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Post by matt on Apr 9, 2020 11:51:33 GMT -5
Prediction for next week's show: 1st Guess - 4/15/78 2nd Guess - 4/17/71 There's a good possibility that 1971 and '78 are the shows for the last two weeks in April. If it's 1978, we should be set up for a glut of early 70's shows throughout the month of May. While 1978 would seem to make the most sense for next week, and if not then shortly after, you wonder if Premiere might be hesitant to play a countdown with "Night Fever" at #1 right now. What would the hesitation be? |
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Apr 9, 2020 12:22:45 GMT -5
While 1978 would seem to make the most sense for next week, and if not then shortly after, you wonder if Premiere might be hesitant to play a countdown with "Night Fever" at #1 right now. What would the hesitation be? Yeah, I don't think the title of a #1 song has much, if any, influence on the shows that Premiere selects. Besides, the shows are picked just prior to the start of a calendar year. Outside of the 7/25/1981 episode in 2013 (which 8/1 was played in its place instead) due to remastering issues, I don't think Premiere would switch shows like that for any reason outside of that (which isn't very likely now since there's only a few shows left that haven't yet aired in this now 13-year-old series). In other words, don't read too much into it. And, a 1978 show is due anyway...with the song in question in the middle of an 8-week run at the top. |
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Post by dth1971 on Apr 9, 2020 12:47:58 GMT -5
Last year, WMGN Magic 98 played a few 1979 AT40: The 70's 1979 shows in non Christmas months starting with hour #2.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Apr 9, 2020 13:47:53 GMT -5
Last year, WMGN Magic 98 played a few 1979 AT40: The 70's 1979 shows in non Christmas months starting with hour #2. I haven't quite followed their history, but it may have been because the "B" offering was a year that they recently played. There has also been shifting of playlists with radio overall, and the early 70s are falling out of favor for the later 70s, and some stations have shifted out of the 70s completely to the 80s. Even the iHeart classic AT40 channel only plays one 70s show to three 80s shows. |
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Post by matt on Apr 9, 2020 14:39:21 GMT -5
What would the hesitation be? Yeah, I don't think the title of a #1 song has much, if any, influence on the shows that Premiere selects. Besides, the shows are picked just prior to the start of a calendar year. Outside of the 7/25/1981 episode in 2013 (which 8/1 was played in its place instead) due to remastering issues, I don't think Premiere would switch shows like that for any reason outside of that (which isn't very likely now since there's only a few shows left that haven't yet aired in this now 13-year-old series). In other words, don't read too much into it. And, a 1978 show is due anyway...with the song in question in the middle of an 8-week run at the top. Agree--I can't imagine they would even notice the title of a song like that. I'd guess the odds are real slim that shows would be avoided because of a #1 song title. If that were the case, Premiere would have to wait all the way until the 5/20/78 show, and even then "Night Fever" wouldn't have dropped off the top 40 yet. There have been a few other shows that were last minute replacements over the years -- the 6/12/76 show was originally schedule to air for the first time in 2013, but was replaced with 6/5/76. 9/8/84 was also played oddly out of order in 2014 (was played the week of Sept. 20, 2014 in between 9/13/80 and 9/27/86) -- that one almost had to be a last minute replacement. |
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Post by dth1971 on Apr 9, 2020 15:01:04 GMT -5
Aren't fever related 1970's songs like "Night Fever" and "Boogie Fever" being temporary banned from radio due to this COVID-19 pandemic?
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Apr 9, 2020 16:10:53 GMT -5
Yeah, I don't think the title of a #1 song has much, if any, influence on the shows that Premiere selects. Besides, the shows are picked just prior to the start of a calendar year. Outside of the 7/25/1981 episode in 2013 (which 8/1 was played in its place instead) due to remastering issues, I don't think Premiere would switch shows like that for any reason outside of that (which isn't very likely now since there's only a few shows left that haven't yet aired in this now 13-year-old series). In other words, don't read too much into it. And, a 1978 show is due anyway...with the song in question in the middle of an 8-week run at the top. Agree--I can't imagine they would even notice the title of a song like that. I'd guess the odds are real slim that shows would be avoided because of a #1 song title. If that were the case, Premiere would have to wait all the way until the 5/20/78 show, and even then "Night Fever" wouldn't have dropped off the top 40 yet. There have been a few other shows that were last minute replacements over the years -- the 6/12/76 show was originally schedule to air for the first time in 2013, but was replaced with 6/5/76. 9/8/84 was also played oddly out of order in 2014 (was played the week of Sept. 20, 2014 in between 9/13/80 and 9/27/86) -- that one almost had to be a last minute replacement. Yeah, I remember the 9/8/1984 airing; I was a newer listener to the series back then, and thought it was a bit odd that they went backwards in calendar date. I was listening to the shows on KOOL 108 (KQQL-FM). It was also before I knew about this board; I discovered it in 2015, and read it for several months before joining in March 2016. I wonder if the show was scheduled that way, or if it was a replacement option. |
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Apr 9, 2020 16:11:23 GMT -5
Aren't fever related 1970's songs like "Night Fever" and "Boogie Fever" being temporary banned from radio due to this COVID-19 pandemic? Again, reading too much into it. |
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Post by Hervard on Apr 9, 2020 17:05:20 GMT -5
Squirrely Radio going with 4-Hour 1979 show!!
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Post by mga707 on Apr 9, 2020 17:05:50 GMT -5
As expected, WSQL 'White Squirrel Radio' starting the full 1979 show right now.
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Post by Hervard on Apr 9, 2020 17:16:16 GMT -5
LOL, looks like we all posted at the same time. I guess we're excited to hear the first "new" show since last summer!  |
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Post by mga707 on Apr 9, 2020 17:45:00 GMT -5
Just heard a '...great radio station...' shoutout to the station I was hearing this show on when it first aired: KTKT Tucson. My local market's third affiliate, following KHYT (one of the 'original 7') 1970-73, and KIKX 1973'74. After a three-year gap during which I was only able to (barely) hear the show on KBBC-FM Phoenix in 1975-76, KTKT picked it up in the summer of '77.
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Post by mga707 on Apr 9, 2020 17:51:00 GMT -5
Was not aware that the late Bill Withers had 'discovered' longtime DC-area R&B/funk band Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers. How fitting given that Mr. Withers recently left us.
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Post by pizzzzza on Apr 9, 2020 18:14:43 GMT -5
Just realized that White Squirrel played the 4 hour edition....
Did they play the top 3 as well from last week?
I really got to hating that feature as time went on.
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Post by mga707 on Apr 9, 2020 18:29:15 GMT -5
Just realized that White Squirrel played the 4 hour edition.... Did they play the top 3 as well from last week? I really got to hating that feature as time went on. Yes, they did. Agree with you. |
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