History EarlyInstallmentWeirdness / Radio

** Samantha wasn't introduced until 1985, over ten years into the show's run.

* ''TheBrewingNetwork'': Listen to the first few episodes of The Jamil Show and you'll hear a very reserved, quiet Jamil hosting. This was brought up in Lunch Meet, as Justin tries to imitate Jamil's quiet, softly spoken demeanor. Fast forward to the time they wrap up the BJCP, Jamil is much more extroverted, using sexual innuendo all the time (which is encouraged when the network gets sponsorship from Adam and Eve) and being more natural as he got used to being on the radio.

* ''Radio/AmericanCountryCountdown'': In addition to a different host altogether – Lubbock, Texas-based Don Bowman helmed the show – much like its sister program ''[=AT40=]'', there were more extras and "sneak peek" songs played. In addition, during the earliest programs Bowman liberally made use of his humor in between songs, and many of his jokes today would be clearly considered politically incorrect today (e.g., on the third episode from October 1973, he quipped, "How do you get a horse to stop complaining about the cold in winter? Shoot him in the summertime!"); Bowman eventually scaled back on these jokes when complaint letters -- calling the jokes mean-spirited -- started coming again, and once Bob Kingsley came aboard as producer this could have had an impact, too. During the first year or so, outro bumpers (mixed in with the trademark "My Kind of Country, My Kind of Music" outros) sometimes used an alternate format with different lyrics and a top country artist of the day, including Bobby Bare and Music/TomTHall.

** After Bob left, he was replaced by Kix Brooks of Music/BrooksAndDunn. The earliest Kix programs from 2006 and 2007 often had him breaking away from the countdown to play songs he wrote for other artists, or Brooks & Dunn songs he sang lead on (including "You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone," the only No. 1 [=B&D=] hit featuring Brooks on lead vocals). Over time, the "extra" songs came to be recent recurrents (big hits that fell off the charts within the past year or two), followed by a snippet on the artist in question. The show also started out at 40 positions, but was quickly cut to 30 (thus leading to more filler) before reverting to 40.

* ImSorryIHaventAClue in its earliest years lacked many of what would become its familiar and [[LongRunners long-running]] elements - at first there was no Willie Rushton, no Colin Sell (there was another pianist), no Samantha, no Mornington Crescent and no mention of "the antidote to panel games". And chairman Humphrey Lyttelton awarded points and actually kept the score (though even then [[ThePointsMeanNothing the points meant nothing]]). Barry Cryer was there from the first series but not as a panellist; instead he alternated with Humph in the chair (Humph was always the first choice for the job but prior commitments kept him from some of those early recordings).

* ''Radio/TheJackBennyProgram'' - The first few seasons were essentially Jack Benny as a traditional emcee of a music program instead of as the comedy star of the show with music serving as between segments music. It wasn't until Phil Harris joined the show in 1936 that it became what everyone remembers as the Benny show. Also, until World War II, episodes were built around parodies or take off of then-current films. During WWII, the show started doing more "behind the scenes" or "Jack at home" programs

* The early instalments of ''Radio/TheGoonShow'' had four people (the regular three plus Creator/MichaelBentine), and were written as multiple short sketches rather than the extended if incoherent stories featuring a CommediaDellArteTroupe of madmen that became the show's typical structure later in its life. It also took quite a while for Ned Seagoon, Bluebottle and Grytpype-Thynne to show up.

* ''Radio/TheJackBennyProgram'' - The first few seasons were essentially Jack Benny has a traditional emcee of a music program instead of as the comedy star of the show with music serving as between segments music. It wasn't until Phil Harris joined the show in 1936 that it became what everyone remembers as the Benny show. Also, until World War II, episodes were built around parodies or take off of then-current films. During WWII, the show started doing more "behind the scenes" or "Jack at home" programs

* ''Radio/TheInfiniteMonkeyCage'' started out as a mix of discussion between the presenters and studio guests and some scripted comedy sketches. The sketches were dropped after the first series.

* ''AmericanTop40'': The first two years or so of ''[=AT40=]'' show clear evidence of a work in progress. Casey Kasem's delivery was much different during those first couple of years than what fans were accustomed to (beginning around 1973), and even his hosting style was noticeably different. There were relatively fewer stretch stories, with only brief facts about the artists to introduce the songs. Extras – usually oldies or album cuts from the No. 1 album of the week – filled out the show more often. Also, those early shows were in mono only; even FM stations of the time didn't have a stereo option. By late 1972, the show had just about taken the form fans would come to know and tune into for years to come.

* ''Radio/AmericanCountryCountdown'': In addition to a different host altogether – Lubbock, Texas-based Don Bowman helmed the show – much like its sister program ''[=AT40=]'', there were more extras and "sneak peek" songs played. In addition, during the earliest programs Bowman liberally made use of his humor in between songs, and many of his jokes today would be clearly considered politically incorrect today (e.g., on the third episode from October 1973, he quipped, "How do you get a horse to stop complaining about the cold in winter? Shoot him in the summertime!"); Bowman eventually scaled back on these jokes when complaint letters -- calling the jokes mean-spirited -- started coming again, and once Bob Kingsley came aboard as producer this could have had an impact, too. During the first year or so, outro bumpers (mixed in with the trademark "My Kind of Country, My Kind of Music" outros) sometimes used an alternate format with different lyrics and a top country artist of the day, including Bobby Bare and Tom T. Hall.
** Bob Kingsley took over in 1978, and his tenure had its oddities. Most notably, after the show expanded to four hours in TheEighties, he would play three previous #1 hits, in either chronological or alphabetical order, at the bottom of the first through third hours. This was later changed to two listener requests and an individual older song for which he would discuss the backstory and/or interview the artist before playing.

* Bob founded ''Radio/BobKingsleysCountryTop40'' in 2006 after leaving ACC. His early [=CT40=] shows, though largely identical in format to latter-day ACC, had a couple lesser examples of this trope. Most notably, he originally used a PreviouslyOn segment identical to ACC's, consisting of the previous week's #1 hit, played either in its entirety or an edited-down version. This was quickly replaced by snippets of the previous week's Top 5 hits. It also took a couple years before he introduced "[=CT40=] Flashback", a once-a-month segment just before the #5 song in which Bob presents trivia on a certain year in history, then plays snippets from the Top 5 songs on the corresponding month in that year. By about 2013, he also swapped out one of the two listener requests for "[=CT40=] Vault", a feature where he would play snippets of previous #1 hits from prior years, then the entirety of a more recent #1 hit.