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Post by mrjukebox on Feb 18, 2024 16:06:31 GMT -5
2/17/79 just getting underway on WPAC.
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Post by briguy52748 on Feb 18, 2024 16:13:22 GMT -5
Hearing it again today, I wondered if the letter writer ever learned that Lesley "played for the other team".... Several Long Distance Dedications have effectively been to celebrities or singers, especially early on. In fall 1978 there was one for Shaun Cassidy's "Hey Deanie" which was little more than an "I Love Shaun" fan letter. Perhaps most memorable was the April 1979 request from a guy who wanted Cheryl Ladd to accompany him to the prom, with her song "Think It Over" played. IIRC she actually responded, politely declining his request. Different times. Today, I’m sure such letters would be discarded and not read on the air. Now if a celebrity actually made a difference and did sone thing noble for a listener he/she wanted others to know about, that’d be different. Brian
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Post by dukelightning on Feb 18, 2024 18:36:07 GMT -5
While “I Hear You Knocking” by Dave Edmunds was #4 this week, Casey mentioned that the song was #1 at one of AT40’s affiliates, WQXT in West Palm Beach, Florida. Nothing like a little coast-to-coast recognition to keep stations happy. Casey did that a lot in the early days of AT40. He did it for "1900 Yesterday" a week or 2 earlier and said it was #1 in Hawaii.
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Post by dth1971 on Feb 19, 2024 7:57:32 GMT -5
We just got a hint for this Feb. 24-25, 2024 weekend that the A show is 2/26/1972. Could the B show be 2/28/1976 or 2/26/1977?
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Post by jgve1952 on Feb 19, 2024 9:19:55 GMT -5
1977 was just played as an "A' earlier this month. Can 1975 be paired with 1972, or are they are always later years, i.e, 76-79? 1975 hasn't played since December. Premiere is doing a bang up job so far in 2024, and 1975 is the only year that hasn't been played in 2024. We're right in the middle of the period in 1975 where there was a different number one record every week until April. Elton John sure was the hero in 1975--bookended #1s that were more than one week--"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" in Jan. 1975 and "Philadelphia Freedom" in Apr. 75.
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Post by caseyfan100 on Feb 19, 2024 10:27:29 GMT -5
1977 was just played as an "A' earlier this month. Can 1975 be paired with 1972, or are they are always later years, i.e, 76-79? 1975 hasn't played since December. Premiere is doing a bang up job so far in 2024, and 1975 is the only year that hasn't been played in 2024. We're right in the middle of the period in 1975 where there was a different number one record every week until April. Elton John sure was the hero in 1975--bookended #1s that were more than one week--"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" in Jan. 1975 and "Philadelphia Freedom" in Apr. 75. '75 needs to be an A show soon. 10-26-74 played the weekend of October 21,2023 is the last show from that period of time so it's been four months since we've heard songs from that time period. And in fact we've missed a great deal of music because of it. '75 was played the weekend of December 9th and the next show in that time period rotation was 1-24-76 played the weekend of January 27th. '72 is good too for this weekend because the last show in that time period rotation was 11-27-71 played on Thanksgiving weekend.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Feb 19, 2024 12:43:45 GMT -5
How do you survive there? Listening to 1971 and it sounded like it was just dumping on Watertown. Out here in the Desert SW folks are complaining because this week will finally be the first upper 60s since mid Nov. If we get 2" of slush it is the end of the world. They might have to close the screwols for the entire week. Yeah, the North Country isn't for the faint of heart. While this is a lake effect snow storm, it's not as bad as I've seen them. The one in January was way worse. Still, it's a good thing it's happening on a Sunday and the day before a holiday so I won't have to worry about getting up Monday morning for school closings! Definitely feel ya; I spent over 3 decades in Minnesota. We call teens and 20s a "heat wave". I sometimes laugh when peeps bundle up when the temps are in the 50s to 60. I'm outside in shorts even in the 20s. Granted, Minnesota may not get the amount of snow upstate New York gets in some winters (especially this one), but the temps are usually among the lowest in the country, especially in winter.
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Post by michaelcasselman on Feb 19, 2024 14:18:21 GMT -5
1977 was just played as an "A' earlier this month. Can 1975 be paired with 1972, or are they are always later years, i.e, 76-79? 1975 is one of those weird situations where they've paired it with 1978 and 1979, but also used as a B show for 1970. I remember Northern New York Winters like the Blizzards of 1977/78, 1991 and the Ice Storm of 1998. Winters like the one we're having this year are weak. A week of snow, it melts over the next two weeks. I'd rather dress in layers for the cold than have feet of snow (and/or ice) that'll break my back shoveling.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Feb 19, 2024 15:01:52 GMT -5
I remember the Ice Storm of 1998; I was in PA then. And then that big derecho hit along with tornadoes at the end of May.
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Post by jgve1952 on Feb 19, 2024 16:55:43 GMT -5
1977 was just played as an "A' earlier this month. Can 1975 be paired with 1972, or are they are always later years, i.e, 76-79? 1975 is one of those weird situations where they've paired it with 1978 and 1979, but also used as a B show for 1970. I remember Northern New York Winters like the Blizzards of 1977/78, 1991 and the Ice Storm of 1998. Winters like the one we're having this year are weak. A week of snow, it melts over the next two weeks. I'd rather dress in layers for the cold than have feet of snow (and/or ice) that'll break my back shoveling. Going through Matt's Listing of the 70's show, 1975 has been a "B" show to complement "A" shows for 1971 and 1972, but that was years ago. It just seems to me that 76-79 are just getting way too much attention, whereas 70 (July to end of year), and 71-75 are way less than the aforementioned later 70's years.
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Post by bm63 on Feb 20, 2024 19:01:23 GMT -5
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Post by mrjukebox on Feb 20, 2024 19:58:11 GMT -5
What's the B show this weekend?
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Post by jmack19 on Feb 20, 2024 21:43:47 GMT -5
^2/21/76 is the B show this weekend.
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Post by mkarns on Feb 20, 2024 22:14:12 GMT -5
This week's optional extras;
A: February 26, 1972:
Hour #1: "I'm A Believer" - The Monkees (original extra) Hour #2: "You've Got A Friend" - James Taylor (original extra from 8/19/1972 show) Hour #3: "Scorpio" - Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band (NR; fell out of Top 40 and off the Hot 100 this week)
It's been a long time since they featured a song that dropped out of the top 40 as an optional extra; this was often done during the first couple of Premiere years (2007-09) but seldom since. I also don't know what led to the James Taylor record (a summer 1971 hit that as mentioned was an extra six months later) being used here.
B: February 21, 1976:
Hour #1: "Mr. Tambourine Man" - The Byrds (original AT40 extra) Hour #2: "Boogie Fever" - The Sylvers (#74) Hour #3: "Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours" - Stevie Wonder (original AT40 extra)
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Post by trekkielo on Feb 21, 2024 23:37:01 GMT -5
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