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Post by Mike on Sept 10, 2023 20:39:09 GMT -5
Interesting "Billboard" blurb on the launch. I wonder what it means by it would debut, "on a barter basis". That has to do with the ad sales side of things - shows such as Rick's would have so many ad spots that they used in each hour of the show, and then affiliate stations would be given the remaining ad spots to fill. If that sounds very familiar, it's because that's exactly what AT40 did too - for the first year and change of the show's existence, and then again upon ABC's acquisition of Watermark in 1982. Barter originally ended for AT40 at the fourth quarter of 1971 (beginning week of 10/2), due to that not being enough of a driver in getting the show onto stations - for whatever reason, once things changed to stations paying to air the show, that's when it really started getting out there. ABC promptly flipped the arrangement back to barter when they acquired Watermark, in effort to get more of a "commitment" from affiliate stations, as apparently the weekly cash payments didn't cut it. (But, of course, that goal of "increased commitment" led to things like ABC's insistence on stations airing their national ads, which in turn led to Rick's show becoming a thing in the first place...) |
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Post by Mike on Sept 10, 2023 20:40:58 GMT -5
I have both 11/18 and 11/25 in my collection, and it hadn't changed over yet. So it had to be in December. The next show I have is 2/10/1990. Or, possibly, it changed with the decade. |
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Post by woolebull on Sept 11, 2023 6:59:08 GMT -5
Interesting "Billboard" blurb on the launch. I wonder what it means by it would debut, "on a barter basis". I have never seen a vinyl of the show before 1/14/84. However listening to that show in January of this year, they did have winners in the weekly contest so I figured syndication had to have happened earlier. I didn't realize that there were already 20 or so stations playing the show before 1/14/84 show. Thanks for the info! Remember that when the original AT40 with Casey Kasem was launched on July 4-5, 1970 there were only 7 radio stations carrying the show but it grew to more over the next couple of weeks and months. Yeah I thought Dees had the same number of stations (7 or so around LA) in 1983 with national syndication starting 1/14/84. I thought the "soft launch" (local/regional) was in 83...apparently they went all in from the beginning. |
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Post by mitchm on Sept 14, 2023 17:04:40 GMT -5
KDGL TheEagle1069.com is playing 09/19/87 today. The sure shot is "Let's Work" by Mick Jagger. This is the 8th airing of this show on retro-Dees with the most recent being 09/17/2022r.
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Post by mjl677 on Sept 15, 2023 12:50:06 GMT -5
I have both 11/18 and 11/25 in my collection, and it hadn't changed over yet. So it had to be in December. The next show I have is 2/10/1990. Or, possibly, it changed with the decade. I’m thinking the same. Probably was 1/6/90 when Superman opening was cut. And a few new jingles were added including the breaking glass one. |
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Post by dth1971 on Sept 15, 2023 18:04:01 GMT -5
Or, possibly, it changed with the decade. I’m thinking the same. Probably was 1/6/90 when Superman opening was cut. And a few new jingles were added including the breaking glass one. I wonder if the Superman spoof opening was used in the first Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 show in October 1983. |
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Post by burcjm on Sept 16, 2023 8:48:49 GMT -5
App has updated:
Sept 19, 1987
Sept 18, 1993
Sept 18, 2004
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Post by mitchm on Sept 16, 2023 12:05:11 GMT -5
WBEL Mostly90s.com is playing 09/20/97 HAC version today. The sure shot is "4 Seasons of Loneliness" by Boyz II Men. This is the 6th airing of this show in retro-Dees with the most recent being 09/17/2022r.
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Post by mitchm on Sept 16, 2023 12:31:59 GMT -5
The oldest Rick Dees show I've ever heard is the one dated 04/14/83 and that one opened with the SuperDees spoof.
Correction - dated 04/14/84 using the Cash Box chart.
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Post by Mike on Sept 17, 2023 19:03:49 GMT -5
KKMK is also playing 9/18/2004 - making this the first time the app and radio have played the same Dees 2K show in a little over two years. (Not since the 4th of July weekend in 2021, also involving a 2004 show, that weekend's all-request show.) For the app, it's the first time on there, though, as its two previous plays before this were the past two years on KKMK. Also, hilariously, the last song played before the show started was - spoiler alert! - this show's #1 song, "Pieces of Me".  |
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Post by mitchm on Sept 21, 2023 17:05:04 GMT -5
As expected KDLT TheEagle1069.com is playing 09/27/86 today. The sure shot is "True Blue" by Madonna. This is the 9th airing of this show in retro-Dees with the most recent being 09/24/2022r.
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Post by Mike on Sept 23, 2023 7:09:20 GMT -5
The 90s have updated to September 28, 1991, and Dees 2K has updated to September 23, 2000.
And it looks like it'll be another week where the 80s match radio, meaning they'll also do September 27, 1986 - 1987 is still playing at this typing, but the background image has updated to 1986, so it should fully change over anytime now.
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Post by mitchm on Sept 23, 2023 12:04:41 GMT -5
WBEL Mostly90s.com is playing 09/25/99 today. The sure shot is "I Believe in Love" by Paula Cole. This is the 8th airing of this show in retro-Dees with the most recent airing being 09/24/2022r.
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Post by mitchm on Sept 24, 2023 19:04:26 GMT -5
KKMK is playing 09/26/2009 the HAC version today. The sure shot is "Party in the USA" by Miley Cyrus. This is the 6th airing of this show in retro-Dees with the most recent being 09/24/2022r.
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Post by mitchm on Sept 28, 2023 17:19:42 GMT -5
KDGL TheEagle1069.com is playing 10/03/87 today. The sure shot is "Come On Let's Go" by Los Lobos. This is the 10th airing of this show in retro-Dees with the most recent being 10/01/2022ar.
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