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Post by mkarns on Sept 30, 2023 9:42:31 GMT -5
Sept. 30-Oct 1, 2023: Now let’s go back to this week in 1979 - August Darnell- September 29, 1979 (Guest host Robert W. Morgan) This was the second time that month that AT40 was guest hosted: Gordon Elliott hosted on 9/8/79 when Casey was on vacation, and Robert Morgan here after Casey lost his voice later that month due to a heavy work schedule and smog and other air quality problems in L.A. Interestingly, SXM 70s and 80s both feature countdowns this week from weeks that aren't in Premiere's regular rotation, as the VJ's 80s show is from another week when AT40 was guest hosted (October 1, 1983, when Charlie Van Dyke filled in.)
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Post by lasvegaskid on Sept 30, 2023 9:54:06 GMT -5
It was announced that this weekend's show would be from 1979. September 29, 1979 was guest hosted by Robert W. Morgan. If so I guess 9/2/78 wasn't a fluke and now guest hosted 70s shows are the norm (not just Wheel of Casey or special occasions). Which is fine, as of course we rarely if ever hear them from Premiere. Hopefully now that SXM has opened the flood gates, the guest hosters will find the way to Premiere in 2024. Peteski hit a home run here: I’ve long believed that the guest-hosted shows should be green-lighted so those radio personalities (in this case, Larry McKay) can enjoy being in the national spotlight one more time, during their twilight years. I hope someone brought this weekend’s AT40 on XM to Larry’s attention. Perhaps he may have an opportunity to tune in. With that, it’s unfortunate that the many Top 100 year-end Opus programs from the 70s (many hosted by Larry McKay) have never been replayed on the radio. At this point, with an aging ‘1970s listener’ demographic, they will likely never be aired again.
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Post by mrjukebox on Sept 30, 2023 14:52:10 GMT -5
I too hope that Premiere will air more of the guest hosted surveys in the future.
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Post by artsmusic on Oct 1, 2023 4:21:32 GMT -5
Just checking on the Sirius/XM '70s show is NOT available on demand like the 80s VJ and 90s Julie Brown are? Thanks, all
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Post by skuncle on Oct 1, 2023 5:50:15 GMT -5
Just checking on the Sirius/XM '70s show is NOT available on demand like the 80s VJ and 90s Julie Brown are? Thanks, all It is not.
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Post by 80sat40fan on Oct 1, 2023 17:56:37 GMT -5
I enjoyed listening to the Robert W. Morgan hosted show. He had a smooth delivery. He would make one fantastic news reader on an all-news station today.
Regarding guest hosted shows.... I would be fine hearing one every 3 months on SiriusXM. If the Premiere shows are branded, "Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 70s/80s", having a guest hosted show goes against the branding. I could see casual listeners turning the show off if it's not hosted by Casey. That's just my two cents.
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Post by michaelcasselman on Oct 1, 2023 18:36:01 GMT -5
I wouldn't be opposed to a quarterly guest host show on the Premiere side. Between the inevitable top-of-the-hour Larry Morgan intro modified to note a guest host, and the internal branding as written between songs ("This is American Top 40, so-and-so sitting in for Casey Kasem"), I think Premiere could benefit from stretching out the longevity of the show, especially around those time frames where they've dodged the guesthosted shows and had gaps and a few wonky times where they've gone far-afield from the current-date being close to the chartdate.
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Post by mrjukebox on Oct 1, 2023 18:49:51 GMT -5
These shows have been syndicated since 2007-Premiere should consider airing the guest hosted shows on a regular basis.
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Post by skuncle on Oct 2, 2023 5:04:57 GMT -5
I enjoyed listening to the Robert W. Morgan hosted show. He had a smooth delivery. He would make one fantastic news reader on an all-news station today. Regarding guest hosted shows.... I would be fine hearing one every 3 months on SiriusXM. If the Premiere shows are branded, "Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 70s/80s", having a guest hosted show goes against the branding. I could see casual listeners turning the show off if it's not hosted by Casey. That's just my two cents. There may be some listeners who tune in JUST to hear Casey, but I suspect those people are us. Sirius used to edit the shows so heavily because they feared people didn’t want to hear all that talking. They also removed any pre-1970 song for fear that listeners would be confused as to which channel they were listening to. In both cases they were wrong. I don’t think most casual listeners care who is announcing the songs. It’s only the AT40 fans that care and we all seem ok with it.
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Post by mkarns on Oct 5, 2023 20:02:00 GMT -5
Wheel of Casey this week: November 20, 1976.
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Post by mga707 on Oct 5, 2023 20:17:47 GMT -5
Wheel of Casey this week: November 20, 1976. November in October passes my OCD test! Going to tune in once WSQL is done.
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Post by jmack19 on Oct 5, 2023 22:36:19 GMT -5
Looks like October 7, 1978 is on tap for this weekend.
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Post by mkarns on Oct 5, 2023 22:43:12 GMT -5
Looks like October 7, 1978 is on tap for this weekend. Which would place it only five weeks after SXM's last regular 1978 offering (which, in a curveball, was guest hosted). But maybe that balances out Premiere which hasn't done a 1978 A in four months. At least this would be the first four hour show, meaning that both SXM's and Premiere's 70s A show would both be regular four hour countdowns, which is a pretty rare occurrence (of course, it's only possible from October to December.)
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Post by jmack19 on Oct 5, 2023 23:15:13 GMT -5
Which would place it only five weeks after SXM's last regular 1978 offering (which, in a curveball, was guest hosted). But maybe that balances out Premiere which hasn't done a 1978 A in four months. At least this would be the first four hour show, meaning that both SXM's and Premiere's 70s A show would both be regular four hour countdowns, which is a pretty rare occurrence (of course, it's only possible from October to December.) I think it would have been October 3, 1970, had the show not been featured as a "Wheel of Casey" last year. 1974 & 1976 were specials. 1972 was aired last year. 1977 was guest hosted & SXM probably did not want to go with that on back-to-back weeks.
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Post by mkarns on Oct 5, 2023 23:19:52 GMT -5
Which would place it only five weeks after SXM's last regular 1978 offering (which, in a curveball, was guest hosted). But maybe that balances out Premiere which hasn't done a 1978 A in four months. At least this would be the first four hour show, meaning that both SXM's and Premiere's 70s A show would both be regular four hour countdowns, which is a pretty rare occurrence (of course, it's only possible from October to December.) I think it would have been October 3, 1970, had the show not been featured as a "Wheel of Casey" last year. 1974 & 1976 were specials. 1972 was aired last year. 1977 was guest hosted & SXM probably did not want to go with that on back-to-back weeks. Plus 1971 was featured in September a week after 1978 was (and 1971 is Premiere's B year this week), and 1973 and 1975 were also specials. Of these early October specials, I think the 1974 Top Producers special is the only one that's 70s-based enough for SXM to potentially play. The others are all mostly 50s and/or 60s music.
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