Casey Kasem

Casey Kasem (* April 27, 1932 in Detroit, Michigan under the name Kemal Amin Kasem ) is an American radio host and animated speaker Lebanese Druze descent. Since the early 1960s, Kasem ended his radio broadcasts always with the sentence: "Keep Your Feet On The Ground And Keep Reaching For The Stars ".

Life

From 1970 to 2004 Casey Kasem hosted the music show " American Top 40 ", which was carried over by other radio stations worldwide attention. Casey Kasem was thus a symbol of the unifying possibilities of the medium of radio. Expression of this was the heading " Long Distance Dedication", which Kasem weekly " American Top 40 " aired within, and which made it possible far away from each resident lovers, hot (mostly love songs ) to salute by a music request.

The last episode of " American Top 40 with Casey Kasem " was broadcast on January 4, 2004. However, Casey Kasem continues his work as moderator. His program " American Top 20 " and "American Top 10" continued to broadcast as syndication productions in the United States. The programs differed in their musical format: " American Top 20" was the radio airplay of the Hot AC radio stations from, " American Top 10 " to those of the AC radio stations.

In summer 2007, Kasem sent to mark the 30th year of the " Long Distance Dedication" some specials at the category, including a singing greeting of a listener and the repetition of the first Dedication, that was sent in 1978. Since November 2007, Kasem was represented in his two radio shows on several occasions by his son Mike.

The last editions of " American Top 20 " and "American Top 10" were on 4/5 July 2009 broadcast, exactly 39 years after the start of the invented by Casey Kasem and Don Bustany concept, a fact to which Casey Kasem explicitly pointed out. At the end of the program he said "one last time" the final words with which he had completed every mission: " Keep Your Feet On The Ground And Keep Reaching For The Stars ".

On the 40th anniversary of " American Top 40 " honored in July 2010, the host of the show, Ryan Seacrest, Kasem in the show and gave an insight into the four decades of successful radio show with numerous flashbacks. Since July 2012, the Berlin- Brandenburg radio stations B2, the original shows from the 1970s sends each in the night from Saturday to Sunday.

In addition, was and is Kasem also be heard as a speaker in the English versions of numerous animated series, including Battle of the Planets ( first English- dubbed version of Kagaku Ninjatai Gatchaman ), Transformers, Scooby- Doo and The Super Friends (The Super Friends ).

Furthermore, Kasem years been committed against a one-sided portrayal of Arabs in the Western media. This leads sometimes to his departure from current production, such as in 1986 when the Transformers animated series.

Awards

  • 2005: "Man of the Year" of the American Druze Society
  • 1992: Member of the Radio Hall of Fame
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