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Post by palmer7 on May 12, 2016 14:46:24 GMT -5
Hey. So, we know that AT40 was created by Casey Kasem and Don Bustany. However, who created Casey's Top 40? It is essentially the same as AT40.
I've been lead to believe that CT40 was created for Casey, not by him.
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Post by BrettVW on May 12, 2016 15:29:29 GMT -5
As far as I know, it was created by Norm Pattiz who was in charge of the network and loved the idea of Casey joining Westwood One. It didn't necessarily have to be created the same way as AT40 as it was already being done.
To my knowledge, Don Bustany and the original AT40 folks had zero hand in Casey's Top 40.
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Post by palmer7 on May 12, 2016 15:37:46 GMT -5
Right. I think a reason Casey never gave a creator plug was because it'd be embarrassing to admit you didn't create your own countdown when your name is in it. "Casey's Top 40 was created by Norm Pattiz for the Westwood One Radio Networks." Although I could imagine him pulling this off: "Casey's Top 40 was created by Norm Pattiz, based on a format created by Casey Kasem and Don Bustany."
Although when I think about it, didn't Casey did take a number of people from AT40 to CT40? I heard Merrill Shindler's name mentioned in a 1984 credit roll.
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Post by BrettVW on May 12, 2016 15:48:34 GMT -5
He did. But none of the creators. But many of them came over as time progressed.
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Post by palmer7 on May 12, 2016 16:46:48 GMT -5
Right. So, Don, Ron Jacobs and Tom Rounds did not move to CT40.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2016 18:56:23 GMT -5
No.
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Post by BrettVW on May 12, 2016 20:50:21 GMT -5
Nor were they active in any aspect of AT40 in August of 1988.
The "created by" part of the credits was always unique to AT40. No other radio show that I know of has ever included that. These days shows don't even have credits.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2016 4:12:40 GMT -5
ACC had them.
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Post by BrettVW on May 13, 2016 18:46:58 GMT -5
True. Maybe it was a Watermark thing.
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Post by mkarns on May 15, 2016 22:55:16 GMT -5
I remember that Ryan Seacrest used to mention AT40 was created by Casey Kasem and Don Bustany. But he hasn't said that in several years, and to my knowledge has never credited anyone else on the AT40 staff as Casey and Shadoe did.
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Post by Caseyfan4everRyanfanNever on May 16, 2016 15:19:18 GMT -5
Ryan probably wants everyone to think he created AT40. Hence, he doesnt give any other names.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2016 16:09:11 GMT -5
Ryan probably wants everyone to think he created AT40. Hence, he doesnt give any other names. Oh give me a break! No he doesn't want anyone to think that and no that's not why he doesn't say it! |
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Post by BrettVW on May 16, 2016 17:54:10 GMT -5
If you listen to a Ryan show from 2004, he does the same full-credit read that Casey used to do.
I always thought it was weird when Casey would announce in third person that he created the show.
And Caseyfan.. Ryan brings up Casey at least once every 2-3 months on AT40, and always in a respectful and good light. The only thing Ryan and Premiere like to pretend didn't happen is the Shadoe era. Casey is highly respected over there.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2016 19:16:10 GMT -5
"Casey Kasem created AT40 with Don Bustany"
Premiere rep: Yes!
"AT40 used Billboard magazine in the 70s and 80s, right"
Premiere rep: Absolutely!!
"It's used Radio & Records and Mediabase since 1998 when the show came back?"
Premiere rep: Read my English speaking lips...Y--E--S--!--!--!
"Casey left in 2004 and Ryan took over"
Premiere rep: d**n straight!!!!
"Did Shadoe Stevens host from 1988-1995"
Premiere rep: No habla Inglis!
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Post by palmer7 on May 16, 2016 23:38:31 GMT -5
One more...
"The current AT40 is merely a continuation of Casey's Top 40"
Premiere rep: Heh?
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