Semi-OT: SiriusXM 70s on 7 Top 1000

Since some of you are a little more connected in the radio biz than I am, maybe you can answer this. Let
me give you the long drawn-out story. Grab yourself a beverage. :)

Over the Labor Day weekend, SiriusXM's 70s on 7 channel did a listener-voted countdown of the Top 1000 of
the 70s. And it was for the most part really well done. Lot of variety--including a number of songs
that haven't aired on the channel in quite a while (even going back to the days when it was under
different management and the music selection was a lot more liberal). An anonymous Reddit user (no, it
wasn't me) was adventurous enough to listen to the entire top 1000. He/she was even more adventurous
enough to type out the top 1000 longhand (for the benefit of the those of me who couldn't listen for all
58-some hours of the countdown). So I thought to myself, "Self, I have all of these songs in my library,
so why not create a playlist just to be able to refer to it?" (I'm traveling next month, and it'd be
great to load it onto my iPhone to listen on the plane.)

I start work, I'm moving along at a really good clip (taking an all-70s playlist I have and working from
there), and I find that Stevie Wonder's "Living For The City" (great record) winds up at 991...and
at 596. Oy. While I love the record and could listen to it more than twice, somehow I don't think that
what the programmer had in mind when compiling the votes. And doing a search of XMplaylist.com does
indeed indicate the song was played twice within the 58-some hours of the countdown. EDIT: As does the On
Demand section on the app.

So the question is this--does anyone know who handles the programming for SiriusXM 70s on 7 so I can at
least try to get an answer as to which position "Living For The City" should've been and what song should
have been played in the other position?

Thx!

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eriejwg wrote: Ron Parker, who did afternoons at WLS-FM a few years ago and is on 70s on 7 now, is pretty active on Facebook. You may want to reach out to him directly and he might be able to find out for you.

That's an idea. And I am friends with him on the Book of Face.

Thx!

Paul C wrote: Might one of them actually be the superb 1975 version by Ray Charles, which won the 1975 R&B Male Vocal Grammy (#91 Hot 100, #22 R&B)?

I would seriously doubt it. That’s a deep cut even for them. :)

Scanner wrote: Did "You Light Up My Life" rank at all on this countdown?

Yes. 450.

It was listener-voted, so make from that what you will.

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Hykker wrote: sriv94 wrote: It was listener-voted, so make from that what you will. Back in the 70s I worked for a station that did a couple of these type of holiday weekend countdowns, and I can assure you that much fudging of the results took place!

There wasn't fudging just on these all-time lists, but
many radio station's weekly charts as well.

Here in Toronto, both CHUM and CFTR published weekly
charts in the newspapers. Both referred to them as
"Toronto's Top Singles". During the '80s, CHUM's format
changed to more of a rock/alternative format and many hit
songs (like "Physical") never appeared on their lists.
When "Thriller" hit big in '83, they moved back to more
of a pop direction again.

When I was in college. one of my instructors was a former
CHUM employee. I asked him about the charts they
compiled and he said "...basically you bull----, you TELL
people that's what the No. 1 song is".