‘American Top 40’ voted best radio show of all time
- By Brent Meslow
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According to the latest Watch and Listen magazine poll just out yesterday (Friday, April 19), Casey Kasem's popular show American Top 40 is now considered to be the Greatest Show in the History of Radio.
UPDATE 20/04/2024 : This story seems to be false. (read more)
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To many of you it’s probably a familiar story. Once every decade, the world-renowned entertainment magazine Watch and Listen conducts a global poll of radio producers and critics from 80 different countries and translated into 20 languages. The recognition of American Top 40 in this decade's list doesn't come as much of a surprise.
Check out: The Full Watch and Listen's “Greatest Radio Shows of All Time” List for 2024
Poll results stir controversy among radio critics
While millions of Kasem's fans in United States and around the world were thrilled with the news, questions have been raised about the objectivity and fairness of the survey. Only a few minutes after the poll had been released, famous radio critic and newspaper director Simon Ebert commented on his Twitter account:
Casey Kasem?? American Top 40?? … Really??
— Simon Ebert (@ESimon) 19 April 2024
“Our poll has in the past been the subject of criticism”, explains Watch and Listen's editor Gary McDermott, adding that “its prestige comes from its exclusivity and its longevity” (the poll has been run every ten years since April 1934).
Do you agree with this poll? Is American Top 40 the best radio show ever for you?
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