Oldie show
The Oldie Show was a radio broadcast that was broadcast on WDR 2 from June 8, 1986 to October 6, 1991 and on WDR 1 from October 13, 1991 up to and including January 1, 1995 ; the successor format Yesterday followed on Saturday, January 7, 1995 on WDR 2. The author and presenter of the show was almost exclusively Roger Handt , who was rarely represented by Hans-Holger Knocke or Edith Jeske.
history
The program was initially broadcast on Sundays from 20:05 to 22:00 on WDR 2. The first part of the program was designed with special music titles; for example, historical number one tracks were played, musical birthdays were celebrated, or an artist alphabet was played: music by artists that begin with a certain letter. In the second hour - but sometimes also in the first - listeners' wishes were fulfilled. As a rule, Roger Handt moderated one title, then played it and moderated the next, so that on the one hand the possibility of an almost complete recording was given, on the other hand there was no overlap between different music titles. As was common at the time, most of the music was recorded from vinyl . The broadcast opener was a mix of “We love you” by the Rolling Stones , “Ready Teddy” by Cliff Richard and “Them changes” by Buddy Miles - the opener was only played for the first hour, the second started right after the traffic service with the first music request. Backtimer at the end of the first hour was often “The kid” by André Brasseur , the second hour almost always ended with “Because they are young” by Duane Eddy and The Rebels, which - used as a music bed - was overlooked.
From March 1991 the program was changed slightly: in the first hour, at most two number one tracks were played, there were musical birthdays and then the listener's requests, which were now played back-to-back as two crazy music tracks one after the other . In the second hour, the top 20 from Great Britain or the USA were played; in weekly changes, which concerned both chart country and time. The first Sunday of the month went back 35 years (USA), the second Sunday 30 years (UK), the third Sunday 25 years (USA) and the fourth Sunday 20 years (UK). Was there a fifth Sunday it went back 15 years (USA). A monthly evaluation was compiled, no individual chart lists were played. Since then, the second hour has had its own broadcast opener: “Teen scene” by the Hunters.
With the introduction of WDR 5 in October 1991, the oldie show moved into the WDR 1 program on October 13, 1991 and also got a new broadcast time: Sundays from 9:05 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. There were always two rules in the show: the desired oldies always had to be older than ten years and, if possible, shouldn't have been shown in the last few months. Roger Handt deviated from these rules only in extremely rare cases, e.g. B. when new Rolling Stones LPs are released.
Hiring and follow-up broadcasts
Shortly before Eins Live began broadcasting on April 1, 1995, the broadcast was discontinued, the last episode ran on New Year's Day 1995. However, in the same week on January 7, 1995, Yesterday was again an oldie wish program on Saturdays at 7:20 pm (later 19:05) to 22:00 on WDR 2, with the now legendary yesterday quiz from the second hour. Another program similar to the oldie show ran from January 2002 on WDR 2 with the name Classics (later: Musikclub-Classics ), initially on Wednesdays, from 2006 onwards on Monday evenings from 9:05 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. In this broadcast there was also a historical review of the British and American chart hits of the last 20, 30, 40 and - from the beginning of 2009 - 50 years. Only in this case only the weekly newcomers were played, no full countdown. Roger Handt hosted this program for the last time on August 30, 2010, the Yesterday Quiz on March 30, 2013.
Individual evidence
- ^ WDR 1 Oldieshow from September 6, 1992