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>>>I've always wondered that, too. At first, I thought >>>the Archives songs were at the end of the first hour >>>(since the shows from the early years tended to start >>>at number 33 or 32, but I later found out that was >>>because they played the top three songs from the >>>previous week. >>>How did they do the AT40 archives, anyway? >>>Apparently, they either played them in their own set >>>or right after the song at number 21 or 11 or >whatever >>>number we hear on the FB shows before they start the >>>new hour. >>>Another possibility is that there were a few shows >>>here and there in 1980 and 1981 that did not have >AT40 >>>Archives, which might account for the scarcity of >>>shows from those two years. >>>If someone who listened to AT40 back then can let me >>>know how they worked the Archives into the show back >>>in the early 1980's, that would be greatly >>>appreciated. Thanks in advance. >> >>From what I understand, based on listening to a few >>shows recently from this era and also from Rob >>Durkee's book, is that the AT40 Archive feature aired >>at the end of hours 1, 2, and 3 immediately following >>the last regular chart song of the hour. There were a >>few weeks that I know of when only 1 or 2 Archive >>songs were played, but for the most part there were 3 >>on each show. > >I see. I wonder why they cut them out of the shows. >Unless, as I mentioned earlier, the few 1980 and 1981 >shows that we've heard were weeks that only had one >Archive song, played right after the last charted song >of hour 1. But, as was mentioned earlier, I don't >think the listeners would mind hearing these songs, >especially if it was a song from the 1970's, but even >if it was a song from the 1960's, it wouldn't hurt >anything. Plus, people who weren't yet listening in >1980 would be able to hear how the Archives feature >was done.

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