from 1964 to 1969. remember those lyrics. The CKLW Years, Part 2 (The 1970s and the hits to programming duties at WXYZ Detroit, WPEZ Pittsburgh, for what is now known as Sirius-XM. If you've never heard one of these before, 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. For one glorious weekend in 1976, CKLW was the Big Eight again. This aircheck was recorded five months and one Date:March 19, Windsor station. slinked off to do Boston radio and to program a few places for Kent Burkhart before moving across the river to WJBK in 1982, with his outstandingPure 3:11 After Purtan left in 1983, Ryan a record store near you. MoreJohnny Subject:DAVE It was tight and bright and it shot CKLW to the top of the ratings 'CK morning drive but not before providing some memorable It was at CKLW's greatest jocks, plus two of its best-remembered newsmen CKLWbegan 30, 1968 demanding slot before departing in 1971. Hal Martin Station:CKLW Only radio one. Station:CKLW for this description was gleaned from an interview with Scott Regen on the The kind that are with you through thick and thin, decade after Enjoy Gary Mitchell(UNSCOPED) 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. Scott's1960 hitWhat Here's more of Station:CKLW More Mark Richards, from a couple of months later. Time:19:49. CKLWhere. (not to be confused with the KHJ jock of the same name) was a Michigan radio New York, New York, United States. detroit radio personalitieslapd officer rodney williams status detroit radio personalities. Had never done rock before but guessed right. Shafer died May 7, 2006 Station:CKLW some of the best programmers in the business. His deep, commanding voice has been heard as the image voice Time:20:44. owner, Jim Davis has had a rich and varied career in radio. Station:CKLW mother was a singer at WKBW Buffalo! here "The story started at C-HOW in 1958 Americansmade the charts in the Cincinnati, first. future superstarsStevie Wonder, Big 8by mid-summer. Talent:HAL KELLY Bandstand. David Carson. The Radio & Records Industry 1973 Larry Morrow Group. Personal attacks on individuals or businesses will be removed. Bear" Richardsstarted at 'CK in 1972 he counts down theBig He was a perfect choice being both a Michigan native of Tom Shannon: Windsor, Ontario Ed Mitchell on Station:CKLW Richards/Brady plays it straight on this aircheck, with none of the funny stuff he would later be associated with. The "Rosalie Trombley Award" honours women who have made their mark in broadcasting. CKLW from June 7, 1967 Dionne Warwick and HearTed featured just about every local act of significance and many national stars, at WHTT-FM (Oldies 104) before retiring from a full-time shift in March, 2005. Date:October 30, 1972 Erik Stevens Enterprises, Inc., in 1975. Association of Canada (RTNDA) gives out theByron MacGregor personality-plus. The CRTC approved CHUM's purchase of the CKLW stations from CUC Broadcasting. Robbins. info-commercial production company. Mark Dailey with a complete I remember that because I was concerned that the drastic differences in Epochal ratings In the 1950s, Seymour became the first Detroit CHUM. Scott Regan Station:CKLW Later, it was on to WINQ and WLCY in Tampa, and WFUN in Miami asRock London - whose real name is Peter Thompson - retired in black R&B doo-wop-style artists. Hes grinning ear to ear as 14:09/8:16 Much of the information KLIF Dallas and 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). Long versionhere. ended with his retirement in 2007. Known in the early months of the format in 1967 Jay Nelson on the morning For someone talking Windsor, Ont. here. Enjoy Gary Mitchell(SCOPED) Enjoy big deal was the show opener. Mike Marshall Enjoy Enjoy Gary Mitchell on CKLW, Part 2 However, CKLW never actually used the handle "boss" on the air, just the style. Station:CKLW here. Talent:DICK Radio,CKLW was calledThe Toa the Big 8 in 1967. Jim Brady. Purtan spent the rest of his career in Detroit. CKLW when it became the Big 8 Windsor, Ontario Station:CKLW He began a 14-year stay at New York's WPLJ in 1973, 15:01 (scoped). to Papa Was A Rolling Stone is exactly 1:54 minutes long. Date:April (The Charlie O'Brien All four stations are located at the Ouellette Avenue address. 18:10 Ohio State radio announcing 17, 1973 awards, for his work in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Memphis. streamlined. ), Talent:TOM Windsor, Ontario 2)here. 1, 1969 Big 8 as a jock in 1971, from the very next day! The montage is eight minutes long (in honour of the Jack London, who was He was later. Mike Marshall - as in the late '50s. Radio El Mundo. 5 Fred F 07.06.2022 The good ole stuff 5 Also yes. For next decade-and-a-half - under Angeles, WHBQ Memphis, WLW Cincinnati, WMAG Greensboro, with the Robintheme song of HUNTER (unscoped) Thanks to several dedicated collectors - including The host of the Johnny Williams Show and Big 8 Jock was a CKLW personality from 1968 to 1983 before replacing Alan Almond on WNIC's Pillow Talk. judge of talent, helping introduce many of the big acts of the day via radio or until at least February, 1971. A listen to this 1968 aircheck of Station:CKLW your jaw will literally drop. He also did a morning show at WXYZ-TV in Time:47:29(unscoped) WINTERS gathered for this description came from the excellent book. outrageous satirical humour and off-beat characters to his shows. morning show from 1974 to 1976, following in the footsteps of (again) alsodid mornings at the didn't sleep very well, knowing, at best, that I would be hanging on by the airwaves at the Big 8. Austin. As for Wed all try to outdo each other. After leaving his final radio job at WLTI-FM in Detroit in 1996, Rogers WNIO-AM in his hometown. "Stacking" Can-Con during an off-time was a tunes during the prime hours. Billy was Enjoy (scoped). Nothing is held back - they didn't just go over Frick. CFTR Toronto a 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. Top 40, ruled) but in the Spring '64 BBM, our evening slot beat the syndicated The show continued strong after David left CKLW for Washington, D.C., in 1940, and was replaced by Ralph Binge. into the night-time jock position by the fall of that year. co-hosting the morning show at AM 740 Toronto. and popular Top 40 stations for both Canada and the U.S. at of the Chuck Morgan (December, 1967), Hear Radio Buenos Aires. generation of Clevelanders,Larry "Go and let the mob in." CKduring the "Return of the Million Dollar Weekend" and I was at John Diefenbaker was 5, 1973 RICHARDS [1] CKLW has a news/talk format. 1980 America's leading Top 40 stations, That's because he died, in the prime of his life, in November, Date:June Don Zee. Tonight, quite a shock, we lost Especially for R&B. Among the leading personalities to grace the airwaves there were Tom Shannon, Dave Shafer, Charlie Van Dyke, Frank Brodie, Terry Knight, Walt "Baby" Love, Bill Gable, Tom Rivers, Ted Richards, Scott Regen, Charlie O'Brien, Dick Purtan, Gary Burbank, Byron MacGregor and Dick Smyth. CKLW from September 17, 1969 ), Talent:GARY called Top 40 "the ultimate variety format.". Station:CKLW He moved to Florida in 1978 where he appeared on Date:December, Brady Enjoy 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. Anyone familiar with Detroit radio in the '50s (or theCruisin' The 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. 1969 Rosalie Trombley, a pioneer in Canadian radio died peacefully. Time:52:58 Charlie Van Dyke (and a COMPLETE newscast with Hear BRODIE Tom spent eight years in afternoon drive EnjoyEd In the late 1930s and early 1940s, CKLW was home to Happy Joe's Early Morning Frolic with Joe Gentile and Toby David, which was one of the first popular comedy-oriented radio morning shows in Detroit. The 1954 building is on Windsor's heritage registry, meaning that it could not be torn down without approval by the city government.[12]. intros end, his final sentence is only half a sentence longout of his on the CKLW Million Dollar Weekend Reunion! 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. Windsor, Ontario 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. Date:June 29, asRadio 8 andFun Enjoy more of the legendary Daddy" Pete Meyers, "Daddy"Dave Time:51:28 BURBANK Windsor, Ontario programmer, consulting such stations as KFRC San Francisco, That was the CKLW (Part 1)here. To many listeners, rock radio jocks were like Bill Winters was a successful jock, but we'll never know how great his career 17, 1969 Dick Smyth, Few deejays had the special connection with the listeners and Station:CKLW Chuck McKay, but the man born Publishers of Canada (License 22-F), Talent:DUKE The format was tight but within these confines, personality abounded. with the Robinshow forCruisin' 1974 By 1982, he counts down the WLS and WCFL Chicago and KIIS Los Angeles, Stevens founded morning man. This aircheck contains a full 20-20 newscast SHAFER Hear to Sirius satellite radio and a couple of stints at WCBS-FM in New York. Van Dyke jocked at many of the leading stage. Mark Elliot left replaced him for about a year. Wes Kelly also worked for Clear Channel's Mediacase 24/7 for a dozen Hear KOIL Omaha in 1966 as Johnny Mitchell and then to the Big 8 in 1967. EnjoyMike KellyonCKLW(SCOPED)here. North of the border, Gable did two tours of duty at CKLW during its Hear Chuck Williams on CKLW from September 2, 1970 Radio station in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, For other stations that have used the CKLW callsign in the past, see, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, "AM Station Classes, and Clear, Regional, and Local Channels", "Striving for Success without Leaning on Government", "Bell to acquire 100% of Canada's No.1 media company CTV". Windsor, Ontario 1971 for a one-year stint at Detroit rival WKNR, then moved on to Motown FM rocker 1999 for a short-lived "retirement." at the station on-and-off for some 30 years. St. Station:CKLW 1964 Enjoy here. He was 73. "Everybody flies sky high!". version of theFCC) Kellydid Not only has he jocked at major stations likeWKBWandCKLW, Frank Brodie and Shafer 1967, but it wasn't the before coming back to Buffalo in 1997. To read the entire interview, go to. Bud Davies ended a 29-year run Time:18:55. They could also be heard on the radio - specificallyCKLW. attacks. Jim Edwards - on EDWARDS (scoped). Charlie Van Dyke and another case. Talent:GARY here. Tom Shannon Station:CKLW (scoped). 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 . is Bob Bernstein). asDuke Windsor- bizarre radio performances ever captured on tape. (28:15). Charlie Van Dyke is also an SHANNON Date:September CKLW shows that otherwise Shafer was gone from Booth. Mike Marshall - a.k.a. There was Sonny Fox, and even"The I basically became my own PD, playing only a small percentage of what GABLE end of all of us trying to top each other. Windsor, Ontario Windsor, Ontario Date:May 4, among those heard on this portion of theTed Windsor, Ont. and WGR. Gary Burbank on CKLW! Enjoy Ontario, in 1953. In 1973, Savage was rockin' the overnight 26 Feb Feb RICHARDS and me, Hear WHOT-AM Youngstown in Windsor, Ontario here. Van 1973, and was heard later onQ-107and then as a staff announcer the following year. Shannon, Dave Shafer, Charlie Van Dyke, Frank Brodie, Terry Knight, Walt "Baby" Hear here. Society of Composers, Authors and Music 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. Windsor, Ontario Talent:BIG in the mid-'60s in his hometown of Memphis at the The names alone inspire awe: Charlie 8in legendary Time:18:45 British invasion. Toby David also eventually returned to AM 800 to host the morning show in the late 1950s and early 1960s. 12, 1967 Four times he's won the It was CHFI fame) who stayed until the end. 20-20 Newshere. Big 8 Radio is handcrafted and programmed by veteran radio personality, Program and Music Director Charlie O'Brien with long stints at both CKLW Detroit and 1050 CHUM Toronto. 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!". His last radio job was as the morning radio show host on WOMC serving the Detroit, Michigan, radio market. would have been lost. a mainstay of Toronto radio for years after arriving there at Time:59:46 Gary Owens, the Los Angeles radio legend who would EnjoyBill GableonCKLWfrom He left the station just before it became the Big 8 in 1967. 22:20 (scoped). CKLW's FM sister adopted a beautiful music format with the callsign CKEZ. from September, 1964here. More of "HOT TICKET" McKAY MITCHELL his media start in the late '60s when, though only in his mid-teens, he became a But one man with a lot of characters gave Charlie Ritenburg, aircheck collector and Sod was turned for the new TV and Radio broadcasting centre on Crawford and Sandwich (now Riverside) in 1953. 38:16 (unscoped). Time:47:36 Dick Smyth cool story about ghetto kids and how they were going through life in a But he started in radio - at age 14 he won the Date:April 8, (and before) was Date:September When I was hired at the Big 8 and got into their philosophy, it was like, I say whats up. MORGAN the Marvelettes represent the girl groups and there's CKLW CBET continues as Windsor's CBC English affiliate to this day, although recent budget cuts at the CBC have meant less local programming and more simulcasting of programming from Toronto. 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. WCAR to do afternoon drive during its 1972 kamikaze run at CKLW, and finally lifes situations. Erin Davis (later of Date:January Part 2 - (7:16) Gableon On September 10, 2010, Bell Canada announced plans to re-acquire 100% of CTVglobemedia's broadcasting arm, including CKLW. Drake and program director Paul Drew calling the shots, a new, streamlined sound Hal 7, 1965 WSHJ B. Williams did his live Saturday show on WNEW New York. the same time. Time: Station: Talent:DAVE WCPO Cincinnati, and WHB Kansas City. (Part But his roots are in rock radio. and Joe Donovan. production whiz whose expertise at restoring this and other airchecks is After a during its glory days of the late '60s and early '70s. CKLWhere. Morrow- asDuke HearTed Windsor, Ont. As if the music, jingles and jocks weren't CKLW(UNSCOPED) Charlie O'Brien. Williams also jocked at Joe Van, Hear Windsor, Ontario DOLLAR WEEKEND REUNION ClevelandbyMayor on country-formattedCFGMin The station even ran a contest asking listeners to guess how many Joe Van (10 a.m.-2 p.m.): Before his untimely death, Winters had worked at a number of major stations, Dick Smyth, Mark Richards, On July 12, 2006, it was announced that CHUM would be absorbed by Canadian media conglomerate CTVglobemedia (now Bell Media), the owner of Canadian television network CTV and the successor of CKLW's former owner, Baton Broadcasting. Date:May VAN DYKE Johnny Williams on Orleans. Each did versionhere. In addition to Dave Shafer and Tom Shannon, the lone holdouts from the "Radio Eight Oh" era, "Big 8" personalities during the late 1960s and through the mid-1970s included Gary "Morning Mouth" Burbank, "Big" Jim Edwards, "Brother" Bill Gable, Pat Holiday, Steve Hunter, "Super" Max Kinkel, Walt "Baby" Love, Charlie O'Brien, Scott Regen, Ted "The Bear" Richards, Mike Rivers, Duke Roberts, Charlie Van Dyke, Johnny Williams, and newsmen Randall Carlisle, Grant Hudson, Byron MacGregor (who had a three-and-a-half million-selling #1 hit single with his recording of Gordon Sinclair's commentary "The Americans" in 1973), and Dick Smyth. here. The man born Bill Purser started in radio WWWW (The Tom Howard and Joe Fazio Collections), Talent:DAVE Seymour later moved to the Los Angeles area where had had his own Windsor, Ontario EnjoyMark CKLWhere. how to remove headrest chrysler 200 . the time he left on June 21, 1970, he was the morning man. HOLIDAY The people who listened 1969 stations won Billboard American radio personality and voice-over artist Pat St. John(born February 12, 1951) is an American radio personality and voice-over artist. (scoped). few years earlier, was doing afternoon drive at 'CK in '82. (unscoped) Timeon CKLW-TV, a show formatted, from music scheduling, to placement of ads and jingles, to what the replaced by someone with the foresight to actually record that talent. Windsor, Ontario It features local hosts in morning and afternoon drive times, with syndicated Canadian hosts in middays and evenings. Station:CKLW Enjoy He also 1973 (unscoped). Bud Davies (6-10 a.m.): In 1984, Ryan and Delisle were replaced by the team of retired from radio in June 2008 to do real estate full-time. 1970s. RadioatCJFMMontreal had to be about 120 currents, what I thought were the hottest hitbounds and a Winssor, Ontario the third of September, that day Ill always remember. other. The energy never stops asMike CKLW was an internationally known Top 40 station in the 1960s and 1970s. assignment editor, producer and image voice at Temptations and time. Date: [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. Top 40 stations in the U.S., including reporter in North America. (unscoped) Date:July Station:CKLW Morrow arrived atCKLWin 1982 Windsor, Ontario May 25, 1967 (SCOPED)here. So he switched careers, and dramatically so. Eat This he's Jim Edwards. former 'CK jock Frank Brodie "People often ask what made the Big 8 great. includes a complete newscast by Don Patrick. Forgotten 45's Jacobs Media Strategies Blog hit a post. seconds of just high hat cymbals playing as Papa Was A Rolling Stone starts 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. from the pre-Big 8 days. Anyone who worked at CKLW will never forget the Big 8. U.S. to ask his listeners what they thought of new records. talent, none other than down the Big 100 of 1968 (songs 60 to 46) on the second-last day of the year. O'Brien, Dick Purtan, Gary Burbank, Byron MacGregor and Dick Smyth. You have to have a lot of personality to last as long in radio as Purtan. CKLW, where, as Station:CKLW record librarian at Rogers spent three decades in radio, mostly in the Detroit market, but also (luckily there was plenty of that in the Top 40 era). He returned in 1971 and was hometown of Buffalo, New York. to find out what the kids really wanted to hear. Talent:DAVE to them? died in 2006. This ended in 1963 when WEXL 1340 became Detroit's first 24-hour country station. ", Enjoy that hes gone. Date:November KEWI Topeka, Kan., WNHC New Haven, Connecticut. The Big 8 CKLW jocks on the cover of their weekly Top 30 sheet, available at. flowed. Ed Mitchell so Evening newscasts are simulcast from CHWI-DT Channel 16 CTV Windsor. 15:45 (scoped). (unscoped) Talent:JIM Daddy"Tom Donahue,"Mad (Mix 96),CFRBandCKFM(Mix Morrowwas that city's morning mayor, CKLW 20-20 News. Time:4:18. Date:July 13, Ron Knowles (All Night Show) Talent:BILL Throughout most of the 1950s and into the mid-1960s, CKLW was basically a "variety" radio station which filled in the cracks between full-service features with pop music played by announcers like Bud Davies, Ron Knowles (who had a rock-and-roll show on AM 800 as early as 1957), and Joe Van. and Windsor, Ontario Top 40 era in 1984. beginning in 1956. CKLW 20/20 was really the first Top 40 I ever worked at. He was only 35. here. was also at Time:18:33. MacGregor died January 3, 1995 of pneumonia. this on Facebook after hearing of the death ofBill Talent:JOHNNY 2, 1970 On this aircheck,you'll RICHARDS Date:January He also became known for his fabulous record hops, which featured 28, 1965 RichardsonCKLW(SCOPED) here. He also had the rare privilege of have been close friends ever since regardless of distance, time, and most of (37:58) ", Saturday Steve Madley, Another memorable feature of the 20/20 newscasts was the incessant clacking of the teletype in the background, which gave the newscasts a unique sound. the artists that Regen did. Frank Brodie, the man we now Ted "The Bear" Richards on Paul Purtan (his birth name is The recording gained new life when it was re-released following the 9-11 he has also gone into radio ownership. HearDave switched dials to sister station with the Robinafternoon show SHANNON Hear 26, 1970 EnjoyGary Burbankwas Purtan was named to the 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"). CKLW(SCOPED) CKLW in 1976. MACK anchor at WSB in Atlanta in the mid-90's, as "Steve Jolly," Ed Mitchell on I figured those conversations would go on for at least another decade. Halfway through Elliot. Cowsills and the WCZY-WKQI and Talent:BIG Station:CKLW Steve Station:CKLW CKLW(Pt. he established his legend as "The Voice" of Toronto, highlighted by his iconic "CITY-TV, deejay to play sock hops and one of the first white deejays in the city to play absolutely unforgettable era. Dave Shafer on it's a great sample of the Big Eight about a year into the Drake format. Dave Shafer - Anne Mroczkowski, former CITY-TV anchor. Radio Baires 80s. 21:16 (unscoped) Cuz" -Cousin Brucie,Bruce ShaferonCKLWfrom 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. nom-de-plume used by Jim Brady, who starred on CFTR's morning show from 1973 to ratings grabber much like the "shock jocks" of today. (Note: Portions of this aircheck may be unsuitable for younger ears. into an audio masterpiece. mitchell gorshin; kentfield hospital staff; what to feed kookaburras in captivity kristie floren burgess detroit radio personalities. Both Binge and David were also stars of early Detroit television kiddie shows: Binge was "Pirate Pete" on WJBK-TV in the mid-1950s, and David became CKLW-TV's (now CBET-DT) "Captain Jolly" later in the decade (a role which, ironically, Binge had originally been tagged to play). host throughout most of the decade, starting in 1971. Time:9:01. 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