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Post by doofus67 on Mar 14, 2024 22:39:55 GMT -5
I admit that I b*tch about Bogus Bill Wardlow a lot. But the 3/10/79 show contains an oddity that could only emerge from his tangled, twisted mind. Seven of the top 40 songs dropped exactly one notch:
Last week's #1 dropped to #2 #5 dropped to #6 #8 dropped to #9 #12 dropped to #13 #16 dropped to #17 #31 dropped to #32 #35 dropped to #36
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Post by jmack19 on Mar 14, 2024 22:52:20 GMT -5
I'll go with 3/20/76 over 3/19/77 & 3/27/71 for next weekend. 3/20/76 last aired in 2017. The 1977 & 1971 shows aired in 2018.
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Post by djjoe1960 on Mar 15, 2024 4:52:04 GMT -5
I admit that I b*tch about Bogus Bill Wardlow a lot. But the 3/10/79 show contains an oddity that could only emerge from his tangled, twisted mind. Seven of the top 40 songs dropped exactly one notch: Last week's #1 dropped to #2 #5 dropped to #6 #8 dropped to #9 #12 dropped to #13 #16 dropped to #17 #31 dropped to #32 #35 dropped to #36 Maybe Bill looked at the Record World charts over the last few years where many songs dropped one or two positions (or held on the charts while on a downward trend). I always thought chart movements in Record World was the strangest of the Big 3--maybe I was wrong.
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Post by bm63 on Mar 15, 2024 6:05:21 GMT -5
WSQL aired news at the top of the hour as normal. But no AT40 after. A new AT40 strategy apparently for Squirrelly radio... start all shows at 7pm EDT and let the 4hr run longer. Or maybe someone forgot that this weeks show was 4 hours and forgot to start it at 6pm.
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Post by dth1971 on Mar 15, 2024 7:40:50 GMT -5
I admit that I b*tch about Bogus Bill Wardlow a lot. But the 3/10/79 show contains an oddity that could only emerge from his tangled, twisted mind. Seven of the top 40 songs dropped exactly one notch: Last week's #1 dropped to #2 #5 dropped to #6 #8 dropped to #9 #12 dropped to #13 #16 dropped to #17 #31 dropped to #32 #35 dropped to #36 Maybe Bill looked at the Record World charts over the last few years where many songs dropped one or two positions (or held on the charts while on a downward trend). I always thought chart movements in Record World was the strangest of the Big 3--maybe I was wrong. I know some songs dropped out of #1 but held #2 or #3 for a few to several weeks. Some examples * In 1983, "Flashdance - What a Feeling" by Irene Cara fell out of #1 to #3 but held #3 for 4-5 weeks. * In 1992, during the Shadoe AT40 part of the Top 40 Radio Monitor chart source era, "Baby Baby Baby" by TLC dropped from #1 to #2 but held the #2 position for 8 weeks.
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Post by papathree on Mar 15, 2024 9:49:32 GMT -5
A new AT40 strategy apparently for Squirrelly radio... start all shows at 7pm EDT and let the 4hr run longer. Or maybe someone forgot that this weeks show was 4 hours and forgot to start it at 6pm. In an email reply to my query about the start time last night WSQL replied that the shows (3 AND 4-hour) will begin at 7pm on Thursdays from then on, and that the 4-hour shows will run an hour later. She didn't comment on how that will affect the Saturday afternoon airing times. So we'll see.
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Post by mga707 on Mar 15, 2024 9:50:13 GMT -5
A new AT40 strategy apparently for Squirrelly radio... start all shows at 7pm EDT and let the 4hr run longer. Or maybe someone forgot that this weeks show was 4 hours and forgot to start it at 6pm. I hope it is the former. Starting all shows at the same time is way more logical than starting the 4-hr shows earlier. Just read the previous reply after posting this and it seems the station agrees.
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Post by caseyfan100 on Mar 15, 2024 11:06:11 GMT -5
Or maybe someone forgot that this weeks show was 4 hours and forgot to start it at 6pm. In an email reply to my query about the start time last night WSQL replied that the shows (3 AND 4-hour) will begin at 7pm on Thursdays from then on, and that the 4-hour shows will run an hour later. She didn't comment on how that will affect the Saturday afternoon airing times. So we'll see. WSQL dumped the former Jim Bohannon talk show that aired after AT40. By getting rid of that show they can start the show at 7 eastern for all AT40 shows from now on.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Mar 15, 2024 11:08:50 GMT -5
Maybe Bill looked at the Record World charts over the last few years where many songs dropped one or two positions (or held on the charts while on a downward trend). I always thought chart movements in Record World was the strangest of the Big 3--maybe I was wrong. I know some songs dropped out of #1 but held #2 or #3 for a few to several weeks. Some examples * In 1983, "Flashdance - What a Feeling" by Irene Cara fell out of #1 to #3 but held #3 for 4-5 weeks. * In 1992, during the Shadoe AT40 part of the Top 40 Radio Monitor chart source era, "Baby Baby Baby" by TLC dropped from #1 to #2 but held the #2 position for 8 weeks. "Flashdance" held at #3 for 4 weeks after being bumped from the top (through the rest of July, basically). We can't blame Bill Wardlow for that; all but the first two weeks of that chart run were after his firing. It was just such a strong, strong single that held its own for several weeks after its run at #1. It finally dropped out of the 40 the same week "Every Breath You Take" got knocked out of #1 (9/3/1983). It was still in the top 10 when The Police were spending their 6th week at #1. Back then, that's really saying something.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Mar 15, 2024 12:57:24 GMT -5
In an email reply to my query about the start time last night WSQL replied that the shows (3 AND 4-hour) will begin at 7pm on Thursdays from then on, and that the 4-hour shows will run an hour later. She didn't comment on how that will affect the Saturday afternoon airing times. So we'll see. WSQL dumped the former Jim Bohannon talk show that aired after AT40. By getting rid of that show they can start the show at 7 eastern for all AT40 shows from now on. Umm Jim Bohannon died two years ago....
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Post by matt on Mar 15, 2024 14:02:19 GMT -5
3/10/79 optional extras in 2018: Confirmed optional extras: Hour #1: "You're So Vain" - Carly Simon (original AT40 Archive extra) Hour #2: "Superstition" - Stevie Wonder (original AT40 Archive extra) Hour #3: "Love Is The Answer" - England Dan & John Ford Coley Hour #4: "Blow Away" - George Harrison Confirmed optional extras: Hour #1: "Precious Love" - Bob Welch Hour #2: "Dog & Butterfly" - Heart Hour #3: "Love Is The Answer" - England Dan & John Ford Coley Hour #4: "Blow Away" - George Harrison "You're So Vain" & "Superstition" will remain in the show. Wonder if this means Premiere will muck up the show with their recent wacky editing...it shouldn't have to happen with the 4-hour 1978-79 shows, but they somehow managed to do it to the 12/22/79 show back in December.
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Post by papathree on Mar 15, 2024 14:34:14 GMT -5
3/10/79 optional extras in 2018: Confirmed optional extras: Hour #1: "Precious Love" - Bob Welch Hour #2: "Dog & Butterfly" - Heart Hour #3: "Love Is The Answer" - England Dan & John Ford Coley Hour #4: "Blow Away" - George Harrison "You're So Vain" & "Superstition" will remain in the show. Wonder if this means Premiere will muck up the show with their recent wacky editing...it shouldn't have to happen with the 4-hour 1978-79 shows, but they somehow managed to do it to the 12/22/79 show back in December. I listened to the first two hours on WSQL last evening and it was pretty mucked up, starting with the first AT40 commercial break which had been fused into an intro to #40 by deleting commentary and inserting commentary in its place (copied from somewhere else). The "editor" even inserted a "Number 40" jingle before #40 even though this is one of the rare shows that had no #40 jingle before #40 was introduced. Then it went down hill from there.
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Post by mga707 on Mar 15, 2024 14:52:14 GMT -5
WSQL dumped the former Jim Bohannon talk show that aired after AT40. By getting rid of that show they can start the show at 7 eastern for all AT40 shows from now on. Umm Jim Bohannon died two years ago.... Bohannon's last show aired in October 2022. He died from cancer a month later, age 78. Rich Valdes took over his radio show, which was later renamed 'Rich Valdes America At Night' Assume that is the show WSQL axed, although I admit that I've never listened once the AT40 broacast ends on the station.
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Post by caseyfan100 on Mar 15, 2024 18:05:55 GMT -5
Umm Jim Bohannon died two years ago.... Bohannon's last show aired in October 2022. He died from cancer a month later, age 78. Rich Valdes took over his radio show, which was later renamed 'Rich Valdes America At Night' Assume that is the show WSQL axed, although I admit that I've never listened once the AT40 broacast ends on the station. Thank you for clarifying. WSQL continued to air the show after Bohannon passed away with Valdes taking over. This is the show they got rid of earlier this year,hence the ability to now air AT40 at 7 p.m. no matter what show is being offered.
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Post by dth1971 on Mar 16, 2024 8:00:48 GMT -5
First song to start hour #2 of AT40 The 70's 3/10/1979: "Maybe I'm a Fool" by Eddie Money at #33.
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