Bronson 's musical preferences were heard on his own radio program '' Pop Goes the World '' and the online radio station '' Radio Fred Bronson '' . For seven years , he wrote '' The Billboard Radio Countdown '' , a weekly webcast hosted by '' Billboard '' magazine 's writer and editor Chuck Taylor . Pop Goes The World now exists on Twitter , with daily links to music videos from all over the world posted at @PGTheWorld . Bronson wrote one episode of the '' Star Trek : The Animated Series '' , " The Counter-Clock Incident " , under the name John Culver . He is also the co-writer on two episodes of '' Star Trek : The Next Generation '' : " The Game " and " Ménage à Troi " . Other writing credits for television include two-hour tributes to Brooks & Dunn , George Strait , and the superstar women of country music ( including Carrie Underwood , Miranda Lambert , Martina McBride , Reba , the Judds , Loretta Lynn and Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland ) on " Girls ' Night Out " for CBS , a Lionel Richie special that aired in April 2012 , a Motown 45th anniversary special , the original Live Aid , and a disco music special for ABC as well as the annual '' Dick Clark 's New Year 's Rockin ' Eve With Ryan Seacrest '' , also for ABC . Bronson was head writer on NBC 's January 2005 telethon to raise funds for victims of the 2004 tsunami in southeast Asia . For 20 consecutive years , Bronson wrote '' The American Music Awards '' . On March 5 , 2009 , Bronson announced in his weekly '' Chart Beat '' column that it was to be his last . In August 2009 , he wrote his first articles for the '' Los Angeles Times '' . The latimes.com website posted his interviews with '' American Idol '' finalists Adam Lambert , Kris Allen and Allison Iraheta . In 2011 , Bronson began writing for '' Billboard '' again on a regular basis . His articles appear on the Billboard.biz website . He also writes for '' The Hollywood Reporter
2004 tsunami in southeast Asia
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
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