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Old Rick Dees’ Countdown Affiliates

TheBigA said:
Are you sure about that? I read somewhere that he also skipped those songs that didn't fit with the radio affiliates.

From 1988 to 1998 he used the Radio & Records chart, because he was syndicated by Westwood One, and at the time, they owned R&R.
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Yes, I'm sure. Phoenix carried both shows in early 1994 and Casey played Snoop Dogg's "Gin & Juice," and DRS' "Gangstaleen," which Rick Dees wouldn't touch.
 
When Rick added a Hot AC version of the show in the 90s it was a half hearted effort with a lot of inconsistencies. It was only a Top 30, the first two hours consisted of songs 30-21 with a lot of extras interspersed and then the last two hours were the Top 20. It was always jarring to hear the show open welcoming us to the Weekly Top 40, the Sure Shot, and then the countdown would begin at #30. Not to mention the fact that it was an obvious cut/paste from the CHR show on many of the voicetracks and nearly all of the historical chart stats. When he would do the "# 1 a year ago" and other similar features, it was always CHR stats.

I always appreciated that when Casey was doing three shows he treated them all as equals as far as effort and accuracy.
 
PTBoardOp93 said:
According to an ad in Radio & Records, January 1984, which listed the top markets that had Dees show:
WHTZ / New York
KIIS / Los Angeles
WKQX / Chicago
KYUU / San Fran
WASH / Washington, DC
WZGC / Atlanta
WGCL / Cleveland
WRBQ / Tampa
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I didn't know Z100 ran Rick Dees that early in it's run. His show was briefly on 92 KTU toward the end of its CHR run on Sunday mornings. You can scroll down to the WKTU schedule to see.


I know that Z100 and WPLJ aired Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 at various points in the 1980's and 1990's. I forgot the exact years, but they would air it Saturday mornings, usually 5-9am.
 
JeffSteele said:
At least four stations Jackson, Mississippi aired Rick Dees' Weekly Top 40:
1980s: WTYX (94TYX)
1990s: WOHT (Hot 95), WJDX (Mix 96), WYOY (Y101)
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Whoa. That burst of oversize blue bolded text actually hurt my eyes when it popped up.

It felt like the equivalent of shouting in a quiet church.
 
From the early 1990s until 3 or 4 years ago, Rick was on Saturday mornings on WWST - Knoxville, first on 93.1, then later on 102.1 when the frequencies swapped in 2000. Casey and now Seacrest air on Sunday mornings to this day.
 
Dees aired in Nashville during the last few years of 107.5 being WYHY (Y107), staying with the station when it became 107.5 The River until the late 2000s, on Saturdays from 6 AM to 8 AM to 7 AM to 9 AM.
 
radiofan2023 said:
Wow, never knew the show’s been on in KC for that long!
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I seemed to remember it being on Power 95 while Q104 had Casey. Q104 stuck with AT-40 after Casey left. Seems like Power 95 had Casey for a hot minute, too, but both were without homes for a couple years after Power 95 went oldies. When KLSI became Mix 93.3, it picked up Casey's Top-40 but edited out the hard rock and rap songs.

Not sure when Mix picked up Dees, but I know he was its countdown of choice by 1997.
 
Kent said:
I seemed to remember it being on Power 95 while Q104 had Casey. Q104 stuck with AT-40 after Casey left. Seems like Power 95 had Casey for a hot minute, too, but both were without homes for a couple years after Power 95 went oldies. When KLSI became Mix 93.3, it picked up Casey's Top-40 but edited out the hard rock and rap songs.

Not sure when Mix picked up Dees, but I know he was its countdown of choice by 1997.
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Thanks for the info.
 
So it was on what was then KX 104 (now 104.5 The Zone) before Y107/107.5 The River, interesting.
 
ksradiogeek said:
Over the past few months, I’ve been listening to iHeart’s replay channel of old Dees countdowns from the 80s and 90s (and just recently, re-airings on weekend mornings on Z93/Dayton). Around the top 30 and top 10 during the 80s shows, he’ll give a shout out to affiliates around the country/world. (I don’t believe he continued to do this during the 90s and subsequent decades.)

While getting a full list of affiliates that have carried the countdown in some capacity may be a challenge (no pun intended - if you know, you know), does anyone remember what stations carried the Weekly Top 40 during those two decades in particular? (I know he’s still on some stations, though that has whittled down gradually over the years.)
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KPLZ Seattle (as "K-Plus 101.5" and " Z-101.5")
 
vw86 said:
I always appreciated that when Casey was doing three shows he treated them all as equals as far as effort and accuracy.
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Remember, AT40 began with the discipline and structure of Tom Rounds and Ron Jacobs. I don't know who was on the support staff of the Dees shows, but obviously the thought of the AC format as a derivative, not a separate product.

Worth also considering was how much time Casey spent in the studio on the shows vs. the available time that Dees was able to give. Casey participated with TR and Jacobs in the show strategy discussions along with the obvious contributions of Bustany so there were a bunch of really smart people involved.
 


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