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Post by BrettVW on Feb 1, 2011 12:32:08 GMT -5
Does anyone know the dates that the opening theme that was introduced in January 1984 aired? I know it was fairly short lived, did it even finish the year?
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Post by Scott Lakefield on Feb 1, 2011 13:13:34 GMT -5
A shameless plug for Pete's book...since I was just reading about the introduction of this theme...and its successor...last night.
The theme debuted on the first Casey-hosted show of 1984, and was replaced on the first Casey-hosted show of 1985 if my memory serves correctly from what I saw last night.
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Post by BrettVW on Feb 1, 2011 15:12:36 GMT -5
All the more reason to get Pete's book! I love the 70s book, I'm off to go order the 80s book as we speak
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Post by Josh Joel's Top 40 on Feb 1, 2011 19:43:48 GMT -5
All the more reason to get Pete's book! I love the 70s book, I'm off to go order the 80s book as we speak Yes you really should! Not a 70s fan but this 80s book is just awesome! |
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Post by secretman on Feb 2, 2011 22:47:32 GMT -5
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Post by Scott Lakefield on Feb 4, 2011 7:10:53 GMT -5
I checked Pete's book last night...the 1984 open was replaced 1/25/85. This was the first show of that year (not counting the year-end special) which was hosted by Casey. He had a regularly-scheduled week off on 1/11/85, and then on 1/18/85, a "family emergency" kept him away, according to the cue sheets included in Pete's book.
Interestingly, and I hadn't remembered this from listening to the show back then, but the Top 100 of 1985, which was presented as one eight-hour show, was NOT meant for airing on New Year's. The show replaced the regular show for January 4-5.
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Post by CountEmUp on Feb 5, 2011 0:56:06 GMT -5
I checked Pete's book last night...the 1984 open was replaced 1/25/85. This was the first show of that year (not counting the year-end special) which was hosted by Casey. He had a regularly-scheduled week off on 1/11/85, and then on 1/18/85, a "family emergency" kept him away, according to the cue sheets included in Pete's book. Interestingly, and I hadn't remembered this from listening to the show back then, but the Top 100 of 1985, which was presented as one eight-hour show, was NOT meant for airing on New Year's. The show replaced the regular show for January 4-5. Then I am confused. The cue sheets on Shannon's site has all those dates shifted by one week...? Including the 1984-year-end being designated for New Year's Eve. www.charismusicgroup.com/calendar.htmI've got the 1/19 show and the 1/26 show. Indeed 1/26 is the first one with the new theme song, but it's Casey's second week back. 1/19 has Casey's return, where he thanks CVD for sitting in for two weeks, and it plays the old theme song. |
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Post by Hervard on Feb 5, 2011 7:33:01 GMT -5
Yeah, I was confused at first too when I read this thread, since I was sure that American Top 40: The 80s had run the January 19 show (back in 2008). I vaguely remember hearing the old theme song, but then again, I wasn't paying much attention.
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Post by Scott Lakefield on Feb 7, 2011 13:35:39 GMT -5
Sorry for the confusion guys -- the date of the theme-replacement in 1985 is correct. The other dates aren't. 1/4/85 and 1/11/85 were the first two regular top 40s of the year, and both were guest-hosted by Charlie. The top 100 of 1985 was indeed scheduled for January 4, though...January 4, *1986* that is.
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Post by CountEmUp on Feb 7, 2011 21:54:06 GMT -5
Sorry for the confusion guys -- the date of the theme-replacement in 1985 is correct. The other dates aren't. 1/4/85 and 1/11/85 were the first two regular top 40s of the year, and both were guest-hosted by Charlie. The top 100 of 1985 was indeed scheduled for January 4, though...January 4, *1986* that is. Cool  Hey you're right, the cue sheet for the Top 100 of 1985 says it was designated for Jan 4. Wonder why? The memo is dated Dec 23, so, I guess it was shipped early enough that stations could have played it New Years Eve... would they be allowed to do that if they wanted to? Odd... I always remembered the countdowns being played on NYE and I wonder why AT40 would have not wanted a countdown available. |
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Post by at40petebattistini on Feb 8, 2011 6:48:13 GMT -5
Regarding the post-New Year's broadcast of the Top 100 of 1985, it's possible that the show's advertising may have been a driving force in scheduling. One of the sponsors, True Value Hardware, specifically advertised products and prices that may have had a limited, sale price window. So how much weight did ABC/Watermark give to advertisers making a commitment to AT40? I believe that's a fair question, especially if sponsorship was arranged well in advance.
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Post by Mike on Feb 8, 2011 10:30:17 GMT -5
Then again...
We all know that year-end shows were one eight-hour show by that point. After 1984/85, Billboard was taking the first weekend of the year off rather than the last (1-4-86, 1-3-87, 1-2-88). Then they also took the last weekend off in '88 (12-31-88), and reverted back to this for the remained of their original era (with the chart methodology that lasted through November '91). In 1991, BB chose to take the weekend of 12-28 off rather than take 1-4-92 off (in contrast with '85/'86), but after '91, they no longer took holiday weekends off - leaving AT40 with no factors to consider other than their own discretion as for scheduling YE shows. (Yeah, they no longer used the Hot 100 by the end of '91, but they still used a BB chart up through originally going off the air.)
What I'm getting at is that the Top 100 of '85 being scheduled for 1-4 may in fact be nothing more than AT40 matching up with BB taking that weekend off. Both '86 and '87 had the same post-New Year's scenario as '85, as a glance at those cue sheets will tell you.
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Hey you're right, the cue sheet for the Top 100 of 1985 says it was designated for Jan 4. Wonder why? The memo is dated Dec 23, so, I guess it was shipped early enough that stations could have played it New Years Eve... would they be allowed to do that if they wanted to?