- Nov 07, 2020
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- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just felt it was my job to show that there is no easy way to success, and that anyone who gets even just one Top 40 hit deserves their moment in the sun. I accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative. That is the timeless thing.
- Nov 07, 2020
What I really want to be is an actor.
- Giving
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- Nov 07, 2020
I credit God with giving me the idea for 'Top 40.'
- Consistent
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- Nov 07, 2020
Always be consistent.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Basically, radio hasn't changed over the years. Despite all the technical improvements, it still boils down to a man or a woman and a microphone, playing music, sharing stories, talking about issues - communicating with an audience.
- Love Is
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- Nov 07, 2020
For the most part, that message hasn't changed a lot over the years - love is still love, and heartbreak is still heartbreak.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
For years everyone looked toward the demise of radio when television came along. Before that, they thought talking movies might eliminate radio as well. But radio just keeps getting stronger.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like the storytelling and reading the letters, the long-distance dedications. Anytime in radio that you can reach somebody on an emotional level, you're really connecting.
- College
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started radio in 1950 on the Lone Ranger radio program, a dramatic show that emanated from Detroit when I was 18 years old and just beginning college. I did that for a couple of years.
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was drafted and went to Korea where I had an opportunity to create a production team that did dramatic and comedy shows. I had also done a little disc jockeying.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd like to feel that an advertiser gets something extra when they advertise with us - a certain humanity that comes from upbeat and positive human interest letters and success stories.
- Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's been amazing, the number of commercials that I've done, starting back in 1968. It must be 8,000.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Songs used to be short, then they became longer, and now they're getting shorter. But otherwise, music is about a beat and a message. If the beat gets to the audience, and the message touches them, you've got a hit.
- Company
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first syndicating I tried was when two partners and I created a production company in 1952. We wanted to syndicate famous Bible stories and sell them for $25 a show.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
We gave the show away and in return, we received a certain number of minutes per hour for the three-hour show that we could sell to Madison Avenue. One of the first sponsors was MGM Records.
- Distance
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- Nov 07, 2020
We tell stories. We talk about statistics. And in 1978, we added an element of the show that gave it its heartbeat: the long distance dedication.
- Letters
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- Nov 07, 2020
The stories are success stories. The letters from listeners often touch the heart and can be inspiring.
- Humanity
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- Nov 07, 2020
That something extra, I believe, is a certain humanity that comes from upbeat and positive human interest letters and success stories. Advertisers like to be associated with those qualities.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first commercial was for Miller High Life beer.
- Now
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- Nov 07, 2020
Interestingly, songs used to be short, then they became longer, and now they're getting shorter.
- Beat
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the beat gets to the audience, and the message touches them, you've got a hit.
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020
I must have done about 25,000 promos.
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had also done a little disc jockeying.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Despite all the technical improvements, it still boils down to a man or a woman and a microphone, playing music, sharing stories, talking about issues - communicating with an audience.
- Beat
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- Nov 07, 2020
But otherwise, music is about a beat and a message.
- Nov 07, 2020
Before that, they thought talking movies might eliminate radio as well. But radio just keeps getting stronger.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because of my background in theater and radio acting, I knew that I could make a living as an actor.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
As you know, in the past several years, month after month, radio has increased its revenues - some of it even coming from Dot-Com advertisers. So, radio is a survivor.
- Nov 07, 2020
Anytime in radio that you can reach somebody on an emotional level, you're really connecting.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up, I actually wanted to be a professional baseball player instead of a radio DJ. Believe it or not.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hosting various versions of my countdown program has kept me extremely busy, and I loved every minute of it.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of my fans are people who have grown up and don't have as much time to listen to the radio, but still want to keep up with what's popular. A lot of shows don't talk to them anymore, but I do.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love to keep busy. But I never forget it's the countdown that made it all possible.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
'American Top 40' allowed me to be current without my having to force change to keep up with things. The new songs kept us up to date, so every show sounded fresh.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never loved listening to music.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every station I was at, I never said goodbye - when I was in Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, Oakland, and L.A. I don't know why.
- Nov 07, 2020
Success doesn't happen in a vacuum. You're only as good as the people you work with and the people you work for.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The greatest compliment that anyone can pay me is that after I say something, they remember it. I'll go over a piece of copy until I've gotten the essence of what the writer had in mind - every nuance.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020