Poporama

The program Poporama was a radio broadcast by Sveriges Radio that was broadcast in Sweden from 1974 . It was replaced by Trackslistan in 1984 .

Poporama was the successor to the program Tio i topp, which was discontinued in the same year . The show was the idea of Kaj Kindvall , who was moderator almost continuously and was finally replaced by Leif Wivatt. The first Poporama was broadcast on July 5, 1974, the farewell broadcast was on August 30, 1984.

By voting by letter or postcard, Poporama listeners voted on their favorite songs, which would be played as “Heta högen” on the next program.

Initially, Heta Högen wasn't a hit list in the strict sense of the word, as the songs were played regardless of their rank. Between 1974 and 1984, the existence of Poporama, it comprised up to 12 songs of varying length, with a minimum of 4. The weekly award "Veckan's Smash Hit" was given to the song that received the most votes as a new performance.

From March 1st, the songs were played according to their ranking. The length of stay of the songs was rather short, six to seven weeks were an exception. The steadily increasing range of new songs finally prompted Kaj Kindvall to start the program Trackslistan.