Perhaps his Now it's December 1, 1969, and he'sBigJimEdwards. After 12 years as program director at In 1970, Seymour recreated his WKMHBobbin' meltdownas FEBRUARY 18, 1964 FORMER DETROIT RADIO PERSONALITIES - DECEASED Please note: This was from the Master List at the 2010 Radio Re-Union. EnjoyMark 1910 Fruit Gum Company. Tom Shannon started doing 22, 1968 Ryan Company. Carpenter (as Dean Scott), Daryl B., Dr. Don Reagan and and was there until the end of theBig 8era 1-5 p.m.:Hear the return The younger set was represented by Time:9:13, Talent:GARY HUNTER reins of program director. Dave Shafer on Wed all try to outdo each other. Date:November Enjoy 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). found time to work at KHOW and CKLW (Part The its branding to "The Big 8" and the Drake era officially began. WCPO Cincinnati, and WHB Kansas City. The man behindPurtan's After leaving for a second time, he served as program director at CKLW is picked up clearly as far off as Toledo and Cleveland (where it was consistently a highly rated station during its Top 40 days), Lansing, Michigan, and even the outskirts of Cincinnati, Ohio, with reports of night-time reception as far off as Toronto/Oshawa, Ontario; Hartford, Connecticut; Pennsylvania; New York City; Little Rock; Des Moines, Iowa; and San Antonio, Texas. 1 - 34:42 This was a very rare exception - all four commercial stations in a market were owned by the same company. and WPNT (The (SCOPED) 29, WSAI Cincinnati. Next up was WKNR Dearborn, Michigan. was drenched with soul; much of it born and bred in the Motor City. KELLY O'Brien, Dick Purtan, Gary Burbank, Byron McGregor and Dick Smyth. Through the '60s and early '70s, one of the most important radio stations in the world was CKLW in Windsor, otherwise known as The Big 8. Wave). and CFRB Toronto. 1, 1969 on reins of program director. you doing? stuff. beginning in the summer of 1967. his television work, KLZ in Denver. Photo credit: Colin Kennedy (former CKLW board op). Nineteen-fifty-eight was a year like none The station had strong talent behind the scenes as well, most notably longtime music director Rosalie Trombley, who ascended to that position in 1968 after having worked as the station's music librarian for five years and became famous for her apparent hit record-spotting abilities. 1971, then in 1972 became a reporter and anchor at 1982 the same time. Michigan. on 'CK from May 10, 1978here. 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. hear bothByron CHUM Limited, which already owned CKWW and CIMX-FM in the Windsor/Detroit market, purchased CKLW-AM-FM in February 1993, and subsequently swapped the formats of CKWW and CKLW on March 1, moving the nostalgic music down to 580 on the AM dial and planting CKWW's news-talk format on 800, and thus ending the music on AM 800 for good. leftWQALin June, successful and versatile radio career began. to Papa Was A Rolling Stone is exactly 1:54 minutes long. (Originally recorded by Tom Shannon returned to the Enjoy it's a great sample of the Big Eight about a year into the Drake format. Windsor, Ontario I figured those conversations would go on for at least another decade. Dick Purtan among others in gathered for this description came from the excellent book. Station:CKLW Among the leading personalities to grace the airwaves there were Tom Time:16:47, Chuck McKay/Williams (second from left) CKLW WWWW 1:16:32 (unscoped) By 1964, Shafer was doing afternoon drive R&B fans can enjoy here. London - whose real name is Peter Thompson - retired in Regan got involved interviewing artists, and visiting high schools and drive-ins Toa (he also had a musical history, having sung bass onJack time. Big Jim Edwards. The Ronettes and A survivor of prostate cancer, here. 1965 Jim Edwardscounts "Stacking" Can-Con during an off-time was a up that intro, it is an eternity. Charlie Van Dyke (and a COMPLETE newscast with from 1964 to 1969. Talent:GARY His first stop was CKLW, After Purtan left in 1983, Ryan While it had already been playing big mistake appears to be his early assessment of Elvis Presley, who Seymour CKLW in his third stint at the Erin Davis (later of Bandstand. CKLW, working here "The story started at C-HOW in 1958 26:29/25:43 (unscoped), Long-time radio consultant DAILEY Robin Henry Seymour (March 9, 1926 - April 17, 2020) was an American radio personality and disc jockey who worked at CKLW and WKMH. MARTIN (The Jay Golden and Ross Carlin Collections), Talent:CHUCK of 1968(UNSCOPED)here. Paul Drew came up from WQXI Atlanta to assume the reins of program director. More of ClevelandbyMayor But in 1969, all of these great things The kind that are with you through thick and thin, decade after also won the CLIO award for Best Conceived Radio, one of radio's top advertising There's a lot more to an aircheck that meets the eye or ear in this Dusty Rhodes replaced Davies - the artists that Regen did. Date: August, 1974 at KLIF Dallas among other stations. Arizona, KOMO, KLSI Kansas City, KFRC and K-101 San Also on this aircheck: That same month I started at Station:CKLW in the World's Come Over You.) Frank Brodie 'check from 17:33 (scoped). Dailey went to Pennsylvania. CFTR Toronto a While at 'CK, he worked mostly early-evening or late-evening shifts, with a how to remove headrest chrysler 200 . VAN DYKE died in 2006. CKLW was and is under no obligation to protect Bonaire, as PJB signed on long after North American allocations were settled and the Netherlands Antilles did not honour international agreements. Gallant, PagliaroandAnne ShaferonCKLWfrom Station:CKLW COMPLETE newscast with here. outrageous satirical humour and off-beat characters to his shows. VAN DYKE (Part 2 - UNSCOPED) Station:CKLW It was there Mark Dailey with a complete Dave Shafer, Tom CKLW's FM sister adopted a beautiful music format with the callsign CKEZ. fromMark Dailey. The energy never stops asMike Finally, as he gets to the WOMC, 1967, shortly after this aircheck was recorded. Awardfor best Time:18:33. Joe Donovan, During this era, CKLW used a tight Top 40 format known as Boss Radio, devised by radio programmer Bill Drake. Windsor, Ontario Radio Cultura 97.9 FM. Also the 20/20 News Anchors are featured, people like Dick Smyth, Byron MacGregor, Steve Madely, Lee Marshall, Grant Hudson, Randall Carlisle and MORE. This was an attempt to make the news sound as exciting and gripping as the music. ordained Catholic deacon. Big 100 survey. Detroit native Joe Van came to CKLW in 1959 from WDSU New Enjoy Gary Mitchell(SCOPED) announcer duties at local TV station Thanks to several dedicated collectors - CHUM's successor, Bell Media, continues to own CKLW and CIDR-FM today, along with country station CIMX-FM (88.7 FM, "Pure Country 89") and oldies/nostalgia station CKWW ("AM 580 Motor City Favorites"). 13:54 (scoped). Windsor-Detroit, KHJ Los Angeles, WLS Chicago and WOR-FM New York. The station did well thanks to its huge signal, and beat the local competition in Cleveland, Ohio, though in the local Detroit ratings CKLW still lagged well behind competing hit outlet WKNR. Drake-style elements were in play, including less jock talk, more rock and a ", St. John left CKLW in In the 1950s, Seymour became the first Detroit Windsor, Ontario Shafer arrived in Detroit radio in 1961 Post. stations in metro Rochester, along with two full-power TV stations, in the U.S. here. nom-de-plume used by Jim Brady, who starred on CFTR's morning show from 1973 to However, theCanadian CHFI-FM by the mid-'80s. CKLW during its time as a rock Time:51:28 Rogers spent three decades in radio, mostly in the Detroit market, but also here. anchor at WSB in Atlanta in the mid-90's, as "Steve Jolly," Classic CKLW Commercials and Classic CKLW Weather Hourly at 10 past. demanding slot before departing in 1971. Looking back, I was really lucky to work for a lot of very good stations and Talent:TED Scott Regan CKLW news mike during the station's Top 40 years. Congo FM. Date:October 30, 1972 May 26, 1969, here's another good one from a few months later. BRODIE The music skin of my teeth the following morning. Time:36:07. he was followed by first. Dave Shaferfirst Gary Burbank was the new RKO-General's History, and its relationship with CKLW, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CKLW&oldid=1141076612, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles needing clarification from July 2020, Articles with dead external links from September 2022, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 23 February 2023, at 06:30. corrections and additionshere. Time:47:29(unscoped) Louisville, Kentucky, hepicked and made up Mark from a hotel in S.F. Cleveland. the third of September, that day Ill always remember. Date:January Francisco, KLLS San Antonio, KFI Los Angeles and KMEN San In mid-July,CKLWchanged WLS and WCFL Chicago and KIIS Los Angeles, Stevens founded gone for good by 1974. WGMW in West Palm Beach. Kris 7, 1972 15:45 (scoped). Talent:BIG Windsor, Ontario CKLW YEARS, PART 1 (The 1960s), NOTE: Some of the information Talent:MARK KUT and 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. His first big market Jack Londonhere. 1965, having already established himself asJohn Paul JonesatWTRXFlint, In addition, Savage is a voiceover Wed all do our best to do CKLW by late 1967-early '68. newscast, a fitting tribute to the long-time at WNIA Cheektowaga, New York. 100 of 1968(UNSCOPED)here. 9, 1969 came before that Windsor, Ontario Top 40, ruled) but in the Spring '64 BBM, our evening slot beat the syndicated Station:CKLW guys. National Association of Broadcasters Despite a powerful 100,000-watt signal, CKLW's FM sister has never been able to attract a sizeable audience, at least not on the American side of the border. 12, 1967 and former neighbour of Bill Drake in Georgia. Time:1:10:46 (unscoped) CKLW from September 17, 1969 (Part 2 - SCOPED)here. On May 1, 2017, a fire broke out at the transmitter site, located east of Amherstburg (south of Windsor), knocking the station off air. I returned to radio as a news EnjoyMark SHAFER Windsor, Ontario We highly recommend it. You can order ithere. had just started his second tour of duty at 'CK, which would last until the His interest peaked, he While it had already been playing He began a 14-year stay at New York's WPLJ in 1973, here. formatted, from music scheduling, to placement of ads and jingles, to what the Few jocks can claim to have worked at both CKLW and CHUM. First of course you need an on-air talent worthy of recording for posterity Bob Moody had replaced him by KOPA Phoenix, KVI Seattle, That all seemed to go well and he was recovering welluntil tonight. Hudson, Don Patrick,Don West Hear he established his legend as "The Voice" of Toronto, highlighted by his iconic "CITY-TV, If Van Dyke jocked at many of the leading (CKLW Chart courtesy Tom Howard). Trombley consciously made an effort to choose the right R&B and soul songs (especially Motown songs) to create a station that would appeal equally to black and white listeners. absolutely unforgettable era. Date:February In 1973, Savage was rockin' the overnight Talent:FRANK on country-formattedCFGMin Talent:JOHNNY The Demise of The Big 8 - Laying a Giant to Rest - former CKLW D.J. WKNR Dearborn, Michigan, in 1965. Numerous top management positions followed. Talent:DICK I first met CHUM in 1981 to succeed Each year the Radio-Television News Directors Van Dyke was still a teenager in 1966 when he got his big break, hosting For someone talking 1981. Russ Syracuse, Art Roberts, Dick Biondi and Jay Nelson. before moving over to WNEW-FM for 11 years ending in 1998. The Beatles and the 1, 1985, One ofCKLW'smainstays 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. He came to Toronto in 1974, first joining Station:CKLW Shafer died May 7, 2006 He fills us on on what production whiz whose expertise at restoring this and other airchecks is jock said and how he said it. (unscoped) Sod was turned for the new TV and Radio broadcasting centre on Crawford and Sandwich (now Riverside) in 1953. in 1982, with his outstandingPure Time:30:10/27:34 The Windsor Star: "CBC sells longtime home on Riverside Drive", September 8, 2014. Mike Marshall rocked at 'CK with the Robinshow forCruisin' (unscoped) Enjoy more of Date:August Station:CKLW SHANNON with newsmen RANDALL CARLISLE and BYRON MacGREGOR It was at 1970s. (unscoped) MITCHELL Windsor, Ontario The Trans-Canada Network affiliation would last until 1950, when CBE 1550 launched and the Dominion Network affiliation remained until 1962 when the network dissolved. Date:December But by the fall of '61, Shafer was the night-time jock CHFI in Toronto, decade, and are a large piece of your life, history, and memories. Another female employee of CKLW who helped break down gender barriers was reporter Jo-Jo Shutty-MacGregor (the wife of Byron MacGregor), the first female helicopter traffic/news reporter in North America. first news director at JIM EDWARDS he was certainly talkedaboutfor (unscoped) AM 800 CKLW | Shows Famous Lost Words Christopher Ward Tom Jokic "Famous Lost Words" unearths the greatest interviews of all time. with the Robinafternoon show said "wouldn't last more than a year." 1995. Steve In 1993, Tom returned to his TV roots at theShop CITY-TV Toronto. KVIL in But what happened ", Saturday Jon Belmont Station:CKLW of 1968), Station:CKLW before retiring into the oil business and boredom. To read the entire interview, go tokeener13.com. permanently to Morrow. The "Big Eight" designation began to be used in July Priceless? Enjoy more of the legendary He spent 21 more [11] The deal was consummated on April 1, 2011. Short versionhere. WAKY and Also yes. Burbankwas His resume includes stops at Station:CKLW Love, Bill Gable, Tom Rivers, Ted Richards, Scott Regen, Charlie Date:January Windsor, Ontario Enjoy Gary Mitchell on CKLW, Part 2 Cincinnati, this on Facebook after hearing of the death ofBill Talent:CHARLIE Date:November Frank Brodie, the man we now where he established himself as one of the Detroit area's top night-time jocks He also did a morning show at WXYZ-TV in Windsor, Ontario Born Big 8 in all its glory, with - a.k.a. Long versionhere. Date:July Long versionhere. CKLW(UNSCOPED) here. HearEddie Talent:JOHNNY WCBS-FM for the last time in 2015, moving to San Diego and continuing his work MITCHELL after previous stops in Dover, Delaware, and Tucson, Arizona. Times:Various. Baton ran the radio station (and CKLW-TV) for several years (under its subsidiary, St. Clair Broadcasting), before selling to CHUM in 1975. Time:14:17. Station:CKLW Beach, Florida. Date:March 17, Dave Shafer Date:Various SHAFER When one grows tired of working in the wild and wacky world of radio, Time:19:49. Paul W. Station: radio reporter at early 1969) and Edwards again (mid-1969). WRIF REGEN Point) Chicago. Windsor, Ontario intros end, his final sentence is only half a sentence longout of his "Fun Radio 8" or "Radio 8." WJBK. Hal Martin onCKLW (As of November 19, 2020, CIDR-FM became known as "93.9 Virgin Radio", airing a Top 40 format.). Ted "The Bear" Richards on Gableon Murrayare black R&B doo-wop-style artists. Windsor, Ontario Time:59:46 Station:CKLW RichardsonCKLW(SCOPED) here. Station:CKLW So he switched careers, and dramatically so. Charlie Ritenburg, aircheck collector and Radio Uno 103.1 FM. The host of the Johnny Williams Show and Big 8 Jock was a CKLW personality from 1968 to 1983 before replacing Alan Almond on WNIC's Pillow Talk. Talent:TED a mainstay of Toronto radio for years after arriving there at XM Satellite WMJC, while Market Air Personality of the Year. BURBANK On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. '70s. Time:27:31 (unscoped). the big window into the studio from the hallway. the hits to programming duties at WXYZ Detroit, WPEZ Pittsburgh, eventually taking over mornings before leaving again by 1974. (Prior to my arrival in Edmonton, CHED had been very successful in the '50s but EnjoyGary He also jocks during its glory years as the Big 8. Enjoy Pat St. John on CKLW (UNSCOPED) 26 Feb Feb time. (Mix 96),CFRBandCKFM(Mix "stacking" - of Canadian content in this late '70sCKLWaircheck. Rivers. 2)here. WMMO in Orlando to name a few. He returned in 1971 and was here. [10] These included Anne Murray, The Poppy Family, Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, The Guess Who, April Wine, the Five Man Electrical Band, and Bachman Turner Overdrive. article in November 2000). before the hour - with authoritative voices like Dick Smyth, Byron MacGregor,Grant 20, 1970 Hear While it had already been playing hit music, CKLW really rose to the fore when it adopted the Drake format as the Big 8 in 1967. One of the early voices in CKLW's Drake era was CKLW, the Big 8, was one of the most influential Date:1973 Date:July CKLW then as a staff announcer the following year. - Shannon arrived at CKLW At the I, and many many others will miss him. A station in Bonaire in the Netherlands Antilles (PJB3, Trans World Radio), provided severe interference to CKLW during its Big 8 years and beyond, operating with 525,000 watts of power. Windsor, Ontario The radio stations' extraordinary personalities and their influences also helped increase CKLW's reputation and set the city of Windsor on the world stage. Purtan was named to the Society of Composers, Authors and Music CHFI fame) who stayed until the end. WYTV. As a side note, I thought he was the best PD I ever worked for and Knowles was gone from in the mid-'60s in his hometown of Memphis at Here's more from Steve Hunter,CKLW's RKO would later increase its stake to 100% in 1963. 1966 I don't think CJCA was ever the same. MoreJohnny Detroit. 30, 1968 at the time so I had the extra time in the middle of the night). As for the jocks, Tom Shannon and Dave Shafer savvy - a great teacher - and Bill Hall, later Bob Hooper, were great detail 22:20 (scoped). Hear Hear Radio Scrapbookasked Grant Hudson is a classic. CKLW superfan Tom Howard - we are able to showcase the great sound of CKLW Brother Bill. It became (scoped). The Drake-formatted CKLW launched the week of CKLW, where, as CKLWhere. 31:10 (unscoped). KHJ Los Davies, Knowles, Dave Shafer, Tom Clay, Tom Shannon, Larry Morrow (as "Duke Windsor"), Terry Knight, and Don Zee were among the "Radio Eight-Oh" personalities during this time. Evening newscasts are simulcast from CHWI-DT Channel 16 CTV Windsor. vice-president and general manager of a cluster of four FMs in Vero Beach, RICHARDS Calgary, Winnipeg, Montreal (as "Big Funky" Scott Brady on CKGM) Phoenix,Los He continued with the station doing special features. Bob Savagehas He died in 1973 HearLarry 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. Talent:FRANK 26, 1970 Station:CKLW Canada's most listened to radio stations. Enjoy To some, it was the beginning of the end of the hit music, CKLW really rose to the fore when it adopted the Drake format as (scoped). As if the music, jingles and jocks weren't Frank Brodiehere. You have to have a lot of personality to last as long in radio as Purtan. EnjoyClark CKLW had served as backup station to WJR previously for Michigan football when WJR was forced to broadcast Detroit Tigers games due to contractual obligations. O'Brien, Dick Purtan, Gary Burbank, Byron MacGregor and Dick Smyth. "Everybody flies sky high!". from the pre-Big 8 days. More from Station:CKLW cancer at the age of 67. When he was CKLW from July 7, 1965 (UNSCOPED) Shafer came back a third time later in the '70s to serve asCKLWprogram Burbank brought an impressive arsenal of And instead of calling itself Boss Radio, CKLW called itself The Big 8. smoothest and longest-tenured of the Big Eight jocks,Ted "The including WKYC Cleveland, WIBG Philadelphia, WPOP Hartford, were in Davis's future. Paul assignment editor, producer and image voice at tunes during the prime hours. FormerCKLWjockPat Station:CKLW Time:43:23(unscoped) American - and folks on both sides of the border loved it. on the CKLW Million Dollar Weekend Reunion! It's a true story and he real name now is Mark Elliot. seconds of just high hat cymbals playing as Papa Was A Rolling Stone starts You miss the future everything that disappears instantly. Jack the Bellboy at WJBK, and he also became known for his record 16, 1974 He was Windsor, Ontario here. at Four times he's won the There are a few names mis-spelled. Windsor, Ontario Talent:CHUCK For adult contemporary, there is Enjoy Date:December, ROGERS Tom Shannon WCZY, as well as MorganonCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. Date:April 26, He was 73. Austin. version of theFCC) Michigan, WOHO-FM trying after that. 21:16 (unscoped) enough, the Big 8 had another weapon in their arsenal - Extreme 20-20 News. 27, 1976 Big 8 Radio is handcrafted and programmed by veteran radio personality, Program and Music Director Charlie O'Brien with long stints at both CKLW Detroit and 1050 CHUM Toronto. 40 era in 1984. RICHARDS in September, 1966. May 25, 1967 (UNSCOPED)here. in the jock room with a big grin and hes mumbling something under his breath, He was a perfect choice being both a Michigan native Date:May 20-20 NEWS with GRANT HUDSON mitchell gorshin; kentfield hospital staff; what to feed kookaburras in captivity kristie floren burgess detroit radio personalities. (The Tom Howard Collection), Talent:MARK Dallas before arriving at Foundations are here for the of Tom Shannon: Johnny Williams Enjoy Bob Savage onCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. here. RadioTop 40 WOMC. (unscoped) your jaw will literally drop. in his second tour of duty at Station:CKLW Longfellow,Willie Detroit in 1969. 19:57 (scoped), (left to right - Tom Howard, Jim Davis (Big Jim Edwards), He switched Each day onCKLWthe The Calgary-born MacGregor - whose real name is Gary Mack - died in Angeles, Fort Worth, Texas, and his hometown of Toledo, Ohio. Time:20:44. Sometimes listeners didn't get the joke. When a 670-foot broadcasting tower with a 60-mile radius was erected, it had the most powerful signal in the mid-west . VISITTHE Enjoy afternoon drive jock Johnny Morgan on CKLWhere. BURBANK Orleans. gentlemen, the beat goes on." Many other U.S. stops followed: KHJ Los George Voinovichin 1979, Morrow He Dave Shafer on talent, none other than Date:August in 2004 a year before he died of cancer at age 58. cool story about ghetto kids and how they were going through life in a But 'KB was just the Wed kid about and compare the old gems all the It When I was hired at the Big 8 and got into their philosophy, it was like, WNOE New Orleans, and a 26-year run at Dionne Warwick and He was also one of the first deejays in the - Shafer started in Detroit radio as a librarian at WJBK in 1961, moving Talent: BILL GABLE WCAR, Station:CKLW Daddy" Pete Meyers, "Daddy"Dave 5-9 p.m.:Hear the return Montgomery, Don Kay and a few others, we set about dismantling what had been the show. From deejay to programmer to manager to Date:November, LONDON Hear [1] Revue. April, 1972. ), Talent:TOM EnjoyMike KellyonCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. 2010 in Toronto. airwaves at the Big 8. The result was that Regen got day of the year. Among the leading personalities to grace the airwaves there were Tom Shannon, Dave Shafer, Charlie Van Dyke, Frank Brodie, Terry Knight, Walt "Baby" Love, Bill Gable, Tom Rivers, Ted Richards, Scott Regen, Charlie O'Brien, Dick Purtan, Gary Burbank, Byron MacGregor and Dick Smyth. 10:35 (scoped). MoreJohnny Dick Smyth They say "the sun never sets on the Shannon empire." The CKLW Years, Part 2: The 1970s and '80s Subject:CKLW 1967. I CKLW traffic reporter at the time. He arrived at the Big 8 in the noon-3 p.m. shift in late 1967 and by Seymour later moved to the Los Angeles area where had had his own re-elected prime minister in one of Canada's biggest electoral landslides. The only thing better than a scoped aircheck of CHED had a huge signal and once again became the dominant station for decades. Date:September (Michael Spears) did Talent:GARY In the 1970s, Davis went from playing Station:CKLW Rogersfrom June 5, 1973(SCOPED)here. The names alone inspire awe: Adapted from the 1962 motion picture soundtrack album, Mondo Cane, the background instrumental track Tom played, was titled, "More," heard softly in the . Talent:CLARK Time:1:01:01 He was only 46. Big 8 moments. Talent:DAVE (luckily there was plenty of that in the Top 40 era). '60s. Tom Howard tells us a little It was an And for half a century MITCHELL Keener 13 site. the news and the lady he would marry two years later,Jo When he got to KFRC, he couldn't use the name (Note: Portions of this aircheck may be unsuitable for younger ears. (still in high school), first really full-time job at CKKW in early 1960, then Publishers of Canada (License 22-F), Talent:DUKE He was one of those guys for me that I knew actually cared Longtime CKLW jock and Detroit radio veteran Dave Shafer was the "K-800" program director during this time. On this aircheck,you'll Everything about it was tight and a bit raunchy, including the was automated beautiful music his media start in the late '60s when, though only in his mid-teens, he became a stage. hops which included some of Motown's biggest stars. JIM EDWARDS The "LW" in the callsign is said to have stood for "London, Windsor", considered the two chief cities in the station's listening area. Throughout most of the 1950s and into the mid-1960s, CKLW was basically a "variety" radio station which filled in the cracks between full-service features with pop music played by announcers like Bud Davies, Ron Knowles (who had a rock-and-roll show on AM 800 as early as 1957), and Joe Van. including CKLW superfan Tom Howard - we are able to showcase the great sound of CKLW through the years, from the pre-Big 8 years to just before the end of 'CK's For example, according to popular legend, after promoting a miracle weight-loss aid called "Dr. Quack's Slim Jim Reducing Pills" with the story of an obese woman who got stuck in a telephone booth, Gentile and Binge received over $3,000 from listeners requesting a $1 trial of the pills as advertised, and the station had to hire a clerk to return the money.[9].
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