>3. Record the radio, and assemble songs you like onto a low-audio-quality tape for yourself. That was the most common thing to do. There were so many Top 40 o

>3. Record the radio, and assemble songs you like onto a low-audio-quality tape for yourself. That was the most common thing to do. There were so many Top 40 or Top 100 radio shows you could always record off the air if your tape deck could do it. American Top 40 created and hosted by Casey Kasem (then Shadoe Stevens) it aired on Sundays I believe because I remember sitting on the deck at home listening to the show.