Hollywood Hamilton Retires from Natl. Radio Programming

RADIO ONLINE | Wednesday, May 19, 2021 | 5:08pm CT

Hollywood Hamilton

After a successful 35 years of syndication, Radio Hall of Fame inductee Sean "Hollywood" Hamilton has announced his retirement from all three of his national radio programs -- "Hollywood Hamilton's The Weekend Top30," "The Remix Top30 with Hollywood Hamilton" and "The Weekend Top30 with DJ Pup Dawg." Hamilton's weekday afternoon program continues to be heard on iHeartRadio's WKTU in New York.

"It's time to spend more quality time with my family and continue developing new projects I've been passionate about," said Hamilton. "I'll be announcing new endeavors in Spring, 2022."

Hamilton, known as "Hollywood" since his earliest days working in syndicated radio, first teamed up in the 1980s with Dick Clark and the late Steve Rivers to pioneer one of the first live, pop/mainstream satellite programs called "Hangin' with Hollywood" on the Transtar/Unistar Radio Network.

In 1998, he debuted three iterations of his popular franchise: "The Weekend Top30" and the multiple award-winning, dance music version, "The Remix Top30" for CHR/Top 40-formatted stations, and a CHR/Rhythmic-formatted version of "The Weekend Top30," most recently hosted by DJ Pup Dawg.

"The Weekend Top30" and "The Remix Top30" were first launched into national syndication with Andy Denmark and his team at United Stations before joining Premiere Networks' national lineup in 2013, where they will conclude the weekend of June 26 and 27.

"First and foremost, I want to give thanks to the more than 150 program directors that stuck with me all these years," added Hamilton. "You have no idea how much that meant to me. None of this would be possible without the incredible producer/production team of Eric Weiss, Michelle Parisi, DD, Dwayne Crawford, DJ Pup Dawg and my wife, Marina. Without this group, the shows would never have lasted this long, while continuing to stay on top. I also want to thank my enormously talented Premiere Networks family - you're the best in the business."

"Sean is a tremendous talent, and we had a successful partnership for the past eight years," said Premiere Networks President Julie Talbott. "He will truly be missed on hundreds of stations across the country. We wish him all the best for the future as he takes on this next chapter of his career."