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[2 Jul 2009 | No Comment | 423 views]

Michael Jackson’s farewell tour was to be called “This is It.” That’s also an appropriate title for Casey Kasem‘s send off this weekend. The radio legend winds up his “American Top 40” spin-off programs, “American Top 20” and “American Top 10” exactly thirty nine years after the American Top 40 franchise debuted on July 4, 1970.  Kasem said in a statement, “Hosting various versions of my countdown program has kept me extremely busy, and …

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[6 Jun 2009 | One Comment | 678 views]

Premiere Radio Networks has informed its affiliates that they will stop producing new American Top 10 and American Top 20 countdown shows as of the July 4th weekend. PRN will continue with Casey Kasem’s 70s & 80s-based countdown shows.