Line #1 DuelingWorks/Radio


1	* Initiators / Followers
2	** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Description
3	** '''Implementation:''' Implementation
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5	* ''Radio/AmericanTop40'' (1970) / ''[[Music/RickDees Rick Dees Weekly Top 40]]'' (1983)
6	** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Radio countdown program of the week's top 40 mainstream pop hits.
7	** '''Implementation:''' ''[=AT40=]'' had been the standard-bearer for radio countdown programs when Los Angeles radio personality Music/RickDees began his own Top 40 radio countdown program (in the aftermath of his station, [=KIIS-FM=] losing ''[=AT40=]'' to a rival station. The presentation was somewhat similar, although Dees used the ''Radio & Records'' chart as its source and had different features, including (then-novel) interview clips of artists (during Dees' stretch stories on various songs), songs predicted to make the top 10 and a recap of the top 5 from a past year.
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9	* ''Radio/AmericanTop40'' (1970) / ''Casey's Top 40'' (1989)
10	** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Radio countdown program of the week's top 40 mainstream pop hits.
11	** '''Implementation:''' ''[=AT40=]'' was created in 1970 by Creator/CaseyKasem, Don Bustany and Tom Rounds, and became radio's most popular countdown program. In 1988, Kasem had a falling-out with [=ABC=] Networks and was fired; in retribution, Norm Pattiz of Westwood One [[StartMyOwn created]] ''Casey's Top 40'', which debuted in January 1989. [=ABC=] Networks, meanwhile, hired Shadoe Stevens, who took over the week after Kasem's last [=AT40=] program, and the show continued for another 6-1/2 years.
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13	* ''Radio/AmericanCountryCountdown'' (1973) / ''Radio/BobKingsleysCountryTop40'' (2006)
14	** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Radio countdown program of the week's top country music hits.
15	** '''Implementation:''' ''[=ACC=]'' was created by Casey Kasem, Don Bustany and Tom Rounds in 1973 as a country music spinoff of ''Radio/AmericanTop40''. Hosted today by Kix Brooks (half of country music's mega-duo Music/BrooksAndDunn), the show was hosted for years by Los Angeles radio personality Bob Kingsley (who began as the show's producer during original host Don Bowman's run). When ABC Networks decided to take the show in a different direction and Kingsley balked, he was given his walking papers. Kingsley quickly took his vision of the format – which had worked for 27 years – and took it to Jones Radio Network (now Dial Global) to begin the ''Country Top 40''.
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17	* ''Radio/AmericanCountryCountdown'' (1973) and ''Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40'' (2006) / Other radio countdown programs – including ''The Weekly Country Music Countdown'' (1981) & ''The Crook & Chase Countdown'' (1983) & ''[=CMT=]'s Country Countdown USA'' (1992) & ''The Foxworthy Countdown'' (1999)
18	** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Radio countdown program of the week's top country music hits.
19	** '''Implementation:''' See above for ''[=ACC=]'' and ''Country Top 40''. ''Country Countdown USA'', hosted by journalist Lon Helton, debuted in April 1992. Each program co-hosted by a current country music artist, who provides insight into the songs and artists. ''Crook & Chase'' – hosted by longtime country music television personalities Lorianne Crook and Charlie Chase – is a fixture in medium to small markets, and premiered three months before ''Country Countdown USA''. Along with their homespun humor, this program includes interviews and other songs. ''The Weekly Country Music Countdown'' debuted in 1981 and was the first major rival to ''[=ACC=]''. Hosted by Chris Charles, this program presented the top 30 songs of the week as ranked by ''Radio & Records'' magazine; in addition to an artist profile (two of a current artist's older hits per hour), features included interviews with other artists, the "calendar" (with birthdates and important milestones in country music) and for a time, the "Dusty Diskfile" (the top 5 songs from that week in a past year).

Context DuelingWorks / Radio