OT/National Radio Countdowns

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??

@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.

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Edited by mjb50

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.

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.

Thanks Paul. I'm listening to the premier episode of Weekly Top 30 from 1979
right now. It's really cool!