Longest-Running Countdown Program?

[kcouch]

Another Country countdown show that has been on for awhile has been the Crook & Chase country countdown. I remember we ran it at the station i was at in Ft Smith, AR around 1989 and i believe it had not been on too long before we started airing it. don't know the exact date.i do know when they switched from Jones radio network to united stations in 2000 united stations did a 4 week generic guest hosted countdown so those of us who carried the show on Jones could seamlessly carry the show when it was ready. they are now being carried by priemiere. So it has been on for at least 23 yrs.

[Cerebro]

Dick Bartley's American Gold ran 18 years (1991 to 2009). His current program Classic Countdown is AG's spiritual successor, but I think it'd be considered a different show.

Here are a few other long running programs. They're not countdown shows, but they're, certainly, worth mentioning.

Future Hits was on for around 18 years. Joel Denver created the show and hosted it from 1984 to 1995. The next year was a revolving door of hosts before, finally, settling on Sylvia Aimerito sometime in 1996. During her tenure, the show underwent a name change to The Cut. Despite that, it was, continuously, on the air and produced by Westwood One. I'd consider it all the same show. I believe it was cancelled in or around 2002.

Two, currently, running shows are, now, in their 19th year: Backtrax USA and The Lost 45's. Both debuted in 1993.

[Deleted]

I liked Future Hits. I thought it was a great compliment to Casey's Top 40. In Jacksonville they ran the show for about 3 years at 7 and Casey's show at 8. Same on WXXL in Orlando until they got the bright idea to air Future Hits anytime they felt like it between 6:30 and 7, followed by a public affairs show, and then Casey's Top 40 after.

[rayshae3]

Jun 25, 2012 6:43:59 GMT -5 Cerebro said:

Dick Bartley's American Gold ran 18 years (1991 to 2009). His current program Classic Countdown is AG's spiritual successor, but I think it'd be considered a different show.

Here are a few other long running programs. They're not countdown shows, but they're, certainly, worth mentioning.

Future Hits was on for around 18 years. Joel Denver created the show and hosted it from 1984 to 1995. The next year was a revolving door of hosts before, finally, settling on Sylvia Aimerito sometime in 1996. During her tenure, the show underwent a name change to The Cut. Despite that, it was, continuously, on the air and produced by Westwood One. I'd consider it all the same show. I believe it was cancelled in or around 2002.

Two, currently, running shows are, now, in their 19th year: Backtrax USA and The Lost 45's. Both debuted in 1993.

Lost 45 had some gaps in syndication and was off the national airwaves for most of the 2000s. It only re-started its syndication last year. However it has been aired non-stop locally on Boston radio since 1986.
Another non-countdown but long-running syndi. is "Music from the Hearts of Space". Its wikipage: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearts_of_Space

[rayshae3]

Long running syndication:
Concert show "King Biscuit Flower Hour" aired non-stop 1973-2007
In the studio 1988-present

[Jeffster]

Jun 11, 2012 16:21:46 GMT -5 OldSchoolAT40Fan said:

Jun 9, 2012 12:25:04 GMT -5 @paul said:

Perhaps this gets revised some if someone knows the lineage of the Dick Clark countdown shows but I don't so I can't. I know there was National Music Survey, US Music Survey, and Countdown America but I dont know if these were separate or one morphed into another or what.

National Music Survey could be considered the same show, regardless of who hosted. But that series got canned sometime in the 1990s, I think.

U.S. Music Survey is likely a separate entity and we can say the same thing for Countdown America. The latter didn't have that long a run - I think it was cancelled in late 1994.

Countdown America just changed its name to US Music Survey at the end of 1994 when Dick Clark switched networks. It was pretty much the identical show with only a few minor changes. US Music Survey stayed on the air until December 2005, with the final year hosted by guests after Dick had his stroke.