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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. > >The problem with airing those shows(1980 & 1981) is >that AT40 Flashback is aired on many stations that >play only 80's music. That's why they cut the >Archives feature.

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