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Post by your friend on Jun 1, 2013 2:41:20 GMT -5
The imaging on this show has just been absolutely terrible. When the show first changed hands, it had a modern new jingle collection that really suited the format of the show quite nicely.
The new "bare" format with the roboticly-voiced "KellyKellyKelly" is lame and smacks of laziness.
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Post by your friend on Dec 2, 2010 23:15:14 GMT -5
The final portion of Casey's final AT40 show been posted on YouTube, which aired on January 3-4, 2004. Audio starts 5 seconds in.
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Post by your friend on Jul 1, 2010 16:03:19 GMT -5
Thank goodness I was wearing Depends when I read that!
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Post by your friend on Jul 1, 2010 1:20:51 GMT -5
Seacrest's Clear Channel deal is for KIIS Mornings. His Premiere deal for the midday show and AT40 are totally separate. It will be interesting to see if he walks away from all of it, or just the gig that requires he get up at 4am.
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Post by your friend on May 26, 2010 9:42:48 GMT -5
You guys are lucky to have listened to the show during its original run since I'm only 22. Ironically, I was introduced to AT40 on tape before the radio as my uncle had recorded a ton of shows off the cassette player during the '80s. I think the first show I ever listened to was one from August 23, 1986. I remember listening to my first radio broadcast of his show in 2000 and thinking, wow his voice sounds a lot older now! I followed the show until late 2001 when the music just wasn't appealing to me anymore. Now it's great to hear these old broadcasts from the 70s and 80s! I'm 24, and while the music didn't appeal to me much either, I was addicted to AT40. I felt like I gained a deeper appreciation of the music, and of music history in general. I wasn't raised in the church, so in a sense, AT40 became my "church" every Sunday morning. Fittingly, the show ended its run my senior year. I feel dumb saying this, but I was devastated at the time. I used to do my high school's morning announcements, hosted a TV show for my high school, was on Speech Team, was featured occasionally throughout the year on a station that would compete with the local AT40 station, and volunteered at the local public-access cable station -- and I have to attribute this interest and love of broadcasting to Casey Kasem. Nowadays, I've found my way back into church (my grandmother would be ecstatic) and listen to the Pastor during the time I used to listen to AT40. Kasem's AT40 is very much an ingrained part of me, and I look back on my teen years and remember what a huge role Casey Kasem played in shaping me. The final long distance dedication was quite fitting. Even though we've never met... he's someone I considered my "radio" friend and during the angsty hormone-filled teen years, his show was a rock of stability for me.
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Post by your friend on May 26, 2010 9:30:52 GMT -5
Where's Casey Kasem to light up the candles and slice up the cake?
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Post by your friend on May 10, 2010 11:38:02 GMT -5
What are the chances for a 90s version of AT40 coming? Would it be acknowledged, finally, that the show has had one more host, Shadoe Stevens? Or would they air Casey's Top 40?
This is all pure speculation of course, as Premiere has not given any indication of rebroadcasting shows from the 90s.
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Post by your friend on Apr 26, 2010 15:35:19 GMT -5
Still, despite my comments, I can see a reason. Premiere needed to do something with the property they own. Top 40 is for the hip, the young and they needed someone like their target demo to host and relate to. Also, as the young seem to be a superficial bunch so focused on the latest goings on of Lindsay Lohan, Miley or Britney, you have to focus again on that info. It's forgettable fluff like most of the music today that lacks real substance and longevity. From a business point of view, they really had no choice. Classic AT40 with Kasem stands the test of time because of the power of Casey's delivery, the unique style of telling these stories that you're not necessarily going to find on entertainment tonight, and known the power of the intimacy of radio. That's not there with seacrest. How could it be? he's got his hand in too many things and could wear himself thin soon if not already. For the most part, I agree. However, I really did like the direction the show was taken in the Shadoe Stevens' years. They kept what was best about Casey's show, but gave it more of a sophisticated edge with Shadoe's smooth and purring voice. Shadoe was also an incredible star in his own right at the time.. but they didn't change the formula of the show, and to this day I find Shadoe's shows to be exciting and fun to listen to, whereas I can't say the same for Seacrest -- it's turned into a lot of fluff and is currently based on the exact opposite principles of what made AT40 great to begin with.
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Post by your friend on Apr 23, 2010 13:58:59 GMT -5
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Post by your friend on Apr 21, 2010 9:57:48 GMT -5
It doesn't. I don't predict this countdown show will stay around very long.
A) It's darn near impossible to compete with American Top 40. B) It sucks.
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Post by your friend on Apr 16, 2010 14:39:40 GMT -5
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