If you want to listen to these classic 1980s countdowns, many are available at archive.org: archive.org/details/casey-kasems-american-top-40-the-80s/ (Sounds like they are the re-mastered versions recorded from FM, so no crackles but some audible MP3-ish compression...)
I love the old American Top 40 broadcasts not only because of the music, but also the mentioning by Casey Kasem of the many radio stations and slogans from that area. I want to thank you for sharing this with everyone, because these old radio shows are not only worth listening to, but also worth collecting too.
Sirius XM plays old AT40 weekly on their seventies channel. I'm old enough to remember when Casey started around 1970 on Sunday mornings. Great personality and unique voice as you mentioned.
The long jingle that played was at the end of the hour. That was for stations to play their legal ID at the top of the hour. It was played over the jingle....then he comes back and resumes the countdown. I enjoyed this video as it took me back to my beginning days in radio. When I started in radio, the countdown was called Casey's Countdown (he started his own after he left ABC in 1988). Those were run on CD, but basically the same format. I treasure those days of radio and broadcasting.
Another purpose this long jingle/musical outro served was specifically for affiliates that ran top of the hour network newscasts. It provided filler music so the station could get as close to the exact top of the hour as possible, run their legal id, fade this out and cut over to the network news.
Casey Kasem was a huge part of my childhood and influenced my short-lived radio career. Thanks for sharing this one, as I didn't really know much about the LPs of the shows. When I was little, I would listen to Casey's Top 40 which was during the late-80s to mid-90s. From what I understand Casey split from AT40 because it was covering the Billboard charts and he apparently felt that rap/hip-hop music would be out of place in his shows. While Casey's Top 40 was based off of the Radio & Records chart, which rarely had hip-hop on their charts during the late 80s
The 1khz tone at the beginning of each side is a refrence tone in which the board op can select the AUD button while the PGM button is off and he can set his fader to the level close to -3db on the meters. When he is done the PGM is turned on and the AUD is turned off. He will set the level for both turntables (1A and 1B). From that point on the board op will just cue the record from 2A on using just the CUE button. Adjustments needs to be monitered if the levels deviate too high or low. That is the way I did it back in 1980.
Thanks! Yes these are originals from somewhere in Pennsylvania I think. From what I could find on eBay, they went to CD distribution at some point then today.. who knows.. probably digital downloads or streaming.
Interesting side note regarding the 1987 show here...because it is guest hosted by Charlie Van Dyke, Premiere Radio Networks (current syndicator of the retro shows that air today) does not own the rights to this show. They only own the rights to the shows actually hosted by Casey. There's an interesting story on how this situation came to be...feel free to google this for the explanation.
Yes, there is a ton of info out there including some extensive Wikipedia articles, an active AT40 discussion forum, and a recent Web site from Charlie Van Dyke with some interesting behind the scenes info (they recorded the 2nd hour first for example).. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment!
@@ACBMemphis I think they own the rights to them they just don't think people will listen if it's not Casey hosting. Premiere has played 4 guest hosted shows a 1972 show with Dick Clark after he passed, a 1981 show with Gary Owens after he passed & 1977 & 1982 shows with Mark Elliott after he passed a couple years ago.
hi in the uk they used to have zonal tape with ad on with cart's and music on carts if you know the right people you could get alot of audio gear for little money you can still get gear not that easy any more
Billie Jean was #3 for the year, #2 Flashdance by Irene Cara #1 Every Breath you take by the police I have the top 100 of 1983 on vinyl and Billie Jean came out at #3.
Interesting... The Wikipedia article "Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1983" shows (1) Every Breath You Take, (2) Billie Jean, and (3) Flashdance. Is your vinyl a Casey Kasem record? If so, maybe he was using a different Billboard chart... Thanks for the comment!
Disc, phonograph record, vinyl, LP, etc... Search eBay for "transcription disc" you can see a lot of the radio station related media was referred to as discs...
If you want to listen to these classic 1980s countdowns, many are available at archive.org: archive.org/details/casey-kasems-american-top-40-the-80s/
(Sounds like they are the re-mastered versions recorded from FM, so no crackles but some audible MP3-ish compression...)
I love the old American Top 40 broadcasts not only because of the music, but also the mentioning by Casey Kasem of the many radio stations and slogans from that area. I want to thank you for sharing this with everyone, because these old radio shows are not only worth listening to, but also worth collecting too.
Thanks for the kind comment!
AS A 72 YEAR OLD (Ret) Dj In Dallas Texas we got boxes AT 40 GOOD MEMORIES
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Sirius XM plays old AT40 weekly on their seventies channel. I'm old enough to remember when Casey started around 1970 on Sunday mornings. Great personality and unique voice as you mentioned.
I used to listen frequently to his show in the 1980s and every so often will catch a re-run on a local station... Thanks for the comment!
The long jingle that played was at the end of the hour. That was for stations to play their legal ID at the top of the hour. It was played over the jingle....then he comes back and resumes the countdown. I enjoyed this video as it took me back to my beginning days in radio. When I started in radio, the countdown was called Casey's Countdown (he started his own after he left ABC in 1988). Those were run on CD, but basically the same format. I treasure those days of radio and broadcasting.
Thanks for watching and leaving a comment! In the early-mid 80s I listened to this countdown every week on WMC-FM100 here in Memphis.
Another purpose this long jingle/musical outro served was specifically for affiliates that ran top of the hour network newscasts. It provided filler music so the station could get as close to the exact top of the hour as possible, run their legal id, fade this out and cut over to the network news.
Casey Kasem was a huge part of my childhood and influenced my short-lived radio career. Thanks for sharing this one, as I didn't really know much about the LPs of the shows. When I was little, I would listen to Casey's Top 40 which was during the late-80s to mid-90s. From what I understand Casey split from AT40 because it was covering the Billboard charts and he apparently felt that rap/hip-hop music would be out of place in his shows. While Casey's Top 40 was based off of the Radio & Records chart, which rarely had hip-hop on their charts during the late 80s
Thanks for the comment! I listened to this countdown a lot in the 80s, sometimes even setting multiple tape decks on timers so I could catch it...
The 1khz tone at the beginning of each side is a refrence tone in which the board op can select the AUD button while the PGM button is off and he can set his fader to the level close to -3db on the meters. When he is done the PGM is turned on and the AUD is turned off. He will set the level for both turntables (1A and 1B). From that point on the board op will just cue the record from 2A on using just the CUE button. Adjustments needs to be monitered if the levels deviate too high or low. That is the way I did it back in 1980.
So you set all the levels then switched them in and out rather than fading in/out … makes sense. Thanks for the comment!
I have a few of these.
Casey Kasem used to be the host an American top 40 but it went to Ryan’s secret
Super cool! Thanks for sharing. Are these reproductions or are they actual sets that went out to radio stations?
Thanks! Yes these are originals from somewhere in Pennsylvania I think. From what I could find on eBay, they went to CD distribution at some point then today.. who knows.. probably digital downloads or streaming.
Interesting side note regarding the 1987 show here...because it is guest hosted by Charlie Van Dyke, Premiere Radio Networks (current syndicator of the retro shows that air today) does not own the rights to this show. They only own the rights to the shows actually hosted by Casey. There's an interesting story on how this situation came to be...feel free to google this for the explanation.
Yes, there is a ton of info out there including some extensive Wikipedia articles, an active AT40 discussion forum, and a recent Web site from Charlie Van Dyke with some interesting behind the scenes info (they recorded the 2nd hour first for example).. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment!
@@ACBMemphis I think they own the rights to them they just don't think people will listen if it's not Casey hosting. Premiere has played 4 guest hosted shows a 1972 show with Dick Clark after he passed, a 1981 show with Gary Owens after he passed & 1977 & 1982 shows with Mark Elliott after he passed a couple years ago.
hi in the uk they used to have zonal tape with ad on with cart's and music on carts
if you know the right people you could get alot of audio gear for little money you can still get gear not that easy any more
Billie Jean was #3 for the year, #2 Flashdance by Irene Cara
#1 Every Breath you take by the police
I have the top 100 of 1983 on vinyl and Billie Jean came out at #3.
Interesting... The Wikipedia article "Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1983" shows (1) Every Breath You Take, (2) Billie Jean, and (3) Flashdance. Is your vinyl a Casey Kasem record? If so, maybe he was using a different Billboard chart... Thanks for the comment!
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Disc, phonograph record, vinyl, LP, etc... Search eBay for "transcription disc" you can see a lot of the radio station related media was referred to as discs...