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Casey Kasem

Born April 27, 1932 (1932-04-27) (age 76)
Detroit, Michigan

Kemal Amin "Casey" Kasem, (born on April 27, 1932, in Detroit, Michigan) is an American radio personality and voice actor. Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters (including those in feature films television series animated shorts and Video games) and

Kasem founded the popular American Top 40 franchise in 1970, hosting it from 1970 to 1988 and then from 1998 to 2004. American Top 40 (commonly abbreviated to AT40) is an internationally- syndicated, independent Between 1989 to 1998, he was the host of Casey's Top 40, Casey's Hot 20, and Casey's Countdown. Casey's Top 40 was a CHR/Pop music countdown that was hosted by Casey Kasem and distributed by Westwood One from 1989-1998 He currently hosts four weekly syndicated radio programs based on the American Top 40 franchise: American Top 20 with Casey Kasem, American Top 10 with Casey Kasem, Casey Kasem's American Top 40: The 70s, and Casey Kasem's American Top 40: The 80s. The later two are replays of AT40 shows from the respective decades.

In addition to his radio shows, Kasem also provides the voice of many commercials, has done many voices for Sesame Street, was the voice of NBC, helps out with the annual Jerry Lewis telethon, and most notably, provided the cartoon voice of Robin, Shaggy from Scooby-Doo, Mark on Battle of the Planets, and a number of characters for the Transformers cartoon series of the 1980s. Sesame Street is an American educational Children's television series and a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard combining The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's The Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon is hosted by Jerry Lewis to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Robin (also referred to as The Boy Wonder) is the name of several Fictional characters appearing in Comic books published by DC Comics, originally Norville "Shaggy" Rogers is a fictional character in the American animated television series Scooby-Doo, about the adventures of four crime-solving teenagers Scooby-Doo is a long-running American animated series produced for Saturday morning television in several different versions from 1969 to the Battle of the Planets ( 1978) is the American dub of the 1972 TV anime known as Kagaku ninja tai Gatchaman.

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Radio

Kasem is best known by name as a music historian and disc jockey, most notably as host of the weekly American Top 40 radio program from 1970 to 1988, and again from March 1998 until January 10, 2004, when Ryan Seacrest succeeded him. American Top 40 (commonly abbreviated to AT40) is an internationally- syndicated, independent Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Ryan John Seacrest (born December 24, 1974) is an Emmy Award -nominated American television / radio host and Television He hosted a spin-off television show called America's Top 10 for a time in the 1980s. America's Top 10 was a television program of music hits based on Billboard 's Hot 100, with the exception of the last season in 1992 which used the Radio He was the host of the short-lived American version of 100% in 1999. For a period in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Kasem was the staff announcer for the NBC television network. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's More recently, he has appeared on infomercials about CD music compilations. Infomercials (or informercials are Television commercials that run for one minute or for as long as a typical Television program A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio Kasem was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1992. History The National Radio Hall of Fame and Museum, located in the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago Illinois, is a Museum dedicated He is a graduate of Wayne State University. Wayne State University is located in Detroit, Michigan, in the city's Midtown Cultural Center.

From January 1989 to March 1998 when he was not at the helm of American Top 40, he was host of Casey's Top 40, Casey's Hot 20, and Casey's Countdown syndicated out of the Westwood One Radio Networks. Casey's Top 40 was a CHR/Pop music countdown that was hosted by Casey Kasem and distributed by Westwood One from 1989-1998

In August 2006 XM Satellite Radio began airing newly restored versions of the original American Top 40 radio show from the 1970s and 1980s. Premiere Radio Networks also started airing reruns of AT40 (dating from 1970 to 1978 & 1980-1988) in January 2007. Premiere Radio Networks is an American Radio network. It is the largest syndication company in the United States based on popularity of

Casey Kasem developed his rock-trivia persona from his work as a disc jockey in the early 1960s at KEWB in Oakland, California. A disc jockey (also known as DJ or deejay) is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience KNEW (910 AM, "Talk 910 KNEW" is a radio station in San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, CA, USA. Oakland (ˈoʊklənd founded in 1852 is the eighth-largest city in the U His radio career actually started in the mid 1950s in Detroit, with station WJBK. He also worked for several other stations across the country, including WBNY (now WWWS) in Buffalo, New York, and KRLA in Los Angeles (1963-69), before launching the national show on July 4, 1970. WWWS (1400 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Rhythmic Oldies format Buffalo (ˈbʌfəloʊ is the second largest city in New York State. KRLA (870 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a News / Talk format Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West

Known as a perfectionist in the studio, there are two known instances where Kasem lost his temper due to what he perceived as production errors. One dealt with the song selection prior to a long-distance dedication and the other had to do with the over explanation of the band U2, then relatively unknown to the mainstream audience. Both these moments have been displayed and satirized on websites such as YouTube. YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload view and share Video clips YouTube was created in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees

He is known by his signature sign-off "Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars. "

Television

Kasem is a prominent voice-over actor, most notably the voice of "Shaggy" in Hanna-Barbera's Scooby-Doo cartoons from 1969 onwards. Scooby-Doo is a long-running American animated series produced for Saturday morning television in several different versions from 1969 to the The year 1969 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1969. He has done work for many other animated series, such as the voice of Robin, The Boy/Teen Wonder in the 1968 Batman cartoons and various versions of SuperFriends, the drummer Groove from The Cattanooga Cats (1969), Alexander Cabot III from Josie and the Pussycats (1970, 1972), and television specials such as Rankin-Bass' Here Comes Peter Cottontail. An animated cartoon is a short hand-drawn (or made with computers to look similar to something hand-drawn Film for the cinema, Television or computer Robin (also referred to as The Boy Wonder) is the name of several Fictional characters appearing in Comic books published by DC Comics, originally The Batman/Superman Hour was a Filmation Animated series that was broadcast on CBS from 1968 to 1969 Super Friends is an American Animated television series about a team of Superheroes which ran from 1973 to 1986 on ABC as part A drummer is a Musician who plays a Drum or drums particularly a Drum kit ("drum set" or "trap set" Marching percussion Cattanooga Cats is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for ABC. Josie and the Pussycats was an American Animated television series produced for Saturday morning television by Hanna-Barbera Productions Rankin/Bass Productions Inc (formerly Videocraft International Ltd Here Comes Peter Cottontail is a 1971 Easter Television special made by Rankin-Bass, based on a 1957 novel by Priscilla and Otto Kasem has also done many TV commercial voiceovers for companies and products like A&P, Chevron, Ford, Red Lobster, Raid, Hoover vacuum cleaners, Joy dish soap, Heinz Ketchup, Sears, Prestone, Continental Airlines, the California Raisin Advisory Board, the National Cancer Institute, and promos for the NBC television network. The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, better known as A&P, is a 456-store Supermarket chain with locations in Connecticut, New York Ford Motor Company is an American Multinational corporation and the world's fourth largest automaker based on Worldwide vehicle sales, following Red Lobster is a US chain of Seafood Restaurants It also operates in Canada and Japan. Raid is the brand name of a line of Insecticides produced by SC Johnson, first launched in 1956. The Hoover Company started out as an American floor care manufacturer based in North Canton, Ohio. A vacuum cleaner (in colloquial British English also hoover) is a device that uses an air Pump to create a partial Vacuum to Suck Sears Roebuck and Company, commonly known as Sears, is an American mid-range chain of International Department stores founded by Richard Prestone is a brand of Antifreeze marketed by Honeywell. Until 1994 it was made by First Brands which is now The Clorox Company. Continental Airlines Inc ( is a United States certificated air carrier. The California Raisin Advisory Board (or CALRAB) is most notable for the use of The California Raisins to market their namesake product Raisins It The National Cancer Institute (NCI is part of the United States Federal government's National Institutes of Health. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's He also played the voice of Mark, the American name of Ken Washio in Battle of the Planets, the first American version of Gatchaman, as well as Bluestreak, Cliffjumper, Teletraan-I and Dr. Battle of the Planets ( 1978) is the American dub of the 1972 TV anime known as Kagaku ninja tai Gatchaman. is a 5-member Superhero team which comprises the main characters in several Anime originally produced in Japan by Tatsunoko Productions and later Arkeville in the original Transformers animated series.

Kasem also hosted, from 1980 to 1989 and again from 1991 to 1992, the syndicated American Top 40 TV spinoff America's Top 10, a weekly one-hour music video show that counted down the top 10 songs in the United States. America's Top 10 was a television program of music hits based on Billboard 's Hot 100, with the exception of the last season in 1992 which used the Radio A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics

He initially was hired as the narrator of the TV show Soap, but quit the series after the pilot due to the controversial adult themes the show promoted. SOAP (see below for name and origins is a protocol for exchanging XML -based messages over Computer networks normally using Rod Roddy replaced him in the narrator role; it became Roddy's breakout role and his first national television announcing role. Robert Ray "Rod" Roddy ( September 28, 1937 &ndash October 27, 2003) was an American radio and television Announcer

He has also lent his voice on Sesame Street in the 1970s and 80s. Sesame Street is an American educational Children's television series and a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard combining

In addition to voice-acting, Kasem has appeared on camera on Nick-at-Nite on New Year's Eve from 1989 to 1998, counting down the top reruns of the year. Nick at Nite is the evening programming block broadcast over Nickelodeon Sunday &ndash Thursdays from 900 p

He was once also seen on "The Late Show with David Letterman" performing a Top Ten list - the Top Ten Numbers from 10 to 1. The countdown of numbers was paused at number 2 for Kasem to spoof one of his long distance dedications. David Letterman could be heard laughing loudly in the background. David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American late-night Talk show host and Comedian and the host since 1993

Additionally, he has appeared on-camera as a co-host of Jerry Lewis's annual Labor Day Telethon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association since 1983.

Kasem also made two separate cameo appearances on the TV show Saved by the Bell in the early 1990s and one cameo appearance on the 1970s show Quincy, M.E. in the episode "An Unfriendly Radiance. Saved by the Bell is an American sitcom that originally aired between 1989 and 1993 Quincy ME (or simply Quincy) is the name of a United States Television series from Universal Studios that aired from October "

In the late 70's, Kasem portrayed an actor who imitated Columbo and had a key role in the Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries two-part episodes: The Mystery of the Hollywood Phantom Part I & Part II. He also portrayed a golf commentator on an episode of Charlie's Angels titled "Winning is for Losers", with then unknown actress Jamie Lee Curtis playing one of the golfers. Charlie's Angels is a television series about three women who work for a private investigation agency and is one of the first shows to showcase women Jamie Lee Curtis (born November 22 1958 is a two-time Golden Globe -winning BAFTA -winning and Emmy -nominated American Film

Personal life

Kasem was married to actress/singer Linda Myers from 1972 to 1979 and they have three children together: Mike, Kerri and Julie. Mike Kasem is a voice-over actor and in 1997 presented the MTV US Top 20 Countdown. MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. [1] Their daughter Kerri Kasem is television and radio host. Kerri Kasem (born 1972 is an American Radio and Television host Kasem also has a daughter, Liberty Irene Kasem (b. 31 May 1990), by his second wife, Jean (neé Thompson), who he has been married to since 1980. Jean Thompson Kasem (born 1954 in Portsmouth New Hampshire) is an American actress

Kasem is of Lebanese Druze heritage,[2] and is a vegan. The Druze ( Arabic: درزي derzī or durzī, plural دروز durūz) are a religious community found primarily in Syria, Lebanon

He has been active in politics for many years, supporting Lebanese-American and Arab-American causes and politicians.

He was a member of Citizens for Nader in 2000 and supported Dennis Kucinich in his 2004 and 2008 presidential runs. Ralph Nader (born February 27 1934 is an American Attorney, Author, Lecturer, political activist, and independent candidate for President Dennis John Kucinich (kuˈsɪnɪtʃ (born October 8[[ 946]] is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives and was a candidate for [3]

Kasem has written a brochure published by the Arab-American Institute entitled "Arab-Americans: Making a Difference. Founded in 1985 the Arab American Institute is a non-profit membership organization and advocacy group based in Washington D "[4]

Honors

He was inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame in the radio division. The National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame is a yearly honor from the National Association of Broadcasters. [5]

References

  1. ^ Mike Kasem
  2. ^ TY: Casey Kasem born as Kamal Amin Kasem
  3. ^ http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Casey_Kasem.php.
  4. ^ The Arab American Institute
  5. ^ "NAB Hall of Fame", National Association of Broadcasters. Retrieved on 2008-05-03. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João  

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