New Top 40 Show - Kasem's Kountdown

[Cerebro]

Didn't know if anyone else was aware of this, but I thought I'd share (I just found out about it yesterday). It appears there will be a new top 40 countdown show on the air, Kasem's Kountdown (yes, with a "K"), which is to be hosted by Casey's son, Mike Kasem. Mike's no stranger to this. As you may recall, on several occasions, he did fill in for his dad on AT10 and AT20.

There is a web page with a demo that you can listen to:
www.kasemskountdown.com

Other than that, there's no other info. The demo sounds like a Hot A/C chart. Will there be a pop version? Will this be based on an official published chart? Don't know the answer to either, but I'm interested in finding out. Not sure how he'll compete with Ryan, but the show will have name recognition going for it, if nothing else.

And check out the tag line -- "Your feet better be planted on the ground cause we've reached the stars." -- Nice!

[MostInterestingManInTheWorld]

Somehow I think it will be more listenable than Seacrest. On the other hand, I have to say the odds are stacked against him.

Love the pic by the way. I believe his mom is the woman who had a bit role on "Cheers" back in the 80's.

[Adam (UTR)]

Oh, wow! Go Mike! It sounds like it's going to be a nice mix of the old and new American Top 40, kind of like the Shadoe Stevens era. I will definitely be listening.

P.S. The website's graphic artist needs to go. That is a mess...

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

Wow! Exciting! Looking forward to learning more.

[jdelachjr2002]

Jul 14, 2011 7:48:51 GMT -5 MostInterestingManInTheWorld said:

Somehow I think it will be more listenable than Seacrest. On the other hand, I have to say the odds are stacked against him.

Love the pic by the way. I believe his mom is the woman who had a bit role on "Cheers" back in the 80's.

Jean Kasem? That's Mike's stepmom, actually.

[at40forever]

Not to be doubtful, but if this is a new countdown, when is it gonna air?

Still, it should be exiciting, since we haven't heard anything from Mike since 2009.

[jdelachjr2002]

Jul 15, 2011 14:52:37 GMT -5 at40forever said:

Not to be doubtful, but if this is a new countdown, when is it gonna air?

Still, it should be exiciting, since we haven't heard anything from Mike since 2009.

He had a weekly Top 5 Countdown in Washington D.C. last year. Running time is less than an hour. Believe he also subbed for Lara Scott on The World Chart Show while she was on maternity leave at the end of 2009.