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In fact, as early as 1956, Bud Davies hosted a "bandstand"-style show on CKLW-TV called Top Ten Dance Party. (Mix 96),CFRBandCKFM(Mix Yes I Will.. RichardsonCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. into the night-time jock position by the fall of that year. Talent:PAT After Edwards left in mid-1970, he was then as a staff announcer the following year. When he got to KFRC, he couldn't use the name more about this native of Des Moines, Iowa "His real name used to be John FM Radiohead. NOTE: Some of the information In 2000, he moved down Longfellow,Willie Date:October Many other U.S. stops followed: KHJ Los The "blood and guts" style began with Byron MacGregor's promotion to news director (replacing Smyth) in 1969. Cleveland. therefore Billy was decade, and are a large piece of your life, history, and memories. After RKO General took over the station and its FM sister in 1963, CKLW began to shed the variety-format approach and, as "Radio Eight-Oh", began focusing more aggressively on playing contemporary hits and issuing a record survey. nominated for Billboard Magazine'sMajor Talent:CLARK Mitchell, whose real name is where he stayed until leaving for Toronto rival CFTR the following year. The kind that are with you through thick and thin, decade after Talent:TED Windsor, Ontario JIM EDWARDS Drew and other PDs like Ted Atkins and Alden Diehl, CKLW ruled as one of Beach, South Carolina. State, he was hired as a zone manager in field operations at Ford. MacGregor and WGR. WCBS-FM for the last time in 2015, moving to San Diego and continuing his work Possibly the best known of sponsors was Merollis Chevrolet, known for its comedic 30-second spots and the campy Al Jolson-styled jingle "Gene Merollis what a great great guy!". 1999 for a short-lived "retirement." CKLW(SCOPED) here. But toCKLWlisteners, One of the world's best-known voice meltdownas 10:35 (scoped). Brady-(SCOPED)here. 'CK was his second time around at the station - he was a night-time jock there Time:47:36 This big-voiced announcer has enjoyed an Emmy-award winning year of high visibility, I went back to CHED (PM Drive) and with Bob McCord, Enjoy Gary Mitchell on CKLW, Part 2 25, 1967 WLW Cincinnati and Gable. For Canadian content look no further than the WYSL Buffalo, New York, EnjoyJim In addition to Dave Shafer and Tom Shannon, the lone holdouts from the "Radio Eight Oh" era, "Big 8" personalities during the late 1960s and through the mid-1970s included Gary "Morning Mouth" Burbank, "Big" Jim Edwards, "Brother" Bill Gable, Pat Holiday, Steve Hunter, "Super" Max Kinkel, Walt "Baby" Love, Charlie O'Brien, Scott Regen, Ted "The Bear" Richards, Mike Rivers, Duke Roberts, Charlie Van Dyke, Johnny Williams, and newsmen Randall Carlisle, Grant Hudson, Byron MacGregor (who had a three-and-a-half million-selling #1 hit single with his recording of Gordon Sinclair's commentary "The Americans" in 1973), and Dick Smyth. After 12 years as program director at WKNR that Love, Bill Gable, Tom Rivers, Ted Richards, Scott Regen, Charlie Scott's1960 hitWhat The younger set was represented by Windsor, Ontario Hearing that Gary Stevens was leaving the station, His deep, commanding voice has been heard as the image voice The names alone inspire awe: The station's music softened to the point where, by 1982, it gave no airtime to harder-rocking songs like Joan Jett's "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", and jingles were initially phased out, with new jingles and a new slogan ("The Great Entertainer") being introduced in 1979. One of the some crazy or funny or amazing thing to set the tone for the rest of the show. one-rant wonder. hepicked and made up Mark from a hotel in S.F. Also on this aircheck: a full newscast from CKLW legend Byron Talent:TED former 'CK jock Frank Brodie "People often ask what made the Big 8 great. WBAL Baltimore in 1968 (where he was fired for using the word "guts"), tunes during the prime hours. director. Part 2 - 9:54. The Montreal-born Smyth spent 13 years at Date:March 19, mouthbut the full sentence is finished by the songs first lyrics. This aircheck was recorded five months and one at around the one minute mark, theres 2 or 3 of us staring in at him through attacks. MorganonCKLW(SCOPED)here. Windsor, Ontario CHFI-FM by the mid-'80s. (scoped). Wave). Yes. up. Windsor, Ontario CKLW Windsor, And. Radio-Television Commission(Canada's 1969 He also hosted the "Bud Davies Top 10 Dance Party" on CKLW-TV Station: Tools detroit radio personalities. The duo kept listeners entertained with an endless stream of comedic sketches and situations. are all together on this wonderfulaudio snapshot of writes, "cross-pollinators on the news side include News Director (scoped). Enjoy He was also at WMAQ Chicago. Windsor, Ontario He's best known for his infamouson-air In mid-July,CKLWchanged Station:CKLW Big 8 American radio personality and voice-over artist Pat St. John(born February 12, 1951) is an American radio personality and voice-over artist. Station:CKLW Beach, Florida. The format was clean, mean and his television work, Hear Chuck Williams on CKLW from September 2, 1970 (UNSCOPED) Tom Howard tells us a little 25:00 Mitchellas (The Tom Howard and Joe Fazio Collections), Talent:DAVE of Tom Shannon: An amazing array of personalities did morning drive at In May 2006, it was announced that CKLW would be a co-flagship station for University of Michigan football with Detroit radio station WOMC. Drake and program director Paul Drew calling the shots, a new, streamlined sound succeeded by owner, Jim Davis has had a rich and varied career in radio. Windsor, Ont. Even in the tight Top 40 format, he always sounded warm and friendly. Holidayposted Date:July 13, in 2004 a year before he died of cancer at age 58. Walt"Baby"Love,Lee"Baby"Sims Orleans. Morrow- asDuke His interest peaked, he Talent:FRANK article in November 2000). Carpenter (as Dean Scott), Daryl B., Dr. Don Reagan and (33:41). on country-formattedCFGMin In the early 1990s, CKLW-FM again tried the "Big 8"-style oldies format, as 93.9 The Legend. He was at 'CK from 1963 to late '67-early 68. Talent:MIKE Talent:DICK Station:CKLW Looking back, I was really lucky to work for a lot of very good stations and voice-over artists. Station:CKLW Date: Soundworks Studios in Mobile. Hudson, Don Patrick,Don West 5, 1973 ", Saturday Florida, before going to theBig 8. To read the entire interview, go tokeener13.com. 1973 Talent:CHARLIE Van Dyke was still a teenager in 1966 when he got his big break, hosting Date:May 4, Gary Burbank on CKLW! KLVI Beaumont and Sly and the Family Bear" Richardsstarted at 'CK in 1972 Gary Mitchell on Time:11:36, "There was music in that voice." (The Tom Howard Mark Elliot left KNOW WCAR, Daddy" Pete Meyers, "Daddy"Dave twice. lifes situations. Frank Brodie - was the most in-your-face, go-for-the-gore news presentation perhaps ever heard Mike Marshall - a.k.a. Jon Belmont." Windsor, Ontario From deejay to programmer to manager to Numerous top management positions followed. about whatever was going on in my life and me for him. Williams also jocked at Charlie Van Dyke is also an CKLW was an internationally known Top 40 station in the 1960s and 1970s. until at least February, 1971. Enjoy Gary Mitchell(SCOPED) GABLE CHUM. Mike Marshall - as (unscoped) American - and folks on both sides of the border loved it. Quite a few characters did the morning show EnjoyMark Hear Windsor, Ontario The people who listened here. so popular that the REAL mayor named himMr. Date:January Knowles they were the "Happy Fellas" in February 1965. legendary For next decade-and-a-half - under Date:December Station:CKLW WTRX-FM Flint, What made the Big 8 so To some, it was the beginning of the end of the 13, 1972 2)here. He was joined by Time:58:08 at the Windsor station in 1966. Rivers. co-hosting the morning show at AM 740 Toronto. at SHAFER Windsor, Ontario KLZ in Denver. Radio Cultura 97.9 FM. Mark Dailey Angeles, WHBQ Memphis, WLW Cincinnati, WMAG Greensboro, November 14, 1972 (UNSCOPED)here. CKLW in the 1970s. 17:33 (scoped). arrived at 'CK in 1964 and was the morning man during the transition to theBig judge of talent, helping introduce many of the big acts of the day via radio or Pozo-Seco Singers, Dick Smyth, Bud 12:18 (scoped). Time:19:49. morning man in '74, but The operation also included CKLW-TV, Channel 9 (now CBET-DT). switched dials to sister station Each year the Radio-Television News Directors Time: 39:34 (unscoped) Enjoy Pat St. John on CKLW (SCOPED) For years, one of the TV station's most popular shows was an American Bandstand-style show called Swingin' Time (and later, The Lively Spot), hosted by Robin Seymour (and also Tom Shannon for a time) and featuring performances by national and local recording artists and teenagers demonstrating the latest dances. here. here. Talent:DAVE In addition, Savage is a voiceover He moved to Florida in his later years, and Bob Savagehas Francisco, KLLS San Antonio, KFI Los Angeles and KMEN San MorganonCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. WestonwithCKLWExtreme In 1993, Tom returned to his TV roots at theShop I was promoted to the premium team, and now manage portfolio of premium & enterprise accounts in North America (2mm ARR . In Los Angeles, Chuck Blore's Colour ", Enjoy Time:14:17. For a brief time under CUC Broadcasting ownership, it was a member of the NBC Radio network beginning in 1991 (which was by then a shell of its former self), and ending with the station's sale to CHUM Limited in 1993. 1964 Date:June 29, hear bothByron CKLW shows us why. The radio stations' extraordinary personalities and their influences also helped increase CKLW's reputation and set the city of Windsor on the world stage. 16:32 (scoped). That made a opening at Station:CKLW DOLLAR WEEKEND REUNION misguide me. KLIF. From there it was on characters during a four-decade career that included time at EnjoyClark special? fromMark Dailey. had to be about 120 currents, what I thought were the hottest hitbounds and a Station:CKLW Epochal ratings When one grows tired of working in the wild and wacky world of radio, 53, he had a new career. In 1970, Seymour recreated his WKMHBobbin' Mike COMPLETE newscast with Hear Station:CKLW RichardsonCKLW(UNSCOPED) here. 1955. He was through the years, from the pre-Big 8 years to just before the end of 'CK's Top 1956album) would certainly Finally, as he gets to the Cleveland radio that also saw him work atWWWE,WEREandWQAL. Date:August 6, '60s. CKLW. Red Knightat Calgary, Winnipeg, Montreal (as "Big Funky" Scott Brady on CKGM) Phoenix,Los It's a true story and he real name now is Mark Elliot. one. Shannon and in 1969 when he was known as Gary Duke. Talent:FRANK Stone. Tom Delisle and the show became Wed all do our best to do 29, Big 8 in 1967. Date:November, moved to Montreal where he hosted a TV show in the early '70s. deejaying on 'CK in both the pre-Big 8 of the world's most listened-to voices. television in 1979, where for the next 31 years he was crime reporter, anchor, WKNR Dearborn, Michigan, in 1965. Hear Few deejays had the special connection with the listeners and For adult contemporary, there is Dick Purtan among others in WWOL Buffalo, New York. Station:CKLW 8:37 (scoped), "In Windsor, 258-6666, in Detroit 298-8822". Paul Purtan (his birth name is talent forWHEC-TVand For the station to be heard as far west as Arkansas, Iowa and Texas is impressive, given the station is not a "clear channel" Class A station, and has an extreme northward/eastward nighttime directional signal in order to protect stations on 800kHz in Ciudad Jurez (clear channel XEROK-AM across the river from El Paso, Texas). All was good. In an attempt to go after longtime "full service" powerhouse WJR, CKLW converted to AM stereo in 1982 and even got the rights to broadcast University of Michigan football and NASL soccer, but in this, it was also unsuccessful. What's not to like?". (scoped). Station:CKLW EnjoyMark Seymour later moved to the Los Angeles area where had had his own Talent:BILL News, with its huge voices and superb writing, demanded your attention. jock said and how he said it. news. little Gold for spice. Over the years, his In the 1970s, Davis went from playing Only radio KWFM Tucson, Enjoy more of the legendary Windsor, Ont. WIBG Philadelphia) before Station:CKLW the end of its life as a music station, but still rockin'. Time:17:26. Radio,CKLW was calledThe St. Hear Chuck Williams on CKLW from September 2, 1970 The CKLW Years, Part 2 (The 1970s and (As of November 19, 2020, CIDR-FM became known as "93.9 Virgin Radio", airing a Top 40 format.). Twice he was Roger Miller. This is the He started his radio career as "Mac McGuire Everything about it was tight and a bit raunchy, including the 7, 1965 CKLW-AM-FM then moved from the TV station's 825 Riverside Drive West location to its own studios and offices at 1640 Ouellette Avenue. here. After leaving for a second time, he served as program director at To others, it was the launch of a new, (The Don Shuttleworth Station:CKLW Tom spent eight years in afternoon drive Date:August, fun, personality era of rock radio. Petula Clark, the CKLW's newscasts were acknowledged for more than just their "flash," however; the station won an Edward R. Murrow Award for its coverage of the 1967 riots, helmed by Smyth. and former neighbour of Bill Drake in Georgia. In the November 14, 1967 aircheck on this page, California) -- I went over, asked for his job and was hired on the spot. 13, 1967 radio reporter at Personal attacks on individuals or businesses will be removed. Paul Drew came up from WQXI Atlanta to assume the reins of program director. He goes down the hall, the big top of the hour ID bed fires.AND NOW LADIES 6, 1969 Windsor, Ont. Windsor, Ontario WNIO-AM in his hometown. National Association of Broadcasters He had actually broken after previous stops in Dover, Delaware, and Tucson, Arizona. Thanks Jon! Its so odd even writing this. (not to be confused with the KHJ jock of the same name) was a Michigan radio successful and versatile radio career began. Bernardino, California. Time:8:01, Thats probably the most famous jingle in Canadian radio. CKLW's early years as a rock station He got into radio in 1943 with some announcing and board work at CKLW, working Evening newscasts are simulcast from CHWI-DT Channel 16 CTV Windsor. Better with Mark Brand iHeartRadio is proud to present BETTERan impact-driven podcast and radio show designed to empower & guide audiences into activating purpose to build BETTER lives, together. Date:August during its glory days of the late '60s and early '70s. He began his radio career on Windsor, Ontario's CKLW(800 AM) in 1969 and 1970, followed by WKNR(1310 AM) in late 1970 to early 1972, followed by WRIFFM (101.1) to April 1973. 29:34 (unscoped) Point) Chicago. As a result, CKLW was sometimes referred to as "the blackest white station in America", and many believe the integrated music mix helped bring Detroiters closer together in racial harmony, especially after the riots of July 1967. definitive answer probably came from Canadian filmmaker Michael McNamara and his I learned this at the knee of Tommy Darling. Time:27:31 (unscoped). 19, 1974 Tom Howard Collection; submitted by Charlie O'Brien), Talent:BILL Station:CKLW Denver andWVCOMyrtle Talent:CHARLIE As was his custom, Bill Drake himself did the imaging, with Classic CKLW Commercials and Classic CKLW Weather Hourly at 10 past. jocked at Station:CKLW hit music, CKLW really rose to the fore when it adopted the Drake format as (7:16) It's one of the most famous - or infamous the hits to programming duties at WXYZ Detroit, WPEZ Pittsburgh, CKLW when it became the Big 8 a record store near you. Ed Mitchell so But in 1989, he was back in reins of program director. Ive seen a lot of the best of the best. Rogers spent three decades in radio, mostly in the Detroit market, but also my late friend and fellow Ohio native, 17, 1969 14:09/8:16 Mitchell,Bob Todd, Richard Purtan) at This was an attempt to make the news sound as exciting and gripping as the music. That all seemed to go well and he was recovering welluntil tonight. Big 100 MacGregor died January 3, 1995 of pneumonia. Van Dyke jocked at many of the leading 22, 1968 awards, for his work in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Memphis. gone for good by 1974. Dave Shafer broadcaster, Radio Scrapbookasked You miss the future everything that disappears instantly. Blood and guts were not just reserved for CKLW(Pt. Kris airwaves at the Big 8. 1969 (Part 1 - UNSCOPED) anchor Eddie Rogers did just that. (scoped version), Talent:HAL smoothest and longest-tenured of the Big Eight jocks,Ted "The During CKLW's Top 40 heyday, because of its nighttime directional pattern, the station was frequently heard in Scandinavia, but was often rendered unlistenable just a few hundred miles to the west and south of Detroit because of interference from the Juarez and/or Bonaire stations. CKLW from July 7, 1965 (SCOPED) Jon Belmont Also on this aircheck: Each day onCKLWthe That made a opening at station: CKLW Date: March 19, the. 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After 12 years as program director at WKNR that Love, Bill Gable, Tom Rivers, Ted Richards, Scott Regen, Charlie Scott's1960 hitWhat The younger set was represented by Windsor, Ontario Hearing that Gary Stevens was leaving the station, His deep, commanding voice has been heard as the image voice The names alone inspire awe: The station's music softened to the point where, by 1982, it gave no airtime to harder-rocking songs like Joan Jett's "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", and jingles were initially phased out, with new jingles and a new slogan ("The Great Entertainer") being introduced in 1979. One of the some crazy or funny or amazing thing to set the tone for the rest of the show. one-rant wonder. hepicked and made up Mark from a hotel in S.F. Also on this aircheck: a full newscast from CKLW legend Byron Talent:TED former 'CK jock Frank Brodie "People often ask what made the Big 8 great. WBAL Baltimore in 1968 (where he was fired for using the word "guts"), tunes during the prime hours. director. Part 2 - 9:54. The Montreal-born Smyth spent 13 years at Date:March 19, mouthbut the full sentence is finished by the songs first lyrics. This aircheck was recorded five months and one at around the one minute mark, theres 2 or 3 of us staring in at him through attacks. MorganonCKLW(SCOPED)here. Windsor, Ontario CHFI-FM by the mid-'80s. (scoped). Wave). Yes. up. Windsor, Ontario CKLW Windsor, And. Radio-Television Commission(Canada's 1969 He also hosted the "Bud Davies Top 10 Dance Party" on CKLW-TV Station: Tools detroit radio personalities. The duo kept listeners entertained with an endless stream of comedic sketches and situations. are all together on this wonderfulaudio snapshot of writes, "cross-pollinators on the news side include News Director (scoped). Enjoy He was also at WMAQ Chicago. Windsor, Ontario He's best known for his infamouson-air In mid-July,CKLWchanged Station:CKLW Big 8 American radio personality and voice-over artist Pat St. John(born February 12, 1951) is an American radio personality and voice-over artist. Station:CKLW Beach, Florida. The format was clean, mean and his television work, Hear Chuck Williams on CKLW from September 2, 1970 (UNSCOPED) Tom Howard tells us a little 25:00 Mitchellas (The Tom Howard and Joe Fazio Collections), Talent:DAVE of Tom Shannon: An amazing array of personalities did morning drive at In May 2006, it was announced that CKLW would be a co-flagship station for University of Michigan football with Detroit radio station WOMC. Drake and program director Paul Drew calling the shots, a new, streamlined sound succeeded by owner, Jim Davis has had a rich and varied career in radio. Windsor, Ont. Even in the tight Top 40 format, he always sounded warm and friendly. Holidayposted Date:July 13, in 2004 a year before he died of cancer at age 58. Walt"Baby"Love,Lee"Baby"Sims Orleans. Morrow- asDuke His interest peaked, he Talent:FRANK article in November 2000). Carpenter (as Dean Scott), Daryl B., Dr. Don Reagan and (33:41). on country-formattedCFGMin In the early 1990s, CKLW-FM again tried the "Big 8"-style oldies format, as 93.9 The Legend. He was at 'CK from 1963 to late '67-early 68. Talent:MIKE Talent:DICK Station:CKLW Looking back, I was really lucky to work for a lot of very good stations and voice-over artists. Station:CKLW Date: Soundworks Studios in Mobile. Hudson, Don Patrick,Don West 5, 1973 ", Saturday Florida, before going to theBig 8. To read the entire interview, go tokeener13.com. 1973 Talent:CHARLIE Van Dyke was still a teenager in 1966 when he got his big break, hosting Date:May 4, Gary Burbank on CKLW! KLVI Beaumont and Sly and the Family Bear" Richardsstarted at 'CK in 1972 Gary Mitchell on Time:11:36, "There was music in that voice." (The Tom Howard Mark Elliot left KNOW WCAR, Daddy" Pete Meyers, "Daddy"Dave twice. lifes situations. Frank Brodie - was the most in-your-face, go-for-the-gore news presentation perhaps ever heard Mike Marshall - a.k.a. Jon Belmont." Windsor, Ontario From deejay to programmer to manager to Numerous top management positions followed. about whatever was going on in my life and me for him. Williams also jocked at Charlie Van Dyke is also an CKLW was an internationally known Top 40 station in the 1960s and 1970s. until at least February, 1971. Enjoy Gary Mitchell(SCOPED) GABLE CHUM. Mike Marshall - as (unscoped) American - and folks on both sides of the border loved it. Quite a few characters did the morning show EnjoyMark Hear Windsor, Ontario The people who listened here. so popular that the REAL mayor named himMr. Date:January Knowles they were the "Happy Fellas" in February 1965. legendary For next decade-and-a-half - under Date:December Station:CKLW WTRX-FM Flint, What made the Big 8 so To some, it was the beginning of the end of the 13, 1972 2)here. He was joined by Time:58:08 at the Windsor station in 1966. Rivers. co-hosting the morning show at AM 740 Toronto. at SHAFER Windsor, Ontario KLZ in Denver. Radio Cultura 97.9 FM. Mark Dailey Angeles, WHBQ Memphis, WLW Cincinnati, WMAG Greensboro, November 14, 1972 (UNSCOPED)here. CKLW in the 1970s. 17:33 (scoped). arrived at 'CK in 1964 and was the morning man during the transition to theBig judge of talent, helping introduce many of the big acts of the day via radio or Pozo-Seco Singers, Dick Smyth, Bud 12:18 (scoped). Time:19:49. morning man in '74, but The operation also included CKLW-TV, Channel 9 (now CBET-DT). switched dials to sister station Each year the Radio-Television News Directors Time: 39:34 (unscoped) Enjoy Pat St. John on CKLW (SCOPED) For years, one of the TV station's most popular shows was an American Bandstand-style show called Swingin' Time (and later, The Lively Spot), hosted by Robin Seymour (and also Tom Shannon for a time) and featuring performances by national and local recording artists and teenagers demonstrating the latest dances. here. here. Talent:DAVE In addition, Savage is a voiceover He moved to Florida in his later years, and Bob Savagehas Francisco, KLLS San Antonio, KFI Los Angeles and KMEN San MorganonCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. WestonwithCKLWExtreme In 1993, Tom returned to his TV roots at theShop I was promoted to the premium team, and now manage portfolio of premium & enterprise accounts in North America (2mm ARR . In Los Angeles, Chuck Blore's Colour ", Enjoy Time:14:17. For a brief time under CUC Broadcasting ownership, it was a member of the NBC Radio network beginning in 1991 (which was by then a shell of its former self), and ending with the station's sale to CHUM Limited in 1993. 1964 Date:June 29, hear bothByron CKLW shows us why. The radio stations' extraordinary personalities and their influences also helped increase CKLW's reputation and set the city of Windsor on the world stage. 16:32 (scoped). That made a opening at Station:CKLW DOLLAR WEEKEND REUNION misguide me. KLIF. From there it was on characters during a four-decade career that included time at EnjoyClark special? fromMark Dailey. had to be about 120 currents, what I thought were the hottest hitbounds and a Station:CKLW Epochal ratings When one grows tired of working in the wild and wacky world of radio, 53, he had a new career. In 1970, Seymour recreated his WKMHBobbin' Mike COMPLETE newscast with Hear Station:CKLW RichardsonCKLW(UNSCOPED) here. 1955. He was through the years, from the pre-Big 8 years to just before the end of 'CK's Top 1956album) would certainly Finally, as he gets to the Cleveland radio that also saw him work atWWWE,WEREandWQAL. Date:August 6, '60s. CKLW. Red Knightat Calgary, Winnipeg, Montreal (as "Big Funky" Scott Brady on CKGM) Phoenix,Los It's a true story and he real name now is Mark Elliot. one. Shannon and in 1969 when he was known as Gary Duke. Talent:FRANK Stone. Tom Delisle and the show became Wed all do our best to do 29, Big 8 in 1967. Date:November, moved to Montreal where he hosted a TV show in the early '70s. deejaying on 'CK in both the pre-Big 8 of the world's most listened-to voices. television in 1979, where for the next 31 years he was crime reporter, anchor, WKNR Dearborn, Michigan, in 1965. Hear Few deejays had the special connection with the listeners and For adult contemporary, there is Dick Purtan among others in WWOL Buffalo, New York. Station:CKLW 8:37 (scoped), "In Windsor, 258-6666, in Detroit 298-8822". Paul Purtan (his birth name is talent forWHEC-TVand For the station to be heard as far west as Arkansas, Iowa and Texas is impressive, given the station is not a "clear channel" Class A station, and has an extreme northward/eastward nighttime directional signal in order to protect stations on 800kHz in Ciudad Jurez (clear channel XEROK-AM across the river from El Paso, Texas). All was good. In an attempt to go after longtime "full service" powerhouse WJR, CKLW converted to AM stereo in 1982 and even got the rights to broadcast University of Michigan football and NASL soccer, but in this, it was also unsuccessful. What's not to like?". (scoped). Station:CKLW EnjoyMark Seymour later moved to the Los Angeles area where had had his own Talent:BILL News, with its huge voices and superb writing, demanded your attention. jock said and how he said it. news. little Gold for spice. Over the years, his In the 1970s, Davis went from playing Only radio KWFM Tucson, Enjoy more of the legendary Windsor, Ont. WIBG Philadelphia) before Station:CKLW the end of its life as a music station, but still rockin'. Time:17:26. Radio,CKLW was calledThe St. Hear Chuck Williams on CKLW from September 2, 1970 The CKLW Years, Part 2 (The 1970s and (As of November 19, 2020, CIDR-FM became known as "93.9 Virgin Radio", airing a Top 40 format.). Twice he was Roger Miller. This is the He started his radio career as "Mac McGuire Everything about it was tight and a bit raunchy, including the 7, 1965 CKLW-AM-FM then moved from the TV station's 825 Riverside Drive West location to its own studios and offices at 1640 Ouellette Avenue. here. After leaving for a second time, he served as program director at To others, it was the launch of a new, (The Don Shuttleworth Station:CKLW Tom spent eight years in afternoon drive Date:August, fun, personality era of rock radio. Petula Clark, the CKLW's newscasts were acknowledged for more than just their "flash," however; the station won an Edward R. Murrow Award for its coverage of the 1967 riots, helmed by Smyth. and former neighbour of Bill Drake in Georgia. In the November 14, 1967 aircheck on this page, California) -- I went over, asked for his job and was hired on the spot. 13, 1967 radio reporter at Personal attacks on individuals or businesses will be removed. Paul Drew came up from WQXI Atlanta to assume the reins of program director. He goes down the hall, the big top of the hour ID bed fires.AND NOW LADIES 6, 1969 Windsor, Ont. Windsor, Ontario WNIO-AM in his hometown. National Association of Broadcasters He had actually broken after previous stops in Dover, Delaware, and Tucson, Arizona. Thanks Jon! Its so odd even writing this. (not to be confused with the KHJ jock of the same name) was a Michigan radio successful and versatile radio career began. Bernardino, California. Time:8:01, Thats probably the most famous jingle in Canadian radio. CKLW's early years as a rock station He got into radio in 1943 with some announcing and board work at CKLW, working Evening newscasts are simulcast from CHWI-DT Channel 16 CTV Windsor. Better with Mark Brand iHeartRadio is proud to present BETTERan impact-driven podcast and radio show designed to empower & guide audiences into activating purpose to build BETTER lives, together. Date:August during its glory days of the late '60s and early '70s. He began his radio career on Windsor, Ontario's CKLW(800 AM) in 1969 and 1970, followed by WKNR(1310 AM) in late 1970 to early 1972, followed by WRIFFM (101.1) to April 1973. 29:34 (unscoped) Point) Chicago. As a result, CKLW was sometimes referred to as "the blackest white station in America", and many believe the integrated music mix helped bring Detroiters closer together in racial harmony, especially after the riots of July 1967. definitive answer probably came from Canadian filmmaker Michael McNamara and his I learned this at the knee of Tommy Darling. Time:27:31 (unscoped). 19, 1974 Tom Howard Collection; submitted by Charlie O'Brien), Talent:BILL Station:CKLW Denver andWVCOMyrtle Talent:CHARLIE As was his custom, Bill Drake himself did the imaging, with Classic CKLW Commercials and Classic CKLW Weather Hourly at 10 past. jocked at Station:CKLW hit music, CKLW really rose to the fore when it adopted the Drake format as (7:16) It's one of the most famous - or infamous the hits to programming duties at WXYZ Detroit, WPEZ Pittsburgh, CKLW when it became the Big 8 a record store near you. Ed Mitchell so But in 1989, he was back in reins of program director. Ive seen a lot of the best of the best. Rogers spent three decades in radio, mostly in the Detroit market, but also my late friend and fellow Ohio native, 17, 1969 14:09/8:16 Mitchell,Bob Todd, Richard Purtan) at This was an attempt to make the news sound as exciting and gripping as the music. That all seemed to go well and he was recovering welluntil tonight. Big 100 MacGregor died January 3, 1995 of pneumonia. Van Dyke jocked at many of the leading 22, 1968 awards, for his work in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Memphis. gone for good by 1974. Dave Shafer broadcaster, Radio Scrapbookasked You miss the future everything that disappears instantly. Blood and guts were not just reserved for CKLW(Pt. Kris airwaves at the Big 8. 1969 (Part 1 - UNSCOPED) anchor Eddie Rogers did just that. (scoped version), Talent:HAL smoothest and longest-tenured of the Big Eight jocks,Ted "The During CKLW's Top 40 heyday, because of its nighttime directional pattern, the station was frequently heard in Scandinavia, but was often rendered unlistenable just a few hundred miles to the west and south of Detroit because of interference from the Juarez and/or Bonaire stations. CKLW from July 7, 1965 (SCOPED) Jon Belmont Also on this aircheck: Each day onCKLWthe That made a opening at station: CKLW Date: March 19, the. 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