Post by 40fan on Jul 28, 2011 15:31:50 GMT -5
I didn't know about these until just today!
First is a piece by Rob Walker that appeared in New York Times Magazine July 15th:
www.nytimes.com/2011/07/17/magazine/the-swan-song-of-the-top-40.html?_r=3&emc=eta1
In response, Rich Appel wrote the following on RadioInfo.com on July 20th. It includes a nice pic of you-know-who!
www.radio-info.com/features/on-the-mic/looking-out-for-number-one
Just thought these would be of interest!
Having become a loyal listener to the "Classic AT40" shows these last few years I really like this quote from the Walker piece;
'Surely we’ve gained something from the culture-slicing tech tools that give us so much control over the pop media we consume. But we’ve lost something too. Having an official and definitive gauge of the undisputed pop champion of the week was actually kind of a great thing. It was joyful to root for a song you liked as it climbed the charts and gratifying when it reached the pinnacle.'
To me, confusion and splintering began when "Casey's Top 40" was head-to-head with Shadoe's AT40; and that was just before the age of the internet.
Appel's piece was kind of depressing; and he's way off the mark saying that teens and college students deplored Top 40 radio in the early 70s. How then do explain AT40's huge success in that decade?
First is a piece by Rob Walker that appeared in New York Times Magazine July 15th:
www.nytimes.com/2011/07/17/magazine/the-swan-song-of-the-top-40.html?_r=3&emc=eta1
In response, Rich Appel wrote the following on RadioInfo.com on July 20th. It includes a nice pic of you-know-who!
www.radio-info.com/features/on-the-mic/looking-out-for-number-one
Just thought these would be of interest!
Having become a loyal listener to the "Classic AT40" shows these last few years I really like this quote from the Walker piece;
'Surely we’ve gained something from the culture-slicing tech tools that give us so much control over the pop media we consume. But we’ve lost something too. Having an official and definitive gauge of the undisputed pop champion of the week was actually kind of a great thing. It was joyful to root for a song you liked as it climbed the charts and gratifying when it reached the pinnacle.'
To me, confusion and splintering began when "Casey's Top 40" was head-to-head with Shadoe's AT40; and that was just before the age of the internet.
Appel's piece was kind of depressing; and he's way off the mark saying that teens and college students deplored Top 40 radio in the early 70s. How then do explain AT40's huge success in that decade?