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Post by briguy52748 on Jan 1, 2020 20:43:25 GMT -5
I think another theory as to why ACC Rewind ended was that there just wasn't enough stations carrying the show compared to the amount of stations on the retro AT40 shows from the 70s and 80s (and as far as I know I don't think any stations outside the US picked it up). I know of only one station in the entire state of Iowa – KJJY, a Nash-branded station in the Des Moines market – that carried "ACC Rewind." Not sure of Sioux City market, but I know that in the Omaha/Council Bluffs, Cedar Rapids/Iowa City and the Quad Cities markets, none of the stations carried "ACC Rewind."
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Post by briguy52748 on Jan 1, 2020 21:00:42 GMT -5
That’s how I interpret it as well. But the reality is that more than 2/3 of Bob’s career was hosting American Country Countdown, a show that is still on and very well known. Hopefully the “powers that be” will find a way to get Bob Kingsley shows available again somehow. Brett – You and I have had our disagreements on these boards. On this one, however ... I wholeheartedly agree!!! And if we do see another try at offering a syndicated package of old ACCs to country music stations ... here's hoping it will be a success. Not just because of Bob, but as I've said before ... the shows that we did hear captured the spirit of what country music and its mass popularity in that decade was in the 1990s very well. And the music has held up very well, as I see it, and still amazingly popular today, now going on 30 years later. Welcome to the 2020s! Brian
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Jan 1, 2020 22:02:28 GMT -5
That’s not a nail in the coffin. It was a business decision made by those companies and has nothing to do with the show ending. Exactly. This was a business decision, nothing more. Regardless of what the actual reason was behind that business decision, which could be varied and numerous, the fact still remains that "ACC Rewind" is no more. The suggestion (by the guy you're responding to, Paul) that the show's demise was because the audience was disgusted that the shows were edited is pure bulls***. Brian I think that last part was notably an audience of one, who made it blatantly known every week on here. Any words we had fell on deaf eyes.
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Post by doofus67 on Jan 1, 2020 22:32:01 GMT -5
Exactly...The suggestion (by the guy you're responding to, Paul) that the show's demise was because the audience was disgusted that the shows were edited is pure bulls***. I think that last part was notably an audience of one, who made it blatantly known every week on here. Any words we had fell on deaf eyes. Deaf ears and blind eyes, indeed. It's becoming an all-too-common issue with too many members.
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Post by briguy52748 on Jan 2, 2020 14:04:11 GMT -5
Final thought to the earlier posts about hoping that someone will find a way to begin a new rerun package of classic "American Country Countdown" ... and this has been a recurring thought by several.
But – thinking about it – at least the four-hour shows from 1986-1989 can also be included, as the 1980s also seems to be a very popular decade for older country music. (I know Sirius XM has a channel, Prime Country, dedicated to country music of the 1980s and 1990s, with very scattered late 1970s and early 2000s as well.)
This would, of course, mean the pre-1990s shows need to be digitally remastered and prepared for rebroadcast, but as the late 1980s both set up the boom period of the 1990s and captured many iconic stars in their formative years these could be a nice addition.
If done correctly, it could work.
But this all is very likely wishful thinking.
Brian
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Post by briguy52748 on Jan 2, 2020 14:19:22 GMT -5
I think that last part was notably an audience of one, who made it blatantly known every week on here. Any words we had fell on deaf eyes. Deaf ears and blind eyes, indeed. It's becoming an all-too-common issue with too many members. A final thought to the troll's posts complaining about editing to original ACC broadcasts that he didn't like: To be fair, this is not a complaint unique to that particular poster. I guess it all depends on what the edit is and how it affects the viewing experience. I mentioned the edits to panel introductions on rebroadcasts of 1970s-era "What's My Line?" and "To Tell the Truth" before and how some on other forums have been irritated at this. There, I might see their point: To the modern viewer who might be seeing these shows for the first time, or a veteran viewer who might forget who some of the panelsists are, these are just nameless, anonymous faces interrogating contestants. I mean, "Soupy who?" "Arlene who?" "Kitty who?" ... and the list goes on. (BTW: that's Sales, Francis and Carlisle, in that order.) Same could be said sometimes if a syndication cut is made of an episode of, say, "Star Trek." For instance, a seemingly trivial scene contains – unknown or unthinking to the syndication editors – a plot element that's either crucial to the conclusion. That's not what happened here, of course. While it may or may not be irritating to those of us who listened to the original ACC shows, most of the rest of the world doesn't care. The world won't come to an end and life goes on. It's just like certain (short-lived) cuts of "I Dream Of Jeannie" and "Bewitched" that (what was then) Columbia Pictures Television distributed (as a package) in the mid-1980s (when independent/future FOX stations exploded onto the scene) adding a modern closing credits sequence with a modern version of each show's themes. (There may have also been new introduction sequences with Barbara Eden and Elizabeth Montgomery introducing their respective show's episodes, in character, and "remembering the time that ... .") It might be jarring to those of us who saw the original shows but – as the essential content was left unchanged – it didn't change the show and few seemed to care. (Then again, by 1985, fewer stations were carrying "Bewitched" and "Jeannie" anyway in lieu of more recent sitcom packages (either those just recently syndicated or first-run shows, and these were last-ditch efforts to keep those shows alive and "fresh"). Anyway, that's just my two cents worth. The guy can now buy the original shows through Charis Music Group. Brian
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2020 14:46:54 GMT -5
No, now he’ll complain the show he constantly complained about was cancelled.
Yes I’ve seen these people on other message boards complaining about what to me is the most trivial stuff. Things I wonder how they even remember were there with the original airings of some of this stuff 40-50 years ago. It reminds me of when Star Wars was released on blu-day and people were up in arms online about blinking Ewoks. Who cares?! I didn’t notice they weren’t blinking before and wouldn’t have actually noticed they were blinking now had it not been for the outcry.
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Post by briguy52748 on Jan 2, 2020 19:49:30 GMT -5
Yes I’ve seen these people on other message boards complaining about what to me is the most trivial stuff. Things I wonder how they even remember were there with the original airings of some of this stuff 40-50 years ago. It reminds me of when Star Wars was released on blu-day and people were up in arms online about blinking Ewoks. Who cares?! I didn’t notice they weren’t blinking before and wouldn’t have actually noticed they were blinking now had it not been for the outcry. Somehow they notice. Your example of the blinking Ewoks is proof. Anyway, on to better things! Brian
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Post by davewollenberg on Jan 4, 2020 7:38:26 GMT -5
Why'd Ms. McEntire only go by her 1st name, durin' this period? It was only after she got her TV show, that she started usin' 'McEntire' again, for that purpose.
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Post by davewollenberg on Jan 5, 2020 17:35:29 GMT -5
I agree with those who'd like to see Premiere pick up ACC rewind.
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Post by adam31 on Jan 14, 2020 16:06:41 GMT -5
I'd likely agree, although it could also be Westwood One saying "forget it" since Nan and Fitz took CT40 and bailed. It's interesting that revisionist history is working in the opposite way here as it does for Casey's shows. AT40 revisionist history ignores Casey's Top 40 and acts like Casey hosted AT40 for a long time and then passed it to Ryan. With Bob, it's as if the majority of his career hosting ACC never happened and they are continuing the legendary brand of Country Top 40. In reality both "CT40" shows were created simply as a vehicle for long term hosts of well known programs to keep doing their thing when ABC decided to drop them for a younger, hipper option. They were both wildly successful and outdid their heritage counterparts with new hosts, but they weren't really there to become heritage shows of their own. I'd say the same thing when Bill st James decides to retire from Time Warp. Flashback was and is the legendary "brand" and the show that should go on. Time Warp is the better show with the original Flashback host, but was created simply as a vehicle for Bill St James to keep doing his thing when Cumulus (ABC) decided to replace him with a cheaper option. And like Casey and Bob, Bill has had tremendous success with his second incarnation simply because the listeners and stations want him, regardless of the show name. This is the post of the week and how true it is that legendary hosts matter more than the "copy cat" shows they created. It looks like the pulling of ACC Rewind is WW1's doing. In my view, CT40 needed that more than anything to keep the legacy alive. It's probably a good thing ACC isn't that strong with Kix Brooks. Now if ACC gets WW1's permission to link Bob Kingsley's legacy with that show, it may be over for CT40 in 5 years. BTW, who's idea was it to keep CT40 going? Seems like a money grab to me, the show should have ended with Bob, like AT10 and AT20 ended with Casey.
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Post by mellongraig on Jan 29, 2020 2:04:10 GMT -5
One thing I have noticed though is that there are now more cue sheets for ACC and at this rate if we can get them all hopefully down the road (if negotiations allow between the parties) reruns could get a new life. At least Premiere hasn't thought about ending the AT40 the 70s and 80s shows anytime soon...
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Post by briguy52748 on Jan 2, 2021 15:12:26 GMT -5
Apparently, the end of ACC Rewind a year ago was not the end of the story or of repeats of classic Bob Kingsley. This I just found out about, as it was announced in early December, but take a look at this link: wsmradio.com/bobkingsley/I guess the show is “Bob Kingsley’s Countdown Classics,” and began airing on WSM (650 AM, or online stream at http://www.wsmonline.com) this morning. What exactly this was I’m not sure at this moment, except that it apparently involves “a collection of his extensive countdown programming.” From what I see in the WSM news release, this apparently was in the works before Kingsley passed away in the fall of 2019. If anyone has had a chance to listen let me know what this involved and how good it sounded. Brian
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Jan 2, 2021 18:16:01 GMT -5
It was an early CT40 show, from 1/14/2006.
Unsure if it will strictly be CT40 shows from 2006-2019, and/or some ACC shows mixed in. We'll find out next Saturday morning. I haven't seen anything specifying what shows will be airing.
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Post by briguy52748 on Jan 2, 2021 19:05:32 GMT -5
It was an early CT40 show, from 1/14/2006. Unsure if it will strictly be CT40 shows from 2006-2019, and/or some ACC shows mixed in. We'll find out next Saturday morning. I haven't seen anything specifying what shows will be airing. Agree. I guess we’ll have to wait and see. Brian
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