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Post by jgve1952 on May 19, 2022 4:40:29 GMT -5
Well Mike, as the VJ Countdown gets older, I do believe there will be more. Looking at it statistically, with only ten years, and factors like not repeating Premiere when possible, usually not repeating the same year for 7 weeks, there may be more repeats. As I believe the first show ran in October 2009, these occurrences could exist down the road. Can we imagine Mark, Nina and Alan still doing the show 10 years from now in their 70's? I think the order in age now is Alan (youngest), Nina (middle) and Mark will be 70 later this year.
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Post by mkarns on May 20, 2022 23:03:23 GMT -5
May 27, 1989 next week. One that we've been waiting for, as it hasn't been played much if at all before, and (unlike this week's show) obviously won't duplicate or be just a week off from Premiere's Casey offering.
(Unless, that is, they switch to a Memorial Day/summer themed special....)
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Post by laura on May 20, 2022 23:16:54 GMT -5
I haven't heard them promoting a special countdown for Memorial Day, so I'm hoping this holds up. If anything, I'd prefer them to have one during the July 4th weekend because they hadn't done a special during that time in a while. Also we'll be hearing another one-week wonder: "Giving Up On Love" by Rick Astley.
1982 should be next because it's been a good 3 1/2 months now. I remember them last year pushing 1982 up a few weeks last year so maybe this could be why we haven't had it in a while?
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Post by Mike on May 21, 2022 0:12:06 GMT -5
If anything, I'd prefer them to have one during the July 4th weekend because they hadn't done a special during that time in a while. They've only done a special close to/in advance of July 4 once ever - or at least once since 2012, in 2017. It may be just as well to have a second one this year, however, as among the "new" options for that week, I wouldn't be surprised to see both 1984 and 1988 done before we get there - and the only other pick would be the year we got tonight (1983). So there wouldn't really be much of a loss by doing a special then.
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Post by Michael1973 on May 21, 2022 21:12:15 GMT -5
I didn't listen this weekend, due to the whole "same chart as Premiere" factor, but had to check in to see what was up for next week.
May 1989 is another heavily underplayed month, with only one airing in the previous ten years, so glad to see that on the horizon. The downside is, by waiting so long to play 1989, it drastically minimizes the chances that the next 1989 chart will also be new. For that to happen, that year would need to pop up again after either eight weeks or thirteen weeks. Both are possible, but neither is too likely. At least 7/29/89 and 8/5/89 have only been played once each as compared to the following two weeks.
Mike seems to be suggesting that 1988 could come around again before July 4th. I'd love to see that, but it would be a week early in the rotation if it happens.
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Post by Mike on May 21, 2022 22:12:05 GMT -5
If the year with the longest drought goes next following 1989, and for the successive weeks through June, then we'd get, in this order: 1982, 1984, 1986, 1981. So yeah, 1988 would be close enough that it wouldn't be a big surprise to see it go in June.
Of all of those, for the June weeks, only 1984 would be a guaranteed repeat, while 1986 and 1981 could go either way. (86 would have to be the farther date to get the new chart, while 81 would have to be the closer one.) And in that entire stretch, including the first week of July, only the week immediately following 1989 would be a repeat if 88 were to land there (not the likeliest thing to happen), so the time is ripe for the year to go somewhere in there.
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Post by laura on May 21, 2022 22:24:43 GMT -5
I would see June going with 1982, 1984, 1986, and 1988 just for kicks. Part of me kind of hopes that happens because there are more unused 88 charts than unused 81 charts, but swapping them would leave them with consecutive years, as 1980 would be the longest drought at that point.
I think there should be a special at least on July 4th because there will be five Fridays that month so they will still have a month's worth of regular shows plus last year they didn't do any until the end of the year.
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Post by Mike on May 22, 2022 0:30:58 GMT -5
I would see June going with 1982, 1984, 1986, and 1988 just for kicks. Part of me kind of hopes that happens because there are more unused 88 charts than unused 81 charts, but swapping them would leave them with consecutive years, as 1980 would be the longest drought at that point. Going 82-84-86-88-81 would present a scenario where 80 wouldn't likely follow the last in order there - and it would be for good reason that it not follow 81 there, because that would land on the overplayed 7/5/80 if it did. I think there should be a special at least on July 4th because there will be five Fridays that month so they will still have a month's worth of regular shows plus last year they didn't do any until the end of the year. Since there's only been one such special ever since 2012, I wouldn't put much stock in there being one.
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Post by laura on May 23, 2022 11:31:43 GMT -5
SiriusXM just posted about their Memorial Day specials on their blog and there's no mention of anything that 80s on 8 is doing, so it's safe to assume they aren't doing a special countdown.
Their channel page now has "Big 40 hits of 1989" under the Big 40 Countdown part of the schedule.
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Post by laura on May 27, 2022 23:06:57 GMT -5
So apparently it'll be 1985 again? It's only been a month since it was last done. It's pretty likely to be a mistake but if it's indeed 1985 again, at least the chart will be new.
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Post by Mike on May 27, 2022 23:45:31 GMT -5
Not going to rule out the possibility of it being changed/corrected to 1982.
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Post by jgve1952 on May 28, 2022 6:29:10 GMT -5
So apparently it'll be 1985 again? It's only been a month since it was last done. It's pretty likely to be a mistake but if it's indeed 1985 again, at least the chart will be new. It's just too soon to hear 1985 again, when, as you stated, 1982 hasn't been played in 3 1/2 months.
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Post by laura on May 28, 2022 9:16:09 GMT -5
So apparently it'll be 1985 again? It's only been a month since it was last done. It's pretty likely to be a mistake but if it's indeed 1985 again, at least the chart will be new. It's just too soon to hear 1985 again, when, as you stated, 1982 hasn't been played in 3 1/2 months. It could easily have been an oversight. I mean it happened last time there was a holiday weekend where they also announced the wrong year at the end.
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Post by laura on May 31, 2022 20:14:31 GMT -5
Turns out it was a mistake. Next week (or in three days) it'll be all about 1982!
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Post by Michael1973 on Jun 2, 2022 21:55:08 GMT -5
Turns out it was a mistake. Next week (or in three days) it'll be all about 1982! That works out well, as it should be a new chart, whereas the previous chart and the following chart have each been played three times.
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