Post by disman00911 on Jun 28, 2021 11:50:02 GMT -5
Hello, new member here. I want to thank the moderators and everyone else involved in making Generation X Radio preserving history. You guys don't just rely on the "safe hits" like many in corporate radio do but also play the rare and obscure tracks that have been lost in time.
Been starting to listen to old Radio Show Countdown shows on Mixcloud the past year, such as American Top 40 with either Casey Kasem (both the 1970-1988 and 1998-2004 eras) or Shadoe Stevens (1988-1995) and "Casey's Top 40" w/Kasem (1989-1998) after he left AT40 and Stevens succeeded him as AT40 host. One of the syndicated countdown shows featured on WGXX that stood out for me was "American Dance Traxx" as unlike the other more famous Top 40 countdown shows of the era (Kasem, Stevens, Rick Dees, etc.), this show focused more on the then-new "Rhythmic" Top 40 format rather than the Mainstream top 40. Despite its name, ADT counted down the top Rhythmic/Dance Top 40 hits rather than the Club/Dance charts that were seen on Billboard as ballad tracks are also included on the chart. As I listened to more of these shows, the “Most Requested” songs are usually reserved for ballads/love songs though there were exceptions. This is clearer by the latter years of the countdown as more hip hop and R&B tracks were increasingly featured on the countdown. Too bad no other "Rhythmic Top 40" countdown show came to take its place after 1993.
As a child, I grew up listening to Chicago's B96 during their dance/rhythmic phase in the 1990s and many of the songs played on ADT were familiar to me as that station played most of those during regular rotation. That said, I didn't even know about the term "Rhythmic Crossover", which is what the radio trade magazines classified B96 as, until much later in life when I started reading old issues of Billboard, Radio & Records, and other music/radio trade magazines featured on World Radio History (formerly American Radio History). I also didn't know that B96 was airing this show and "Casey's Top 40" during the weekend at the time. Also, the Chicago market didn’t have a major mainstream Top 40 station during most of the 1990s.
ADT had their own chart as R&R didn't have their own Rhythmic chart at the time. They wouldn't make such a chart until April 1994 (by then, ADT was discontinued). On Billboard, they had their own Rhythmic/Crossover chart in February 1987, discontinued the chart in December 1990 and revived it in October 1992. I made a thread on the Pulse site about the history of the Rhythmic format and how various music/radio trade magazines tackled them if you want to learn more.
Does anyone know what radio stations carried ADT at various points of their 1987-1993 run? Jeff Wyatt, the original host, occasionally mentioned a DJ/music director/etc. from a station that was airing the program. However, by the time Downtown Julie Brown took over as host, they no longer mentioned radio affiliates that were airing ADT. Maybe I'm more used to how Casey Kasem and Shadoe Stevens both gave shout-outs to the radio stations that were airing AT40 (Casey also did this during his other countdown show, "Casey's Top 40"). I found a few:
- WQHT "Hot 97" New York - One of the flagship syndicates of ADT when it first launched and of the two stations that kickstarted the Rhythmic Top 40 format in the late 80s, along with Power 106 in LA. By the time the show ended in 1993, Hot 97 evolved into a hip hop station.
- KPWR "Power 106" Los Angeles - The other flagship of ADT as Jeff Wyatt worked there when the show launched. Power 106 also evolved into a hip hop station as ADT was at the end of its run.
- WBBM "B96" Chicago - B96 didn't start airing ADT until sometime in the spring or summer of 1991 (after I read various Chicago-based radio magazines on the World Radio History site). At that time, B96 was heavily dance-leaning.
- WOIQ "Q102" Philadelphia - I read an old article about Julie Brown being named the new host of ADT and mentioned this station, along with Hot 97, Power 106, and B96, airing the program.
- WPGC Washington DC - An article of the 6/06/1992 issue of Billboard mentioned this station airing ADT.
- WLUM 102 Milwaukee - There's a YouTube video of the station airing ADT from 1989, back when they were a rhythmic top 40 station. Since 1994, they flipped to alternative rock.
- KNRJ "Energy 96.5" Houston - On the 9/23/89 show, Jeff Wyatt interviewed a DJ from this short-lived radio station (only lasted 1989-1990 and is now known as KHMX and currently plays Hot AC).
- KHQT "Hot 97.7" San Jose - On the 4/22/88 show, Jeff Wyatt interviewed a DJ from this now-defunct station, which ended in 1995.
- KKFR “Power 92” in Phoenix - On the 8/19/1989 show, Jeff Wyatt interviews a DJ from that station.
- KITY 92.9 (Power 93) San Antonio - On the 3/30/1990 show, Jeff Wyatt called a fan who mentioned this now-defunct station.
- WCKZ "Kiss 102" in Charlotte - On the 7/29/90 show, Jeff Wyatt interviewed a fan who said that this was the station she listened to ADT. Kiss 102 switched to an urban format in 1994 and is now known as WBAV.
- KBOS "B95" Fresno, CA - One the 7/21/90 show, a caller mentioned this station on where she listened to ADT.
- WOCQ-FM 103.9 in Ocean City/Salisbury, MD - based on this 1992 Baltimore Sun article.
- KQUY "Y95" Butte, MT - On the 9/16/1989 show, Jeff Wyatt interviewed a DJ from this station, which is now known as KMBR.
- WBPR "Power 97.7" Myrtle Beach, SC - The 4/07/91 show featured Jeff Wyatt interview a DJ from this station, which is now known as WWXM.
- On the 1/05/91 show, Jeff Wyatt read a letter from a solider and mentioned a station in Fort Hood, TX called "K96.7" airing the program.
- On the 5/20/89 show, Jeff Wyatt mentioned a station in Independence, KS airing the program.
- On the 11/27/90 show, Jeff Wyatt mentioned a station in Morgan City, LA called "Power 98" airing the program.
- On the 1/29/88 show, Jeff Wyatt interviewed a DJ from a station in Hawaii called "95X".
- On the 7/21/90 show, Jeff Wyatt interviewed a DJ from a station in Reno, NV called "X102".
- On the 8/06/88 show, Jeff Wyatt interviewed a DJ from WBSS "Boss 97 FM" in Atlantic City, NJ.
- On the 6/17/89 show, Jeff Wyatt interviewed a DJ from WAIL 99.5 FM in Key West, FL.
- On the 10/25/90 show, Jeff Wyatt interviewed a DJ from WKXA 100.5 in Finley, OH.
- On the 7/28/90 show, Jeff Wyatt interviewed a AJ from WPDJ AM 1300 in Fort Wayne, IN.
- Another show from 1989 mentioned a station in Winston-Salem, NC called "102 Jams".
- On the 2/16/91 show, Jeff Wyatt interviewed a man who mention a station called "Z93" somewhere in Grover City (California I think, but I couldn't make out what he was saying).
- On the 7/22/91 show, Jeff Wyatt interviewed a DJ from WDOG 935 in Allendale, SC.
- On the 7/10/90 show, Jeff Wyatt interviewed a DJ from New Mexico called "Core FM".
- On the 1/27/90 show, Jeff Wyatt interviewed a DJ from now-defunct "Power 92-5" XHRE in San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico. XHRE flipped formats that year to R&B (and other formats down the road), likely due to another Rhythmic Top 40 station that would arrive in the San Diego market later that year, XHITZ “Z90”.
- XHFAJ- FM “Alfa 91.3” Mexico City - One of the international affiliates of ADT.
- AFN Berlin - another international affiliate.
- OK Radio "Power 95" Hamburg - another international affiliate.
- Dubai FM - another international affiliate
- AFKN FM in Seoul, Korea - another international affiliate
- Armed Forced Network.
For this thread, I’m going to list and review each of the ADT shows that are currently available. If anyone out there wants to make their own reviews, that’s fine.
Been starting to listen to old Radio Show Countdown shows on Mixcloud the past year, such as American Top 40 with either Casey Kasem (both the 1970-1988 and 1998-2004 eras) or Shadoe Stevens (1988-1995) and "Casey's Top 40" w/Kasem (1989-1998) after he left AT40 and Stevens succeeded him as AT40 host. One of the syndicated countdown shows featured on WGXX that stood out for me was "American Dance Traxx" as unlike the other more famous Top 40 countdown shows of the era (Kasem, Stevens, Rick Dees, etc.), this show focused more on the then-new "Rhythmic" Top 40 format rather than the Mainstream top 40. Despite its name, ADT counted down the top Rhythmic/Dance Top 40 hits rather than the Club/Dance charts that were seen on Billboard as ballad tracks are also included on the chart. As I listened to more of these shows, the “Most Requested” songs are usually reserved for ballads/love songs though there were exceptions. This is clearer by the latter years of the countdown as more hip hop and R&B tracks were increasingly featured on the countdown. Too bad no other "Rhythmic Top 40" countdown show came to take its place after 1993.
As a child, I grew up listening to Chicago's B96 during their dance/rhythmic phase in the 1990s and many of the songs played on ADT were familiar to me as that station played most of those during regular rotation. That said, I didn't even know about the term "Rhythmic Crossover", which is what the radio trade magazines classified B96 as, until much later in life when I started reading old issues of Billboard, Radio & Records, and other music/radio trade magazines featured on World Radio History (formerly American Radio History). I also didn't know that B96 was airing this show and "Casey's Top 40" during the weekend at the time. Also, the Chicago market didn’t have a major mainstream Top 40 station during most of the 1990s.
ADT had their own chart as R&R didn't have their own Rhythmic chart at the time. They wouldn't make such a chart until April 1994 (by then, ADT was discontinued). On Billboard, they had their own Rhythmic/Crossover chart in February 1987, discontinued the chart in December 1990 and revived it in October 1992. I made a thread on the Pulse site about the history of the Rhythmic format and how various music/radio trade magazines tackled them if you want to learn more.
Does anyone know what radio stations carried ADT at various points of their 1987-1993 run? Jeff Wyatt, the original host, occasionally mentioned a DJ/music director/etc. from a station that was airing the program. However, by the time Downtown Julie Brown took over as host, they no longer mentioned radio affiliates that were airing ADT. Maybe I'm more used to how Casey Kasem and Shadoe Stevens both gave shout-outs to the radio stations that were airing AT40 (Casey also did this during his other countdown show, "Casey's Top 40"). I found a few:
- WQHT "Hot 97" New York - One of the flagship syndicates of ADT when it first launched and of the two stations that kickstarted the Rhythmic Top 40 format in the late 80s, along with Power 106 in LA. By the time the show ended in 1993, Hot 97 evolved into a hip hop station.
- KPWR "Power 106" Los Angeles - The other flagship of ADT as Jeff Wyatt worked there when the show launched. Power 106 also evolved into a hip hop station as ADT was at the end of its run.
- WBBM "B96" Chicago - B96 didn't start airing ADT until sometime in the spring or summer of 1991 (after I read various Chicago-based radio magazines on the World Radio History site). At that time, B96 was heavily dance-leaning.
- WOIQ "Q102" Philadelphia - I read an old article about Julie Brown being named the new host of ADT and mentioned this station, along with Hot 97, Power 106, and B96, airing the program.
- WPGC Washington DC - An article of the 6/06/1992 issue of Billboard mentioned this station airing ADT.
- WLUM 102 Milwaukee - There's a YouTube video of the station airing ADT from 1989, back when they were a rhythmic top 40 station. Since 1994, they flipped to alternative rock.
- KNRJ "Energy 96.5" Houston - On the 9/23/89 show, Jeff Wyatt interviewed a DJ from this short-lived radio station (only lasted 1989-1990 and is now known as KHMX and currently plays Hot AC).
- KHQT "Hot 97.7" San Jose - On the 4/22/88 show, Jeff Wyatt interviewed a DJ from this now-defunct station, which ended in 1995.
- KKFR “Power 92” in Phoenix - On the 8/19/1989 show, Jeff Wyatt interviews a DJ from that station.
- KITY 92.9 (Power 93) San Antonio - On the 3/30/1990 show, Jeff Wyatt called a fan who mentioned this now-defunct station.
- WCKZ "Kiss 102" in Charlotte - On the 7/29/90 show, Jeff Wyatt interviewed a fan who said that this was the station she listened to ADT. Kiss 102 switched to an urban format in 1994 and is now known as WBAV.
- KBOS "B95" Fresno, CA - One the 7/21/90 show, a caller mentioned this station on where she listened to ADT.
- WOCQ-FM 103.9 in Ocean City/Salisbury, MD - based on this 1992 Baltimore Sun article.
- KQUY "Y95" Butte, MT - On the 9/16/1989 show, Jeff Wyatt interviewed a DJ from this station, which is now known as KMBR.
- WBPR "Power 97.7" Myrtle Beach, SC - The 4/07/91 show featured Jeff Wyatt interview a DJ from this station, which is now known as WWXM.
- On the 1/05/91 show, Jeff Wyatt read a letter from a solider and mentioned a station in Fort Hood, TX called "K96.7" airing the program.
- On the 5/20/89 show, Jeff Wyatt mentioned a station in Independence, KS airing the program.
- On the 11/27/90 show, Jeff Wyatt mentioned a station in Morgan City, LA called "Power 98" airing the program.
- On the 1/29/88 show, Jeff Wyatt interviewed a DJ from a station in Hawaii called "95X".
- On the 7/21/90 show, Jeff Wyatt interviewed a DJ from a station in Reno, NV called "X102".
- On the 8/06/88 show, Jeff Wyatt interviewed a DJ from WBSS "Boss 97 FM" in Atlantic City, NJ.
- On the 6/17/89 show, Jeff Wyatt interviewed a DJ from WAIL 99.5 FM in Key West, FL.
- On the 10/25/90 show, Jeff Wyatt interviewed a DJ from WKXA 100.5 in Finley, OH.
- On the 7/28/90 show, Jeff Wyatt interviewed a AJ from WPDJ AM 1300 in Fort Wayne, IN.
- Another show from 1989 mentioned a station in Winston-Salem, NC called "102 Jams".
- On the 2/16/91 show, Jeff Wyatt interviewed a man who mention a station called "Z93" somewhere in Grover City (California I think, but I couldn't make out what he was saying).
- On the 7/22/91 show, Jeff Wyatt interviewed a DJ from WDOG 935 in Allendale, SC.
- On the 7/10/90 show, Jeff Wyatt interviewed a DJ from New Mexico called "Core FM".
- On the 1/27/90 show, Jeff Wyatt interviewed a DJ from now-defunct "Power 92-5" XHRE in San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico. XHRE flipped formats that year to R&B (and other formats down the road), likely due to another Rhythmic Top 40 station that would arrive in the San Diego market later that year, XHITZ “Z90”.
- XHFAJ- FM “Alfa 91.3” Mexico City - One of the international affiliates of ADT.
- AFN Berlin - another international affiliate.
- OK Radio "Power 95" Hamburg - another international affiliate.
- Dubai FM - another international affiliate
- AFKN FM in Seoul, Korea - another international affiliate
- Armed Forced Network.
For this thread, I’m going to list and review each of the ADT shows that are currently available. If anyone out there wants to make their own reviews, that’s fine.