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Post by mgbmac on Jan 14, 2014 8:32:41 GMT -5
Interesting points. But why would the distributor care that the year of the upcoming show is clearly stated to listeners?
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Post by matt on Jan 17, 2014 12:35:27 GMT -5
I wonder if the sh** hit the fan after last year's master list was posted here, so this year the distributor of AT40 is determined not to let the info get out in advance. I notice when XM promotes the show during their regular programming, they used to say "tune in this week when Casey counts 'em down from 197*". But in the last couple weeks, they have cut the year outta their promos (strange since they still announce the year of their next homemade 80s Casey lite program in advance). And when somebody posts the question on their FB page, they either play dumb or delete the inquiry altogether. We'll see if the year gets circulated this week, but it makes it very difficult to plan, especially if you can't be near your XM receiver every Saturday at noon EST. It's possible...but it doesn't totally make sense. The infamous list was leaked back in March--if they were going to put the kibosh on announcing shows ahead of time, why wouldn't they have done it before now? Also, SXM doesn't care about getting listeners for ratings and advertising money the way that terrestrial stations do. If somebody decides not to tune in to the AT40 for the week because they aren't thrilled about the show selection, SXM still collects their subscription fee. The only thing I can think of that would make sense is that Premiere put rules on when they can announce the shows...but then again Premiere lets us know of the coming week's show six days in advance, so why wouldn't SXM be able to do the same? The whole thing is kinda weird...perhaps it's just an anomaly?
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Post by edisonlite on Jan 18, 2014 2:38:30 GMT -5
The SXM list of aired shows for all of 2013 was never leaked, so I can't imagine they'd be changing policy now because of what was revealed with the syndicated radio stations in March 2013.
I don't currently have SMX, but when I had it on my ipod touch, I could go to the '70s channel, go to the AT40 section and it would tell me the year of the upcoming show, pretty much at any point during the previous week. Are you saying they don't even give the info there anymore?
Anyway, as soon as anyone knows which show is airing on Saturday, please post here.
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Post by skuncle on Jan 18, 2014 4:00:03 GMT -5
Starting with last weeks show they haven't been announcing beforehand what they year is. I don't think it's some big conspiracy, I think they just don't see it as a priority. I think very little thought is put into the airing of the show. Some intern goes through and edits out ANY remote reference to something non 70's (because listeners would revolt en masse if we heard a mention of The Beatles or The Supremes etc). So perhaps they have some new intern who been tasked with the show and they don't know to send out which show is scheduled.
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Post by skuncle on Jan 18, 2014 12:04:17 GMT -5
1/14/78
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Post by edisonlite on Jan 18, 2014 12:06:29 GMT -5
Thanks for the info. This show previously aired on Premiere.
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Post by edisonlite on Jan 23, 2014 12:55:47 GMT -5
It's now just 2 days away from the next AT40 show. Is SXM continuing with their supposedly new trend of not giving any info in advance as to what year will air?
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Post by mkarns on Jan 24, 2014 21:05:42 GMT -5
It's now just 2 days away from the next AT40 show. Is SXM continuing with their supposedly new trend of not giving any info in advance as to what year will air? I haven't heard anything about which year, so I guess we'll have to wait until Saturday to find out. Usually I've recorded the Saturday noon broadcast but now I may have to record later after finding out which year is played, since if they do 1979 I won't get the whole show.
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Post by kckc on Jan 25, 2014 2:17:35 GMT -5
I just cancelled the subscription with them, It is too expensive for the kind of service they offer, eventually we will catch up with the shows somewhere else.
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Post by edisonlite on Jan 25, 2014 3:06:45 GMT -5
well, as soon as someone knows the show, please post it here. thanks. It's now 12 pm EST time Saturday, so hopefully someone's listening and can report it here.
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Post by edisonlite on Jan 25, 2014 12:04:19 GMT -5
Is it 1/27/73 or 1/20/73?
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Post by tzmac on Jan 25, 2014 12:07:54 GMT -5
01/20/1973
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Post by tzmac on Jan 25, 2014 12:12:02 GMT -5
Premiere broadcast this show last year 2013).
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Post by edisonlite on Jan 25, 2014 12:14:47 GMT -5
Thanks for the updates, guys. Yes, I heard this one on Premiere last year.
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Post by matt on Jan 26, 2014 17:37:49 GMT -5
Yeah, Premiere aired this one last year. IMO, January 1973 was one of the weakest times of the first Casey era. There are maybe a dozen songs on those shows that have ever seen the light of day in the past 30 years.
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