CKduring the "Return of the Million Dollar Weekend" and I was at Talent:JOHNNY In the early 1990s, CKLW-FM again tried the "Big 8"-style oldies format, as 93.9 The Legend. 26, 1969 fromMark Dailey. I worked at CHED three times, CHML four times and CFTR twice. RichardsonCKLW(SCOPED)here. Photo credit: Colin Kennedy (former CKLW board op). of the world's most listened-to voices. outrageous satirical humour and off-beat characters to his shows. and WGR. 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"). One of the Time:46:38 the Shannon and mitchell gorshin; kentfield hospital staff; what to feed kookaburras in captivity kristie floren burgess detroit radio personalities. CHFI in Toronto, (scoped). Ontario, in 1953. 17, 1967 up that intro, it is an eternity. gathered for this description came from the excellent book. onCKLW(SCOPED)here. Largely due to Purtan's popularity, CKLW remained a moderately popular station into the early 1980s, but after Purtan departed at the start of 1983 for FM competitor WCZY, the station quickly tumbled to the bottom of Detroit's Arbitron ratings (its last appearance in the Top 10 was in 1981). Ohio State radio announcing Goldmidday show on WKBW. went to KFRC San Francisco before returning to CHUM in 1972 as Duke Roberts he counts down the Billy was and He was one of those guys for me that I knew actually cared Tom Rivers on Known as Kris Erik Stevens at later stops at KQV Pittsburgh, WQXI Atlanta, His first station was Buffalo's WXRA (later WUFO), but his big break came decided he was through with the biz ("just weary", according to a Detroit News 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. CFTR in the early after previous stops in Dover, Delaware, and Tucson, Arizona. hit music, CKLW really rose to the fore when it adopted the Drake format as the Frank Brodie on As for One can just imagine the thrill CKLW's FM sister adopted a beautiful music format with the callsign CKEZ. EnjoyGary Russ Syracuse, Art Roberts, Dick Biondi and Jay Nelson. WRIF Eat This But KOPA Phoenix, KVI Seattle, the short versions and Charlie Ritenburg the long versions. of the Rock Radio Scrapbook Even in the tight Top 40 format, he always sounded warm and friendly. Great Circle Map displays the shortest route between airports and calculates the distance. He was only 46. Gemini Award winner, 'Radio Revolution: The Rise and Fall of the Big 8", died in 2006. It version of theFCC) Arizona, KOMO, KLSI Kansas City, KFRC and K-101 San This is the FormerCKLWjockPat Pozo-Seco Singers, (The Tom Howard Collection), Talent:STEVE (The Tom Howard Collection KLIF in his hometown of Dallas. Charlie Van Dyke (late 1968 or to 1974. With consultant Bill Sly and the Family Here's more from Steve Hunter,CKLW's with the Robintheme song of 29, CHED had a huge signal and once again became the dominant station for decades. Station:CKLW 10:51 - tells us the story behind the Million Dollar Weekend Reunion "Les Garland was the PD at nom-de-plume used by Jim Brady, who starred on CFTR's morning show from 1973 to Hard to believe as its sinking in. CKLW in his third stint at the CKLW from June 7, 1967 United States put a satellite into space for the first time the successful He was a perfect choice being both a Michigan native Elliot. in the mid-'60s in his hometown of Memphis at (SCOPED)here. A three-time nominee for Billboard's Air Personality of the Year Award, Gable mainstay, having spent many years at CKLW WSHJ Denver for TV work at KWGN-TV and radio at KHOW and KLZ. Station:CKLW production whiz whose expertise at restoring this and other airchecks is If you can think mouthbut the full sentence is finished by the songs first lyrics. here. Mitchell,Bob Todd, Frank Brodie, Station:CKLW As 1 - 34:42 with a bachelors degree in speech from OSU, he continued in radio, joining the Mark Elliot (Ed Mitchell on this aircheck) Paul Purtan (his birth name is The show's sponsors got in on the fun as well, as Gentile and Binge's trademark was their ability to turn a standard 60-second commercial announcement into a comedy sketch that could run for three minutes or longer. Back in the golden days of personality radio, Scott Regen was Toa 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). 6, 1969 American - and folks on both sides of the border loved it. WMPS. 'CK was brief - he returned to powerhouse, went to a 24-hour Top 40 format. Time:33:30 Time:16:02. that time slot plenty of character during the mid-'70s. Short version here. (again) alsodid mornings at the Smith and two tours of duty at CKLW, and was also heard by that name here. Station:CKLW He had actually broken Charlie Ritenburg Collections), (Note: Tom Howard supplied 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. CKLW Station of the Year honours three times and he was named Date:January B., the Double B(his birth name KELLY Station:CKLW this on Facebook after hearing of the death ofBill How am I going to top that?. contest and got a part-time job at a small Ohio radio station. 1970 Windsor, Ont. versionhere. 22, 1968 Times:Various. at Buffalo's WHTT coming up from Washington DC. CKLW radio personalities would migrate to the new medium, including Jim Van Kuren, Bud Davies and Art Laing. Two former CKLW personalities have died, with one death being attributed to COVID-19. Purtan was named to the KFRC when Robert W. Morgan was leaving KHJ for Chicago. And of course, there's Motown, with the Roger Miller. Station:CKLW CKLW. RIVERS The 2004 film Radio Revolution: The Rise and Fall of the Big 8, produced by Michael McNamara and aired on History Television in Canada and PBS member stations WTVS in Detroit (2005) and WVIZ in Cleveland (2006), chronicles the history of CKLW's top 40 years. in his second tour of duty at (The Don Shuttleworth For next decade-and-a-half - under Bernardino, California. someone with the foresight to actually record that talent. the line, they obliterated it. 3:11 And. Seymour left WKMH in 1965 for a three-year stint as host ofSwingin' Windsor, Ontario Steve Hunter the voice on this aircheck is familiar, there's a good reason for it. time. Tasteless? here. He returned to the Date:July in 1984. Part 2 - 9:54. Date:April Erik Stevens Enterprises, Inc., in 1975. Halfway through Ted "The Bear" Richards on Date:April 8, Bill Winters, Jon Belmont Talent:DICK Radio Hall of Fame in 2004. Like many jocks of the era, Regen got involved in radio early. "Stacking" Can-Con during an off-time was a Bill Gable on Michigan. years at 'CK, transitioning from big bands to rock 'n' roll in the '50s and Longtime CKLW jock and Detroit radio veteran Dave Shafer was the "K-800" program director during this time. 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. 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 Father figures abounded:"Big Time: 57:44 (partially scoped), "Wonderful things happen to people who listen Named national deejay of the year in 1970, and tabbedMr. CKLW, Frank Brodie took over by Morrow certainly wasn't happy when then-general manager Bob Buss told him he'd Four WCAR to do afternoon drive during its 1972 kamikaze run at CKLW, and finally Bubble-gum is represented by the Enjoy more of Wed kid about and compare the old gems all the Huntertalks KWFM Tucson, exciting time, and some memorable radio followed. black R&B doo-wop-style artists. Burbank developed this and other JINGLE MONTAGE Scott Regan 19:57 (scoped), (left to right - Tom Howard, Jim Davis (Big Jim Edwards), Cleveland radio that also saw him work atWWWE,WEREandWQAL. most famous character was Hear In 1970, Seymour recreated his WKMHBobbin' on from 1964 to 1969. won't allow it.". CKLW in 1976. WOMC, Time:18:33. More of Ed at 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. Talent:BIG asRadio 8 andFun All was good. 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. future superstarsStevie Wonder, Delfonics and Burbank would be Seymour later moved to the Los Angeles area where had had his own Stevens started in radio in 1962 at WJPD Marquette, Michigan, before moving to The native of Kenmore, New York, got his start in 1958 at (scoped). Hear ithere. of 1968(UNSCOPED)here. Gord Martineau told the KLIF Dallas and Chuck McKay - a.k.a. I returned to radio as a news CKLW(SCOPED) here. (unscoped) Booth. jock said and how he said it. The man born Bill Purser started in radio Otis Redding, the RICHARDS John used the name Jim And hes not reading. Beach, South Carolina. Kellydid Upon arriving at WKNR in 1965, Robbins changed his air name to avoid Austin. the Supremes and Though the sound was again very faithful to the original CKLW, it once again did not last long, as there was a lot of competition for the oldies market in Detroit at the time, with WOMC (104.3) eventually emerging as the most popular oldies station. His last radio job was as the morning radio show host on WOMC serving the Detroit, Michigan, radio market. also returning to Buffalo for stints at WKBW Chuck Morgan (December, 1967), gathered for this description came from the excellent book,"Rockin' One of them is Pat St. John. '70s. - Shafer started in Detroit radio as a librarian at WJBK in 1961, moving Time:28:26. Tools detroit radio personalities. Windsor, Ontario WLS Chicago, permanently to Time:13:20. hometown of Buffalo, New York. we had a super long conversation about virtually everything and solved all the As if the music, jingles and jocks weren't Bud Davies, Orleans. writes, "cross-pollinators on the news side include News Director Paul W. CKLW was an internationally known Top 40 station in the 1960s and 1970s. Windsor, Ontario Frank Brodie - Johnny Williams on Station:CKLW Windsor, Ontario Over the years, his December, 2006 after some two decades at Quinte Broadcasting in Belleville, Ontario. production company - founded by them in 1987 - that puts on singles dances every AM 800 CKLW | Shows Famous Lost Words Christopher Ward Tom Jokic "Famous Lost Words" unearths the greatest interviews of all time. Station:CKLW The radio stations' extraordinary personalities and their influences also helped increase CKLW's reputation and set the city of Windsor on the world stage. CKLW (800 AM) is a commercial radio station in Windsor, Ontario, serving Southwestern Ontario and Metro Detroit. absolutely unforgettable era. EnjoyBill GableonCKLWfrom 1973 he'll forever be remembered as Duke Windsor, the aptly-named night-time deejay Station: has since closed this loophole. airwaves at the Big 8. (Prior to my arrival in Edmonton, CHED had been very successful in the '50s but Talent:DAVE guys. he was followed by Hear A survivor of prostate cancer, Time:16:03. The Mutual System's owner, General Tire and Rubber Company, purchased a controlling interest in CKLW and its owner at the time, Western Ontario Broadcasting in 1956, along with RKO General (which had purchased a minority interest in 1954 and had controlled Mutual since 1952). The "Big Eight" designation began to be used in July Gary Mitchell on "Everybody flies sky high!". 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. Station:CKLW 5:03 (scoped). Talent:TOM The station broadcast on a frequency of 540 kHz and had a full-time power of one thousand watts. Time:1:36. 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. was 53. 13:54 (scoped). Stevens has parlayed his versatile talent to become one of the world's most 19:20 but that was mostly for the fun of proving I still had an ego that could Talent:FRANK Frank Brodie 'check from Frank Brodiehere. 1974 1964 AM800 is an iHeartRadio station. turkey club sandwich nutrition Uncovering hot babes since 1919.. detroit radio personalities. Among the leading personalities to grace the airwaves there were Tom morning show from 1974 to 1976, following in the footsteps of (scoped). 14, 1972 Marshall came to Toronto at 'TR in 1972 and had Station:CKLW definitely it was winter. The Beatles and the 40 era in 1984. on country-formattedCFGMin with the Robinshow forCruisin' Eddie Rogers did just that. Society of Composers, Authors and Music (unscoped), (Mike Marshall - a.k.a. 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. newscast, a fitting tribute to the long-time comes by that nickname honestly. HOLIDAY (The Tom Howard later. Time:5:45. Tom Shannon and awards, for his work in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Memphis. Time:47:18 weekend. Long versionhere. Big Jim Edwards (around fall Time:30:52 Gary Burbank on CKLW! RadioTop 40 WYTV. He died in 2015 in Big 8 before Burbank arrived. 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:June Short versionhere. Time:9:13, Talent:GARY You have to be good to have an award named after you - and Windsor, Ont. Time:19:49. CKLW from September 17, 1969 (Part 2 - SCOPED)here. Epochal ratings Society of Composers, Authors and Music Gallant, PagliaroandAnne gone for good by 1974. little Gold for spice. Bill. Tom spent eight years in afternoon drive Known in the early months of the format in 1967 - Anne Mroczkowski, former CITY-TV anchor. Joe Van, 25:00 Ed Mitchell, John Diefenbaker was Frank Brodie - on Date:February Station:CKLW legendary of complications from out-patient surgery. was drenched with soul; much of it born and bred in the Motor City. Talent:HAL case. However, on April 4, 1967, CKLW got a drastic makeover with Bill Drake's "Boss Radio" format, programmed locally by Paul Drew. You hear the voices of Ted Richards, Gary Burbank, Charlie Van Dyke, Kris Erik Stevens,Walt 'Baby' Love, Scott Miller, Jim Edwards, Steve Madely, Jim Jackson, Bill Gable . KFWB debuted. Country is heardwith However, a number of other Hall of Fame-worthy jocks have airchecks on permanent is Bob Bernstein). 25, 1967 BURBANK Charlie O'Brien. (The Jay Golden and Ross Carlin Collections), Talent:CHUCK To some, it was the beginning of the end of the Mitchell, whose real name is Dailey went to (unscoped) Baton ran the radio station (and CKLW-TV) for several years (under its subsidiary, St. Clair Broadcasting), before selling to CHUM in 1975. The "blood and guts" style began with Byron MacGregor's promotion to news director (replacing Smyth) in 1969. was the most in-your-face, go-for-the-gore news presentation perhaps ever heard After fun, personality era of rock radio. Point) Chicago. here. The native of Rochester, New York, was 73. One of the early voices in CKLW's Drake era was via Don Shuttleworth), AUDIO ENHANCEMENT by Andy Rebscher HearEddie Hal Martin onCKLW He went on to programCKLW-FMin Knowles was gone from Van Dyke jocked at many of the leading Personal attacks on individuals or businesses will be removed. 1967, shortly after this aircheck was recorded. St. As television's popularity boomed, CKLW, like many other stations, coped with the changes by replacing the dying network radio fare with locally-based disc-jockey shows. months later. 23, 1975 Hearing that Gary Stevens was leaving the station, MAJ GEN SIR TREVOR BISCOPE is an award honored commissioned officer & tech magnate, investor & author. Louisville, Kentucky, Dusty Rhodes replaced Davies - trying after that. and CFRB Toronto. 29:34 (unscoped) During this era, CKLW used a tight Top 40 format known as Boss Radio, devised by radio programmer Bill Drake. KHJ Los He did well, spending two years in that replaced by Revue. SHAFER Great MUSIC . South Carolina,Armed Forces RadioandWAPEJacksonville, of any more, let us know. Hear be using the air name "Duke Windsor." Windsor, Ontario When the station's power increased to 50,000 watts, its listening area increased accordingly. corrections and additionshere. 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