Anybody here know what stations in the NW carry AT40 the 70's besides KJR and K-Hits (Portland)? There used to be a list on wikipedia, but it's been removed. I'll be traveling a lot this summer, and I sure would hate to miss a show.
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searadiofreak
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Don't know how updated this is...
http://radiotime.com/options/p_117092/American_Top_40_-_The_70s.aspx
http://radiotime.com/options/p_117092/American_Top_40_-_The_70s.aspx
Thanks! 
heres another idea.................get XM radio. XM channel 7 broadcasts the AT40 several times during the weekend. i tune in on sunday mornings at 6AM while behind the wheel, to hear mr. kasem's 70's countdown from this exact week. just like my ears did about 40 years ago when it was current. wow, some things never change, and thats good in my book.....now if we really could just go back.................................
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DJ Alan
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AT40 with Ryan Seacrest http://www.at40.com/affiliate/affiliate.html
AT40 classic 70's or 80's show with Casey Kasem does not have an official website (yet... or perhaps to 'keep it real') but you could probably send email to [email protected] to get that information.
I LOVE listening to the Casey's AT40 too! Takes me back to a time when the web was just for spiders. What a great soundtrack to reminisce about the (as Chicago put it so well) "Old Days".
Rock on!
DJ Alan
AT40 classic 70's or 80's show with Casey Kasem does not have an official website (yet... or perhaps to 'keep it real') but you could probably send email to [email protected] to get that information.
I LOVE listening to the Casey's AT40 too! Takes me back to a time when the web was just for spiders. What a great soundtrack to reminisce about the (as Chicago put it so well) "Old Days".
Rock on!
DJ Alan
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searadiofreak
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AT-40, "The 70's" is fascinating radio, but brings up a few problematic issues. First, most stations did not play the Billboard Chart in its entirety, with the possible exception of WABC in New York, who always was quite anal about playing just the hits off the Hot100. The norm among the top40's around the country was more of a cherry-picking philosophy that played only the hits that were perceived as being the real hits in their local market. So when one listens to Casey's countdown, you would likely hear hits that never were played in your local market. (Some markets even deleted them as the countdown played!). Just another footnote in Top40 history, but an important one.
Beyond that, these shows are historic and interesting. Casey's description of these tunes were usually quite brief, with perhaps a quick rundown of their past history and where they were from, but that was about it. (Tight formatics, even then!). Even more interesting was that it didn't matter how the songs were mixed. If three R&B hits were next to each other in the countdown, so be it. Today, of course PD's would be trying to rearrange the sound codes! A different, and perhaps, simpler era.
Beyond that, these shows are historic and interesting. Casey's description of these tunes were usually quite brief, with perhaps a quick rundown of their past history and where they were from, but that was about it. (Tight formatics, even then!). Even more interesting was that it didn't matter how the songs were mixed. If three R&B hits were next to each other in the countdown, so be it. Today, of course PD's would be trying to rearrange the sound codes! A different, and perhaps, simpler era.
one of the cool things about listening to this vintage show every week, is hearing what the follow up singles were to the prior big hit song of a certain artist, or group. many times the follow up single stiffed in the 20's or 30's chart position, and is long forgotten about, and in many cases the artist/group became a one hit wonder, never to be heard from again. or possibly it would be several more top 30 or 40 single releases until the next big hit emerged into the top 10 for an artist. all great vintage stuff here from caseys original broadcasts. if your in your 40's or 50's, and listened to these broadcasts live every week, this is the closest thing to a time machine back to the simpler 70's, and reliving those thoughts that we had as kids growin up then, and through the music that came from those little AM transistor radios that broadcast the AT40..........
I used to RELIGIOUSLY listen to Casey Kasem's AT40 when I was growing up every Sunday night.....AT 40 on KJR and Dr. Demento on KZOK, THAT made my week complete..... though Dr. Demento's 11pm - 1am timeslot Sunday night/Monday morning sure made staying awake in school on Monday a challenge.......
I used to listen to the Dr, too, although I don't remember his show being on so late. I thought it was more like 8 or 9 pm to 10 or 11. He introduced me to some classic songs - Shaving Cream by Benny Bell (it even appeared on AT40 thanks to the buzz created by Demento's show), Friendly Neighborhood Narco Agent by Seattle's own Jef Jaisun, The Thing by Phil Harris, My Balogna by Wierd Al, and Victor Borge's Inflationary Language. Sunday nights sure were great back then.
you may be right.......as i recall, sunday nights at KZOK also featured the show "your mother wont like it", which i think came on after dr demento around 11pm or midnight. "your mother won't like it" picked listeners to come in and DeeJay for an hour and pick out the music. what a concept huh? imagine that nowadays. i think it ran from the mid 70's through the early 80's. weird coincidence but, "shaving cream" charted around this time in 1974 and was played on the 1974 AT40 last sunday. casey even spent a minute or two explaining some details about the song and the artist benny bell. by the way,besides KJR, didnt KING 1090 also run the AT40 for awhile?
no, sir.scott salvatori said:
LITTLEBOYBLUE said:
You would be correct; according to what i've read in newspapers, online and other places/sources, KJR 950 started airing AT40 in the Fall of 1970(i'll have to look at the copy I made of the affiliate listing from Pete Battistini's awesome AT40 the 70's book to make sure on the exact date), they ran it until 1986 I think and IIRC the old KHIT 107 out of Bremerton picked it up for a period of time, then probably after they changed format KUBE 93 picked it up and ran it through Shadoe Stevens' tenure.
I don't recall KING ever airing AT40, it was always a KJR show in Seattle. I do remember Your Mother Won't Like it, though. Also remember KZOK doing a mini-feature on Jef-with-one-F-Jaisun and his "Friendly Neighborhood Narco Agent", his attempt at signing with RCA Victor in the late 60's. Rick Jarrard, who worked with Jose Feliciano, among others, liked some of Jaisun's original songs, but was afraid to touch "Narco Agent", so Jaisun put it out himself. Sold a few thousand copies, but nowhere near the sales he could've had on a national label. Dr. Demento was great at finding obscure songs like that. Benny Bell gave a huge thanks to him on the back of his "Shaving Cream" album (which also included classics like "The Automobile Song", "Take a Ship for Yourself", and "Wading in the Water").
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searadiofreak
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KING-AM mostly stayed away from the syndicated shows, I think it was more a corporate philosophy. However, when AM music began to decline, KING did run some of the standard AC syndication, Bob Dearborn's "Nightime America" was briefly on KING, and perhaps one of his weekend syndicated shows as well. KING-AM switched from Top40 to "Soft Rock & More" in early 1980. Went all-news in 1982.
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