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Thanks for all the info, guys. Does anyone know if there were national
countdowns for the AC charts in the late '70s?
From my lists above, the earliest I can find seems to be 1981:
DICK CLARK: National Music Survey - ’81-'85 - Cashbox until 3/12/82; then
R&R AC
But since these are unknown I suppose it could be either of these:
Dick Clark Countdown America (AC version) - years? - R&R?
Weekly Top 30 (Mark Elliott) - 6/30/79-12/81 - averages sales surveys of
the nation’s leading music magazines
-but was this AC-leaning or pop-leaning??
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mjb50 wrote:
@EdisonLite, when editing a post, stretch the message box
so there are no line breaks where you don't want them.
Depending on how long your paragraphs are, you may need to greatly reduce
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Thanks Mike. I followed your suggestion. When I stretched the box though, it
didn't alter the line breaks at all. But, line by line, I was manually able to "fix"
each line so it would be one line across. And it's much easier to read now.
Is each line supposed to be hand-dragged, or should it happen automatically?
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@EdisonLite - The line breaks are inserted at the edges of the editing box every time you edit, so yes, when editing an existing post, you have to stretch that box and makes sure the only breaks are right where you want them...as you noticed. Nothing will get fixed automatically.
It's a weird system. Every other forum I've ever seen which uses this software does not have this issue.
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Gordon, as far as I can tell from listening to the shows, the Weekly Top 30 "computerized" chart was CHR (Top 40) based
only. I'm not aware of any A/C shows from the late 1970s/early 1980s.
Edited by Paul Haney on 16 November 2023 at 2:26am
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Thanks Mike & Paul,
That's too bad there were no national radio countdowns for AC earlier. I
especially loved the AC charts from '78-'81.
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Paul Haney wrote:
Gordon, as far as I can tell from listening to the shows, the Weekly Top 30 "computerized" chart was CHR (Top 40) based
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I found a clip from Billboard
in 1979
that Weekly Top 30 was targeted for AC affiliates - but by 1980, could you really tell the difference? There's one
sample 1980 disc on Discogs which seems AC-heavy
(Engelbert Humperdinck as a chart extra) but has a couple harder tracks (e.g., "Jane") so maybe they were appealing to the more rock-influenced CHRs.
By the mid-80s, CBS was syndicating Top 30 USA with MG Kelly which was decidedly AC-focused from what I've heard.
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Eric, thanks for the 2 links. Both are interesting. That Top 30 USA countdown
with MG Kelly sounds REALLY familiar. And as it was AC-oriented, I probably
listened to it if/when it was available in my area.
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I do remember hearing that Top 30 USA countdown around 1984 or so. It was definitely an A/C show.
BTW, here's a link to the very first Weekly Top 40 with Mark Elliott episode from 1979:
Weekly Top 30
Most certainly CHR.
Edited by Paul Haney on 17 November 2023 at 4:43am
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Thanks Paul. I'm listening to the premier episode of Weekly Top 30 from 1979
right now. It's really cool!
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