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Post by jmack19 on Jul 6, 2023 18:00:58 GMT -5
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Post by easye on Jul 6, 2023 18:18:38 GMT -5
I am in shock that 7/1/2000 is airing now. Is this part of a week-long July 4 special? If it is, that station never made that known as I listen to both shows on WSMG every Thursday. If not part of a special, why is a 2000 countdown on now?
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Post by caseyfan100 on Jul 6, 2023 18:25:22 GMT -5
I am in shock that 7/1/2000 is airing now. Is this part of a week-long July 4 special? If it is, that station never made that known as I listen to both shows on WSMG every Thursday. If not part of a special, why is a 2000 countdown on now? It's one of the bonus shows that Premier offered to stations for the 4th of July holiday.
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Post by Jessica on Jul 6, 2023 19:00:32 GMT -5
If you’re not listening to the 2000 show, you’re missing out, it’s excellent. It’s on WPNC now. Casey’s at #10 with the Backstreet Boys (“The One”).
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Post by easye on Jul 6, 2023 21:12:37 GMT -5
It's one of the bonus shows that Premier offered to stations for the 4th of July holiday. Thanks.
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Post by BrettVW on Jul 8, 2023 12:22:07 GMT -5
WOCL replayed last week's 1987 show this morning.
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Post by matt on Jul 8, 2023 12:28:39 GMT -5
If you’re not listening to the 2000 show, you’re missing out, it’s excellent. It’s on WPNC now. Casey’s at #10 with the Backstreet Boys (“The One”). Major kudos to WPNC for their willingness to air all these AT40 classic specials and 2nd Casey era shows that nobody else is willing to play. Add to it that their stream has improved in quality over the last several years. They have become that station you can always rely on to play any specials, bonus shows, etc. and they do a great job of it.
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Post by jmack19 on Jul 8, 2023 15:34:56 GMT -5
WOCL replayed last week's 1987 show this morning. Lots of stations are replaying 1987 today. Been at least one station an hour since noon. Similar thing happened first weekend of June. WHNR did switch to 1985 in hour 2.
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Post by Jessica on Jul 8, 2023 18:34:13 GMT -5
If you’re not listening to the 2000 show, you’re missing out, it’s excellent. It’s on WPNC now. Casey’s at #10 with the Backstreet Boys (“The One”). Major kudos to WPNC for their willingness to air all these AT40 classic specials and 2nd Casey era shows that nobody else is willing to play. Add to it that their stream has improved in quality over the last several years. They have become that station you can always rely on to play any specials, bonus shows, etc. and they do a great job of it. Totally agree. I really liked the “Beatles Years” special which I didn’t think I would like but liked a lot. The one thing I found annoying were the the commercials on WPNC but other than that the specials were amazing.
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Post by mkarns on Jul 8, 2023 20:07:16 GMT -5
The 1985 AT40 "Hall of Fame" feature sounds reminiscient of the "Hall of History" segment that opened Shadoe's first show three years later. It's the sort of "theatre of the mind" feature that Shadoe would have liked to delve further into, but that was vetoed by the powers-that-were.
Also, it honours Elton John on the same weekend that he plays what he claims will be his final show as a touring artist.
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Post by at40petebattistini on Jul 8, 2023 20:53:57 GMT -5
Major kudos to WPNC for their willingness to air all these AT40 classic specials and 2nd Casey era shows that nobody else is willing to play. Add to it that their stream has improved in quality over the last several years. They have become that station you can always rely on to play any specials, bonus shows, etc. and they do a great job of it. Totally agree. I really liked the “Beatles Years” special which I didn’t think I would like but liked a lot. The one thing I found annoying were the the commercials on WPNC but other than that the specials were amazing. Seeing the comment about commercials during vintage AT40 shows, it seems only fitting to look back to the original network sponsors featured during the countdown broadcast on July 13, 1985. Were times simpler during the Summer of ‘85? Or was the sought-after demographic considerably younger than today’s AT40 shows? Probably both. Nevertheless, here’s a sampling of the national advertisers included back then… …personal care: Tropical Blend sun lotion, Jean Nate fresh musk, Clearasil, Stridex, Close-Up Toothpaste and Ivory Shampoo …viewing entertainment: Guiding Light (TV soap), Orion Pictures ( The Heavenly Kid) and 20th Century Fox ( The Man With One Red Shoe) …beverages: Dr Pepper and Gatorade …and a variety of candies: Snickers, Life Savers, M&M’s and Baby Ruth And now back to the countdown.
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Post by listenerwants2know on Jul 9, 2023 3:35:28 GMT -5
Totally agree. I really liked the “Beatles Years” special which I didn’t think I would like but liked a lot. The one thing I found annoying were the the commercials on WPNC but other than that the specials were amazing. Seeing the comment about commercials during vintage AT40 shows, it seems only fitting to look back to the original network sponsors featured during the countdown broadcast on July 13, 1985. Were times simpler during the Summer of ‘85? Or was the sought-after demographic considerably younger than today’s AT40 shows? Probably both. Nevertheless, here’s a sampling of the national advertisers included back then… …personal care: Tropical Blend sun lotion, Jean Nate fresh musk, Clearasil, Stridex, Close-Up Toothpaste and Ivory Shampoo …viewing entertainment: Guiding Light (TV soap), Orion Pictures ( The Heavenly Kid) and 20th Century Fox ( The Man With One Red Shoe) …beverages: Dr Pepper and Gatorade …and a variety of candies: Snickers, Life Savers, M&M’s and Baby Ruth And now back to the countdown. In the last hour of the 7/13/85 show, the original slots C-2, C-3 and C-5 are used for the commercials. I figured - although it probably makes more sense these days in terms of listener numbers to program longer music segments - that this time, using around five-minute commercial breaks (in C-2 and C-3 respectively), the music stretch of #7 and #6 (around 9 minutes) already feels "very short" by comparison.
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Post by bm63 on Jul 9, 2023 9:29:27 GMT -5
Totally agree. I really liked the “Beatles Years” special which I didn’t think I would like but liked a lot. The one thing I found annoying were the the commercials on WPNC but other than that the specials were amazing. Seeing the comment about commercials during vintage AT40 shows, it seems only fitting to look back to the original network sponsors featured during the countdown broadcast on July 13, 1985. Were times simpler during the Summer of ‘85? Or was the sought-after demographic considerably younger than today’s AT40 shows? Probably both. Nevertheless, here’s a sampling of the national advertisers included back then… …personal care: Tropical Blend sun lotion, Jean Nate fresh musk, Clearasil, Stridex, Close-Up Toothpaste and Ivory Shampoo …viewing entertainment: Guiding Light (TV soap), Orion Pictures ( The Heavenly Kid) and 20th Century Fox ( The Man With One Red Shoe) …beverages: Dr Pepper and Gatorade …and a variety of candies: Snickers, Life Savers, M&M’s and Baby Ruth And now back to the countdown. I'd enjoy listening to a show which includes the original ads, but that's not very likely because it's the current ads which keep the lights on. I do remember a show not that long ago which did include a few original ads.
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Post by burcjm on Jul 9, 2023 10:53:21 GMT -5
I predict 7/21/84 for the week of July 22. It was last aired as a standalone... 13 years ago. So it's time.
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Post by SFGuy on Jul 9, 2023 13:02:31 GMT -5
I'd enjoy listening to a show which includes the original ads, but that's not very likely because it's the current ads which keep the lights on. I do remember a show not that long ago which did include a few original ads.
I do remember Mike Eiland playing a 1982 show with original ads a few years ago on his station.
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