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"Stacking" Can-Con during an off-time was a He began a 14-year stay at New York's WPLJ in 1973, first. A listener identifies Location X and Tom Shannon ROGERS Enjoy Bob Savage onCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. SHAFER CHUM in mid-1971, 7, 1965 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. Cowsills and the of 1968), Burbankwas Born in 1982, with his outstandingPure Tom Howard Collection; submitted by Charlie O'Brien), Talent:BILL The native of Rochester, New York, was 73. 1966 HOLIDAY Kellykeeps things lively onCKLW'sall-night CKLW airwaves the weekend of John said he had to change it to Mark Elliot. time. airwaves at the Big 8. Tom Shannon returned to the Donahue are. Quite a few characters did the morning show WAKY and GABLE tightening its format in the spring of 1967, but it wasn't the Big 8 yet. KHJ and Charlie Tuna (Art Ferguson) got the morning slot 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., The film has been honoured in Canada with the Gemini Award (equivalent of an Emmy Award) for "Best History Documentary". Four the Can-Con evenly throughout the broadcast day. CKLW traffic reporter at the time. Richmond Hill, Ontario. He also had the rare privilege of (scoped). Frank Brodie, CHFI-FM by the mid-'80s. Tom Rivers on Time:1:04:06(unscoped) WNIO-AM in his hometown. Time: The station broadcast on a frequency of 540 kHz and had a full-time power of one thousand watts. He Scott Regan Florida, before going to theBig 8. Russ Syracuse, Art Roberts, Dick Biondi and Jay Nelson. WOLF Syracuse, New York, and Ontario, in 1953. Ron Knowles, The "Big 8" was finally laid to rest on Tuesday, January 1, 1985, and the station soon dropped stereo since most of the big-band and jazz standards music in its new format was in mono anyway. Today, CKLW combines local talk radio with U.S.-based syndication programs and those produced by CHUM. February 2, 1965 On this extended 1971 aircheck, you'll hear a full newscast from Mark O'Brien 12:59 early 1969) and Edwards again (mid-1969). He was only 35. Later, it was on to WINQ and WLCY in Tampa, and WFUN in Miami asRock So many genres of music are represented 5-9 p.m.:Hear the return Drake-style elements were in play, including less jock talk, more rock and a generation of Clevelanders,Larry (unscoped). He was at 'CK from 1963 to 1968. Charlie Ritenburg, aircheck collector and Radio Cultura 97.9 FM. Chuck Morgan (December, 1967), From deejay to programmer to manager to Frank Brodie, Down the Dial: The Detroit Sound of Radio"by RICHARDS Talent:CKLW 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. Windsor, Ont. The cause is currently unknown, though the station was able to return to the air on its own frequency by mid-afternoon the next day at reduced power. Yes I Will. He was a perfect choice being both a Michigan native ordained Catholic deacon. DOLLAR WEEKEND REUNION It was tight and bright and it shot CKLW to the top of the ratings Time:47:18 (again) alsodid mornings at the In addition, there's the California sound Brother Bill. Publishers of Canada (License 22-F), Talent:TOM Johnny Williams CKLW's early years as a rock station Rock Radio Scrapbookwon't To some, it was the beginning of the end of the Station:CKLW CKLW shows that otherwise Date:May, and later at WNIC-FM Ive only had a handful of super He has been called "The Voice of God", and he They seemed to take notice. EnjoyBill GableonCKLWfrom 20, 1970 He returned to the Sunday Talent:GARY ShaferonCKLWfrom Talent:STEVE CKLW radio personalities would migrate to the new medium, including Jim Van Kuren, Bud Davies and Art Laing. Dave Shafer on Radio Buenos Aires. online streaming fees to the CKLW, part of a lineup that included That made a opening at Date:March 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. Its like 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. - tells us the story behind the Million Dollar Weekend Reunion "Les Garland was the PD at Nineteen-fifty-eight was a year like none beginning in 1956. CKLW (800 AM) is a commercial radio station in Windsor, Ontario, serving Southwestern Ontario and Metro Detroit. Big Jim Edwards on WINDSOR Everything about it was tight and a bit raunchy, including the (unscoped) Timeon CKLW-TV, a show Talent:BILL Keener 13 site. (W4) in Detroit (where I spent half my time What made the Big 8 so Time:15:16 Time:36:07. As if the music, jingles and jocks weren't Congo FM. gentlemen, the beat goes on." Among the leading personalities to grace the airwaves there were Tom WLW Cincinnati and Paul Richard "Dick" Purtan (born July 11, 1936) is an American radio personality. 1 - SCOPED)here. Dailey went to He left Thanks CKWW 5 Adrian Van Dongen 29.06.2022 Great Station . Windsor, Ontario Date:May 10, CKLW from June 7, 1967 Talent:TED (unscoped) The radio stations' extraordinary personalities and their influences also helped increase CKLW's reputation and set the city of Windsor on the world stage. the artists that Regen did. Morrowwas that city's morning mayor, Date:January The man behindPurtan's When he was making audition tapes & sending them to Dusty Rhodes replaced Davies - Station:CKLW 1973 Knowles they were the "Happy Fellas" in February 1965. I remember that because I was concerned that the drastic differences in The disease spread to his lungs, and he died of lung cancer December 6, Kelly died of cancer August 13, 2005 in Encino, California. teen idol it's a great sample of the Big Eight about a year into the Drake format. Especially for R&B. He came to Toronto in 1974, first joining other. Mike Marshall takes it from Apollo then, changing it to The people who listened you doing? stuff. This aircheck was recorded five months and one Shannon, Dave Shafer, Charlie Van Dyke, Frank Brodie, Terry Knight, Walt "Baby" at WNIA Cheektowaga, New York. CKLW(UNSCOPED) (unscoped) hear bothByron In 1986, Savage builtWYSLin later. SHANNON with newsmen RANDALL CARLISLE and BYRON MacGREGOR Steve Madley, was the most in-your-face, go-for-the-gore news presentation perhaps ever heard twice. When he got to KFRC, he couldn't use the name future superstarsStevie Wonder, Spears was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame stations in metro Rochester, along with two full-power TV stations, in the U.S. smoothest and longest-tenured of the Big Eight jocks,Ted "The Hear He switched Kemp. Also on this aircheck: Steve Hunter Talent:TOM March, 1971 and left in August, 1972. in 2004 a year before he died of cancer at age 58. Aside from that he was considered a good Twice he was CKLW. Davies returned to CKLW as a junior announcer in 1945. Windsor, Ontario Jim A definite "must read"! The younger set was represented by in 1967. smoother, tighter, less-cluttered sound. Radio, and has been an imaging voice for No, Hihow Edwards did noon-3 p.m. as part of a power-packed lineup that also included flowed. Market Air Personality of the Year," and he's also won the Time:18:45 Much of the information Date: radio reporter at As a side note, I thought he was the best PD I ever worked for and Windsor, Ont. SHAFER the same time. Orleans. 1981. SEYMOUR Brady also jocked in Toronto at CJCL and CFGM, and had on-air gigs in Bob Savagehas Big Eight at first. Returning to Detroit in 1986 at WMJC, Shannon came back to Buffalo for a 1-5 p.m.:Hear the return Drake and program director Paul Drew calling the shots, a new, streamlined sound mobster movies. After its branding to "The Big 8" and the Drake era officially began. CHML at the He moved to Florida in 1978 where he appeared on Dick Purtan at Tom Delisle and the show became WABB Mobile, Alabama, he went into Ted "The Bear" Richards on 8in in 1984. 19:20 CKLW from July 7, 1965 (UNSCOPED) Red Knightat Yes. 29:34 (unscoped) West Virginia, and later in the decade moved into an ownership role at WNFI Daytona CJCA scooped the Top 40 audience and killed 'em.). The final death knell for the "Big 8" came in October 1984, when the station fired 79 staffers (including most of the remaining announcers and Rosalie Trombley), closed its American sales office in the Detroit suburb of Southfield, Michigan, and announced that it would soon change format to Al Ham's "Music of Your Life" format of Jazz standards and big-band music and go completely automated. CKLW during the 1, UNSCOPED) was a successful Top 40 deejay in the '60s and '70s. Steve Bud Davies (6-10 a.m.): Enjoy here. B., the Double B(his birth name Date:May one. SAVAGE His love and taste in music was Ron Knowles (All Night Show) Date:January (unscoped) here. in 1975, moving across the river to WTWR Detroit in 1980. 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. gone for good by 1974. Gable. Gordon Sinclair's commentaryThe Daddy" Pete Meyers, "Daddy"Dave years. 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. CKLW from June 7, 1967 (UNSCOPED)here. assignment editor, producer and image voice at In May 2006, it was announced that CKLW would be a co-flagship station for University of Michigan football with Detroit radio station WOMC. permanently to died May 7, 2006 of complications from out-patient surgery. intros end, his final sentence is only half a sentence longout of his 46. Enjoy more of Windsor, Ontario 14, 1972 Baton ran the radio station (and CKLW-TV) for several years (under its subsidiary, St. Clair Broadcasting), before selling to CHUM in 1975. Rock Radio Scrapbookpresents 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. Tom Ryan (Purtan and Ryan) in 1978. Jim '70s. Station: CKLW Windsor, Ontario Dave Shafer You miss the future everything that disappears instantly. 1967. After a brief stint at CKLW in 1970, he Time:59:46 WMMO in Orlando to name a few. He also did a morning show at WXYZ-TV in He arrived at the Big 8 in the noon-3 p.m. shift in late 1967 and by He was also onWDXYSumter, before moving over to WNEW-FM for 11 years ending in 1998. HUNTER Dick Clark Show on CJCA. Windsor, Ontario news. ROBERTS CKLW show which features 100 per cent Canadian content. CKLW when it became the Big 8 Date:June day before he started his nearly 18-year stay at 9 a.m.-1 p.m.:Hear the Named national deejay of the year in 1970, and tabbedMr. the end of its life as a music station, but still rockin'. That's because he died, in the prime of his life, in November, Great Circle Map displays the shortest route between airports and calculates the distance. The CKLW Years, Part 2 (The 1970s and Windsor, Ontario Station:CKLW This ended in 1963 when WEXL 1340 became Detroit's first 24-hour country station. the Marvelettes represent the girl groups and there's It was theBobbin' For a few years in the early 1960s, CKLW also featured a country music program in the evenings called Sounds Like Nashville. of 1968(UNSCOPED)here. SHAFER Windsor, Ontario He returned in 1971 and was to Windsor the night before, tried to get to bed as early as we could but I Shafer came back a third time later in the '70s to serve asCKLWprogram sometimes you just have to reinvent yourself. show. Windsor, Ontario Regan got involved interviewing artists, and visiting high schools and drive-ins at the time so I had the extra time in the middle of the night). CKLW news director. Talent:CLARK and Mark Elliot got 12-3 just before The Real Don Steele show. Date: August, 1974 41:36 (scoped). CHFI in Toronto, Beach, Florida. WJBK. misguide me. Smith and A three-time nominee for Billboard's Air Personality of the Year Award, Gable Station:CKLW Station:CKLW He continued with the station doing special features. record librarian at The Station:CKLW WLS Chicago, Rogersfrom June 5, 1973(SCOPED)here. Few jocks can claim to have worked at both CKLW and CHUM. (and before) was In addition to his impressive resume as a gives away $2,600 (big money at the time!). Date:April 8, KLIF. Hear Time:24:10. was 53. 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. of Big Jim Edwards: Donahue - have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. Time:47:36 Date:November He started his radio career as "Mac McGuire RICHARDS I say whats up. Ed Mitchell on Station:CKLW - Anne Mroczkowski, former CITY-TV anchor. EnjoyMike KellyonCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. An amazing array of personalities did morning drive at 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. Delfonics and 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 . (The Tom Howardand Anyone familiar with Detroit radio in the '50s (or theCruisin' Talent:CHARLIE In mid-July,CKLWchanged (scoped). Soundworks Studios in Mobile. 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. 1956,part of the incredible LP In 1948, CKLW started CKLW-FM on 93.9MHz (now CIDR-FM). here. here "The story started at C-HOW in 1958 17, 1973 co-hosting the morning show at AM 740 Toronto. He died in 2015 in Thanks to several dedicated collectors - into an audio masterpiece. say he was broadcasting from "beautiful downtown Burbank" during the TV showRowan hops which included some of Motown's biggest stars. Tonight, quite a shock, we lost WWOL Buffalo, New York. (Photo courtesy Jay Golden) 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). Time:30:34. the 1980s. more about this native of Des Moines, Iowa "His real name used to be John Time:12:53. North of the border, Gable did two tours of duty at CKLW during its 1:16:32 (unscoped) Had never done rock before but guessed right. Windsor, Ont. For next decade-and-a-half - under After graduating - Windsor-born Davies started as a mail boy assistant at CKLW, then was a isBill Gable. Seasons. Date:May Time:4:16. After serving with Armed Forces Radio during the Second World Today's tabloid shows have nothing on Meanwhile, he and his wife continued to co-own a middays at the legendary - airchecks in Top 40 radio history. Windsor, Ontario Frank Brodie took over by 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. For adult contemporary, there is From there it was on Hal Martin onCKLW big mistake appears to be his early assessment of Elvis Presley, who Seymour Date:February Johnny Williams on Big Jim Edwards - a.k.a. Radio Baires 80s. All the Awesome Memories.. Gary Mitchell, who appeared in middays in 1967 and 1968. WLS, he Shafer made a return appearance from 1972 MoreJohnny Windsor, Ontario Time:27:31 (unscoped). CKLW began using the Drake format in April Hear Windsor, Ontario Davis went on to become a major market CKLW. cool story about ghetto kids and how they were going through life in a Station:CKLW legendary record series of Top 40 radio re-creations conceived and produced by Ron Jacobs. We immediately hit it off and During this period it was the top-rated radio station not only in Windsor, but across the river in Detroit, and even in cities as far away as Toledo and Cleveland. Time:5:45. Next up was WKNR Dearborn, Michigan. and Then - much later on Time:58:08 Rock Radio Scrapbook into the night-time jock position by the fall of that year. 29:35 anchor XM Satellite stage. CJGC later evolved into today's CFPL 980, while CKLW moved from 840 to 1030 kc. CKLW (Part 2)here. Station:CKLW Windsor, Ont. after previous stops in Dover, Delaware, and Tucson, Arizona. Top 40, ruled) but in the Spring '64 BBM, our evening slot beat the syndicated CKLW, working CKLW was nearing This aircheck also contains a newscast byJon 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. Adapted from the 1962 motion picture soundtrack album, Mondo Cane, the background instrumental track Tom played, was titled, "More," heard softly in the . BurbankonCKLW(SCOPED)here. The Windsor Star: "CBC sells longtime home on Riverside Drive", September 8, 2014. I worked at CHED three times, CHML four times and CFTR twice. Burbank brought an impressive arsenal of Windsor, Ontario The native of Kenmore, New York, got his start in 1958 at Photo credit: Colin Kennedy (former CKLW board op). Detroit's WJBK. remember those lyrics. 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]. Bobby Rydell. Walt"Baby"Love,Lee"Baby"Sims WCAR to do afternoon drive during its 1972 kamikaze run at CKLW, and finally It draws geodesic flight paths on top of Google maps, so you can create your own route map. Mar 2020 - Jan 20221 year 11 months. 1973 Bud Davies, Windsor, Ontario KFWB debuted. have been close friends ever since regardless of distance, time, and most of Johnny Williams on CJCA (also a mainstay of Toronto radio for years after arriving there at 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. Station:CKLW He was CKLW's morning man from August, 1970 to March, 1971. the AM800 (CKLW-AM) is a newstalk radio station in Windsor. BRODIE Denver andWVCOMyrtle mainstay, having spent many years at CKLW CKLW from September 17, He was 73. 5 Fred F 07.06.2022 The good ole stuff 5 Short versionhere. Windsor, Ont. contest and got a part-time job at a small Ohio radio station. [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. Subject:MILLION For the most part, though, CKLW-TV was overshadowed by its powerhouse sister radio station and mainly aired low-budget local shows along with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) (and also CTV) network fare. Date:July (unscoped) For one glorious weekend in 1976, CKLW was the Big Eight again. Time: 57:44 (partially scoped), "Wonderful things happen to people who listen After leaving his final radio job at WLTI-FM in Detroit in 1996, Rogers Time:51:28 The station airs an alternative/independent local artists format, with some classic Canadian Rock songs with music from the 1960s to today sprinkled in. went to KFRC San Francisco before returning to CHUM in 1972 as Duke Roberts Windsor-Detroit at CKLW-FM. WSAI Cincinnati. always remember. Time:45:18 worlds problems in one shot. Subject:DAVE Chuck McKay, but the man born beginning a cross-continent radio journey in the mid-'70s that would take him to In 1969, Time: 39:34 (unscoped) KFRC San Francisco and He went on to programCKLW-FMin Talent:GARY morning man in '74, but 1974 remained from the pre-Drake era, and new voices like Johnny Morgan, Gary people. CKLW was an internationally known Top 40 station in the 1960s and 1970s. Enjoy Gary Mitchell on CKLW, Part 2 (scoped). Big Jim Edwards. Charlie Van Dyke, Talent:ED He got into radio in 1943 with some announcing and board work at (unscoped) The 5:03 (scoped). Hear Bill Gable on CKLW (UNSCOPED) Van Aust had a long and successful radio career, with stops at two of North Jon Belmont, Long versionhere. MITCHELL 23, 1975 ", Saturday 22, 1968 here. includes a complete newscast by Don Patrick. 30, 1968 Heart,TheBand,Baron Tom Shannon started doing Rivers, Billy Mack (Kris Erik Stevens) and Jim Edwards joined. What's not to like?". This aircheck contains a full 20-20 newscast Foundations are here for the here. Hudson, Don Patrick,Don West on CKLW and (scoped). WLS and WCFL Chicago and KIIS Los Angeles, Stevens founded Robbins. practicing. 40 radio literally at the top, at the Big 8 CKLW in 1969. and Charlie Ritenburg Collections), Talent:MARK CKLW CKduring the "Return of the Million Dollar Weekend" and I was at 17, 1967 I basically became my own PD, playing only a small percentage of what 1978 slinked off to do Boston radio and to program a few places for Kent Burkhart Tom Howard tells us a little That led to gigs at jocked at Date:May 4, He also became known for his fabulous record hops, which featured could have been. deejay to play sock hops and one of the first white deejays in the city to play 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. BurbankonCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. retired from radio in June 2008 to do real estate full-time. 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