Ok that's got to be a mistake. Sad part is that they're probably not going to correct it and we're going to have to wait until next Friday to find out what year they're doing.
It should be 1980 if they continue using the same sequence they have for the past 8 months.
That obviously can't be right, though it would have been nice to see them clean up the mistakes they made last week (which, if nobody noticed by Friday night, should have been done over the weekend.)
1980 and 1986 are the years we haven't heard in longest, though 1980 next week would be the same year, but maybe not the same week, as Premiere. They have the 8/16/80 AT40 scheduled while SXM seems more likely to do 8/9, though that's not guaranteed as this week they went ahead and did 8/10/85 when 8/3 is closer to both previous SXM practice and this weekend's dates. (Not that I'm complaining, since as mentioned neither SXM nor Premiere has ever played that week, which Casey didn't host.)
That obviously can't be right, though it would have been nice to see them clean up the mistakes they made last week (which, if nobody noticed by Friday night, should have been done over the weekend.)
1980 and 1986 are the years we haven't heard in longest, though 1980 next week would be the same year, but maybe not the same week, as Premiere. They have the 8/16/80 AT40 scheduled while SXM seems more likely to do 8/9, though that's not guaranteed as this week they went ahead and did 8/10/85 when 8/3 is closer to both previous SXM practice and this weekend's dates. (Not that I'm complaining, since as mentioned neither SXM nor Premiere has ever played that week, which Casey didn't host.)
If anything, THIS week is where they really screwed the pooch, so to speak, thanks to them doing 8/10 instead of 8/3 for literally no reason.
This would seem to scotch doing 8/9 for either 1980 or 1986, assuming either of those are the actual year for next week, as they've never gone backwards on the calendar.
Other possibility? 1988 is, actually, NOT a mistake...
Post by Michael1973 on Aug 9, 2023 17:34:48 GMT -5
Mark again stated this morning that the upcoming weekend's countdown would be 1988, and that he *thinks* Alan will be absent.
Assuming this is true...
* Will they play the correct Chicago song this week? * Will they go back to the regular show order next week, so we can at least get a rare August 1980 chart sometime soon? * Is this all due to a "clerical error"?
At least we won't get an overlap with Premiere, as we might have otherwise.
Post by mellongraig on Aug 9, 2023 18:10:53 GMT -5
I don't know but maybe the channel could clear up what year they're doing this weekend and in the past, they have switched years last minute - so I'm hoping if the channel on Facebook could tell us, that would be great.
Unless if they switched the sequence and are going with a new one now...
But why are they doing 1988 again knowing they've just done it two weeks ago?
There seems to be no easy way to find out things like this. After all these years, we still have no idea who is responsible for scheduling these shows every week.
13 hours and we will find out. It would really be insane to have another 1988 show two weeks later! If there was a typo for the year, and it should happen to be the next in order, likely date would be 8-16-80, as they are now advancing the date, instead of going to nearest Friday date.
I don't know but maybe the channel could clear up what year they're doing this weekend and in the past, they have switched years last minute - so I'm hoping if the channel on Facebook could tell us, that would be great.
Unless if they switched the sequence and are going with a new one now...
I don't know but maybe the channel could clear up what year they're doing this weekend and in the past, they have switched years last minute - so I'm hoping if the channel on Facebook could tell us, that would be great.
Unless if they switched the sequence and are going with a new one now...
How many songs are the same from the countdown we heard 2 weeks ago?? (They can probably even use some of the same voiceovers...lol)
There are 31 songs that the 7/30 and 8/13/88 top 40s have in common.
And Steve Winwood probably deserves some type of award or honourable mention: between this show and last week's Premiere AT40, that's three straight weeks we've heard countdowns with "Roll With It" at #1. (Fun fact about "Roll With It": it's the only song in the 1980s that hit #1 on Billboard's pop, rock, and adult contemporary charts.)