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We tell stories. We talk about statistics. And in 1978, we added an element of the show that gave it its heartbeat: the long distance dedication.
Casey Kasem
Growing up, I actually wanted to be a professional Baseball player, instead of a radio DJ. Believe it or not.
Casey Kasem
Anytime in radio that you can reach somebody on an emotional level, you're really connecting.
Casey Kasem
Despite all the technical improvements, it still boils down to a man or a woman and a microphone, playing music, sharing stories, talking about issues -- communicating with an audience.
Casey Kasem
Success doesn't happen in a vacuum. You're only as good as the people you work with and the people you work for.
Casey Kasem
I must have done about 25,000 promos.
Casey Kasem
I like the storytelling and reading the letters, the long-distance dedications.
Casey Kasem
My first commercial was for Miller High Life beer.
Casey Kasem
The first syndicating I tried was when two partners and I created a production company in 1952. We wanted to syndicate famous Bible stories and sell them for $25 a show.
Casey Kasem
Always be consistent.
Casey Kasem
I started radio in 1950 on the Lone Ranger radio program, a dramatic show that emanated from Detroit when I was 18 years old and just beginning college. I did that for a couple of years.
Casey Kasem
For years everyone looked toward the demise of radio when television came along. Before that, they thought talking movies might eliminate radio as well. But radio just keeps getting stronger.
Casey Kasem
My agent said that I was one of the top three busiest people in the country.
Casey Kasem
Interestingly, songs used to be short, then they became longer, and now they're getting shorter.
Casey Kasem
Because of my background in theater and radio acting, I knew that I could make a living as an actor.
Casey Kasem
But otherwise, music is about a beat and a message.
Casey Kasem
As you know, in the past several years, month after month, radio has increased its revenues - some of it even coming from Dot-Com advertisers. So, radio is a survivor.
Casey Kasem
I was drafted and went to Korea where I had an opportunity to create a production team that did dramatic and comedy shows. I had also done a little disc jockeying.
Casey Kasem
For the most part, that message hasn't changed a lot over the years - love is still love, and heartbreak is still heartbreak.
Casey Kasem
It's been amazing, the number of commercials that I've done, starting back in 1968. It must be 8,000.
Casey Kasem
I probably would be continuing to do voice-overs, continuing to do cartoon shows, and at the same time I'd probably be on a sitcom or a dramatic television show.
Casey Kasem
Songs used to be short, then they became longer, and now they're getting shorter. But otherwise, music is about a beat and a message. If the beat gets to the audience, and the message touches them, you've got a hit.
Casey Kasem
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