After about a year-and-a-half, Tom Rounds and Ron Jacobs felt we could do better selling the show to stations. And that's when they swung over.
And for the most part, that message hasn't changed a lot over the years - love is still love, and heartbreak is still heartbreak.
Anytime in radio that you can reach somebody on an emotional level, you're really connecting.
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.
Basically, radio hasn't changed over the years.
Because of my background in theater and radio acting, I knew that I could make a living as an actor.
Before that, they thought talking movies might eliminate radio as well. But radio just keeps getting stronger.
But otherwise, music is about a beat and a message.
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.
For years everyone looked toward the demise of radio when television came along.
I did many spots for fast food chains.
I had also done a little disc jockeying.
I like the storytelling and reading the letters, the long-distance dedications.
I must have done about 25,000 promos.
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.
I'd like to feel that an advertiser gets something extra when they advertise with us.
If the beat gets to the audience, and the message touches them, you've got a hit.
Interestingly, songs used to be short, then they became longer, and now they're getting shorter.
It's been amazing, the number of commercials that I've done, starting back in 1968.
My agent said that I was one of the top three busiest people in the country.
My first commercial was for Miller High Life beer.
That something extra, I believe, is a certain humanity that comes from upbeat and positive human interest letters and success stories. Advertisers like to be associated with those qualities.
The stories are success stories. The letters from listeners often touch the heart and can be inspiring.
We gave the show away and in return, we received a certain number of minutes per hour for the three hour show that we could sell to Madison Avenue.
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 has four children; three from his ex-wife, Linda Myers, and one from his current wife, Jean Kasem.
Casey is a strict vegetarian and suggested to the creators of Scooby Doo that Shaggy should be one too.
Casey runs his own website that is dedicated to Arab-American actors/singers such as Salma Hayek, Doug Flutie, and Shakira.
Casey is known for his distinct voice, which he has used as a radio personality and to portray many animated characters.
Casey is of Palestinian and Lebanese heritage.
Casey is a graduate of Wayne State University.
Casey has been the voice of Shaggy Rogers on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon Scooby Doo since 1969.
Casey is best known as a disk jockey as the host of the weekly American Top 40. He began in 1970 and went to 1988, but started again in March of 1998 until January of 2004 when Ryan Seacrest succeeded him as the host. His last show was January 4th, 2004.
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