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Post by mkarns on Sept 27, 2019 22:28:17 GMT -5
That would be WODC in Columbus,Ohio. I was referring to "...the rarest of all themes." Not sure what that means. WODC, in Columbus, Ohio, is where "Countdown Mike" (Mike Eiland) works. They used to play the 70s and 80s AT40s, and made a real effort to be complete about it. When there were two shows they'd play both, and the complete four hour 70s countdowns were played when offered. Eventually the format changed and they turned to just one show a week, usually from the 80s, and then dropped the Casey rebroadcasts altogether early this year. Mike Eiland was likely as disappointed as we were, as he often wrote of AT40 on his blog and even cut his own announcements explaining which AT40 they were playing. |
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Post by keithr63 on Sept 27, 2019 23:27:04 GMT -5
Man, Love Is In The Air seems like it barely lasted a minute and it sounded like it just kept repeating Love Is In The Air 😄 And as I was typing they just had a huge edit on Reminiscing
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Post by mga707 on Sept 27, 2019 23:38:11 GMT -5
I was referring to "...the rarest of all themes." Not sure what that means. WODC, in Columbus, Ohio, is where "Countdown Mike" (Mike Eiland) works. They used to play the 70s and 80s AT40s, and made a real effort to be complete about it. When there were two shows they'd play both, and the complete four hour 70s countdowns were played when offered. Eventually the format changed and they turned to just one show a week, usually from the 80s, and then dropped the Casey rebroadcasts altogether early this year. Mike Eiland was likely as disappointed as we were, as he often wrote of AT40 on his blog and even cut his own announcements explaining which AT40 they were playing. Yes, I am familiar with WODC and Mike Eiland. What I am asking is what is meant by '...the rarest of all themes' in the original post. |
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Post by mga707 on Sept 27, 2019 23:39:05 GMT -5
Man, Love Is In The Air seems like it barely lasted a minute and it sounded like it just kept repeating Love Is In The Air 😄 And as I was typing they just had a huge edit on Reminiscing Two examples right there of why the show went from 3 to 4 hours. |
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Post by mkarns on Sept 28, 2019 0:26:08 GMT -5
WODC, in Columbus, Ohio, is where "Countdown Mike" (Mike Eiland) works. They used to play the 70s and 80s AT40s, and made a real effort to be complete about it. When there were two shows they'd play both, and the complete four hour 70s countdowns were played when offered. Eventually the format changed and they turned to just one show a week, usually from the 80s, and then dropped the Casey rebroadcasts altogether early this year. Mike Eiland was likely as disappointed as we were, as he often wrote of AT40 on his blog and even cut his own announcements explaining which AT40 they were playing. Yes, I am familiar with WODC and Mike Eiland. What I am asking is what is meant by '...the rarest of all themes' in the original post. In September 1979 AT40 changed its theme music, and at first the new, synthesized theme ("Dark Disco" some have called it?) was used for both the opening and closing. After only a few weeks they went back to using "Shuckatoom" to open the show while the new music was used for the closing, and it stayed that way until January 1984. |
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Sept 28, 2019 0:48:17 GMT -5
To expand a little, "Shuckatoom" was brought back on the 10/20/1979 show. It wasn't heard on the 9/22 to 10/13 shows (four weeks). I'm listening to the 1979 shows in order; just finished the 9/22 show yesterday.
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Post by kenmartin on Sept 28, 2019 7:50:58 GMT -5
Man, Love Is In The Air seems like it barely lasted a minute and it sounded like it just kept repeating Love Is In The Air 😄 And as I was typing they just had a huge edit on Reminiscing WTOJ will play the non-edited version I created several years ago, but it will start early. |
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Post by mga707 on Sept 28, 2019 14:25:35 GMT -5
To expand a little, "Shuckatoom" was brought back on the 10/20/1979 show. It wasn't heard on the 9/22 to 10/13 shows (four weeks). I'm listening to the 1979 shows in order; just finished the 9/22 show yesterday. Thank you and 'mkarns' for the explanation. |
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Post by Dale Latimer on Sept 28, 2019 18:48:27 GMT -5
To expand a little, "Shuckatoom" was brought back on the 10/20/1979 show. It wasn't heard on the 9/22 to 10/13 shows (four weeks). I'm listening to the 1979 shows in order; just finished the 9/22 show yesterday. Thank you and 'mkarns' for the explanation. There is (still) a YouTube version of the temporary theme here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oip2RLl3THcdL |
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Post by artsmusic on Sept 29, 2019 11:12:08 GMT -5
I snoozed and I loozed on 1978+. Better Luck Next Time baby.
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Post by albe on Sept 29, 2019 12:32:32 GMT -5
^^^ That makes 2 of us
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Post by Hervard on Sept 29, 2019 16:41:11 GMT -5
Me three  |
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Post by matt on Sept 30, 2019 9:47:16 GMT -5
In 2015, Premiere optional extras 10/7/72: Helen Reddy - "I Am Woman" (#46) Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - "If You Don't Know Me By Now" (#61) Seals & Crofts - "Summer Breeze" (#59) Optional extras for 10/13/79 when it last aired (October 15-16, 2016) were: Hour #1: "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" - ABBA (NR) Hour #2: "Dreaming" - Blondie (#56) Hour #3: "Ladies' Night" - Kool & The Gang (#83) Hour #4: "Better Love Next Time" - Dr. Hook (#68; debuted) The Abba cut was a major curveball for that week, especially considering the Hot 100 did contain an Abba song, but it wasn't "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"--it was "Angel Eyes" which was in its peak week at #64. Since this is a 'B' show, the odds are that nothing changes but if anything does, that song would have to be the most likely candidate. There were 12 songs that debuted on the Hot 100 that week, so lots to choose from. |
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Post by at40petebattistini on Sept 30, 2019 14:28:55 GMT -5
Here are the confirmed optional extras according to at40petebattistini
October 7, 1972…
Hour #1: Summer Breeze – Seals & Crofts
Hour #2: If You Don’t Know Me By Now – Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
Hour #3: I Am Woman – Helen Reddy
October 13, 1979…
Hour #1: Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) – Abba
Hour #2: Dreaming – Blondie
Hour #3: Ladies Night – Kool & The Gang
Hour #4: Better Love Next Time – Dr. Hook
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Post by Dynamike on Sept 30, 2019 14:39:16 GMT -5
KOKZ is playing 1979
“This Saturday at 8AM enjoy October 13th, 1979 (4 HOUR SHOW) and on Sunday at 8AM tune in for October 4th, 1980”
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