. Essentially these people wanted the equivalent of an mp3 player with sports channels, only problem is you pay the monthly fee and then you have no option is the exact songs played. You may like or dislike them. I knew this idea was destined to fail.
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Post by pzimm7700 on Jan 27, 2009 16:21:42 GMT -5
Prior to the XM-Sirius merger,you could hear the countdowns unedited-Why management is doing this is incomprehensible. Management has changed.
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Post by pzimm7700 on Jan 10, 2009 21:24:23 GMT -5
Indeed they are on that site. But with the way this show was just dropped with no notice from XM Sirius, I have an erie feeling that when AT40's contract ends, it too will be axed and with absolutely no notice.
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Post by pzimm7700 on Jan 7, 2009 20:40:26 GMT -5
I hate to throw more cold water on this, but you guys do realize Shadoe Stevens has been pretty much deleted from AT40 Hosting history right? And you also realize he himself is pushing 70 too, right? I don't see anyone doing any 8 hour AT40 radio or tv special. Seems like we had a discussion about a historical type program back in 2005 when they did an AT40 TV show and Ryan hosted it, Casey intro'd one act, and it was basically a music show. The general consensus was no one would but us would tune in for a televised history show, a few would for the radio show, but the problem is very few, if any stations would carry it. Truth be told, most don't want to air the shows now. Thats why when they get the chance to drop them, they do. It's a nice idea, don't me wrong, but it will probably always be just that...an idea. Actually, Shadoe Stevens is 62. Not yet what I'd call "pushing 70". I do think he is underrated as a host, as he did a fine job in that position and worked hard to prop up a show that was declining in listenership. But for reasons mostly beyond his control the number of stations and listeners declined during his tenure until AT40 was canceled for a few years, and so he tends to be unfairly dismissed or overlooked in AT40 history (from what I've read from Premiere and the official current AT40 line, if I didn't know otherwise I'd think that only Casey Kasem and Ryan Seacrest have ever regularly hosted the show.) An AT40--at 40 (that could be a cool title) 8 hour show is a great idea, though (12 minutes per year?), although if it ever became reality it would probably be split into two four hour shows; apparently radio stations don't have the same sort of patience today as they once did, noting how Casey's (both old and new) and Ryan's recent year end countdowns were split over two weeks. If he is 62 then whatever I read a few months back must have had his birthday wrong. I could swear after reading the article I thought he would be 70 in a year or two.
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Post by pzimm7700 on Jan 7, 2009 20:37:36 GMT -5
I dont like the recurrent rule because I like things in a no nonsense old school way...I want what is classified as the (insert number here) top songs in the USA. If you are removing songs that fall below a certain number after a certain number of weeks, then another song enters that really shouldn't be there because the song removed should still be.
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Post by pzimm7700 on Jan 7, 2009 6:01:22 GMT -5
This is far fetched (or is it?), but would be the most amazing show if they did it. A special 8-hour AT40 history/tribute show with Casey as the main host. It would feature some highlights of the AT40 years (as well as some from the CT40 years). Many of these would be the ones in the AT40 book. It would showcase 100 songs in chronological order (top 5 from each year), describing some of the historical events going on and some of the changes in the countdown as well as the musical fads, etc. They could bring back some of the more notable guest hosts and have Shadoe and Ryan do some commentary in the show's segments that feature their years (with Casey still at the main healm). It would also feature the #1 song for each year according to AT40 (with a drumroll for each). When? December, 2010. AT40: 40 years in 8 hours!!! Maybe we can somehow even make this happen. Who knows??? This would be absolutely amazing!!!! Sounds great!!! Hopefully by December 2010 Casey will be up to it healthwise, and that Shadoe would be willing to take part as well. Maybe they could work in all of the old AT40 themes and jingles from the show's history throughout the special (For example, using a different AT40 opening theme for each hour.) I hate to throw more cold water on this, but you guys do realize Shadoe Stevens has been pretty much deleted from AT40 Hosting history right? And you also realize he himself is pushing 70 too, right? I don't see anyone doing any 8 hour AT40 radio or tv special. Seems like we had a discussion about a historical type program back in 2005 when they did an AT40 TV show and Ryan hosted it, Casey intro'd one act, and it was basically a music show. The general consensus was no one would but us would tune in for a televised history show, a few would for the radio show, but the problem is very few, if any stations would carry it. Truth be told, most don't want to air the shows now. Thats why when they get the chance to drop them, they do. It's a nice idea, don't me wrong, but it will probably always be just that...an idea.
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Post by pzimm7700 on Jan 6, 2009 20:17:30 GMT -5
Wonderful idea...a total of maybe 5 radio stations would air it.
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