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Post by Scott Lakefield on Jun 21, 2007 14:54:21 GMT -5
AT40 fans probably know the answer to what for them is an easy trivia question in the title of this thread...the common link between the dates of 7/4/70, 7/5/75, and 6/30/07.
Just my way of letting you know that NEXT weekend's (6/30/07 - 7/1/07) edition of "AT40: The 70s" will feature a rebroadcast of the very first AT40 show from 7/4/70. As you know, that show was also rebroadcast on 7/5/75.
Scott
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Post by tacomalo on Jun 21, 2007 18:02:35 GMT -5
Are they broadcasting the 7/4/70 show or the 7/5/75 rebroadcast...as they seem to be fixated on 1975 these days?
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Post by Scott Lakefield on Jun 22, 2007 9:43:45 GMT -5
My guess is that it's an edited version of the 1975 reairing, because I believe the original tape was butchered to make that rebroadcast in 1975.
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Post by at40petebattistini on Jun 26, 2007 21:09:01 GMT -5
Scott,
Please advise if the rebroadcast of the first show for this weekend is for terrestrial stations, XM, or both. Thanks!
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Post by tacomalo on Jun 27, 2007 0:28:46 GMT -5
Hi Pete:
According to the XM website, and an email I received from the Program Director about a month ago...XM will be broadcasting (for at least the 3rd time) the Top 50 Hits of the 1970s this weekend. John Clay, the program director, did indicate that he would be getting more new shows sometime this summer, and he promised that there would be a little more variety in his order this time---since this year, we've had a lot of shows that were back to back weeks and focused on 1971, 75 and 79 for the most part.
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Post by Scott Lakefield on Jun 27, 2007 11:50:48 GMT -5
Pete, The dates posted by me on this thread are for the terrestrial broadcasts. Hope this helps!  Scott |
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Post by Scott Lakefield on Jun 27, 2007 12:51:52 GMT -5
Looks like the promos were wrong...or the cue sheets I just got a look at are wrong. According to the cues for the 6/30/07 edition of "AT40: The 70s," the show replayed will be from 7/10/71, NOT the first show.
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Post by tacomalo on Jun 27, 2007 19:25:30 GMT -5
Looks like the promos were wrong...or the cue sheets I just got a look at are wrong. According to the cues for the 6/30/07 edition of "AT40: The 70s," the show replayed will be from 7/10/71, NOT the first show.   That is very depressing! I actually enjoy the 1975 replay better than the original show since you get to hear the 1975 Casey at the breaks... Hopefully it will be broadcast on the terrestial show at some point...or maybe John Clay will include it in his next order for XM! |
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Post by at40petebattistini on Jun 28, 2007 13:13:24 GMT -5
Scott, Thanks for the clarification! I guess we'll need to keep that third date (7/4/70, 7/5/75 & __________) a blank for the time being. Maybe NEXT weekend! |
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Post by at40petebattistini on Jun 28, 2007 13:42:01 GMT -5
Meanwhile, here's another common link that I discovered while searching the Internet for everything Casey:
What does AT40, AT20 and AT630 have in common? I'm sure someone knows the answer!
And NO FAIR cutting and pasting!!!
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Post by pasha913 on Aug 3, 2007 4:07:20 GMT -5
Pete Wrote:
". . . I guess we'll need to keep that third date (7/4/70, 7/5/75 & __________) a blank for the time being."
Well, as I recall, In July 1999, Casey kicked off the start of the 30th year and he played the first minute of the 7/4/70 show stating that that is how AT40 sounded back then. He did play a part of the show , so can we fill in the blank with 7/3/99?
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Post by tacomalo on Sept 4, 2007 11:26:44 GMT -5
Scott, help! I've been anxiously been waiting a month to find out whether or not Pasha had the right answer...
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Post by at40petebattistini on Sept 4, 2007 19:49:28 GMT -5
I can verify that the AT40 program dated July 3, 1999 does indeed contain a snippet of the first show. Casey started the program by pointing out that it was the start of the 30th year for the show, and "here's what the first program sounded like..."
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Post by Caseyfan4everRyanfanNever on Sept 5, 2007 10:18:31 GMT -5
Really great how Casey introduces the show by playing a snippet of the first show's intro and then compares how the show sounded then and how it sounded as of mid 1999.
That must have been part of an attempt to link the "old" AT40 of 1970 to 1988, when Casey hosted, with the "new" AT40 which began in 1998 and continued until 2004. This was done again on the May 13 2000 show when he announced the publication of Rob's book and Casey spoke about some of the trivia in the book. From this we can gain some understanding how AM/FM wanted the history of AT40 to be seen:
1. Casey left AT40 in 1988 but came back in 1998.
2. Nothing about the fact that AT40 had been off the air from 1995 to 1998
3. Shadoe Stevens existed as host from 1988 to 1995 but nothing about Casey's Top 40 or what Casey was doing from 1989 to 1998. (Perhaps AM/FM considered the anger felt by Westwood One when Casey left and restarted AT40 in March 1998)
I'm going through the Casey's Top 40 shows that I have and Casey mentioned the beginning of his 20th Year in counting down the hits on one of the July 1989 shows. The focus was on Casey at that time, later the focus was on American Top 40.
Interesting isn't it.
John
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Post by Scott Lakefield on Sept 5, 2007 10:57:35 GMT -5
Actually, John, the perception that most people have (other than big fans like us)...and indeed the perception that none of the companies involved in the resurgence of AT40 tried to change (and frankly, they probably shouldn't have)...is that Casey never left AT40. The period between 8/13/88 and 1/14/89 is unexplainable in this argument, but that seems to have been conveniently glossed over.
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