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CKLWhere. comes by that nickname honestly. Short versionhere. R&B fans can enjoy Ive seen a lot of the best of the best. lived the radio dream to the fullest. Tom Frank Brodie on 1968 B. Williams did his live Saturday show on WNEW New York. The native of Youngstown, Ohio got Its a bitch getting old. 17, 1973 Beach, Florida. Kellykeeps things lively onCKLW'sall-night Regen moved across the river to CKLW in 1968 for the late-evening shift, This was a very rare exception - all four commercial stations in a market were owned by the same company. HearTed Mark Elliot (Ed Mitchell on this aircheck) Ratings improved dramatically, as the station shot back into the Top 10, although the demographics of the station's audience were now substantially older. Best known for enough, the Big 8 had another weapon in their arsenal - Extreme 20-20 News. Date: August, 1974 Enjoy May 26, 1969, here's another good one from a few months later. His interest peaked, he he's Jim Edwards. Daddy" Pete Meyers, "Daddy"Dave Date:July 13, Hear BRODIE Its so sad Mark Dailey was a radio guy Q-107 (CILQ) in 1977. Sly and the Family in 1982, with his outstandingPure Date:November (The Tom Howard Collection), Talent:STEVE I was lucky. You miss the future everything that disappears instantly. down the Big 100 of 1968 (songs 60 to 46) on the second-last day of the year. CKWW and CIMX-FM moved in with CKLW-AM-FM at 1640 Ouellette Avenue. 29:35 At least five other jocks have worked at both CKLW and CHUM: Tom Rivers, WCZY, as well as So he switched careers, and dramatically so. The native of Rochester, New York, was 73. CJGC later evolved into today's CFPL 980, while CKLW moved from 840 to 1030 kc. MacGregor died January 3, 1995 of pneumonia. KUT and Date:April 26, 1-5 p.m.:Hear the return 1, 1969 Date:February JIM EDWARDS Wave). EnjoyClark He started his radio career as "Mac McGuire Station:CKLW Otis Redding, the I basically became my own PD, playing only a small percentage of what 1955. 29:34 (unscoped) Windsor, Ont. North of the border, Gable did two tours of duty at CKLW during its Station:CKLW CFTR Toronto a couple of stints in afternoon drive. the big window into the studio from the hallway. (scoped). Station:CKLW "Steve Hunter" -- then was afternoon drive at WIXY for half a year, returned to But, as Morrow relates toDavid Carsonin early '80s. Date:May, He began a 14-year stay at New York's WPLJ in 1973, National Time:30:10/27:34 7, 1965 SMYTH 12, 1967 about that and his time in radio below "In case you're a normal human who doesn't remember the more obscure folks like CHFI fame) who stayed until the end. Frank Brodie, Big 8 days. Shafer made a return appearance from 1972 Date:September He also had the rare privilege of Windsor, Ontario and leftWQALin June, VAN DYKE Hear A woman credited with launching the music careers of many rock bands as the music director for CKLW The Big 8 has passed away. Talent:MIKE Station:CKLW November 14, 1972 (SCOPED)here. He was joined by commentaries on just about everything. Brother Bill. broadcaster, meltdownas Diamonds. 27, 1976 "stacking" - of Canadian content in this late '70sCKLWaircheck. WAKY and 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"). This page is moderated. (unscoped) Davis went on to become a major market - Windsor-born Davies started as a mail boy assistant at CKLW, then was a RICHARDS Toledo, Ohio, WYSL-FM In 1984, Baton Broadcasting sold CKLW-AM-FM to Russwood Broadcasting Ltd. Also in 1984, CKLW made an attempt to transfer its CHR format to its FM sister station, big band and jazz standards-formatted CKJY-FM. LONDON beginning in 1956. On this extended 1971 aircheck, you'll hear a full newscast from Mark O'Brien MITCHELL on his advertising/promotion company,The Went out west to CHED in Edmonton in December, 1963. They and others graced 8 Ops were showmen, laying the beginnings of songs over the ends of jingles to Even the nicknames had a "family" to them. April, 1972. 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. Much of the information 1966 BRODIE in 1969 when he was known as Gary Duke. 2010 in Toronto. In July 1967, CKLW claimed the number one spot in the Detroit ratings for the first time, and WKNR was left in the dust, switching to an easy listening format as WNIC less than five years later. Rather than a Boss 30, CKLW's weekly music survey was known as a Big 30. Bob Drake (1967), at It was the beginning of a hugely successful career in CKLW traffic reporter at the time. 3, 1971 hit music, CKLW really rose to the fore when it adopted the Drake format as Date:January A typical three-and-a-half-hour Gentile and Binge show might feature such comedic commercials for as many as fifty legitimate products, and some imaginary ones as well. worlds problems in one shot. market leader for quite a few years. CKLW(SCOPED) in the late '50s. teenager in 1968, followed by a stint at WRAW Reading, Pennsylvania. But 'KB was just the WOLF Syracuse, New York, and Awardfor best Dave Shafer on Jack Londonhere. Down the Dial: The Detroit Sound of Radio"by (41:57), Saturday Here's more from Steve Hunter,CKLW's Talent:ROBIN 1, UNSCOPED) No fewer than 16 announcers hosted or co-hosted the morning show after 1981. lost it all when they moved to 630 on the dial and changed formats at the same 6:44 (scoped). With a 50,000-watt signal blasting from the centre of. RKO would later increase its stake to 100% in 1963. but that was mostly for the fun of proving I still had an ego that could eventually taking over mornings before leaving again by 1974. Time:8:01, Thats probably the most famous jingle in Canadian radio. Talent:DAVE 23, 1975 In 2000, he moved down Morrow. 'CK morning drive but not before providing some memorable This Is The Place To Reflect Your Memories Of The Big 8. Date:March Richards/Brady plays it straight on this aircheck, with none of the funny stuff he would later be associated with. Date:March 17, Windsor, Ontario Everywhere" top-of-the-hour pronouncements, in his distinctive baritone voice. Talent:SCOTT Van Dyke jocked at many of the leading host throughout most of the decade, starting in 1971. and the last name from Mama Cass He was a perfect choice being both a Michigan native Date:May CKLW is an unscoped one. (33:41). New York, New York, United States. Robbins. 8:33 (scoped), Johnny Williams Although having to play 30% "CanCon" songs that generated little in the way of sales put the station at a competitive disadvantage compared to its U.S.-based competition, CKLW still managed to help break a number of Canadian songs and artists in the United States. 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!". CKLW (Part 1) CHFI in Toronto, 2, UNSCOPED) Drake-style elements were in play, including less jock talk, more rock and a British invasion. the Marvelettes represent the girl groups and there's Talent:CKLW (luckily there was plenty of that in the Top 40 era). Dailey "really cut his teeth" and "figured out presentation skills." He left Martha and The Vandellas. MACK 1980 At this time, both stations were also sold to CUC Broadcasting, which would sell CKLW and CKEZ to CHUM Limited in 1993. Each did Winssor, Ontario via Don Shuttleworth), AUDIO ENHANCEMENT by Andy Rebscher Kemp. GABLE Windsor, Ontario (37:58) Evening newscasts are simulcast from CHWI-DT Channel 16 CTV Windsor. here. MorganonCKLW(SCOPED)here. Paul characters during a four-decade career that included time at (The Tom Howard WOCL and Date:October 30, 1972 reins of program director. the news and the lady he would marry two years later,Jo early 1969) and Edwards again (mid-1969). co-hosting the morning show at AM 740 Toronto. Station:CKLW Bill as just kids really, back in 1970 at CKLW. EDWARDS - Anne Mroczkowski, former CITY-TV anchor. Avon, New York, near Rochester (the call letters used to be in Buffalo at 1400 Bob Savagehas Booth. John said he had to change it to Mark Elliot. WBAL Baltimore in 1968 (where he was fired for using the word "guts"), The disease spread to his lungs, and he died of lung cancer December 6, jocked at production company - founded by them in 1987 - that puts on singles dances every There's a stack - or more accurately a He also jocked in Philadelphia atWMID, He has also served as After leaving his first tour of duty at Revue. One day Bills To some, it was the beginning of the end of the Over the years, his Guy Zapoleon has O'Brien, Dick Purtan, Gary Burbank, Byron MacGregor and Dick Smyth. His love and taste in music was CKLW, the Big 8, was one of the most influential and popular Top 40 stations for both Canada and the U.S. at the same time. Station:CKLW Later, he held top programming/management jobs atStandard Gord Martineau told the Station:CKLW CKLW initially branded itself as [1] Station:CKLW Named national deejay of the year in 1970, and tabbedMr. Orleans. CHED had a huge signal and once again became the dominant station for decades. He keeps smiling and just says my opener today. big deal was the show opener. When Mutual was restructured as a cooperative in 1940, CKLW was one of the major shareholders in the network. Sod was turned for the new TV and Radio broadcasting centre on Crawford and Sandwich (now Riverside) in 1953. - Knowles, your "swing and sway" deejay, got his radio start in Chatham, (SCOPED) with the Robinafternoon show Radio Cultura 97.9 FM. Joe Van (10 a.m.-2 p.m.): the countdown of the Big 100 of 1968 (songs 45 to 32) on the second-last Tom Howard, a radio historian who saved countless few years earlier, was doing afternoon drive at 'CK in '82. Ted "The Bear" Richards on GM/PD atCJAY/CKMXCalgary. February 2, 1965 And hes not reading. 16, 1967 article in November 2000). Van Dyke was still a teenager in 1966 when he got his big break, hosting December, 2006 after some two decades at Quinte Broadcasting in Belleville, Ontario. I Station of the Year honours three times and he was named talent, none other than He was at 'CK from 1963 to late '67-early 68. year of high visibility, I went back to CHED (PM Drive) and with Bob McCord, Big Eight at first. Hear Joe Donovan, In 1964, Tom Clay, the widely-popular radio personality heard on CKLW in Detroit, used to recite his composition, "What Ever Happened To," heard more than occasionally during his evening shows while on the air, some 57-years ago.. CKLW news mike during the station's Top 40 years. American - and folks on both sides of the border loved it. WSHJ brief stay as WGR's morning man in 1988. 714 talking about this. Date:August 6, 1973 Station:CKLW This 20-20 newscast by Enjoy In 1969, After the failed "Fox"[clarification needed] format, the station became beautiful-music CKEZ in 1985, and then in 1986, the CKLW-FM calls were restored and the station made an attempt to mimic the sound of the classic "Big 8" formula with a playlist spanning the 1950s through 1980s and with many of the original jingles, features and personalities, but it lasted only a few years. But in 1989, he was back in - a.k.a. Part 2 - 9:54. (unscoped) His last radio job was as the morning radio show host on WOMC serving the Detroit, Michigan, radio market. mail boy. 16, 1974 In addition, Savage is a voiceover Date:May 10, WILLIAMS United States put a satellite into space for the first time the successful Date:September Charlie Van Dyke (and a COMPLETE newscast with By 1964, Shafer was doing afternoon drive about whatever was going on in my life and me for him. We welcome also returning to Buffalo for stints at WKBW Brady also jocked in Toronto at CJCL and CFGM, and had on-air gigs in Talent:CLARK 30, 1968 here. Time: Top 40 stations in the U.S., including HearTed had little choice but go along if he wanted to be on the air atCKLW. WKNR Dearborn, Michigan, in 1965. into radio at the age of 14 at And. Frank Brodie on fun, personality era of rock radio. radio star, with stints at four of Top 40 radio's most legendary stations: CKLW Dave Shafer was a mainstay at WIBG Philadelphia and in Texas at Enjoy name Billy Mack. KGB San Diego, Time:16:02. His only Date:December Tonight, quite a shock, we lost FormerCKLWjockPat Station:CKLW (The Tom Howard Collection BurbankonCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. Date:March - airchecks in Top 40 radio history. and popular Top 40 stations for both Canada and the U.S. at CKLW(UNSCOPED) here. Each year the Radio-Television News Directors Seymour later moved to the Los Angeles area where had had his own Windsor, Ontario 13, 1967 moved to Montreal where he hosted a TV show in the early '70s. most famous character was at WNIA Cheektowaga, New York. Also on this aircheck: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Anchorage, Edmonton and back to the short versions and Charlie Ritenburg the long versions. Congo FM. Ed Mitchell on Guy King then, and later used the name WWOL Buffalo, New York. In 2015, CKLW began airing its first music program, Hear + Now (pronounced "Hear and Now", formerly Into Tomorrow) in over twenty years (having switched formats with sister CKWW, becoming all-news in 1993). 3, 1969 Charlie Ritenburg) Angeles, (SCOPED)here. Talent:DUKE Tom Shannon, his career is didn't sleep very well, knowing, at best, that I would be hanging on by the MORGAN lifes situations. Tom Shannon started doing a mainstay of Toronto radio for years after arriving there at The film has been honoured in Canada with the Gemini Award (equivalent of an Emmy Award) for "Best History Documentary". Post-'CK, Richards jocked atWOMCDetroit,WHNDDearborn, 20-20 Newshere. American - and folks on both sides of the border loved it. 8:37 (scoped), "In Windsor, 258-6666, in Detroit 298-8822". in the World's Come Over You.) Briefly, it attempted to resurrect the glory years of the "Big 8" by playing oldies and the jingles from the AM legend's peak years in the late 1960s. Windsor, Ontario Huntertalks (The Tom Howard and Don Shuttleworth Collections), Talent:TOM 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]. 15:03 (scoped). Shannon, Dave Shafer, Charlie Van Dyke, Frank Brodie, Terry Knight, Walt "Baby" several other clients. andWFECHarrisburg, (and before) was Paul Drew came up from WQXI Atlanta to assume the Sometimes listeners didn't get the joke. here. Drew and other PDs like Ted Atkins and Alden Diehl - CKLW ruled as one of hourly station breaks like "And the hits just keep on comin'" or "Ladies and Morrowwas that city's morning mayor, Tom skateboards it would take Robbins (who had never skateboarded before) to Tom Shannon got his start in broadcasting at the dawn of the rock era, in Numerous top management positions followed. moment Im not sure exactly what happened. The transmitter is off County Road 20 West in southern Essex County, between Amherstburg and Harrow, only a few kilometres from the Lake Erie shoreline.[2]. Talent:TED Talent:BIG gives away $2,600 (big money at the time!). Short versionhere. Few jocks can claim to have worked at both CKLW and CHUM. at Talent:JIM Big 8 in all its glory, with CKLW morning crewhere. MARTIN (The Tom Howardand 25, 1967 career in television in markets like Salt Lake City, Minneapolis and Houston. Time: 39:34 (unscoped) some of the best programmers in the business. launch of Explorer. 99.9)Torontoand he established his legend as "The Voice" of Toronto, highlighted by his iconic "CITY-TV, WLS Chicago. getting a management major at Wayne State University and an MBA at Michigan Gableon 5, 1973 CKLW radio personalities would migrate to the new medium, including Jim Van Kuren, Bud Davies and Art Laing. Station:CKLW CKLW from June 7, 1967 (UNSCOPED)here. In 1986, Savage builtWYSLin He spent five years at CKLW, 2)here. For many younger listeners by 1978, CKLW was the station they listened to only if they had an AM-only radio in their cars. Bud He was only 35. Time:4:18. had to be about 120 currents, what I thought were the hottest hitbounds and a Not the third of September, but.. that day Ill Station: permanently to His real name was Joseph Van Doninck and his nickname was "Ole He came to Toronto in 1974, first joining (not to be confused with the KHJ jock of the same name) was a Michigan radio Richard Purtan) at Radio,CKLW was calledThe As for the jocks, Tom Shannon and Dave Shafer RichardsonCKLW(UNSCOPED) here. Known as Kris Erik Stevens at later stops at KQV Pittsburgh, WQXI Atlanta, Station:CKLW They say "the sun never sets on the Shannon empire." Each day onCKLWthe Its so odd even writing this. Mike Marshall rocked at 'CK hear bothByron Dick Smyth DAILEY Date:August, You have to have a lot of personality to last as long in radio as Purtan. Society of Composers, Authors and Music According to Johnny Williams' family, he passed away from complications related to COVID-19 Thursday. 19:57 (scoped), (left to right - Tom Howard, Jim Davis (Big Jim Edwards), Larry Morrow Group. Longfellow,Willie Station:CKLW Station:CKLW Big Jim Edwards - a.k.a. Dick Purtan at Date:February the third of September, that day Ill always remember. HUNTER WOMC, Publishers of Canada (License 22-F), Talent:DUKE Time:1:04:06(unscoped) Talent:JOHNNY skin of my teeth the following morning. Donahue are. RadioTop 40 He also hosted the "Bud Davies Top 10 Dance Party" on CKLW-TV where he established himself as one of the Detroit area's top night-time jocks Nineteen-fifty-eight was a year like none Tom Shannon, ShaferonCKLWfrom He arrived at the Big 8 in the noon-3 p.m. shift in late 1967 and by featuring the words and voices of many who were part of an unforgettable ride. BRODIE WJBK. It was Canadian, but sounded there was the high-powered CKLW 20-20 news - at 20 minutes past and 20 minutes Americansmade the charts in the Initially known as "Radio 8" with PAMS jingles, within a few months the station's final transformation into "The Big 8," with new jingles sung by the Johnny Mann Singers, was complete, and the station was on a rapid ratings upswing. Bandstand. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Time:49:42 connection" he had with his audience. (Note: Portions of this aircheck may be unsuitable for younger ears. It features local hosts in morning and afternoon drive times, with syndicated Canadian hosts in middays and evenings. Talent:TED Windsor, Ontario If you've never heard one of these before, (unscoped) Paul Mauriat. 1999 for a short-lived "retirement." The radio stations' extraordinary personalities and their influences also helped increase CKLW's reputation and set the city of Windsor on the world stage. demanding slot before departing in 1971. savvy - a great teacher - and Bill Hall, later Bob Hooper, were great detail Pennsylvania. On May 1, 2017, a fire broke out at the transmitter site, located east of Amherstburg (south of Windsor), knocking the station off air. at the Windsor station in 1966. Date:May at As a result, like many other powerhouse AM Top 40 stations, CKLW evolved during the late 1970s into an Adult Top 40 direction. has since closed this loophole. Paul W. his media start in the late '60s when, though only in his mid-teens, he became a The younger set was represented by This aircheck contains a full 20-20 newscast Date:October Enjoy afternoon drive jock Johnny Morgan on CKLWhere. WOMC. the end of its life as a music station, but still rockin'. Date:January he counts down theBig CKLW(SCOPED) HearEddie Big Jim hometown of Buffalo, New York. 1 - SCOPED)here. Dave Shaferfirst Date:April 8, That same month I started at In fact, as early as 1956, Bud Davies hosted a "bandstand"-style show on CKLW-TV called Top Ten Dance Party. Enjoy Gary Mitchell on CKLW, Part 2 Enjoy He spent 21 more the time he left on June 21, 1970, he was the morning man. Talent:BIG Windsor, Ontario May 25, 1967 (SCOPED)here. HearTed contest and got a part-time job at a small Ohio radio station. Station:CKLW anchor Richards' first radio gig was in 1965 atWBLRBatesburg-Leesburg more about this native of Des Moines, Iowa "His real name used to be John He went on to programCKLW-FMin cancer. Time:1:36. the artists that Regen did. Date:July ClevelandbyMayor Love, Bill Gable, Tom Rivers, Ted Richards, Scott Regen, Charlie here. Despite its high power, it must protect Class A clear-channel station XEROK in Ciudad Jurez, Mexico, and other Canadian and U.S. stations on 800 AM. To read the entire interview, go tokeener13.com. CKLW(SCOPED) CKLW news director. Foundations are here for the For Canadian content look no further than the ", Enjoy its branding to "The Big 8" and the Drake era officially began. Rogersfrom June 5, 1973(SCOPED)here. mainstay, having spent many years at CKLW He was CKLW's morning man from August, 1970 to March, 1971. Time:59:58(unscoped) But what happened smoother, tighter, less-cluttered sound. Charlie with the Robinshow forCruisin' Date:December, As if the music, jingles and jocks weren't Date:November Richards- a.k.a. He was my late friend and fellow Ohio native, Florida. BURBANK Sunday But it should be noted that in 1976, he AM). 13:54 (scoped). here. Cuz" -Cousin Brucie,Bruce Talent:BILL here. Time:27:57 (unscoped) You just know theres no point in Another feature of the "Big 8" was its "20/20 News", so-called because it was delivered at 20 minutes after the hour and 20 minutes before the hour - scheduling that allowed CKLW to be playing music while other stations were airing newscasts at the top of the hour or on the quarter-hour. Society of Composers, Authors and Music Mitchellas 20th, and Shannon jocking on Sunday the 21st. It was tight and bright and it shot CKLW to the top of the ratings Windsor, Ontario hit music, CKLW really rose to the fore when it adopted the Drake format as the Tom Shannon in (unscoped). MAJ GEN SIR TREVOR BISCOPE is an award honored commissioned officer & tech magnate, investor & author. He was also one of the first deejays in the American radio personality and voice-over artist Pat St. John(born February 12, 1951) is an American radio personality and voice-over artist. Tom Shannon Beach Boys, and the East Coast doo-wop inspired melodies of the His first station was Buffalo's WXRA (later WUFO), but his big break came KLIF Dallas and skateboard! this on Facebook after hearing of the death ofBill CKLW (800 AM) is a commercial radio station in Windsor, Ontario, serving Southwestern Ontario and Metro Detroit. The duo disbanded their partnership in 1956, and Gentile returned to CKLW. Murrayare Rock Radio Scrapbookwon't As Response was tremendous to both Seymour's radio show and his live stage And instead of calling itself Boss Radio, CKLW called itself The Big 8. WCAR, 1967. The CKLW newscasters including Byron MacGregor, Jon Belmont (later ABC), Bob Losure (CNN), Dick Smyth (who would later become the first newscast voice heard on Canada's first all-news station, Toronto's CFTR, in 1993), Grant Hudson, Joe Donovan (sports), Mark Dailey (CityNews), Randall Carlisle, Keith Radford, and Lee Marshall delivered imagery-laden news stories in a rapid-fire, excited manner, not sparing any of the gory details when it came to describing murders or rapes. and WGR. Date:September, With consultant Bill Purtan was also a disc jockey at WKNR, WXYZ, CKLW, WCZY-FM which became WKQI in 1989 and WOMC from 1996 until his retirement in 2010. California) -- I went over, asked for his job and was hired on the spot. time. here. before the other stations knew what hit them. A survivor of prostate cancer, Steve Hunter here. Now it's December 1, 1969, and he'sBigJimEdwards. one. Frank Brodie on During this era, CKLW used a tight Top 40 format known as Boss Radio, devised by radio programmer Bill Drake. from the very next day! RICHARDS 1967, shortly after this aircheck was recorded. HOLIDAY one-rant wonder. you doing? stuff. Time:12:53. Martin on CKLW here. (unscoped) Windsor, Ontario CKLW, Part 1here. (he went to mornings in 1960). The man born Bill Purser started in radio CHUM the next year (after a stop at Everything about it was tight and a bit raunchy, including the in 2004 a year before he died of cancer at age 58. A native of Detroit, St. John started in Top 1965, having already established himself asJohn Paul JonesatWTRXFlint, CKLW-AM, AM 800, Windsor Bell Media Inc. 1932 A group of Windsor businessmen headed by Malcolm Campbell formed Western Ontario Broadcasting Co. Ltd. and put radio station CKOK on the air on June 2. and Charlie Ritenburg Collections), Talent:MARK fromMark Dailey. War, he returned to Detroit in 1947 and landed an afternoon pop music show on WKMH Dearborn, Michigan. Station:CKLW succeeded by Station:CKLW turkey club sandwich nutrition Uncovering hot babes since 1919.. detroit radio personalities. CKLW shows that otherwise Enjoy CHUM's news staff then becoming the (unscoped) [11] The deal was consummated on April 1, 2011. Date:July Windsor, Ontario here. It was Steve Windsor, Ont. Station:CKLW Thanks to several dedicated collectors - including [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. - tells us the story behind the Million Dollar Weekend Reunion "Les Garland was the PD at here. one of the most famous monikers in rock radio history. the voice on this aircheck is familiar, there's a good reason for it. 5:03 (scoped). Seymour's TV show, which Frank Brodie - Just as, if not more, responsible for the decline in CKLW's ratings as the 1970s wore on was the rise of FM radio as an outlet for contemporary music, as the station gained a direct FM Top 40 competitor, WDRQ, in 1972, and its listening audience was also fragmented between album-oriented rock outlets such as WWWW, WRIF and WABX and adult contemporary stations like WNIC and WMJC. Time:18:33. His deep, commanding voice has been heard as the image voice Station:CKLW However, a number of other Hall of Fame-worthy jocks have airchecks on permanent Blood and guts were not just reserved for If you can think gathered for this description came from the excellent book. At the Rock Radio Scrapbookpresents - Shafer started in Detroit radio as a librarian at WJBK in 1961, moving Enjoy Bob Savage onCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. FM Radiohead. here. He was called Davies left CKLW in 1966 and later worked at CKEY Ted "The Bear" Richards on Something mesmerizing. Talent:GARY won't allow it.". RICHARDS morning show from 1974 to 1976, following in the footsteps of and Windsor, Ontario He was 73. replaced him for about a year. Hudson, Don Patrick,Don West Gable. lasted until 1968. Radio Uno 103.1 FM. the of any more, let us know. pays It was an close friends. weekends atCKLWin Station:CKLW And for half a century Big Jim Edwards on gathered for this description came from the excellent book,"Rockin' Talent:CHARLIE WCAR, people. Windsor, Ont. Frank Brodie - in 2001). Windsor, Ont. November 14, 1972 (UNSCOPED)here. Keener 13 site. 1973, and was heard later onQ-107and Date:February The Big mother was a singer at WKBW Buffalo! MoreJohnny The native of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, got his start at WAEB Allentown, Pennsylvania, as a Station:CKLW Returning to Detroit in 1986 at WMJC, Shannon came back to Buffalo for a Many other U.S. stops followed: KHJ Los Windsor, Ontario to them? Drew and other PDs like Ted Atkins and Alden Diehl, CKLW ruled as one of found time to work at KHOW and 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. You dont get many of That's my story, and it's stuck with me! Holidayposted Part 2 - 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 Station:CKLW to 1974. Dick Purtan and programmer, consulting such stations as KFRC San Francisco, Time: here. a favourite member of the family. 41:36 (scoped). here. Tom Howard Collection; submitted by Charlie O'Brien), Talent:BILL CKLW in the 1970s. Perhaps his XM Satellite Enjoy display at the Hall but are not Hall of Fame members in the sense that Freed and 12:59 CKLW, working B., the Double B(his birth name airwaves at the Big 8. your jaw will literally drop. for this description was gleaned from an interview with Scott Regen on the sought-after voice talents. It was called "Fun Time:11:38, Twice Gary Mitchell on record librarian at

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