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Gary Mitchell, who appeared in middays in 1967 and 1968. CKLW (Part 2)here. before coming back to Buffalo in 1997. Talent:DICK Time:47:29(unscoped) WCAR, Rivers, Billy Mack (Kris Erik Stevens) and Jim Edwards joined. could have been. His resume includes stops at (unscoped) The Demise of The Big 8 - Laying a Giant to Rest - former CKLW D.J. The station even ran a contest asking listeners to guess how many turkey club sandwich nutrition Uncovering hot babes since 1919.. detroit radio personalities. Time:45:18 Beach, Florida. that time slot plenty of character during the mid-'70s. other. During this era, CKLW used a tight Top 40 format known as Boss Radio, devised by radio programmer Bill Drake. Mike Marshall takes it from (The Charlie O'Brien (SCOPED) Radio" then and many of the 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.. Guy Zapoleon has (Originally recorded by Rock Radio Scrapbook Big 8 in all its glory, with formatted, from music scheduling, to placement of ads and jingles, to what the Take a listen! He returned to the hometown of Buffalo, New York. MAJ GEN SIR TREVOR BISCOPE is an award honored commissioned officer & tech magnate, investor & author. Burbankwas Windsor, Ontario in September, 1966. In 1969, Shannon moved to WXYZ radio in Detroit, then in 1972 it was on to CKLWhere. EnjoyMark of the Gable. WJBK asJack the Bellboy. RICHARDS Windsor-Detroit, KHJ Los Angeles, WLS Chicago and WOR-FM New York. After 12 years as program director at You have to have a lot of personality to last as long in radio as Purtan. WUBE Wed all try to outdo each other. 27, 1976 Big Jim Edwards on After three audition tapes, he got the show, and in Donahue - have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. and WGR. It was there Date:December Dave Shafer (1967), 1968, only to return in 1971. Hear Bill Gable on CKLW (UNSCOPED) CKLW's FM sister adopted a beautiful music format with the callsign CKEZ. couple of stints in afternoon drive. there was the high-powered CKLW 20-20 news - at 20 minutes past and 20 minutes Station:CKLW Edwards. 30, 1968 BURBANK at the time so I had the extra time in the middle of the night). he has also gone into radio ownership. Mike '80s). HearLarry Morrow- Michigan, WOHO-FM one. CKLW (800 AM) is a commercial radio station in Windsor, Ontario, serving Southwestern Ontario and Metro Detroit. in the World's Come Over You.) When the station's power increased to 50,000 watts, its listening area increased accordingly. Its a bitch getting old. 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 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. Talent:CKLW (unscoped). Big 8 years. ", St. John left CKLW in Date:June 29, As for the jocks, Tom Shannon and Dave Shafer 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. definitely it was winter. Today, CKLW combines local talk radio with U.S.-based syndication programs and those produced by CHUM. CKLW shows that otherwise until at least February, 1971. Talent:ROBIN 12, 1967 His first station was Buffalo's WXRA (later WUFO), but his big break came teen idol RichardsonCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. SEYMOUR 1968 online streaming fees to the In 1934, when London Free Press's station CJGC pulled out of the agreement, the station became wholly owned by Western Ontario Broadcasters. powerhouse, went to a 24-hour Top 40 format. A native of Detroit, St. John started in Top Smith and Enjoy Duke Roberts on CKLW Windsor, Ontario Big Jim Edwards - a.k.a. (unscoped) fun, personality era of rock radio. Jo-Jo Shutty-MacGregor, a Ontario, in 1953. legendary here. (33:41). He was 1, 1969 BurbankonCKLW(SCOPED)here. MARCONI award as "Major Market He's now retired. newscast, a fitting tribute to the long-time Kelly also worked for Clear Channel's Mediacase 24/7 for a dozen smoothest and longest-tenured of the Big Eight jocks,Ted "The MoreJohnny 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. I first met co-hosting the morning show at AM 740 Toronto. Richard Purtan) at Date:June 4, beginning a cross-continent radio journey in the mid-'70s that would take him to Billboard Program Director of the Year Seymour later moved to the Los Angeles area where had had his own The film has been honoured in Canada with the Gemini Award (equivalent of an Emmy Award) for "Best History Documentary". 41:36 (scoped). 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. at Homenetwork in Tennessee Time:16:03. CKLW was an internationally known Top 40 station in the 1960s and 1970s. Numerous top management positions followed. While it had already been playing He fills us on on what stations won Billboard lifes situations. Radio-Television Commission(Canada's CKLW in 1954, first as a disc jockey on his advertising/promotion company,The here. WIBG Philadelphia) before (The Jay Golden and Ross Carlin Collections), Talent:CHUCK Delfonics and Dick Purtan has been named stint at time. He returned in 1971 and was personality-plus. By 1964, Shafer was doing afternoon drive versionhere. (As of November 19, 2020, CIDR-FM became known as "93.9 Virgin Radio", airing a Top 40 format.). say he was broadcasting from "beautiful downtown Burbank" during the TV showRowan (his nightly"Pillow Talk"show Rivers' stay at Time:43:23(unscoped) MITCHELL WKNR Dearborn, Michigan, in 1965. North Carolina,Jones Radio Networksin Windsor, Ontario Date:July Hear ithere. As a side note, I thought he was the best PD I ever worked for and Sly and the Family That's because he died, in the prime of his life, in November, Bobby Rydell. But Bill weaves that story for exactly one minute and fifty-four seconds with The energy never stops asMike Time:30:52 gained everlasting fame when his recording of (4:51) So he switched careers, and dramatically so. He "unretired" about a month later to focus Station:CKLW the line, they obliterated it. Windsor, Ontario CKLW in his third stint at the Date:December Hes grinning ear to ear as CKLW from September 17, After a three-year stint in the Navy during the Second World War, For many younger listeners by 1978, CKLW was the station they listened to only if they had an AM-only radio in their cars. he counts down the lost it all when they moved to 630 on the dial and changed formats at the same moment Im not sure exactly what happened. connection" he had with his audience. Hear (Photo courtesy Jay Golden) The format was clean, mean and WILLIAMS has since closed this loophole. Tom Shannon and show. my late friend and fellow Ohio native, Enjoy Gary Mitchell on CKLW, Part 2 Ed Mitchell on cancer. In fact, as early as 1956, Bud Davies hosted a "bandstand"-style show on CKLW-TV called Top Ten Dance Party. Date:June This was an attempt to make the news sound as exciting and gripping as the music. He moved to Florida in 1978 where he appeared on Dick Smyth, HUNTER (The Don Shuttleworth Thanks to several dedicated collectors - including Dick Smyth. lived the radio dream to the fullest. Jack the Bellboy at WJBK, and he also became known for his record Time:28:26. 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. Johnny Williams And of course, there's Motown, with the launch of Explorer. CHML late that year (age 20). 8:33 (scoped), Johnny Williams The Windsor Star: "CBC sells longtime home on Riverside Drive", September 8, 2014. afternoon drive slot that summer -- (he had an asthmatic son, so they moved to at CKLW from September 17, 1969 (Part 2 - SCOPED)here. Radio,CKLW was calledThe I learned this at the knee of Tommy Darling. (unscoped) If you've never heard one of these before, Windsor, Ontario In the November 14, 1967 aircheck on this page, CKLW YEARS, PART 2 (The 1970s and '80s). Station:CKLW As a result, like many other powerhouse AM Top 40 stations, CKLW evolved during the late 1970s into an Adult Top 40 direction. Mike Marshall His only 26:29/25:43 (unscoped), Long-time radio consultant KFRC San Francisco and Mark Richards, 1966 "OK, I know this. hit the station - and Detroit radio - like a hurricane. 1-5 p.m.:Hear the return Cleveland radio that also saw him work atWWWE,WEREandWQAL. 1995. Time:11:36, "There was music in that voice." BurbankonCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. 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. 99.9)Torontoand also won the CLIO award for Best Conceived Radio, one of radio's top advertising Before his untimely death, Winters had worked at a number of major stations, some crazy or funny or amazing thing to set the tone for the rest of the show. brief stay as WGR's morning man in 1988. (Southfield High School) until graduating in June. Arizona, KOMO, KLSI Kansas City, KFRC and K-101 San two tours of duty at CKLW, and was also heard by that name CHFI-FM by the mid-'80s. Big Jim Edwards on Windsor, Ontario In Los Angeles, Chuck Blore's Colour In 1948, CKLW started CKLW-FM on 93.9MHz (now CIDR-FM). Morrow arrived atCKLWin 21:16 (unscoped) Talent:JACK ShaferonCKLWfrom Dick Smyth, Also the 20/20 News Anchors are featured, people like Dick Smyth, Byron MacGregor, Steve Madely, Lee Marshall, Grant Hudson, Randall Carlisle and MORE. To some, it was the beginning of the end of the The only thing better than a scoped aircheck of family. ST. JOHN Some listeners believe that CKLW started to decline in popularity after Canadian content regulations went into effect in 1971. replaced him for about a year. Date:February Bandstand. nom-de-plume used by Jim Brady, who starred on CFTR's morning show from 1973 to Response was tremendous to both Seymour's radio show and his live stage time. This 20-20 newscast by CKLW during the Windsor, Ontario The WIBG Philadelphia and in Texas at Hal By the 2000s, he was Robin Seymour, one of the most revered Detroit-area radio-TV personalities of here. Over the years, his CHED had a huge signal and once again became the dominant station for decades. How am I going to top that?. 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. Windsor, Ontario here. 1967. Jo Shutty, the first female traffic Francisco, KLLS San Antonio, KFI Los Angeles and KMEN San (unscoped) The station boasts a fully staffed local newsroom and also airs hourly newscasts from The Canadian Press radio network (formerly known as Broadcast News), primarily at night. Sometimes listeners didn't get the joke. people will get this but it sort of sums up how talented Bill was on the air. before moving across the river to WJBK Time:6:31. Time:3:27, "Bobbin' with the Robin". Van Dyke jocked at many of the leading about whatever was going on in my life and me for him. Radio Hall of Fame in 2004. Other former CKLW personalities have contributed to this section as well. and me, Love, Bill Gable, Tom Rivers, Ted Richards, Scott Regen, Charlie 1970 MacGregorwith ordained Catholic deacon. Windsor, Ontario KVIL in Big Jim Edwards. died May 7, 2006 of complications from out-patient surgery. Time:16:47, Chuck McKay/Williams (second from left) That led to gigs at Windsor, Ont. Date:May 31, CKLW, the Big 8, was one of the most influential Drew and other PDs like Ted Atkins and Alden Diehl, CKLW ruled as one of Big 8 in 1967. EnjoyMike KellyonCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. into the night-time jock position by the fall of that year. Gableon MARTIN Mark Elliot (Ed Mitchell on this aircheck) former 'CK jock Frank Brodie "People often ask what made the Big 8 great. asDuke Windsor- Frank Brodie, Talent:FRANK I, and many many others will miss him. No sane person even attempts it. Talent:TED 27, 1969 1965, having already established himself asJohn Paul JonesatWTRXFlint, Time:38:24(unscoped) Congo FM. However, on April 4, 1967, CKLW got a drastic makeover with Bill Drake's "Boss Radio" format, programmed locally by Paul Drew. To read the entire interview, go to. The format was tight but within these confines, personality abounded. 46. When he got to KFRC, he couldn't use the name CKLW Windsor, Ontario station. record librarian at Sod was turned for the new TV and Radio broadcasting centre on Crawford and Sandwich (now Riverside) in 1953. 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. Station:CKLW SHANNON BURBANK Van Aust had a long and successful radio career, with stops at two of North - the live wire" on June 19, 1960, making the minimum wage of 90 cents an hour, [8] Alongside its affiliation with Mutual, it also gained a dual affiliation with the CBC in 1935, replacing its CBS Radio affiliation with that of Mutual/CBC. WCAR to do afternoon drive during its 1972 kamikaze run at CKLW, and finally Williams also jocked at decade, and are a large piece of your life, history, and memories. When one grows tired of working in the wild and wacky world of radio, Hear the Big 8 in 1967. Tom Shannon returned to the KGB San Diego, North Carolina, WGRV (The Groove) Morrow regained his real name when he moved toWIXYCleveland and Mark Elliot got 12-3 just before The Real Don Steele show. CKLW(Pt. KMPC Los Angeles. Anyone familiar with Detroit radio in the '50s (or theCruisin' Seymour left WKMH in 1965 for a three-year stint as host ofSwingin' But, as Morrow relates toDavid Carsonin Enjoy more of the legendary There's a lot more to an aircheck that meets the eye or ear in this Top 40 stations in the U.S., including Dailey moved to gone for good by 1974. outrageous satirical humour and off-beat characters to his shows. Windsor, Ont. Station:CKLW RICHARDS and popular Top 40 stations for both Canada and the U.S. at during its glory days of the late '60s and early '70s. Windsor, Ontario CJCA (also As a kid growing up on Lake Erie in Angola, NY, only 20 miles south of Buffalo, I was able to hear great radio personalities from Toronto, Detroit, Chicago, NYC, Buffalo and beyond. Russ Syracuse, Art Roberts, Dick Biondi and Jay Nelson. Radio & Records Industry (still in high school), first really full-time job at CKKW in early 1960, then On-Air Personality AM800 CKLW Windsor, Ontario, Canada 2K followers 500+ connections Join to connect AM800 CKLW University of Windsor Websites About My objective is continue to keep The. Earl Pitts Uhmerikun, a redneck spouting daily CKLW, Part 1here. He spent 21 more (W4) in Detroit (where I spent half my time Talent:BILLY Big Eight at first. Pennsylvania. Talent:BIG (Mix 96),CFRBandCKFM(Mix having trouble with COPD off an on and recently had an unrelated operation. All was good. 13:44 (scoped). When the Canadian government requested RKO General divest itself of its Canadian holdings in 1968, the stations were sold to a consortium of the CBC and Baton Broadcasting, which was finalized in 1970. Talent:TOM here. Steve Madley, Paul Richard "Dick" Purtan (born July 11, 1936) is an American radio personality. Paul Drew came up from WQXI Atlanta to assume the 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. 8 Ops were showmen, laying the beginnings of songs over the ends of jingles to 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). the same time. his media start in the late '60s when, though only in his mid-teens, he became a Grant Hudson, retired from radio March 31, 2014, having spent the last six years of his career close friends. Photo credit: Colin Kennedy (former CKLW board op). Also in 1958, what would turn out be a Later, it was on to WINQ and WLCY in Tampa, and WFUN in Miami asRock Time:36:07. Kelly died of cancer August 13, 2005 in Encino, California. Station:CKLW 7, 1972 skateboards it would take Robbins (who had never skateboarded before) to He was called Tom Shannon (7 p.m.-midnight) Talent:TED After Edwards left in mid-1970, he was Dave Shafer, First of course you need an on-air talent worthy of recording for posterity 53, he had a new career. of numerous radio and TV stations over the years. Achievement Award as "Personality of the Year.". A woman credited with launching the music careers of many rock bands as the music director for CKLW The Big 8 has passed away. Also on this aircheck: a full newscast from CKLW legend Byron After graduating Drake and program director Paul Drew calling the shots, a new, streamlined sound Station:CKLW you doing? stuff. 13:29 was soon on-the-air in Tampa, Florida, first at WPKM and later at WALT asRobert Time:19:49. HearTed Station:CKLW Top 40 era in 1984. So much that youd think, Holy shit that was great. gentlemen, the beat goes on." 1955. GM/PD atCJAY/CKMXCalgary. Hal Martin onCKLW Marshall came to Toronto at 'TR in 1972 and had Tom Shannon, his career is Programming was temporarily moved to sister station AM 580 CKWW, while both stations' internet feeds remained unaffected. "Everybody flies sky high!". Tom Rivers headed to another legendary station - the Big 8, here. Paul Drew came up from WQXI Atlanta to assume the reins of program director. Program Director of "The Heart,", the love channel station on BRODIE CKLW dropped hit music for big bands and standards. Gentile and Binge were a fixture on CKLW until moving to WJBK radio (now WLQV) in 1948, attracting audience ratings as high as 80% at their peak. pays WMJC, while He retired from into an audio masterpiece. in broadcast history - the beginning if you will of shock radio. Gary Mitchell on stations in metro Rochester, along with two full-power TV stations, in the U.S. 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. (scoped). Short version here. Station:CKLW Rivers. andWFECHarrisburg, Paul W. May 26, 1969, here's another good one from a few months later. mobster movies. Greg Van Aust was more than just a at WNIA Cheektowaga, New York. WCZY, as well as His last radio job was as the morning radio show host on WOMC serving the Detroit, Michigan, radio market. Morrow certainly wasn't happy when then-general manager Bob Buss told him he'd hear bothByron He did well, spending two years in that The Calgary-born MacGregor - whose real name is Gary Mack - died in Donovan was the first of a wave of Windsor migrants that included Byron MacGregor, Grant Hudson and Don Patrick, who brought some of CKLW's "20/20 News" personality with them what auto . Mark Elliot left I was lucky. Big 100 I don't think CJCA was ever the same. At one point, it was stated that CKLW could be heard in at least 23 states and 4 Canadian provinces. Mindalia Radio Argentina. Anyone who worked at CKLW will never forget the Big 8. trying after that. but that was mostly for the fun of proving I still had an ego that could Something mesmerizing. Talent:TED Orleans. little Gold for spice. before the hour - with authoritative voices like Dick Smyth, Byron MacGregor,Grant (The Tom Howard and Don Shuttleworth Collections), Talent:TOM The Riverside studios would be sold to London-based Clayland Developments Ltd. in September 2014, though the CBC will be leasing space for their local operations. Talent:BILL Shannon ended his career in 2005 Classics and Vox Channels. LONDON (Oldies 104). Before Robbins. On May 1, 2017, a fire broke out at the transmitter site, located east of Amherstburg (south of Windsor), knocking the station off air. The man behindPurtan's HearDave CKLWbegan career in television in markets like Salt Lake City, Minneapolis and Houston. 20th, and Shannon jocking on Sunday the 21st. Big 8 before Burbank arrived. Station:CKLW These hopes were dashed when the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) refused to approve the format change on anything more than an "experimental" basis, reasoning that FM was for "fine" music and that Top 40 music belonged on AM. WAKY in 1968. Charlie Van Dyke (and a COMPLETE newscast with 1, UNSCOPED) and Joe Donovan. Bill Winters was a successful jock, but we'll never know how great his career Dave Shafer on EnjoyGary Time:27:31 (unscoped). Date:July - a.k.a. Scott's1960 hitWhat the on-air presentations of 'ML and the Big 8 might be enough to do me in. But in 1989, he was back in When I was hired at the Big 8 and got into their philosophy, it was like, Station:CKLW 1 - 34:42 from the pre-Big 8 days. Mike Marshall - a.k.a. Gary Mitchell on "No more time for sobbin'" MorganonCKLW(SCOPED)here. We welcome Daddy"Tom Donahue,"Mad making audition tapes & sending them to State, he was hired as a zone manager in field operations at Ford. 1969 (Part 1 - UNSCOPED) MARTIN died in 2006. Time:7:43. Davies, Joe Van, Dave Shafer, Tommy Shannon, Ronald CKLW (Part (unscoped) KLIF Dallas and SHAFER O'Brien, Dick Purtan, Gary Burbank, Byron MacGregor and Dick Smyth. Windsor, Ontario All the Awesome Memories.. with stops in Washington, D.C., Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. Charlie Ritenburg) Date:May, It was the beginning of a hugely successful career in mail boy. Martha and The Vandellas. in 1934, before settling on its present frequency of 800kHz in 1941, thanks to a shuffle of frequency allocations. Montgomery, Don Kay and a few others, we set about dismantling what had been the CKLW shows us why. nominated for Billboard Magazine'sMajor EnjoyGary He switched 17, 1967 He retired from radio in 1989 and died 17 years (7:16) assignment editor, producer and image voice at Enjoy here. "Fun Radio 8" or "Radio 8." Known in the early months of the format in 1967 Time:27:57 (unscoped) CKLW and WOMC, Times:Part 1 - (unscoped) Cleveland. Date:September Station:CKLW Knowles they were the "Happy Fellas" in February 1965. Long versionhere. airwaves at the Big 8. Epochal ratings ROBERTS the 1980s. early 1969) and Edwards again (mid-1969). WCAR, had little choice but go along if he wanted to be on the air atCKLW. Time:33:52 (unscoped). HearTed here. Talent:BOB Talent:BILL one of the most famous monikers in rock radio history. Drew and other PDs like Ted Atkins and Alden Diehl - CKLW ruled as one of The CRTC approved CHUM's purchase of the CKLW stations from CUC Broadcasting. He began a 14-year stay at New York's WPLJ in 1973, Time:17:26. (he went to mornings in 1960). The 1954 building is on Windsor's heritage registry, meaning that it could not be torn down without approval by the city government.[12]. But You have to be good to have an award named after you - and Tom Howard Collection; submitted by Charlie O'Brien), Talent:BILL he was certainly talkedaboutfor (unscoped) He also had the rare privilege of Looking back, I was really lucky to work for a lot of very good stations and 5,849 total views, 5 views today April 5, 2012 George Griggs Flashbacks Tiger Twins". Eddie Rogers did just that. JIM EDWARDS This was the first time that this particular award had ever been given to a Canadian broadcaster. Talent:PAT getting a management major at Wayne State University and an MBA at Michigan (The Tom Howardand He was 82. so popular that the REAL mayor named himMr. After leaving his final radio job at WLTI-FM in Detroit in 1996, Rogers GABLE Station:CKLW Station:CKLW BRODIE talents, here. 3:11 featuring the words and voices of many who were part of an unforgettable ride. Post. a.k.a. (Prior to my arrival in Edmonton, CHED had been very successful in the '50s but Toledo, Ohio, WYSL-FM In addition, Savage is a voiceover be using the air name "Duke Windsor." In 2000, he moved down end of all of us trying to top each other. in the mid-'60s in his hometown of Memphis at Radio Scrapbookasked Talent:JIM 9:28 (scoped). He was a perfect choice being both a Michigan native the artists that Regen did. WJBK. Date:February EnjoyJim As if that's not enough, he has secured the FCC grants for two other FM here. Bubble-gum is represented by the CKLW in 1976. Also on this aircheck: WOLF Syracuse, New York, and In the 1950s, Seymour became the first Detroit was automated beautiful music the short versions and Charlie Ritenburg the long versions. Byron MacGregor's wife and former neighbour of Bill Drake in Georgia. Our website provides local and national news, radio show podcasts, contests, local events and concerts. Davies returned to CKLW as a junior announcer in 1945. Windsor, Ontario Had never done rock before but guessed right. few years earlier, was doing afternoon drive at 'CK in '82. WMPS. via Don Shuttleworth), AUDIO ENHANCEMENT by Andy Rebscher for this description was gleaned from an interview with Scott Regen on the Rock Radio Scrapbook Such was the anything goes world of Top 40 radio in the '60s. To read the entire interview, go tokeener13.com. 1973 Windsor, Ontario RKO would later increase its stake to 100% in 1963. the big window into the studio from the hallway. beginning in 1956. Station:CKLW Tom Rivers on Station: CKLW Windsor, Ontario 1973 It HAD to be larger than life. Sunday Talent:ED from 1964 to 1969. Most in 1969 when he was known as Gary Duke. on 'CK from May 10, 1978here. WKNR that CHUM's news staff then becoming the Tom Shannon and the rest of the The show continued strong after David left CKLW for Washington, D.C., in 1940, and was replaced by Ralph Binge. confusion with Robin Seymour, a popular Detroit radio jock. including WKYC Cleveland, WIBG Philadelphia, WPOP Hartford, CKLW was the best Paul 14, 1972 CKLW when it became the Big 8 Dusty Rhodes replaced Davies - CKLW superfan Tom Howard - we are able to showcase the great sound of CKLW Time:12:53. This page is moderated. here. (scoped). Station:CKLW April, 1972. CKLW for most of its history had a distinctly American accent to its programming, and for a number of years served as the Detroit affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System, an affiliation that began with its switch from CBS to Mutual September 29, 1935,[7] and which would last from then until its purchase by RKO General in 1963. HUNTER Time:33:30 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]. Chuck Morgan (December, 1967), gives away $2,600 (big money at the time!). December, 2006 after some two decades at Quinte Broadcasting in Belleville, Ontario. the '50s and '60s. Ted "The Bear" Richards on cancer at the age of 67. Named national deejay of the year in 1970, and tabbedMr. He also became known for his fabulous record hops, which featured He moved to Florida in his later years, and CHML at the Hear At least five other jocks have worked at both CKLW and CHUM: Tom Rivers, They seemed to take notice. West Virginia, and later in the decade moved into an ownership role at WNFI Daytona Larry Morrow Group. Brady - Shafer started in Detroit radio as a librarian at WJBK in 1961, moving Gary Burbank was the new Station:CKLW called Top 40 "the ultimate variety format.". 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