American Top 40 was created by Rick Dees, a legendary radio programmer, and Casey Kasem, a renowned radio host. The show first aired on March 9, 1981, and quickly became one of the most popular radio shows in the United States. The show's format, which features a weekly countdown of the top 40 songs in the country, based on sales and airplay data from Billboard magazine, was a huge success, and it remains one of the longest-running and most iconic music radio shows in history.
This work eventually fueled the "AT40 Flashback" and "Classic American Top 40" series heard on iHeartRadio The Internet Archive (archive.org) Collection Internet Archive's AT40 collection american top 40 80s internet archive
: A curated collection of 80s broadcasts and highlight mixes. American Top 40 was created by Rick Dees,
