Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NoTV: 'AT40' Co-Creator Dies at 77

2014-06-06 Thread Kevin M.
On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 10:15 AM, K.M. Richards wrote: > Then why is the all-80s radio format making a comeback? > > It's a pop-culture phenomena I once dubbed "false nostalgia," when teens who didn't experience a generation try to mimic and latch onto the styles and trends of it. Think of the 70s

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NoTV: 'AT40' Co-Creator Dies at 77

2014-06-06 Thread K.M. Richards
Then why is the all-80s radio format making a comeback? On Thursday, June 5, 2014 10:11:29 AM UTC-7, Tom Wolper wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 11:39 AM, Bob Jersey > wrote: > >> >> I admit to being a fan, having once won (vinyl 33 record) radio-station >> copies of the show in the mid 70s for

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NoTV: 'AT40' Co-Creator Dies at 77

2014-06-05 Thread Tom Wolper
On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 11:39 AM, Bob Jersey wrote: > > I admit to being a fan, having once won (vinyl 33 record) radio-station > copies of the show in the mid 70s for correctly picking the #1 song, but > don't like 80s as much as 70s. > Nobody does. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) P

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NoTV: 'AT40' Co-Creator Dies at 77

2014-06-05 Thread Bob Jersey
Kevin M, to moi: > > SoCal station KOLA airs "classic" reruns of Casey's show from the 70s and > 80s very Saturday morning, I assume it is a syndicated deal. The way it > seems to work is they broadcast an installment for the same week, but > different year, with Kasem's original intros and out

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NoTV: 'AT40' Co-Creator Dies at 77

2014-06-04 Thread Kevin M.
SoCal station KOLA airs "classic" reruns of Casey's show from the 70s and 80s very Saturday morning, I assume it is a syndicated deal. The way it seems to work is they broadcast an installment for the same week, but different year, with Kasem's original intros and outros intact. So I'd guess a larg

[TV orNotTV] Re: NoTV: 'AT40' Co-Creator Dies at 77

2014-06-04 Thread Bob Jersey
Mark Jeffries, in part: > > Before Watermark, while PD at San Francisco Top 40 giant KFRC, he put > together what was arguably the first big outdoor rock festival (which beat > Monterey Pop by a week) and after Watermark formed the international > syndication firm Radio Express (ironically, amo