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Post by BrettVW on Jan 14, 2006 0:21:11 GMT -5
According to at40.de, Dick Clark's US Music Survey has appeared to have quickly and quietly ceased production. Where the affiliates had been listed, it notes that none of the stations are carrying the program anymore.
I checked Star 97.1's weekend schedule on their website, and sure enough Dick's show has been removed from the schedule completely, while AT10, John Tesh, and Nina Blackwood all remain.
Does anyone know when this happened? Was there a Year-End show?
My guess is after Dick's apperance on New Years Rockin' Eve, it was obvious it would be a one in a million shot that he would ever be able to return to the show. Perhaps the folks at United Stations simply decided to drop the show? I really don't know.
Does anyone know more?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2006 8:03:20 GMT -5
I also saw this discussion on the Pulse Music Boards also. Someone had a point, that everyones affiliate agreement possibly ran through the end of 2004, without Dick hosting the show and probably NEVER hosting it again, most of the remaining stations may have dropped the show in favor of something else. Unfortunatley we have never had a USMS survey in Cowford so I can't check to see whether it is still on here or not, the only place I ever had one was the month I lived in Dothan.
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Post by Matt Cameron on Jan 14, 2006 8:51:29 GMT -5
After a lot of Googling I finally found the full story on rbr.com, about two-thirds down the front page. Says United Stations decided to discontinue the show because there were only about two dozen affiliates left, and Clark was in no condition to handle the show anymore. His other two radio shows will continue in reruns.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2006 9:52:44 GMT -5
Thats sad, I would think they would have run with the two dozen affiliates, try to find a decent name replacement and see if they could make the show work.
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Post by BrettVW on Jan 14, 2006 11:52:29 GMT -5
Personally, I thoroughly enjoyed the show each week, even without Dick. It gave me a chance to hear the 11-20 songs on the AC chart, and I enjoyed the weekly spotlight since it was done in such a different way than Casey's spotlights on AT10.
Plus, the show aired on WREO from 5-8pm on Saturday, so it had become somewhat of a tradition of mine to listen to the show throughout the late afternoon while getting ready to go hang out with friends and what not on Saturday nights (our dining hall always has the radio on and often times it is tuned to WREO, so many times I heard it when we went to dinner).
I will miss the show. Hats of to Mark Wallengren for hosting in the final year. I find it hard to believe it had that few affiliates remaining. Oh well. The only good thing is perhaps Casey will pick up a few more stations.
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Post by Jeffster on Jan 14, 2006 12:09:49 GMT -5
www.rbr.com/epaper/issue234-05-tin.htmlUnited Stations discontinuing Dick Clark's AC show at year's end United Stations EVP/Programming Andy Denemark has confirmed with RBR that one of Dick Clark's programs - - Dick Clark's US Music Survey - - for AC will be shuttered at the end of the year. A guest host from KOST-FM LA has been filling in for Clark since his stroke and there are only about two dozens affiliates left. While Denemark says Clark is doing better all the time, he still isn't up to handling a four-hour long-form program each week. Clark will be making an appearance at ABC's Rockin' New Year's Eve program. Clark's other programs for Oldies stations-Dick Clark's Rock, Roll, and Remember-and the vignette Dick Clark's Music Calendar are still going strong, says Denemark, produced fresh with a huge library of Dick Clark archives from the show's history. RBR observation: The Dick Clark radio shows have been on the air for almost 25 years. When Clark gets back behind the mic, he'll be able to infuse some fresh content into his Oldies offerings for years to come. We hear he's anxious to get back to it soon as possible. ----  Even though I rarely listened in the latter days that Dick was doing the show, I'm still a bit saddened by this. "Countdown America" with Dick Clark was the first countdown show I ever listened to, back in early 1989. He introduced me to the wonders of the charts and countdowns, and just how LONG radio shows were compared to TV shows.  ( I was quite stunned when I realized the show was 4 hours long to count down 30 songs.) Even though the "Countdown America" name has been gone for more than ten years, there has been an AC countdown with Dick Clark's name on it since July 1986, so it is truly the end of an era. Thanks for the memories, to Dick and Guy Aoki, and all other long time staff of those shows.
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Post by Matt Cameron on Jan 14, 2006 21:52:10 GMT -5
I liked listening to Dick when he did the Top 40 countdown in the early 80's (I think it was called "National Music Survey" and used the Cashbox charts).
I've enjoyed listening to "Rock, Roll & Remember" in the past as well. Anyone know of any stations that carry the show and stream it online? Thanks in advance.
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Post by Jeffster on Jan 14, 2006 22:05:20 GMT -5
I've enjoyed listening to "Rock, Roll & Remember" in the past as well. Anyone know of any stations that carry the show and stream it online? Thanks in advance. Scroll down a bit, and look on the left. The times listed are 6 hours ahead of Eastern time, so if it says Sa 16:00, that's Saturday 10am eastern. I haven't tested those links to see if they are up to date, but that should give you good odds of finding atleast one stream you can listen to it on. |
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Post by Matt Cameron on Jan 14, 2006 22:08:15 GMT -5
Much obliged, Jeff!
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( I was quite stunned when I realized the show was 4 hours long to count down 30 songs.)