https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 09 May 2026 12:44:16 +0000 Sat, 18 Nov 2023 00:19:01 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=10015 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=64029&title=ot-national-radio-countdowns#64029 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 10015
Posted: 18 November 2023 at 12:19am

Thanks Paul. I'm listening to the premier episode of Weekly Top 30 from 1979
right now. It's really cool!
]]> Sat, 18 Nov 2023 00:19:01 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=64029&title=ot-national-radio-countdowns#64029 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=64021&title=ot-national-radio-countdowns#64021 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 10015
Posted: 17 November 2023 at 4:38am

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]]> Fri, 17 Nov 2023 04:38:55 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=64021&title=ot-national-radio-countdowns#64021 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=64020&title=ot-national-radio-countdowns#64020 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 10015
Posted: 17 November 2023 at 12:36am

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. ]]> Fri, 17 Nov 2023 00:36:40 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=64020&title=ot-national-radio-countdowns#64020 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=64018&title=ot-national-radio-countdowns#64018 Author: eric_a
Subject: 10015
Posted: 16 November 2023 at 6:32pm

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 only. I'm not aware of any A/C shows from the late 1970s/early 1980s.

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.

Edited by eric_a]]> Thu, 16 Nov 2023 18:32:09 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=64018&title=ot-national-radio-countdowns#64018 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=64017&title=ot-national-radio-countdowns#64017 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 10015
Posted: 16 November 2023 at 1:25pm

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. ]]> Thu, 16 Nov 2023 13:25:06 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=64017&title=ot-national-radio-countdowns#64017 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=64009&title=ot-national-radio-countdowns#64009 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 10015
Posted: 16 November 2023 at 2:26am

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]]> Thu, 16 Nov 2023 02:26:15 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=64009&title=ot-national-radio-countdowns#64009 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=64008&title=ot-national-radio-countdowns#64008 Author: mjb50
Subject: 10015
Posted: 16 November 2023 at 2:11am

@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.

Edited by mjb50]]> Thu, 16 Nov 2023 02:11:31 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=64008&title=ot-national-radio-countdowns#64008 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=64007&title=ot-national-radio-countdowns#64007 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 10015
Posted: 16 November 2023 at 12:47am

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 the size of the text in your browser temporarily.

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?]]> Thu, 16 Nov 2023 00:47:21 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=64007&title=ot-national-radio-countdowns#64007 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=64006&title=ot-national-radio-countdowns#64006 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 10015
Posted: 16 November 2023 at 12:34am

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??]]> Thu, 16 Nov 2023 00:34:08 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=64006&title=ot-national-radio-countdowns#64006 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10015&PID=64005&title=ot-national-radio-countdowns#64005 Author: eric_a
Subject: 10015
Posted: 15 November 2023 at 11:39pm

Hykker wrote: 995wlol wrote: I think you may be referring to Hitlist Live with Elvis Duran and Patty Steele? It was 2 guys, I think the other one might have been named Elliot. Somewhere I saved one of the countdown shows, but a quick search didn't turn it up.

I don't recall the show but this must be Elliot Segal --
he and Elvis hosted the Z100 Morning Zoo together in the
'90s, before Elliot went to Washington - he's been doing
mornings on DC101 for decades.

Hykker wrote: Dan Ingram did one in the mid-ish 80s, if I'm not mistaken it was called the Dan Ingram Satellite Survey. Only heard it once while I was on a road trip. One of the songs skipped so I doubt it was actually delivered by satellite.

Ha! Yes - it was the Top 40 Satellite Survey but at least
some stations received it on vinyl. I have shows ranging
from June 1984 to May 1986, so it ran at least that long.

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