American Country Countdown/Trivia

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  • Dueling Shows: Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40, The Crook & Chase Countdown (hosted by longtime television personalities Charlie Crook and Lori Ann Chase) and CMT's Country Countdown USA (with Lon Helton).
  • Executive Meddling: Kix cut the show down from 40 to 30 (although it's still a four-hour show) because program directors were supposedly "uncomfortable" with the songs in the 31-40 range. Apparently this was easier than the directors adding said songs to their playlists.
  • The Pete Best: Original host Don Bowman, whose work on the show has become all but forgotten, since shows have not been rerun and the better-known tenure of Bob Kingsley, the producer-turned-successor host, became associated with the show's success.
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