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 | | Credit for the format is widely credited to Todd Storz, who was the director of radio station -AM in Omaha, Nebraska in the early 1950s. |
 | | He expanded his stable of radio stations, purchasing -AM in New Orleans, Louisiana, gradually converted his stations to an all-hits format, and pioneered the practice of surveying record stores to determine which singles were popular each week. |
 | | In 1954, Storz purchased -AM, a high-powered station in Kansas City, Missouri which could be heard throughout the midwest and great plains, converted it to an all-hits format, and dubbed the result "Top 40". |
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