Is Casey Kasem retiring from radio?
asey Kasem hosts his Final Top 20 Countdown – He is Retiring [Best Syndication News] Casey Kasem, 77, is calling it quits for hosting the “American Top 20” countdown program that airs on radios across the country every weekend. He announced his retirement and did his final broadcast on July 4th, which would make it a total of 39 years since he founded the “Top 40 Countdown” on the same day back in 1970. There was a time from 1988 through 1998 that ABC Watermark took over the “Top 40” program. In 1998, Kasem came back on the “Top 40 countdown” to host a newer version of the show. In 2003, Kasem turned over the Top 40 countdown over to Ryan Seacrest when Premiere Radio Networks took over. Kasem was then given the job hosting the “American Top 20” countdown show. Kasem has received the Clear Channel Radio Lifetime Achievement Award. Kasem released a statement saying “Hosting various versions of my countdown program has kept me extremely busy, and I loved every minute of it. However, this
