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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2014 19:49:33 GMT -5
My working assumption was the idea was stations *could* run one or the other that weekend, but I'm thinking it was really to air the regular show at the set time and the "special" at another time or on the holiday itself. I've said before I listened to Casey's Top 40 most every single week and I had no idea about the existence of these special countdowns until I found this board in the 2000s. I knew about the year-enders and the million sellers of the 80s which WAS announced and was the only Thanksgiving 1990 weekend show. Everything else, no.
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Jul 1, 2014 7:35:35 GMT -5
Now, 6-30-79.
Later, Top Girls of the Rock Era.
Never heard the special, thought it'd be interesting. Not sure how the hell Elton's #1 Lucy is in the high 30's but there must be alot of #1's in the show then...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2014 8:40:09 GMT -5
Actually that's a special a lot of people have panned as one of the worst. I've never heard it so the one from July 76 and July 88 are still my leading 2 for the worst.
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Post by pointpark04 on Jul 1, 2014 9:33:02 GMT -5
I'm on record as generally not enjoying these "specials" that AT40 felt like they had to offer twice a year to placate the old fuddy-duddys who disproportionately ran stations back in the 70s and 80s. The only one I truly love is the Disco special from 1979. No shock there, I'm sure. As soon as I heard a given week was going to be a special, I switched off my radio.
On topic, right now I'm working through 6/28/1980. Later, I plan on listening to 6/25/77. I'm trying to get through a few of my remaining late-June shows. I'm behind because I took last Thursday and Friday off of work and didn't get to listen to any shows on either day.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2014 10:38:12 GMT -5
Those specials were used to generate new affiliates who's bosses found the advertisement interesting. The special itself you may not have liked but it helped get new stations and I'd also assume it was taped and produced a few weeks before airing thus giving the staff a weeks break 2-3 extra times a year.
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Post by pointpark04 on Jul 1, 2014 10:46:16 GMT -5
Okay, working from that basis, what good would it do to offer a special replete with 20-year-old songs to prospective AT40 affiliates when the regular shows would consist of contemporary hits? I'm a logical, intelligent person, but I don't get the logic behind that idea.
If it had more to do with the host of the show or the general ratings benefit of airing AT40 in a market due to its success, then I can dig that.
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Post by mkarns on Jul 1, 2014 10:51:20 GMT -5
Actually that's a special a lot of people have panned as one of the worst. I've never heard it so the one from July 76 and July 88 are still my leading 2 for the worst. Premiere did play the 1977 "Girls of Rock 'n' Roll" special in July 2009 (no regular or other show was then offered as an alternate choice.) I thought it was OK; not bad or particularly great. I've never heard the 1988 Triathlon show, but it appears the same way. The 1976 Bicentennial special was kind of interesting in how far it goes back into the past (to 1937), but that is probably the main thing that keeps Premiere from playing it today. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2014 11:12:52 GMT -5
Okay, working from that basis, what good would it do to offer a special replete with 20-year-old songs to prospective AT40 affiliates when the regular shows would consist of contemporary hits? I'm a logical, intelligent person, but I don't get the logic behind that idea. If it had more to do with the host of the show or the general ratings benefit of airing AT40 in a market due to its success, then I can dig that. It was a promotional/marketing gimmick. The difference is back then even 20 year old songs would find their way on top 40 radio much more so than now. And many of those specials highlighted music many of the listeners were familiar with because the songs on several only went back 10-15 years. The idea of a "special" countdown show then probably garnered more attention and interest (as evident by the ads they'd take out for them) than they would now. It was a new concept having a weekly national countdown on the air and then they are doing a special of big hits of the last 10 years would turn heads. No different than a new local pro sports team or stadium coming to the area. Then first few years, it's a big deal. Big crowds, lots of hoopla. Once it's been around for awhile it loses it's luster and people don't care or make as big a deal of it. The non year end specials happened up to 3 times a year, well I guess there may have been 4 in 73. So they drew interest for a few years. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2014 11:15:18 GMT -5
Actually that's a special a lot of people have panned as one of the worst. I've never heard it so the one from July 76 and July 88 are still my leading 2 for the worst. Premiere did play the 1977 "Girls of Rock 'n' Roll" special in July 2009 (no regular or other show was then offered as an alternate choice.) I thought it was OK; not bad or particularly great. I've never heard the 1988 Triathlon show, but it appears the same way. The 1976 Bicentennial special was kind of interesting in how far it goes back into the past (to 1937), but that is probably the main thing that keeps Premiere from playing it today. The bicentennial show is the LAST show I think they'd ever play. I could see every guest hosted show, every Shadoe Stevens show, every AT10, and every AT20 aired randomly whenever before they'd even consider running that one. |
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Post by dukelightning on Jul 1, 2014 11:21:38 GMT -5
7-1-89 and either of these 2 highlights warrant a mention. There are 3 re-released hits in the top 40...Where Are You Now kicked it off plus Send Me An Angel and Into the Night. Then they played "Wind Beneath My Wings". A 3 minute song and it was a medley of about 30 seconds apiece of different versions of this song by Low Rawls, Gladys Knight & the Pips, a country artist and a dance artist plus Bette Midler. Different versions charted on the country, R&B, dance and pop charts by the aforementioned artists. How many songs have accomplished that feat over the years?
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Post by matt on Jul 1, 2014 13:45:49 GMT -5
Actually that's a special a lot of people have panned as one of the worst. I've never heard it so the one from July 76 and July 88 are still my leading 2 for the worst. Such a random show the Girls special was. It would have been much more interesting if the "Girls of Rock and Roll" had meant the most successful female artists of the rock era. But instead it's just a bunch of songs that have a woman's name in the title or something like that. The 7/3/76 special was interesting in that it provided somewhat of an evolution of music over 40 years--from way before the start of the rock era. Several of the songs, especially early in the show, are ones that none of us have likely ever heard of, but it's like a brief history lesson in a way. The 7/2/88 special I have yet to hear. Judging from the playlist, it was also a little random. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2014 15:04:48 GMT -5
The criteria for 88 IIRC was made the top 40 in the 60s, 70s, and top 10 in the 80s.
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Post by pointpark04 on Jul 1, 2014 15:33:09 GMT -5
Indeed, paul, that's correct.
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Post by matt on Jul 1, 2014 16:42:19 GMT -5
The criteria for 88 IIRC was made the top 40 in the 60s, 70s, and top 10 in the 80s. What was not good about that special? |
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Post by darnall42 on Jul 1, 2014 16:43:58 GMT -5
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