Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40
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Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40 (sometimes abbreviated as CT40) is an American country music
radio countdown show hosted by former American Country Countdown
host Bob Kingsley
. The show is produced by Kingsley's KCCS Productions and distributed by Dial Global
. It uses the Mediabase
Country Singles chart as its source. The show debuted on January 1, 2006 with 300 affiliates.
, a Top 40 country music
countdown show based on the Billboard
Hot Country Songs
charts. Country Top 40 first aired January 1, 2006 on 300 affiliates, three weeks before Kix Brooks
of the country music duo Brooks & Dunn
took over as host of American Country Countdown.
. At the beginning of each show, Kingsley plays back snippets of the previous week's top 5 hits, ending with the No. 1 song. The countdown itself features the top 40 country songs of the week, played in ascending order starting with No. 40. Each segment includes two to four songs, with at least one of those songs having a story about the song and/or its recording artist; some songs are also accompanied by interview snippets from the artist. In addition, some of the songs are succeeded by a previous hit from the artist -- either a notable song or one that debuted that particular week in the past.
Regular and recurring features of the show include:
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
radio countdown show hosted by former American Country Countdown
American Country Countdown
American Country Countdown, also known as ACC or American Country Countdown with Kix Brooks, is an internationally syndicated radio program which counts down the top 30 country songs of the previous week, from No. 30 to No. 1, according to the Mediabase country chart...
host Bob Kingsley
Bob Kingsley
Bob Kingsley is an American country music radio personality and host of the nationally syndicated programs "Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40" and "Bob Kingsley with Today's Hit Makers."...
. The show is produced by Kingsley's KCCS Productions and distributed by Dial Global
Dial Global
Dial Global is a radio syndication company. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Triton Media Group and is a sister company to Townsquare Media, both of which are owned by Oaktree Capital Management....
. It uses the Mediabase
Mediabase
Mediabase is a music industry service that monitors radio station airplay in 180 US and Canadian markets. Mediabase publishes music charts and data based on the most played songs on terrestrial and satellite radio, and provides in-depth analytical tools for radio and record industry professionals...
Country Singles chart as its source. The show debuted on January 1, 2006 with 300 affiliates.
History
Prior to the inception of Country Top 40 in 2005, Kingsley was the host of American Country CountdownAmerican Country Countdown
American Country Countdown, also known as ACC or American Country Countdown with Kix Brooks, is an internationally syndicated radio program which counts down the top 30 country songs of the previous week, from No. 30 to No. 1, according to the Mediabase country chart...
, a Top 40 country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
countdown show based on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
charts. Country Top 40 first aired January 1, 2006 on 300 affiliates, three weeks before Kix Brooks
Kix Brooks
Leon Eric "Kix" Brooks III , is an American country music artist, best known for being one half of the duo Brooks & Dunn.-Early life:...
of the country music duo Brooks & Dunn
Brooks & Dunn
Brooks & Dunn was an American country music duo consisting of Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, who were both vocalists and songwriters. They were paired by record producer Tim DuBois in 1990. Before the duo's foundation, both members of the duo were solo recording artists...
took over as host of American Country Countdown.
Content
Country Top 40 is a four-hour show based on the country singles charts tabulated by MediabaseMediabase
Mediabase is a music industry service that monitors radio station airplay in 180 US and Canadian markets. Mediabase publishes music charts and data based on the most played songs on terrestrial and satellite radio, and provides in-depth analytical tools for radio and record industry professionals...
. At the beginning of each show, Kingsley plays back snippets of the previous week's top 5 hits, ending with the No. 1 song. The countdown itself features the top 40 country songs of the week, played in ascending order starting with No. 40. Each segment includes two to four songs, with at least one of those songs having a story about the song and/or its recording artist; some songs are also accompanied by interview snippets from the artist. In addition, some of the songs are succeeded by a previous hit from the artist -- either a notable song or one that debuted that particular week in the past.
Regular and recurring features of the show include:
- The Listener Request, at the end of the first and second hours. Similar to the ACC Mailbag of Kingsley-era American Country Countdown shows, listeners are invited to send requests (by e-mail or letter) for songs and provide a story about the song's meaning to them. If a listener's request is played on the program, (s)he receives a gift package (generally, a T-shirt and a copy of that particular show).
- CT40 Milestone, heard at the end of the third hour. Like "ACC Calendar" from Kingsley-era American Country Countdown programs, "Milestone" spotlights a classic song, birthday of a performer or songwriter, or other innovation in country music history.
- CT40 Flashback, heard semi-regularly during the last hour of the show. A currently popular country music artist introduces the feature, before Kingsley reads trivia from the spotlighted year. A montage of the top 5 hits from the corresponding month are then replayed. (A similar feature was used during the Shadoe Stevens-era of American Top 40American Top 40American Top 40 is an internationally syndicated, independent radio program created by Casey Kasem, Don Bustany, Tom Rounds and Ron Jacobs. Originally a production of Watermark Inc...
.)