Radio ffn Hot 100
The Radio ffn Hot 100 was a four-hour music program on Radio ffn that was broadcast every Saturday from January 1987 to August 1996. The main presenter of the show was Jörg-Christian Petershofen (* October 2, 1960, † September 22, 2013).
Concept of broadcast
The core of the program was the "Hot 100" that Radio ffn had put together itself. This hit list was calculated from the current hit lists of the Federal Republic of Germany ( German single charts ), the USA ( Billboard Hot 100 ) and Great Britain ( UK Top 40 ), whereby only the top 50 were considered for Germany and the USA. Due to the limited broadcasting time, only the top group, the climbers and the newcomers were usually played (as far as the station had the titles, which was often not the case, especially with placements from England); for the other titles only the current and previous week positions were given. Within the program, the top 20 (from 1995 only the top 10) of the hit lists from the USA, Great Britain and Germany were read out, as well as the album charts from America and Germany.
In comparison with the charts programs of other German radio stations, the Radio ffn Hot 100 held a special position, as they were based on the media control hit list that most other broadcasters did not take into account and, on the other hand, three chart programs were merged into one program . Another special feature was that all titles were usually played in full. For this purpose, Radio ffn created its own pieces of accompanying music ("Unterleger") for the moderation part.
Underlay
The following underlays were used in the 90s until the end of the show:
1st hour:
Maynard Ferguson - Gonna Fly Now
Made Up Megamix Part 2
Van Halen - Jump / Freeez - IOU (US charts)
2nd hour:
Jack's Project - Nightflight
M - Pop Muzik / Mozzart - Money (UK Charts)
Frank Stallone - Far From Over / Le Jeté - La Cage Aux Folles (D Charts)
3rd hour:
Age Pee - No Hip Hop
Mike Mareen - Agent Of Liberty (album charts, D and US)
4th hour:
Public Relation Unlimited - It's Like A Madhouse
Maynard Ferguson - Gonna Fly Now
Alternatively, the following underlayers ran in the late phase of the Hot 100 to bridge the time until the news:
Dead Or Alive - Lover Come Back To Me
Dead Or Alive - Something In My House
Denise & Baby's Gang - Disco Maniac
Moscow Digital Orchestra - In -A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Okay - Wild Wild Western
Rygar - Star Tracks
Annual charts
Every year, the Hot 100 of the year was calculated from the weekly top 20. The 100 titles were played in an eight-hour special broadcast at the end of December, sometimes (around 1991) split over two days.
End of broadcast
On August 3, 1996, the last episode of the Hot 100 aired. It was replaced by a Top 40 format, which only lasted until the end of 1997. The last track played on August 3, 1996 was Frank Sinatra's My Way as ranked zero.
Number one title in the annual charts
1987: Whitney Houston - " I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) "
1988: Phil Collins - " A Groovy Kind of Love "
1989: Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers - " Swing the Mood "
1990: Sinéad O'Connor - " Nothing Compares 2 U "
1991: Bryan Adams -" (Everything I Do) I Do It for You "
1992: SNAP! - " Rhythm Is a Dancer "
1993: UB40 - " (I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You "
1994: All-4-One - " I Swear "
1995: Bryan Adams - "Have You Ever Really Loved <Woman "
1996: Los del Río -" Macarena "