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Date Posted: 13:57:04 02/28/02 Thu
Author: Chris
Subject: Re: Here is the deal w/ Archive and the Flashback shows
In reply to: Steven Camhi 's message, "Here is the deal w/ Archive and the Flashback shows" on 13:41:08 02/28/02 Thu

>Here is the deal: At40 Archives started on the 10-7-78
>show, the first week the show went to 4 hours. It
>started w the #1 songs of the 70s at the end of hours
>1, 2, & 3. The last #1 song of the 70s was played
>about June 1980. Then, they started w/ #1 songs of the
>60s, ending in Nov. 1981.
>
>SO, only those FB shows from 1980 - Nov 81 would have
>had the Archive feature. BUT, those were edited out
>because of programing concerns for these retro 80s
>stations. G-d forbid they play "Seasons in the Sun",
>or "You light up my life"

I believe both songs were played as Long Distance Dedications on the Flashback shows (although maybe SITS was played on an AT40 show within the past ten years and that's what I'm thinking of). But that does make sense, since those happen less frequently as Dedication songs. That also could be why they don't feature many 1980 and 1981 shows, so they don't have to do any editing out of songs that don't fit the format.

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Re: Here is the deal w/ Archive and the Flashback shows -- Tom Best, 07:16:43 03/01/02 Fri