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Post by Radioman on Nov 14, 2005 1:05:32 GMT -5
My only hope with these shows is that they dont repeat the same ones from last year plus a couple of new ones. I had a hope they would at least repeat the old Christmas Shows for the month of November and give the non Christmas-Music-Affiliates a chance to air a current programme. But instead of acting customer friendly with at least 2 more weeks of the regular AT10, they blame half of their affiliates. Many stations had to replay last weekends show, or drop it for this weekend. That's what I found out during my weekend research. Clear Channel Stations are the be-all and end-all in radio and the holiest radio stations in the country. They can do a customized version for CC radio, but not in a special situation like pre-christmas in November. Thank you Premiere !!!
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Post by Radioman on Nov 10, 2005 1:43:45 GMT -5
Another pointless poll, but the first time for me to try this feature Yes, nice poll .... but completely useless. If it wasn't for a cold, Casey wouldn't had to end his streak of no guesthosted shows. Since we're not God, none of us can tell when this will happen the next time. Could be next week, could be next month, could be next year, could never happen. Who knows ? And I don't like to speculate with other peoples health conditions.
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Post by Radioman on Oct 12, 2005 14:22:22 GMT -5
Man, Christmas music & mood in October and November ...... this is so sick !!!! I believe this country needs a reset !
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Post by Radioman on Oct 12, 2005 14:19:15 GMT -5
I have a feeling if Casey started taking vacations as much as he used to, people would get tired of hearing Charlie Tuna also. Paul, I know we have/had different views on guesthosts, but you can't put Charlie Tuna in a box with Seacrest or Ed McMann. Charlie is a radio legend himself and people would easily listen to him more than once a year. And some thing about other comments in here: I wonder why people still name Casey and Ryan and Ed at a breathe. They should finally accept: Ed McMann is now history in this part, we won't hear him again - hopefully ! Others Seacrest will never be heard as a guesthost for Casey. He's doing his own thing and has no longer anything to do with Casey's shows. Would be the same thing as if you'd expect to hear Dees hosting for Casey. Weird !!!
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Post by Radioman on Oct 8, 2005 7:27:29 GMT -5
That's what I call a Radio Legend ! One Legend is guesthosting for another ! I believe it's the second best thing they have done in many years. The best thing was dropping the massive guest host appearances recently. If anybody is listening to this weekends shows, you'll know what's the difference to Ed McMann or Ryan Seacrest, the previous 2 guesthosts on Casey's shows.
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Post by Radioman on Jul 28, 2005 1:06:29 GMT -5
Does anybody have a listing of AT10 affiliates in Ontario? I'm going to a family reunion this weekend, and it will be in Chatham, Ontario, so I would like a listing of affiliates in Ontario. The only ONTARIO affiliate for AT10 is MAJIC 100 in Ottawa. Hope this helps .......
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Post by Radioman on Oct 7, 2005 13:06:44 GMT -5
Yes, listening to the shows will give you the answers. But PLEASE ..... No rumours again !! It's nothing too serious - and everything else is alright. And yes Scott: I'll keep your secret, but know what you mean. My source is also a good one )
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Post by Radioman on Jul 25, 2005 1:50:28 GMT -5
[quote author=admin board=at10 thread=1118027942 post=1120490603 Bingo. From what people have mentioned, with the spotlight being effectively the entire show (other than the current top 10) this week, this week's show is the only "exception" to that "rule."
As for the Americana theme running through the full show...it's a nice tribute to TWO things if you ask me. One, this great country of ours. And two, that it's the 35th anniversary of Casey counting them down for the first time. [/quote]
Seems to be NOT an exception for the America Weekend. They've done it again this past weekend with the Number 2 Songs. All non countdown songs seems to be in the N°2 spotlight. Makes it difficult to follow the show. They should keep one method or the other. Still making me no friend of the whole "Spotlight" thing, wich was stolen from Dick Clark. But he did it much better, wich a clear concept. What I really hate within AT10 are the 60's and early 70's songs. They belong to an all oldies format, not an AC show of today.
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Post by Radioman on Jul 4, 2005 1:09:13 GMT -5
On this weeks AT 10 (07/01/05) nearly every song besides the Top Ten songs and a few "extras" was connected with the "spotlight" theme ("Big acts from America"). Another STRANGE thing with this show. Play whatever you want and call it "Spotlight" ....... Already one and a half years of AT10, but I still miss the clear concept for this show.
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Post by Radioman on Jun 28, 2005 1:34:47 GMT -5
I wonder how far they would go on in the future ? 1972 - I can't believe it !!! This is music from 33 years ago !! I believe it's a bit heavy to spotlight on such old songs for about 3 hours. I have nothing against single songs from that era during the programme, but I believe 1972's music should belong to an all oldies format, not to Mix and AC outlets of today. Not within that close concentration ! What may become next ? 1965 ? 1958 ? 1944 ? Hopefully they are getting back to "normal" AC music, as they will ruin the show if this all continues very often.
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Post by Radioman on Jan 29, 2005 10:23:20 GMT -5
As Scott Lakefield mentions it above:
Casey just signed a NEW CONTRACT ( into the next decade ). Why should anybody plan to dump Casey ?
As far as I know the contract is for an AC and HAC show each week. If the current format of the AC show doesn't work, they will find another form to serve the AC outlets. There is no reason to put Casey into the country format.
If they would plan to drop Casey, it would be VERY EXPENSIVE for Clear Channel and Premiere. And I don't think AT10 is doing that bad. They had what they want to have with the change from AT20 AC: They have a show wich is customized for most Clear Channel Soft AC outlets. If the outlets change their music, AT10 will change again. That simple it is.
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Post by Radioman on Dec 29, 2004 18:23:30 GMT -5
You forgot about a small, but important fact on this:
Dees is leaving Premiere; So he MUST be finished with his yearend special a week earlier. By January First he's no longer a "Premiere Talent" and already with the new syndicator.
AT10 has a problem with the calendar of 2004; Since christmas day is a Saturday, almost no stations would play the show, even it would be a christmas music programme. No good day for hosted programmes on AC radio ! Would should they do ? Another christmas music show ? Many stations air the programme on Sunday ( Boxing Day) were it's almost too late for christmas music. Starting a single regular show again between Christmas and the Yearend show ? So the oddity is not with the shows, it's the oddity of the AC stations that makes things running this way.
And last but not least: The stations are allowed to run or re-run the YE-show on New Years Eve and New Years Day. This is and always has been a regular for yearend programmes. So might listen to these stations later on, if they haven't aired the YE AT10 yet.
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Post by Radioman on Jun 23, 2005 1:10:36 GMT -5
You can guess why Seacrest get that guest host job in 2003 .......
As it was mentioned above, Van Dyke and Elliott did an outstanding job, because they were radio legends of their own, already back in the 80's. Can you imagine one of the more recent guest hosts ( including Seacrest ) would become a "radio legend" himself ?? Not really ..... no one has that shape and profile to do so. I believe the time of these amazing radio talents is long over. In the era of computers and more music less talk the remaining outstanding talents like Casey are dinosaurs. As long as they can't aquire a big name for the shows again like Charlie Tuna, Charlie VanDyke or Mark Elliott for instance, I don't want to hear a guesthosted show again. But since they're all rejected, signed otherwise or get back in private life, this will probably never happen again. Especially I don't want to hear from Seacrest again at one of Casey's shows. He now has his own playground and I can't imagine he would get another Casey job again. There is no audience for him on the other formats. AC and HOT AC audience has grown up with outstanding radio talents, not casting heroes !
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Post by Radioman on Jun 22, 2005 1:25:57 GMT -5
I think what Scott mentions above about the current situation is a 100% match. Doing just one recording session a week gives Casey a wider variety of doing it. Looking at his other activities, he's going much slower than 10 or 20 years ago. Like did you know when he left the country the last time ? Must be 3 or 4 years ago ....... Whatever he has to do these days, there should be no reason about NOT recording the show with his regular staff in the regular studio on some day of the week. There is always enough time to edit the show and ship them out, especially when looking at the point that CD's are going to die and most stations are downloading the programme. In this case, he should be able to produce 2 weeks at once someday, ready for download the other day right in time.
Paul, I believe it's always a question of personal taste about loving a specific guest host or not. For me it's that other guy who now hosts a different programme somewhere in the universe, wich seems to me completely untalented and with no personal shape. And if you like Ed McMann or not, we speak about 36 shows in just over 5 years !!! I believe no discussion about that. If you think that is OK, you can call the show "The Ed McMann countdown feat. Casey's Biggest Hits" ( just like it was on "America's Top 10" in it's final years. For me, I don't want to hear Ed McMann again. 36 shows lasts for a lifetime !
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Post by Radioman on Jun 21, 2005 1:16:14 GMT -5
I don't think Casey would take a "pay-off" to finish earlier with his contract. I can't imagine this could be part of his current contract. Would it make sense ? If he wanted to do so, he would have signed a shorter contract, wich he obviosly didn't wanted to do so. As mentioned many times before and published everywhere, Casey signed a new contract with Premiere in December 2003, wich takes him well into the next decade. No speculations about an early end needed ans usefull ! You truly can enjoy Casey couting down for at least 6 or 7 years to come, not knowing of an upcoming extension in the future. Infact there is a chance you will hear some subhost again once in a while: If Casey is unable to do the show by illness or something like that. This happened 3 times before in 1985, 1987 and 2002. The last time he was out in 2002, there were massive speculations about this, wich were complete nonsens at all. Everybody can get a flu or laringitis once in a while. Especially for a radio talent it's more difficult to handle than for you and me out here. Since the show(s) is identified with Casey, it does make sense to get rid of this guesthost syndrome every few weeks. Especially since the times of the really great guesthosts is long gone. If you look at the guesthosts of the past 10 years, there was no one wich is was really enjoyful to listen ( yes Paul, we know about your personal "favourite"
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