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[edit] Wheres the year end 100 songs
i think we need the year end 100 it is part of the AT40 show. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.228.33.102 (talk) 04:25, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] General Tidy-Up
Re-structured the whole article, broke down the very long history section and tried to make the article a little more manageable to read. Probably still could do with some more work, but at least it's a start. Phil500 07:00, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Picture Added
I added The AT40 Logo From the orignal website by useage by permission of wikipedia.
- AT40 Website[[1]]
[edit] Charlie Tuna ?
I do not recall Charlie Tuna hosting AT 40 at any time.
- He has, as a fill-in host, back in the 1970s - EmiOfBrie 12:10, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
Not true; Charlie Tuna never hosted AT40 during the 70s. See the books by Rob Durkee or Pete Battistini for addition guest host details. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.29.91.243 (talk) 13:20, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] XM airing archived shows?
XM Radio has been teasing that AT40 will be aired on the decades channels (70's and 80's) and it is starting this weekend (8/4-6) with a marathon. I cannot find an XM press release nor a news story on it, though, so I haven't included it in the article, even though I've heard the commercials. —C.Fred (talk) 00:53, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] American Top 40 In the UK?
Im not sure where you are getting your facts from but there is no LEGAL radio station in the United Kingdom which brodcasts the AT40 program. Perhaps online anywhere in the world but not on the airwaves here in the UK, and I should know. Regards, C.G
[edit] No mention of Premier Radio Networks??
AT40 is owned by Clear Channel and syndicated by their subsidary, Premier Radio Networks. Shouldn't this be mentioned. And in regards to above, I agree, AT40 has not been legally broadcast in the UK since the early 90's.
[edit] KQQL in Minneapolis will start airing classic 70s AT40 shows
I noticed on their website and read on some message boards that KOOL 108 will start airing some of the classic AT40 shows from the 70s. No word on whether other stations will begin airing them, but KQQL is owned by Clear Channel, which in turn owns Premiere. As they say, stay tuned! --Fightingirish 16:16, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] American Top 40 In the UK?
Im going to remove the United Kingdom from the article as it is not true. Does anyone have a reason why the "United Kingdom" should stay in the article?
Regards, C.G
- I'm pretty sure it airs on Core Radio in the UK on Saturday afternoons as I've listened to it a few times. It may have gone since the recent change in format. No idea where you're coming from Big Moira 23:14, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] I Was Mentioned On American Top 40 One Week!
And until about two years ago, I was mentioned on American Top 40 the same number of times that the Philadelphia Eagles played in the Super Bowl, a fact I remember because it was the same weekend, January 24-25, 1981, that the Eagles played the Oakland Raiders.
What happened was that in a December 1980 broadcast, Casey Kasem mentioned that there were two acts who had had a Top 40 entry every year in the 1970s, Elton John and Paul McCartney. I know way too much about Neil Diamond, and I was pretty sure that he had a Top 40 entry each year in that decade, too. I sat down and listed every year and found I had a Neil Diamond song to go in each one. In 1977, the only song of his that made the Top 40, "Desiree", didn't do so until December 24, during a time period in which Casey pre-empted the regular weekly Top 40 to do an annual recap of the annual Top 100. So, I figured that was why he may have overlooked "Desiree" and, as a result, Neil's annual 1970s accomplishment.
I lived in the Washington, D.C. area at the time, so I called the local station that carried American Top 40, WPGC, to see if they had an address for the show. They did, and I typed up the letter to Casey and sent it off to an address in North Hollywood, California.
I promptly forgot about the letter, and I didn't always catch the whole broadcast every week. But on the weekend of January 24, I wanted to especially hear the show because that's Neil's birthday. He was turning the Big 4-0, and his hit song "Love On The Rocks" was climbing the charts and almost certain to be in the Top 10 that week. I was hoping that Casey would say something about it being a big birthday for Neil.
Instead, he introduced "Love On The Rocks", which was #2 that week ("(Just Like) Starting Over" by John Lennon was #1, and "The Tide Is High" by Blondie was #3), by mentioning my name and my letter! This was certainly a great thrill for me. At least one cousin in a distant state heard it, too.
I'd love to get my hands on a broadcast of that show, or at least get to hear it again some time. Oh, as far as the Super Bowl went, "Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian)" beat "Witchy Woman". RSLitman 03:00, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Substiute Host "Dave Roberts"
I ran across this page and noted that the link to Substitute Host "Dave Roberts" is incorrect. I'm not a baseball player nor have I played one on TV. But I still do voiceover at www.DaveRobertsVoiceover.com.
I guest-hosted four times in the 80's until I got my own shows on the RKO Radio Networks: "MusicStar" and "The Hot Ones".
Thanks,
Dave Roberts Dave@DaveRobertsVoiceover.com 66.69.243.184 14:41, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Substitute Host: Ashley Tisdale
I was listening to AT 40 on Jan 12, 08 and Ashley Tisdale was the substitute host.Kirby17 (talk) 05:19, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
