More changes for the Weekly Top 40 with Rick Dees

[billme]

R&R reports that a new Executive producer, Clarence Barnes, replaces Danny Lemos. Lemos has been with the show from the beginning, 22 years. Lemos is leaving to form his own company, “Is Don On The Phone? Productions”. The name is a reference to American Top 40 co-creator Don Bustany. The good news for Lemos is that Dees is his first client.

Clarence Barnes is the longtime KIIS-FM/Los Angeles weekend DJ. Barnes is also working on a “new Hot AC product for syndication”.

What does this means? IMO, Dees still has one ally at KIIS-FM, even if Ellen K leaves him high & dry. Barnes is probably going to produce the test marketed Ryan Seacrest’s new Hot AC countdown. Let the discussion & speculation begin…

[Cerebro]

billme said:

Lemos is leaving to form his own company, “Is Don On The Phone? Productions”.  The name is a reference to American Top 40 co-creator Don Bustany.

Not only a reference, but it's also a line from the infamous "Death Dedication".

[shark cousteau]

yea things look messed up. take a look at his chart for instance www.rickdees.net/top40chart.html .
does this mean no more RD chart? i hope like hell not. well, maybe that stupid AC chart that hes does, i hate how we get that now instead of the proper one.

[Hervard]

scottE said:

yea things look messed up. take a look at his chart for instance www.rickdees.net/top40chart.html .

That is messed up. The Top Ten matches the weekly chart while everything below number ten is from Rick's year-end chart. Hence, songs like "Lose My Breath", "Breakaway" and "Over And Over" are listed twice.

does this mean no more RD chart? i hope like hell not. well, maybe that stupid AC chart that hes does, i hate how we get that now instead of the proper one.

Is that AC chart going to be the one listed on the site from now on?