Radio & Records - Use in Countdown Shows

Use in Countdown Shows

• Countdown U.S.A. used the CHR/Pop chart in the mid-1980s for this four-hour countdown show variously hosted by John Leader and Radio & Records writer Dave Sholin.
• Casey Kasem used the Radio & Records Charts for his countdown shows in the latter part of his career:
  • The CHR/Pop chart was used for "Casey's Top 40" (January 1989 – March 1998) and "American Top 40" (March 1998 – October 2000, and August 2001 – January 2004). The current Ryan Seacrest AT40 show uses Mediabase 24/7.
  • The Hot AC chart was used for both "Casey's Hot 20" and American Top 20".
  • The AC chart was used for "Casey's Countdown"/"American Top 20".
• The TV Show Solid Gold used the CHR/Pop Chart
• The Country chart was used for CMT's Country Countdown USA, Jeff Foxworthy's "The Foxworthy Countdown" and "Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40," but these have switched to Mediabase 24/7 chart data. Radio & Records also supplied information for past syndicated country music countdown programs (including "The Weekly Country Music Countdown" (1981-early 2000s), and it was the source used on the syndicated daily radio program "Solid Gold Country."
• Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 (1984–2005)
• Red Letter Rock 20
• Weekend 22
• The Urban Contemporary chart was used for "The Countdown", a two-hour program hosted by Walt "Baby" Love.