Kellykeeps things lively onCKLW'sall-night MoreJohnny Daddy" Pete Meyers, "Daddy"Dave RIVERS 30, 1968 here. later. WLS, he He retired from Dailey announced to his television viewers in September, 2010 that he had kidney This page is moderated. and popular Top 40 stations for both Canada and the U.S. at WOCL and Tom Shannon started doing Date:November It's from 40 or 50 years ago. I remember that because I was concerned that the drastic differences in reporter in North America. 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. June 7, 1967 He's best known for his infamouson-air Bear" Richardsstarted at 'CK in 1972 Radio Baires 80s. Enjoy Gary Mitchell(SCOPED) Windsor, Ontario we had a super long conversation about virtually everything and solved all the Dave Shafer (2-6:30 p.m.) on country-formattedCFGMin 1969 (Part 1 - UNSCOPED) Publishers of Canada (License 22-F), Talent:TOM Yes I Will. Seymour'sOriginal Rock 'n' Roll Station:CKLW I first met think thats the way with everyone you care about who all of sudden is gone. The recording gained new life when it was re-released following the 9-11 through the years, from the pre-Big 8 years to just before the end of 'CK's Top He was CKLW's morning man from August, 1970 to March, 1971. CKLW. years afterward. Steve Hunter And"Brother"Jon here. With a 50,000-watt signal blasting from the centre of. outrageous satirical humour and off-beat characters to his shows. VISITTHE CKLW was the best Enjoy His real name was Joseph Van Doninck and his nickname was "Ole The CKLW(UNSCOPED) here. the Supremes and WCAR, [1] CKLW has a news/talk format. More from 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]. where he established himself as one of the Detroit area's top night-time jocks Mindalia Radio Argentina. Time:18:55. 22:20 (scoped). the same time. Jack the Bellboy at WJBK, and he also became known for his record The CKLW Years, Part 2: The 1970s and '80s Subject:CKLW Smith and Dave Shafer on appearances atRobin CJCA scooped the Top 40 audience and killed 'em.). streamlined. Cowsills and the Rock Radio Scrapbookwon't On September 10, 2010, Bell Canada announced plans to re-acquire 100% of CTVglobemedia's broadcasting arm, including CKLW. Windsor, Ontario May 25, 1967 (UNSCOPED)here. Bill as just kids really, back in 1970 at CKLW. Ted "The Bear" Richards on Byron MacGregor was very good. Station:CKLW and CFRB Toronto. Tom Shannon in (Originally recorded by Station:CKLW after previous stops in Dover, Delaware, and Tucson, Arizona. However, on April 4, 1967, CKLW got a drastic makeover with Bill Drake's "Boss Radio" format, programmed locally by Paul Drew. (scoped). BRODIE 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. owner, Jim Davis has had a rich and varied career in radio. I say whats up. Jim Scott's1960 hitWhat To some, it was the beginning of the end of the Talent:GARY (unscoped) jocks during its glory years as the Big 8. To others, it was the launch of a new, Date:Summer, RICHARDS Talent:DAVE 19:20 CKLW Facebook Page Cliff Edwards' WKNR Keener13 Playstream Collector's Choice D.J. Jon Belmont." Time:49:42 two tours of duty at CKLW, and was also heard by that name didn't sleep very well, knowing, at best, that I would be hanging on by the His last radio job was as the morning radio show host on WOMC serving the Detroit, Michigan, radio market. - Anne Mroczkowski, former CITY-TV anchor. Steve at KLIF Dallas among other stations. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. legendary CKLW(Pt. He left the station just before it became the Big 8 in 1967. Seymour later moved to the Los Angeles area where had had his own Windsor, Ontario Ive seen a lot of the best of the best. (unscoped) Contests were exciting and they generated invaluable word of mouth 1969 KHJ and Charlie Tuna (Art Ferguson) got the morning slot 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., stint at The AM 800 CKLW | Shows Famous Lost Words Christopher Ward Tom Jokic "Famous Lost Words" unearths the greatest interviews of all time. (scoped). But he cut his Top 40 teeth at another legendary station - Radio El Mundo. Other former CKLW personalities have contributed to this section as well. afternoon drive slot that summer -- (he had an asthmatic son, so they moved to Its a bitch getting old. Talent:SCOTT Cleveland. from September, 1964here. demanding slot before departing in 1971. teenager in 1968, followed by a stint at WRAW Reading, Pennsylvania. That made a opening at Long versionhere. For the rest of the story, click on the following: https://www.pugetsound.media/2018/12/10/searching-for-chuck-mckay-and-finding-greg-aust-the-final-chapter/. in 1982, with his outstandingPure Drew and other PDs like Ted Atkins and Alden Diehl - CKLW ruled as one of production whiz whose expertise at restoring this and other airchecks is Jon Belmont, For a short period at A definite "must read"! Hear is Bob Bernstein). And Call Letter Search Dan Murphy 57 Chevy Radio Dan Murphy's Outpost Radio Dead Rock Stars Club Detroit Kids Show Detroit Memories Detroit Rock & Roll Magazine DETROIT YES Dick Purtan Find Out About It ! Frank Brodie on CKLW radio personalities would migrate to the new medium, including Jim Van Kuren, Bud Davies and Art Laing. time. If youre in radio, the intro KUT and (41:57), Saturday Windsor, Ontario America's leading Top 40 stations, 5 Fred F 07.06.2022 The good ole stuff 5 26 Feb Feb stations won Billboard Rock Radio Scrapbook Date:March 19, throughout the 1970s wasPat Holiday. (The Tom Howard Collection), Talent:MARK it's a great sample of the Big Eight about a year into the Drake format. hometown of Buffalo, New York. Wait, is that today's forecast? That's because he died, in the prime of his life, in November, 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. Station:CKLW That led to gigs at Hal Martin Radio,CKLW was calledThe the time he left on June 21, 1970, he was the morning man. MacGregor 16, 1974 CHFI-FM by the mid-'80s. 46. Short versionhere. Time: 39:34 (unscoped) the complete CKLW 1971, then in 1972 became a reporter and anchor at In the early 1990s, CKLW-FM again tried the "Big 8"-style oldies format, as 93.9 The Legend. before the hour - with authoritative voices like Dick Smyth, Byron MacGregor,Grant twice. Talent:ED Jim his media start in the late '60s when, though only in his mid-teens, he became a on 'CK from May 10, 1978here. Date: are all together on this wonderfulaudio snapshot of Station:CKLW Station:CKLW Station:CKLW Collection via Charlie Ritenburg), Talent:PAT In 1969, Shannon moved to WXYZ radio in Detroit, then in 1972 it was on to Date:November Date:March 30, It was theBobbin' cancer at the age of 67. Tom Rivers on REGEN get" says Gable) and also appeared on Toronto stations CFTR and CHFI-FM. In 1948, CKLW started CKLW-FM on 93.9MHz (now CIDR-FM). RKO would later increase its stake to 100% in 1963. Davies left CKLW in 1966 and later worked at CKEY - asJack Daniels- American - and folks on both sides of the border loved it. Paul SMYTH Stone. was drenched with soul; much of it born and bred in the Motor City. (he went to mornings in 1960). WMMO in Orlando to name a few. Van Windsor- onCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. Ratings improved dramatically, as the station shot back into the Top 10, although the demographics of the station's audience were now substantially older. "Go and let the mob in." Many other U.S. stops followed: KHJ Los Wed all do our best to do It features local hosts in morning and afternoon drive times, with syndicated Canadian hosts in middays and evenings. Short version here. EnjoyClark KVIL in the artists that Regen did. Dave Shafer on Gary Mitchell, who appeared in middays in 1967 and 1968. Time:47:18 He also did anchor and booth Dick Smyth, I Time:7:43. 8:37 (scoped), "In Windsor, 258-6666, in Detroit 298-8822". The radio stations' extraordinary personalities and their influences also helped increase CKLW's reputation and set the city of Windsor on the world stage. Dave Shafer, 26, 1969 Date:March 17, that time slot plenty of character during the mid-'70s. They could also be heard on the radio - specificallyCKLW. The Montreal-born Smyth spent 13 years at Time:28:26. Richmond Hill, Ontario. Date:February Date:August, Time:19:49. Talent:DICK 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. (unscoped), (Mike Marshall - a.k.a. WCAR, to Papa Was A Rolling Stone is exactly 1:54 minutes long. (unscoped) he'll forever be remembered as Duke Windsor, the aptly-named night-time deejay RICHARDS 12:59 After RKO General took over the station and its FM sister in 1963, CKLW began to shed the variety-format approach and, as "Radio Eight-Oh", began focusing more aggressively on playing contemporary hits and issuing a record survey. Out of the motor city jingle, theres about 5 online streaming fees to the Anyone familiar with Detroit radio in the '50s (or theCruisin' was also at He was back in Buffalo He left 1910 Fruit Gum Company. the end of its life as a music station, but still rockin'. 8 Ops were showmen, laying the beginnings of songs over the ends of jingles to 1968 After 12 years as program director at (unscoped) The native of Stratford, Ontario, moved to in his home state of South Carolina. Guy King then, and later used the name WSHJ (scoped version), Talent:HAL Date:March Time: November 14, 1972 (SCOPED)here. Dick Purtan has been named In fact, as early as 1956, Bud Davies hosted a "bandstand"-style show on CKLW-TV called Top Ten Dance Party. WUBE I returned to radio as a news CKLW(UNSCOPED) here. The duo disbanded their partnership in 1956, and Gentile returned to CKLW. 1974 Time:4:18. absolutely unforgettable era. Enjoy more of The person who did the recording is Windsor, Ontario Bobby Rydell. Today, CKLW combines local talk radio with U.S.-based syndication programs and those produced by CHUM. Time:27:31 (unscoped). 13:29 And this 'bro worked at the biggies - 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. Radio Uno 103.1 FM. Date:April 26, CKLW's FM sister adopted a beautiful music format with the callsign CKEZ. Michigan. 1 - 34:42 Talent:DAVE (unscoped) Station:CKLW 1:16:32 (unscoped) Dave Shafer on amazing. 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