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Post by Ponderous Man on Nov 2, 2009 6:49:48 GMT -5
I asked this question before, but I didn't get a response, so I decided to put it in my own thread. I read on Rob Durkee's site that Pat Sajak was a finalist to host AT40 after Casey's departure. Other than Pat & Shadoe Stevens, who were the other finalists? I gotta think Charlie Van Dyke was a finalist. He subbed for Casey the most times.
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Post by mkarns on Nov 23, 2009 23:21:09 GMT -5
According to Rob's book, the most frequently mentioned finalists, aside from Shadoe and Sajak, were Charlie Van Dyke and Steve Kmetko, then of the E! cable network.
Others who tried out included Ron Reagan, Jr., Donny Osmond (who did guest host for Shadoe once), and Alan Thicke (then on "Growing Pains".)
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Post by edwardjw on Jan 18, 2010 21:21:27 GMT -5
charlie van dyke was a finalist to replce casey kasem as host of american top 40? wow! he would have been a good host for at40! he is a good stryteller
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Post by tarobe on Jan 19, 2010 0:00:48 GMT -5
I don't understand why Charlie Van Dyke wasn't hired, as many times as he subbed. I remember listening to the first Shadoe Stevens show on August 13, 1988 and assuming Shadoe was just filling in for Casey (I missed the beginning of the show, and it had been a while since I had tuned in).
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Post by Scott Lakefield on Jan 29, 2010 7:30:28 GMT -5
Of course, if you lived in New York City at the time, you wouldn't have known either...WPLJ deleted the "Hall of History" feature that started that show.
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Post by unclemike on Apr 23, 2010 11:07:18 GMT -5
Of course, if you lived in New York City at the time, you wouldn't have known either...WPLJ deleted the "Hall of History" feature that started that show. Does anyone have a link to the beginning of that show? I unfortunately listened to WPLJ in New York and did not hear the Hall of History. |
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Post by your friend on Apr 23, 2010 13:58:59 GMT -5
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Post by saltrek on Apr 24, 2010 11:36:57 GMT -5
Probably not a household name for most of you, but according to a website that talks about Providence radio history, there was an afternoon jock on WPJB (JB-105) in Providence that hosted a local big-35 countdown in the late 70's - early 80's. His name was Brad Pierce and supposedly he auditioned for Casey's job in 1988. Here is the link. pvdradiohistory.blogspot.com/2007/03/wpjb-jb-105-history.html |
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Post by gbp444short on Apr 24, 2010 14:05:37 GMT -5
Someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe John Tesh also applied and was a finalist. He would have made a good host in my opinion.
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