Radio Station Year-End Countdown Charts
Apr 5, 2017 11:32:32 GMT -5
Post by disman00911 on Apr 5, 2017 11:32:32 GMT -5
Hello everyone. New member here. Any music/radio historians here?
I was influenced by a previous post that discussed the year-end countdowns of New York's WTKU. I always wanted to compare and contrast how different radio stations ended the year on what was popular. Anyone can easily do a google search on a top 100 (or any number referencing the station's frequency) of 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, etc. But what about going back to 1965 or 1970 or 1975, or 1980 or 1985 or 1990 or 1995 or 2000 or 2005 to a specific station? The internet and social media of today simply wasn't available back in those days, or very limited in the case of the late 1990s to the mid 2000s. For example, there may be 1-2 songs that were popular on one Top 40 radio station but nowhere to be found on another Top 40 station.
Here's what I found so far:
AT40 & Casey's Top 40 countdowns between 1970 and 2010. I think most of the people from this forum are already familiar with this site.
www.oldradioshows.com/at100/index.html
Various radio stations on New York City and Washington DC between 1959 and 1983 (From the same site above)
www.oldradioshows.com/other100/index.html
Various alternative rock year-end playlists on KROQ (Los Angeles), 91X (San Diego), Live 105 (San Francisco), Q101 (Chicago), and other stations. However, the page hasn't been updated since 2007.
www.rocklists.com/radiostations.html
Another alternative rock page that contains year-end playlists for KROQ (updates to 2013), 91X, and Q101.
www.radiohitlist.com/
The Top 100 songs from 1983 to 2012 on NYC's hertriage Top 40 station Z100. The original page was deleted but was saved on Wayback Machine.
web.archive.org/web/20141216104843/http://www.z100.com/common/top_songs/1983.html
web.archive.org/web/20150110014655/http://www.z100.com/common/top_songs/2012.html
Another page featuring the Z100 playlists, also includes Top 100 of 2013.
www.ct30.com/Z100/more.txt
Top 96 countdowns on Chicago's heritage Top 40 (formerly dance/rhythmic) B96. I grew up listening to that station during its dance/house years in the 1990s. Almost every year since 1995 is included. Missing years are 1998, 2001, 2002, and 2007. Wayback Machine was influential in finding the 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2008 countdowns. The post-2008 countdowns were easily found using a simple web engine search.
wiki.classicb96.com/B96_Year_Countdown_Playlists:
Going even further back, here's the Big 89 Countdown on WLS-FM 890 Chicago between 1967 and 1986 when it was a top 40 music station before its flip to talk in 1989.
www.wlshistory.com/big89/
Also, the top 95 songs on defunct-WYTZ Chicago "Z95" (WLS-AM's top 40 successor) in 1988.
www.las-solanas.com/arsa/surveys_item.php?svid=67096
Anyone know any other radio station year-end countdowns lists? Any genre (Urban, Country, AC, Hot AC, CHR, etc) Any city/market? Thanks.
I was influenced by a previous post that discussed the year-end countdowns of New York's WTKU. I always wanted to compare and contrast how different radio stations ended the year on what was popular. Anyone can easily do a google search on a top 100 (or any number referencing the station's frequency) of 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, etc. But what about going back to 1965 or 1970 or 1975, or 1980 or 1985 or 1990 or 1995 or 2000 or 2005 to a specific station? The internet and social media of today simply wasn't available back in those days, or very limited in the case of the late 1990s to the mid 2000s. For example, there may be 1-2 songs that were popular on one Top 40 radio station but nowhere to be found on another Top 40 station.
Here's what I found so far:
AT40 & Casey's Top 40 countdowns between 1970 and 2010. I think most of the people from this forum are already familiar with this site.
www.oldradioshows.com/at100/index.html
Various radio stations on New York City and Washington DC between 1959 and 1983 (From the same site above)
www.oldradioshows.com/other100/index.html
Various alternative rock year-end playlists on KROQ (Los Angeles), 91X (San Diego), Live 105 (San Francisco), Q101 (Chicago), and other stations. However, the page hasn't been updated since 2007.
www.rocklists.com/radiostations.html
Another alternative rock page that contains year-end playlists for KROQ (updates to 2013), 91X, and Q101.
www.radiohitlist.com/
The Top 100 songs from 1983 to 2012 on NYC's hertriage Top 40 station Z100. The original page was deleted but was saved on Wayback Machine.
web.archive.org/web/20141216104843/http://www.z100.com/common/top_songs/1983.html
web.archive.org/web/20150110014655/http://www.z100.com/common/top_songs/2012.html
Another page featuring the Z100 playlists, also includes Top 100 of 2013.
www.ct30.com/Z100/more.txt
Top 96 countdowns on Chicago's heritage Top 40 (formerly dance/rhythmic) B96. I grew up listening to that station during its dance/house years in the 1990s. Almost every year since 1995 is included. Missing years are 1998, 2001, 2002, and 2007. Wayback Machine was influential in finding the 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2008 countdowns. The post-2008 countdowns were easily found using a simple web engine search.
wiki.classicb96.com/B96_Year_Countdown_Playlists:
Going even further back, here's the Big 89 Countdown on WLS-FM 890 Chicago between 1967 and 1986 when it was a top 40 music station before its flip to talk in 1989.
www.wlshistory.com/big89/
Also, the top 95 songs on defunct-WYTZ Chicago "Z95" (WLS-AM's top 40 successor) in 1988.
www.las-solanas.com/arsa/surveys_item.php?svid=67096
Anyone know any other radio station year-end countdowns lists? Any genre (Urban, Country, AC, Hot AC, CHR, etc) Any city/market? Thanks.