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Post by Radioman on Dec 18, 2006 6:07:37 GMT -5
Well, that would explain how that one channel who is airing them was able to. Yes, someone has to be the FIRST. Every count begins at 1 ..... except the countdown of course !
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Post by Radioman on Nov 7, 2006 3:19:25 GMT -5
Can't think of a guest host Peter B. Collins, not within the last 30 years or so. My guess is this information is simply not correct. Wikipedia is a collected information base, wich can be added by everybody. So the author of this may be someone who didn't make a proper research on a complex theme like American Top 40. Others there couldn't be a fact Pete Battistini doesn't know about.
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Post by Radioman on Aug 25, 2006 0:47:24 GMT -5
The Problem is: If beeing so much involved with a subject or lifestyle, you get to a point where you didn't even recognize YOU are the minority ..... not the others. I have experienced things like that several times in my life. Including when it belongs to the shows. WE out HERE are the minority when it comes the hard way. Of course the biggest group of people are the ones who didn't care, but those are not helpful to us, as they are not to the others. We don't have to forget: XM is a pay service. People pay for it, because they want music presented in a different way, not like on ordinary radio. But American Top 40 is Radio and that's i.m.o. the fact why people are not like it on XM.
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Post by Radioman on Aug 23, 2006 4:27:13 GMT -5
The XM subculture will have to live with a few hours of non jukebox a week for now. I don't know if they really have to live with it ....... At the end the count is simple. If the majority of paying customers doesn't like it, it will be off soon , like it was 3 years ago.
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Post by Radioman on Aug 23, 2006 3:51:08 GMT -5
Correction on what NENAD mentioned above: Pepsi sponsered the international version of AT40 only from 90 - 91. In 93, 94 and the first 2 weeks of 95 it was SONY MUSIC who was the sponsor for the show. If a specific radio station still aired Pepsi spots in 92 and upwards, it was just a local thing that has no official sponsor work behind it.
And if somebody asks why not the 3rd and 4th (final) AT40 in 95 ? There was no more sponsor for these last shows. The big sponsoring deal was i.m.o. the main reason why AT40 extended it's international run after ending in the US in July of 1994. Too complicated to cancel all these deals along with a big load of international affiliates. So they decided to complete the Sony deal until January of 1995 and end the show 2 weeks later at the end of Stevens' contract.
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Post by Radioman on Jul 19, 2006 0:58:58 GMT -5
This is now official and has been annouced/confirmed by Premiere. It will start August 4th and will be one or two shows per week. many of you guys deal shows with Shannon Lynn, who has been remastering them for XM. He has also confirmed the above after talking to Premiere. Great news! Great news! I have both XM and Sirius as I love both for various reasons... but this is definately a BIG point for XM. definately exciting! Maybe as BIG and EXITING as it was the last time, when everybody bought this box, just to see AT40 was dropped after a few weeks, because other listerners was bored and they just found out that the Billboard fees were also BIG ( something no one else would have known before of course ) First I prefer to wait until it finally runs on XM. I would never believe anything else before it finally runs. Second I think everybody has to see how long it will work. If it matches with the critical first 2 months or so, we could have a solid basis to hear the shows again ..... at least some of them, because I don't believe there would be a wide variety of shows.
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Post by Radioman on Jul 18, 2006 1:33:29 GMT -5
I believe Topic's like "AT40 on XM" on this board are burning people out ..... at least here within this community !
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Post by Radioman on Jul 10, 2006 1:16:28 GMT -5
He did something very simular a few times with "Funky Cold Medina" by Tone Loc back in the spring of 1989. Seems it was at a time back then when rap songs still has funny aspects, not like the embarrassing rap & hip hop trash of today.
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Post by Radioman on Jul 5, 2006 1:33:10 GMT -5
Casey got a lot of "colds" even before the 90s. As AT40 became more popular, Casey was probably able to negotiate a contract that allowed him more weeks to take time off. Speaking of colds, the last time I remembered hearing Casey complaining of a cold, it was some time in April (I think) of 1998, soon after AT40 came back. Outroing a song by Chumbawamba, Casey said, "they may have amnesia (title of the song), but I've got a cold". Thought that was funny. The show you think about is not from April of 1998, but the broadcasting date was May 9th, 1998; He only did one other show in that bad condition once before in 1992. Others than that, only very close listeners recognize various health conditions from Casey. I was just wondering how people came up with the idea of numerous colds for Casey in the 90's ? I can't remember a single guesthosted show of the 90's, where this is officially mentioned. Having a large guesthost routine was simply a fact of contract. If Casey had a contract for 42 or 44 shows a year, there have to be a guesthost to fill up at 52 or 53 weeks, right ? That's why Mark Elliott and David Perry were the (only) frequent GH's. There were only very few shows of Classic AT40 and the show from March 2002, were it was officially stated that Casey is out sick.
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Post by Radioman on May 12, 2006 0:56:31 GMT -5
His name was Tommy Puent ( not sure about the spelling ). He was VEEEEERY cool and VEEEEEERY talented ...... Like an 80's version of Seacrest ! A guy with a VEEEEEERY big future ( at least that's what everybody thought about ) He was so cool, he always had his feet on the couch.
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Post by Radioman on Apr 20, 2006 1:33:23 GMT -5
Imagine Seacrest or Dees style jingles on Casey's shows. It would make the show sound goofy. On the flip-side, imagine a simple Casey style jingle going into a Seacrest or Dees segment....it wouldn't sound right either. One thing is that Casey has never had to rely on fancy production work for his shows. He doesn't need to, it's not his style. His shows would sound weird with anything else. The only thing I would change if I were doing production for the show would be returning the bed music under Casey's voice during his teases before commercial breaks. They brought the feature back for a few weeks in October-ish 2004, as well as one of the first shows of 2005 (at least on AT20) and I really enjoyed the way it sounded. Not every tease, mind you...maybe once or twice a show. Oh yeah, and perhaps get some new AT20 jingles. Nothing wrong with the ones now, they are just 8 years old. "The original excitement still crackles every time Casey Kasem opens his mike. Casey's brilliance, and the talent that places him in The Broadcasting Hall of Fame, is in his understanding of what people want. This is powerful magic, and hundreds of stations tap into it every week. No whistles and bells . . . no jokes. . . no burned out sound bites. American Top 10 and American Top 20 with Casey Kasem take radio back to its essential elements - intimacy, sharing, community, warmth!" This well known press release from a couple of years ago says it all .....
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Post by Radioman on Apr 7, 2006 7:02:54 GMT -5
It seems - back in 1989 - even the staff themselves had some problems with using the new N°1 jingle. You may remember there were several weeks when they didn't use that jingle and played the Top song right out of the story. When the superslow ballad from Richard Marx was N°1 for a couple of weeks, they had no jingle for the Top Spot.
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Post by Radioman on Apr 3, 2006 1:12:05 GMT -5
Eventually the N°1 intro Shadoe Stevens started to use in 1989 was more like a "Jingle" than a drum roll, even it wasn't really a Jingle. I can remember it sounded strange to me for a very long time after all those years with N° 1 drum rolls before.
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Post by Radioman on Apr 3, 2006 1:17:24 GMT -5
Can we consider : Casey's Top 40,Casey's Countdown,Casey's Top 20,and Casey's Biggest Hits? How about America's Top Hits? A SPINOFF should be one coming out of the very same house than the original, eventually doing by the same producers or at least parts of the staff. Casey's Top 40 / Countdown / Hot 20 doesn't qualify as a spinoff. Infact it made some inventions by it's own, like splitting off to different radio formats. Something AT40 and ABC never wanted to do ... and we all know where they landed in 1994. But "America's Top Hits" truly qualifys as a "Spinoff" programme, that's right !
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Post by Radioman on Apr 3, 2006 1:06:42 GMT -5
The LDD or letter Shadoe read on Christmas Day 1993 was very touching. Hey Paul, AGAIN WE AGREE in one point !!!!! In my opinion, this truly was the most memorable and most touching Long Distance Dedication ever heared on AT40. And there wasn't even a song played for it ! Ironicly this was one out of the Shadoe Stevens era. Normally no other than Casey himself would be choosen for reading the most memorable letter ever on the programme. I believe not many people heared that letter back then, since it was regular AT40 show for a Christmas date. Many stations probably played substitute programming instead of a countdown show. Also AT40 already was a strong downforce in the US. But I can remember sitting in front of the radio that night and hearing that touching letter. I've never forgot about it in all those years.
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