The Casey Streak Is Over

[Scott Lakefield]

As I'm typing this, I'm listening to the cassette recording of AT10 I made from WLTW this morning as I dub it to CD.

For those of you who didn't see my earlier posting, Casey *DID* do the show for NYC this weekend. So, there's obviously the interesting historical note in that this is the first time in ATxx history that Casey was heard in one market over a weekend but not in others (not counting affiliate mistakes, of course).

But I'm now hearing AT10 as a one-hour show for the first time, and thought I'd put in a comment about that.

I was admittedly prepared to dislike the show in this format. I just thought that it was "sacreligious" to butcher the show in this manner.

But let me tell ya, it works...other than the fact that you only get one hour of Casey (of course, THIS weekend that puts NYC one hour UP on the rest of the country...but that's not normally the case).

But that's really the only negative. So far, I'm about half-way through the show. I've heard #10-6 plus one extra (with a story), "Don't Know Why" by Norah Jones. It's really like listening to the fourth hour of AT40 back in the day. There's virtually nothing getting in the way of the actual countdown. I've heard two segments so far, and they were laid out like this:

SEGMENT 1: Songs #10/9/8
SEGMENT 2: Song #7/Extra/Songs #6/5

Truly a nice pace, and not one we're used to hearing from Casey these days. Even AT20 is "weighted down" with extras by comparison.

Now, I like the regular 3-hour format of AT10, as well as the format of AT20. But this is sort of a nice change of pace, too.

I doubt that I'll get up at 5:55am each Sunday morning to record this, though. And that actually brings to mind another first...

We've often talked about how Casey's shows in many markets begin after the religious and/or public affairs programming ends. Well, I noticed this morning that there was a religious program on BEFORE Casey. And when Casey ended at 7am, he was followed by a public affairs program. I'm assuming they went back to regular music at 8. Why on earth they wouldn't put Casey on at 7 and have him end at 8 is beyond me.

[Radioman]

paul said:

I have a feeling if Casey started taking vacations as much as he used to, people would get tired of hearing Charlie Tuna also.

Paul, I know we have/had different views on guesthosts, but you can't put Charlie Tuna in a box with Seacrest or Ed McMann. Charlie is a radio legend himself and people would easily listen to him more than once a year.
And some thing about other comments in here:
I wonder why people still name Casey and Ryan and Ed at a breathe. They should finally accept: Ed McMann is now history in this part, we won't hear him again - hopefully !
Others Seacrest will never be heard as a guesthost for Casey. He's doing his own thing and has no longer anything to do with Casey's shows. Would be the same thing as if you'd expect to hear Dees hosting for Casey.
Weird !!!

[BrettVW]

I think what Paul was saying is if we got back to the one guest host per month routine, no matter who it was hosting the shows, we would once again simply grow tired of the phrase "...in this week for Casey Kasem...."

I don't think anyone is trying to say that Ed McMann should be brought back to a permanent guest host once per month role. But you are so quick to dismiss him as yesterday's news. Don't forget, he did host the show numerous times over a 6 year period, and does deserve that credit. Plus, I always liked him! But regardless, anyone who takes on the role to guest host a Casey Kasem countdown deserves credit (even David Perry)

Also, I wouldn't say that Ryan Seacrest has nothing to do with Casey's shows. It was guest hosting Casey's shows that he was found to be the replacement of Casey on the CHR show. Plus, he is hosting the show that Casey, Don Bustany and Tom Rounds created. So to say he has nothing to do with Casey's shows, while technically correct, would not be how I would phrase that.

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radioman said:

paul said:

I have a feeling if Casey started taking vacations as much as he used to, people would get tired of hearing Charlie Tuna also.

Paul, I know we have/had different views on guesthosts, but you can't put Charlie Tuna in a box with Seacrest or Ed McMann. Charlie is a radio legend himself and people would easily listen to him more than once a year.
And some thing about other comments in here:
I wonder why people still name Casey and Ryan and Ed at a breathe. They should finally accept: Ed McMann is now history in this part, we won't hear him again - hopefully !
Others Seacrest will never be heard as a guesthost for Casey. He's doing his own thing and has no longer anything to do with Casey's shows. Would be the same thing as if you'd expect to hear Dees hosting for Casey.
Weird !!!

I have NO idea what you are talking about. I never meant I would get tired of listening of Charlie Tuna nor would anyone else on this board. I like Charlie Tuna, I listened every once in awhile to "Back to the 70's". In fact, after hearing AT10 today, it got me to thinking if CT were 20 years younger, with the command he had of the show and him just sounding like he knew what he was doing, he would be a great permanent host for it.

Brett is on the money with what I meant.

Radioman, what YOU need to understand is there is a difference between avid radio listener, and casual radio listener here in America where the show is priduced and geared towards. Just because WE avid radio people love Charlie Tuna and will listen to him, doesn't mean he will be widely accepted without people getting used to him as a guest host or otherwise. I would venture to say most of them have never heard of Charlie Tuna and don't know him from their next door neighbor.

[MEF]

I was traveling in the UP of Michigan during the weekend Casey was off. Thus, I was not able to put in my two cents. I did not hear the AT10 version that Charlie Tuna hosted. I belive this was the 1st time since AT10 started, Casey was not the host.

I was only able to hear the 2nd half of AT20 show of Charlie Tuna on WYSS in Sault Saint Marie, Michigan I had theradio on Saturday morning when it aired on WYSS, saying the streak was over to myself, but I knew I would not be able to post that weekend.

[BrettVW]

I'm at work right now and our production guy is off this week, so I began dubbing this weekends AT20 into our system tonight. Charlie Tuna is reprising his role and countin' 'em down for the weekend of August 12/13th, 2006. I haven't heard anything but the show open, but I imagine it will sound good.

[BrettVW]

I just did the math and this last streak has been 43 weeks. Not too shabby!!