Todd Storz

Todd Storz of Nebraska is credited with being the father of the Top 40 radio format which Gordon McLendon then went on to perfect with great commercial success during the 1950s and 1960s.

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Todd Storz is widely credited for the creation of the Top 40 radio format, while credit for perfecting the format goes to Gordon McLendon.

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Todd Storz was the director of radio station KOWH-AM in Omaha, Nebraska in the early 1950s. At that time typical AM radio programming consisted largely of blocks of pre-scheduled, sponsored programs of a wide variety, including radio dramas and variety shows.

Top 40: Top 40 is both a record chart and a radio format based on frequent repetition of songs from a constantly-updated list of the forty best-selling singles. The term is also used to refer to the actual list of hit songs, and, by extension, to refer to pop music in general. The term has also been modifi...

Radio format: A radio format or programming format describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station. Radio formats are frequently employed as a marketing tool, and constantly evolve. Music radio; All-news radio; Sports radio; Talk radio and Weather radio describe the operation of different genres of rad...

Gordon McLendon: Gordon McLendon of Dallas, Texas, is widely credited for perfecting with great commercial success, the Top 40 radio format during the 1950s and 1960s which was first invented by Todd Storz....

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