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Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 (sometimes known as The Weekly Top 40) is an internationally syndicated radio program created and hosted by American radio personality Rick Dees. It is currently heard on over 200 radio stations worldwide. It is distributed domestically by Compass Media Networks and internationally by Radio Express. It is also heard on ...
The Top 40, whether surveyed by a radio station or a publication, was a list of songs that shared only the common characteristic of being newly released. Its introduction coincided with a transition from the old ten-inch 78 rpm record format for single "pop" recordings to the seven-inch vinyl 45 rpm format, introduced in 1949, which was ...
The A.C. Nielsen company, which continues to measure television ratings today, took over American radio's ratings beginning with the 1949–50 radio season and ending in 1955–56. [40] During this era, nearly all of radio's most popular programs were broadcast on one of three networks: NBC Red, NBC Blue, or CBS' Columbia network.
Mainstream Rock is a music chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations in the United States, which that being a administrative category that combines the business formats of "active rock" and "heritage rock". The chart was launched in March 1981 as Rock Albums & Top Tracks.
The Radio Songs chart (previously named Hot 100 Airplay until 2014 [1] and Top 40 Radio Monitor until 1991) [2] is released weekly by Billboard magazine and measures the airplay of songs being played on radio stations throughout the United States across all musical genres.
The Buzz moved to 105.7 FM on January 1, 2014, at 5p.m., taking the spot of sister station WMKS. WVBZ adopted the Top 40 format of its predecessor, and later rebranded as "100.3 KISS-FM." [9] [10] On January 3, 2014, the call letters switched to WMKS. [1] Prior to 2018, WMKS aired Fred & Angi from WKSC-FM in Chicago in the morning.
Occasionally American Top 40 airs special countdowns in place of the regular American Top 40 countdown show. These included: "Top 40 Recording Acts of the Rock Era 1955–1971" (Weekend of May 1–2, 1971) "Top 40 Christmas Songs" (Weekend of December 25–26, 1971) "Top 40 Songs of the Rock Era 1955–1972" (weekend of July 1–2, 1972)
The Billboard Mainstream Rock chart is compiled from the number of airplay songs received from active rock and heritage rock radio stations in the United States. [1] Below are the songs that have reached number one on the chart during the 2020s, listed in chronological order.