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Post by woody on May 5, 2022 20:18:54 GMT -5
What do you guys think about this show? I'm thinking about doing a retro version focusing on the 80s and 90s. youtu.be/Ic5wuF0xISM |
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Post by djjoe1960 on May 6, 2022 5:39:49 GMT -5
What do you guys think about this show? I'm thinking about doing a retro version focusing on the 80s and 90s. youtu.be/Ic5wuF0xISMWoody, I wouldn't use any music from AT40 since it is copyrighted and certainly making 'fun' of Casey Kasem probably isn't a good idea--but you can do whatever you want. One other thing, how about starting your own thread for whatever you decide to do countdown wise. |
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Post by djjoe1960 on May 6, 2022 13:49:47 GMT -5
Agreed, I would need some other moniker for the show(s) and theme music, bumpers, etc. I am not sure how 'exciting' an A/C countdown would be but it would offer an alternative to the Top40/CHR shows and would reflect one of the most listened to formats--in addition, would feature some songs & artists that didn't make the Top 40. as Jack Benny used to say 'I'm Thinking It Over'... I've heard your Rewind Countdown bumper on a couple of TV commercials recently. Yes, an AC Countdown would be very different. A few years ago I found the Billboard Easy Listening chart from July 5 1970 and it was so different from the Top 40. I think the average age of an AC listener in 1970 was probably at least 40, and if so that person would be at least 92 now. I think beginning a few years later and into the 1980s the two charts became much more similar. I remember driving my potentially exploding Pinto into Oneonta for my first job and hearing on the car radio You Need A Woman Tonight by the Captain and Tennille and I Believe You by the Carpenters and This Moment In Time by Englebert Humperdinck, all for the first time. Hearing those songs on the AC sister station, which I moved to in March or April. I was way too boring for Top 40. Kind of like I am now. Maybe you had those songs as recent oldies or recurrents when you started in August. Chris, I am wondering if you started your radio career in New York or Alabama (Oneonta located in both states). I do recall playing Engelbert and Carpenters (didn't know at the time that both were still 'popular' artists); as far as Captain & Tennille, I remember playing Do That To Me One More Time but not You Need A Woman Tonight. I know that I tried to bring a Top 40 feel to the station since I worked the night shift (7-midnight)--but was asked to tone it down by the GM , after he came by the station one night. I plan on sharing a few stories about my early radio career during the show, so it could prove to be interesting once it is complete. Joe |
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Post by mitchm on May 6, 2022 21:26:21 GMT -5
I've heard your Rewind Countdown bumper on a couple of TV commercials recently. Yes, an AC Countdown would be very different. A few years ago I found the Billboard Easy Listening chart from July 5 1970 and it was so different from the Top 40. I think the average age of an AC listener in 1970 was probably at least 40, and if so that person would be at least 92 now. I think beginning a few years later and into the 1980s the two charts became much more similar. I remember driving my potentially exploding Pinto into Oneonta for my first job and hearing on the car radio You Need A Woman Tonight by the Captain and Tennille and I Believe You by the Carpenters and This Moment In Time by Englebert Humperdinck, all for the first time. Hearing those songs on the AC sister station, which I moved to in March or April. I was way too boring for Top 40. Kind of like I am now. Maybe you had those songs as recent oldies or recurrents when you started in August. Chris, I am wondering if you started your radio career in New York or Alabama (Oneonta located in both states). I do recall playing Engelbert and Carpenters (didn't know at the time that both were still 'popular' artists); as far as Captain & Tennille, I remember playing Do That To Me One More Time but not You Need A Woman Tonight. I know that I tried to bring a Top 40 feel to the station since I worked the night shift (7-midnight)--but was asked to tone it down by the GM , after he came by the station one night. I plan on sharing a few stories about my early radio career during the show, so it could prove to be interesting once it is complete. Joe I would really like to hear some A/C countdowns from that time period (or any period before 1985, really, or whenever Dick Clark started playing those A/C songs). Even though I listened almost exclusively to Top 40 in the 60s and 70s, I have noticed that there are plenty of songs that hit the Top 10 of A/C that I just don't have much familiarity with. |
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Post by djjoe1960 on May 7, 2022 11:29:19 GMT -5
Mitch,
Billboard began an Easy Listening chart in 1961, with Record World introducing a Non-Rock Chart in the late 1960's and R & R started publishing a Pop/Adult chart in 1974; surprisingly, Cash Box never published an A/C chart.
Obviously, Billboard would be the most logical to use but not sure if they would object to a countdown of the Easy Listening (A/C) chart, and not sure if they are still are copyright issues.
I would need to do more research to see what 'unique' songs made that the Top 10 on that chart.
Joe
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Post by chrislc on May 8, 2022 19:32:15 GMT -5
[/quote]Chris, I am wondering if you started your radio career in New York or Alabama (Oneonta located in both states). I do recall playing Engelbert and Carpenters (didn't know at the time that both were still 'popular' artists); as far as Captain & Tennille, I remember playing Do That To Me One More Time but not You Need A Woman Tonight. I know that I tried to bring a Top 40 feel to the station since I worked the night shift (7-midnight)--but was asked to tone it down by the GM , after he came by the station one night. I plan on sharing a few stories about my early radio career during the show, so it could prove to be interesting once it is complete. Joe[/quote] Hi Joe this was in New York. I went to broadcasting school in Albany and got a job in Oneonta. I hesitate to share many stories about my own early radio career (or the rest of it), as 90-something percent of the stories are embarrassing.  But I look forward to reading yours! |
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