From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia UKHOT40
UKHOT40
UKHOT40 fall below that of its rival. This chart is most comparable
to the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
Chart history
Hit40UK descended from The Network Chart Show, which
was hosted by David Jensen on the commercial radio net-
work from September 30, 1984 to July 25, 1993, sponsored
Other names HIT40UK, Uk hot 40 from 1985 onwards by Nescafe. On August 1, 1993, Pepsi
Genre Chart began their sponsorship of the show and Neil Fox became
its host; it was known as the Pepsi Network Chart before
Running time Tuesday 3.00pm - 7.00pm becoming the Pepsi Chart around 1996. Pepsi ended their
Country United Kingdom sponsorship of the show on December 29, 2002, and the
‘’Hit40UK’’ name was adopted on January 5, 2003, but Fox
Languages English
remained the host until May 30, 2004. On June 6, 2004 Si-
Home station 95.8 Capital FM mon Hirst and Katy Hill became co-hosts of Hit40UK, but
Hirst later hosted the show on his own.
TV adaptations 4Music and The Box and Smash Hits
In March 2006, Hit40UK began broadcasting world-
Starring Dr. Fox (2003 - 2004) wide on the U-Pop satellite channel. The international
Katy Hill (2004 - 2005) version of the show is hosted by Mark Daley. It can be
Simon Hirst (2004 - 2006)
heard on XM Satellite Radio across the US and around the
Lucio Buffone (2006 - 2009)
Rich Clarke (2009-11) planet on WorldSpace Satellite Radio.
On October 12, 2006, it was announced that the pro-
Creators Global Radio gramme was to be relaunched on October 22, with a new
Air dates January 5th 2003 to On going presenter, 95.8 Capital FM’s Lucio Buffone. A new logo
was also introduced to replace their old look. Emap
UKHOT40 (Used to be known as "Hit40UK") was a net- dropped their Smash-Hits! Chart to broadcast the re-
worked Top 40 chart show broadcasting on around 130 launched version of the Hit40UK show across their Big Ci-
UK commercial radio stations every Tuesday from 3pm to ty Network of stations. In the same week, a dance and ur-
7pm. It is now a TV programme shown on 4Music. The ra- ban chart, the Fresh 40, hosted by Dynamite MC, was in-
dio version was produced in house by Global Radio (for- troduced to commercial radio’s dance and urban stations,
merly GCap Media) and Somethin’ Else
Else. such as those in the Galaxy Network and the Kiss Net-
Although the radio version of the chart has ended, work.
it continues to be compiled, and a TV version is shown In April 2009, Lucio’s contract with Hit40UK ended,
on 4Music, The Box, and Smash Hits. The TV Version has therefore a new presenter, Rich Clarke, became the pre-
since renamed UKHot40. senter of the network chart show, introducing a new im-
age to the chart. The top 40 format also changed ; instead
of charting the most popular tunes from radio airplay,
Format downloads and single sales, the chart consisted of down-
The radio show counted down the top 40 songs in the loads alone. However, after a couple of weeks into the re-
chart. Unlike the official UK Singles Chart broadcast at vamped show, Hit 40 UK ceased broadcasting and the last
the same time by BBC Radio 1, the Hit40UK chart included show was completed on June 7th 2009, resulting in a new
only the digital downloads and airplay in the UK, where- chart show to be broadcast on 14th June 2009.
as the official chart includes physical and download sales The chart that descends from Hit40UK is known as The
with no radio airplay. [1] The show always enjoyed higher Big Top 40 Show, with presenters Rich Clarke and Kat
audience figures than Radio 1’s Official Chart Show since Shoob. It launched on Sunday June 14th and is the first
1993, however, this is because Hit40UK is broadcast on ever real-time chart to be broadcast in the United King-
130 stations, whereas the Official Chart is only broadcast dom.
on BBC Radio 1, except for a brief period of 2006, when Cover presenter, Matt Wilkinson, from Global Radio’s
a weak commercial radio sector caused Hit40UKs share to Heart Network presented the last Hit40UK show, although
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia UKHOT40
Rich Clarke presented a London-centric version on 95.8
Capital FM live from their Summertime Ball.
References
[1] Hit40UK to Digital, Hit40UK On Guardian, 7 January
2009
Sister chart shows
• Smash Hits Chart (TV Top 40) The Smash Hits! Chart
was produced by Emap. It counted down the week’s
External links
top 40 singles, as voted for by viewers of TV channels • http://www.seanhere.co.uk ""Surport"" Sean Here!!!
The Box, The Hits and Smash Hits TV. It was • Official Hit40UK website
broadcast across the Big City Network, Kiss Network, • Official Big Top 40 website
The Hits Radio and Smash Hits! Radio, as well as a • Official Hit40UK Imaging from Wise Buddah
number of non-Emap stations. It ceased broadcasting (2008-09)
in 2006, due to the launch of the revamped Hit40UK. • Official Hit40UK fan page Facebook
• The A List (Adult Contemporary) launched in • Official Hit40UK Twitter
February 2006 on stations including Heart, Real • Official Hit40UK Bebo
Radio and Century Radio. At launch it was presented • Official Hit40UK MySpace
by Melanie Sykes and Nick Snaith. The show ended • Hit40UK news by RSS
on Sunday 23 December 2007. • Global Radio website
• Fresh 40 (Dance and Urban) started nearly a year • Hit40UK podcast iTunes
later in March 2007. It was presented by Kiss 100’s • RadioFeeds (Contains an up-to-date list and map of
Dynamite MC, and was broadcast on the Kiss and stations participating in the show)
Galaxy Network’s, plus a few local stations. • UKPopCharts.co.uk (Where Hit40UK chart is
• Galaxy 40 (Dance, Urban, Pop) launched in late 2008 compared with the current week’s Official UK Top
across the Galaxy Network, but was cancelled in June 40)
2009 due to the formation of The Big Top 40 Show,
which broadcasts across 145 stations in the United
Kingdom.
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