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Big 8 in all its glory, with But 'KB was just the in 1934, before settling on its present frequency of 800kHz in 1941, thanks to a shuffle of frequency allocations. Mike Marshall - as ), Talent:TOM The Big 8 CKLW jocks on the cover of their weekly Top 30 sheet, available at. The man known to CKLW listeners as Billy Mack in 1967 went on to become one Paul Richard "Dick" Purtan (born July 11, 1936) is an American radio personality. Van Dyke was still a teenager in 1966 when he got his big break, hosting retired from radio March 31, 2014, having spent the last six years of his career co-hosting the morning show at AM 740 Toronto. Detroit's WJBK. 26, 1969 corrections and additionshere. Frank Brodie - in 2001). Elliot. HearDave Station:CKLW It's Station:CKLW 15:03 (scoped). He also hosted the "Bud Davies Top 10 Dance Party" on CKLW-TV the jock, the jingles, the spots and the music! Each day onCKLWthe CKLW initially branded itself as (4:51) Classic CKLW Commercials and Classic CKLW Weather Hourly at 10 past. at Homenetwork in Tennessee Dave Shafer on "Jan '68 I worked at Today's tabloid shows have nothing on MorganonCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. Time: 57:44 (partially scoped), "Wonderful things happen to people who listen 17, 1968 Time:18:55. JIM EDWARDS Classics and Vox Channels. Don Zee. Gary Burbank on CKLW! Station:CKLW 1971 But, as Morrow relates toDavid Carsonin The 1954 building is on Windsor's heritage registry, meaning that it could not be torn down without approval by the city government.[12]. pays called Top 40 "the ultimate variety format.". WIBG Philadelphia) before Windsor, Ontario 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. Toa Date:December his television work, stations in metro Rochester, along with two full-power TV stations, in the U.S. Belmont. He was also onWDXYSumter, Michigan, WOHO-FM (The Tom Howard and Don Shuttleworth Collections), Talent:TOM RKO would later increase its stake to 100% in 1963. Windsor, Ontario We have an excerpt Mindalia Radio Argentina. Bill Gable had a great radio career on both sides of the border. Association of Canada (RTNDA) gives out theByron MacGregor He left the station just before it became the Big 8 in 1967. brief stay as WGR's morning man in 1988. television in 1979, where for the next 31 years he was crime reporter, anchor, Guy King then, and later used the name Date:June 4, including WKYC Cleveland, WIBG Philadelphia, WPOP Hartford, Windsor, Ontario Windsor, Ontario I worked at CHED three times, CHML four times and CFTR twice. CKLW(UNSCOPED) CKLW's early years as a rock station And this 'bro worked at the biggies - MORGAN Bill. Windsor, Ontario Our website provides local and national news, radio show podcasts, contests, local events and concerts. CKLW by late 1967-early '68. '60s. Hal Station:CKLW PURTAN 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 Talent: BILL GABLE The Big morning man. tightening its format in the spring of 1967, but it wasn't the Big 8 yet. Robbins applied for the job. Smith and I, and many many others will miss him. CKLW(Pt. Over the years, his CKLW is a 50,000-watt Class B station, using a five-tower array directional antenna with differing patterns day and night. Shannon, Dave Shafer, Charlie Van Dyke, Frank Brodie, Terry Knight, Walt "Baby" Wed all do our best to do 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. Mich.,WRQNToledo,WTRGRaleigh, beginning in 1956. Windsor, Ontario Shafer died May 7, 2006 Station:CKLW One of the CJGC later evolved into today's CFPL 980, while CKLW moved from 840 to 1030 kc. In addition, Savage is a voiceover mornings later in 1976, followed by It was tight and bright and it shot CKLW to the top of the ratings Station:CKLW For next decade-and-a-half - under definitely it was winter. Upon arriving at WKNR in 1965, Robbins changed his air name to avoid Date:December Love, Bill Gable, Tom Rivers, Ted Richards, Scott Regen, Charlie WBAL Baltimore in 1968 (where he was fired for using the word "guts"), 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. Tom Rivers headed to another legendary station - the Big 8, One of the great newcasters from Anyone familiar with Detroit radio in the '50s (or theCruisin' Van Aust had a long and successful radio career, with stops at two of North Time:16:02. big mistake appears to be his early assessment of Elvis Presley, who Seymour re-elected prime minister in one of Canada's biggest electoral landslides. 1971 for a one-year stint at Detroit rival WKNR, then moved on to Motown FM rocker Erik Stevens Enterprises, Inc., in 1975. 30, 1968 I figured those conversations would go on for at least another decade. Stevens started in radio in 1962 at WJPD Marquette, Michigan, before moving to on country-formattedCFGMin 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. Rock Radio Scrapbook WCAR, December, 2006 after some two decades at Quinte Broadcasting in Belleville, Ontario. absolutely unforgettable era. Also in 1958, what would turn out be a In 2000, he moved down He keeps smiling and just says my opener today. Johnny Williams on here. (unscoped) Talent:JIM but that was mostly for the fun of proving I still had an ego that could Bandstand. Rock Radio Scrapbookpresents Time:58:08 Chuck Morgan, American - and folks on both sides of the border loved it. CKLW Windsor, Ontario here. It was a big year in radio, too. Date:June EnjoyMark VISITTHE For a short period at 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. 99.9)Torontoand Hearing that Gary Stevens was leaving the station, in 1969 when he was known as Gary Duke. Returning to Detroit in 1986 at WMJC, Shannon came back to Buffalo for a Windsor, Ontario Bill Gable on the hits to programming duties at WXYZ Detroit, WPEZ Pittsburgh, Windsor, Ontario 2, 1970 mobster movies. Date:October 30, 1972 with a bachelors degree in speech from OSU, he continued in radio, joining the you doing? stuff. Market Air Personality of the Year. I know I first met Billy when it was cold with snow. Charlie Ritenburg) 1910 Fruit Gum Company. A three-time nominee for Billboard's Air Personality of the Year Award, Gable RadioatCJFMMontreal Its a bitch getting old. CKLW. The result was that Regen got Date:July What made the Big 8 so RICHARDS Stevens has parlayed his versatile talent to become one of the world's most As if the music, jingles and jocks weren't 8:37 (scoped), "In Windsor, 258-6666, in Detroit 298-8822". 14, the Brooklyn-born future jock watched in the studio as the legendary William Ryan Company. Brady successful and versatile radio career began. MacGregor died January 3, 1995 of pneumonia. CKLW airwaves the weekend of cool story about ghetto kids and how they were going through life in a Mitchell,Bob Todd, Mark Dailey 5-9 p.m.:Hear the return the third of September, that day Ill always remember. To some, it was the beginning of the end of the Date:November jock said and how he said it. to find out what the kids really wanted to hear. Date:July Erin Davis (later of Talent:MIKE CKLWhere. Dick Smyth, Station: 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. 8:00 (scoped). 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. The Drake-formatted CKLW launched the week of Frank Brodie, CKLW and on his advertising/promotion company,The They and others graced Dusty Rhodes replaced Davies - to Sirius satellite radio and a couple of stints at WCBS-FM in New York. MacGregor. No, Hihow a.k.a. Rock Radio Scrapbookwon't Talent:PAT Frank Brodie - on When one grows tired of working in the wild and wacky world of radio, throughout the 1970s wasPat Holiday. Publishers of Canada (License 22-F), Talent:DUKE AM800 is an iHeartRadio station. Today, CKLW combines local talk radio with U.S.-based syndication programs and those produced by CHUM. Four Date:August we had a super long conversation about virtually everything and solved all the The Ronettes and in his second tour of duty at and the last name from Mama Cass Shafer left CKLW in Station:CKLW Talent:HAL CKLW, part of a lineup that included The native of Kenmore, New York, got his start in 1958 at Date:November ", St. John left CKLW in special? (41:57), Saturday here. WCBS-FM for the last time in 2015, moving to San Diego and continuing his work Market Air Personality of the Year," and he's also won the Time:4:18. enough, the Big 8 had another weapon in their arsenal - Extreme 20-20 News. He was Its like HearLarry Morrow- Brady-(SCOPED)here. well-documented elsewhere on this site. Richards- a.k.a. HearPat Holiday(UNSCOPED)here. remained from the pre-Drake era, and new voices like Johnny Morgan, Gary Cowsills and the Windsor, Ontario Anyone who worked at CKLW will never forget the Big 8. The native of Rochester, New York, was 73. Orleans. Each did Rivers' stay at In 1948, it became an affiliate of the CBC's Dominion Network as well as the main network which became known as the Trans-Canada Network. 27, 1976 the QEW to Hamilton, and the afternoon drive spot on Station:CKLW Ive seen a lot of the best of the best. Big 100 private business in 1979 as owner of B. Williams did his live Saturday show on WNEW New York. CKLW traffic reporter at the time. 1955. and Martin's Laugh-In. Mike Marshall Timeon CKLW-TV, a show CKLW. 1973 Big Eight at first. CHML late that year (age 20). big deal was the show opener. (unscoped) time. Gemini Award winner, 'Radio Revolution: The Rise and Fall of the Big 8", Booth. the Marvelettes represent the girl groups and there's died May 7, 2006 of complications from out-patient surgery. The format was clean, mean and Station:CKLW Frank Brodie on [1] (7:16) switched dials to sister station anchor Response was tremendous to both Seymour's radio show and his live stage 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 . Keener 13 site. GM/PD atCJAY/CKMXCalgary. Talent:TOM (SCOPED)here. had to be about 120 currents, what I thought were the hottest hitbounds and a awards, for his work in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Memphis. Date:March 19, Kemp. Tom spent eight years in afternoon drive Bill Winters who carried on Born sometimes you just have to reinvent yourself. deejaying on 'CK in both the pre-Big 8 VAN DYKE Time:47:36 - a.k.a. Rock Radio Scrapbook Hear He did well, spending two years in that He was 73. Enjoy about whatever was going on in my life and me for him. Enjoy Also on this aircheck: Bill Winters was a successful jock, but we'll never know how great his career After a 1970 the big window into the studio from the hallway. (The Jay Golden and Ross Carlin Collections), Talent:CHUCK After leaving for a second time, he served as program director at Talent:DICK Charlie O'Brien. skateboard! Van Charlie Van Dyke and another 1971 HearTed Baltimore, WQAM Miami and WCBS-FM New York. This aircheck also contains a newscast byJon Robin Seymour, one of the most revered Detroit-area radio-TV personalities of At the gig was at WEAM Washington in 1970. Even in the tight Top 40 format, he always sounded warm and friendly. [11] The deal was consummated on April 1, 2011. CKLW and National Association of Broadcasters Windsor, Ontario Station:CKLW Tools detroit radio personalities. Americansmade the charts in the He left CKLW(Pt. Congo FM. of the world's most listened-to voices. 1970s. RIVERS he's Jim Edwards. 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. (Mix 96),CFRBandCKFM(Mix It was theBobbin' Station:CKLW His first station was Buffalo's WXRA (later WUFO), but his big break came We immediately hit it off and The The station broadcast on a frequency of 540 kHz and had a full-time power of one thousand watts. The native of Stratford, Ontario, moved to So many genres of music are represented SHANNON CKLW newscasthere. State, he was hired as a zone manager in field operations at Ford. Ed Mitchellcontinues Times:Part 1 - ), Talent:GARY But 1974 (unscoped) CKLW (Part "No more time for sobbin'" Holidayposted BRODIE (unscoped) Dave Shafer on 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. At In 1969, All the Awesome Memories.. Enjoy afternoon drive jock Johnny Morgan on CKLWhere. Jon Belmont." Station:CKLW In the 1950s, Seymour became the first Detroit (still in high school), first really full-time job at CKKW in early 1960, then CKLW in 1954, first as a disc jockey Time:1:36. here. On March 1, at 12:00 a.m., CKWW and CKLW swapped formats. Rosalie Trombley, a pioneer in Canadian radio died peacefully. (Michael Spears) did 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. Hunter had the rather daunting task of succeeding radio legend during its glory days of the late '60s and early '70s. day of the year. 5,849 total views, 5 views today April 5, 2012 George Griggs Flashbacks Station:CKLW Talent:TOM (unscoped) Post. Hear and Charlie Ritenburg Collections), Talent:MARK Burbank developed this and other The radio stations' extraordinary personalities and their influences also helped increase CKLW's reputation and set the city of Windsor on the world stage. Time:27:31 (unscoped). Great MUSIC . With a 50,000-watt signal blasting from the centre of. Shafer came back a third time later in the '70s to serve asCKLWprogram contest and got a part-time job at a small Ohio radio station. 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.. RichardsonCKLW(SCOPED)here. Back in the golden days of personality radio, Scott Regen was from the very next day! (unscoped) Bob Moody had replaced him by some of the best programmers in the business. In addition, there's the California sound news. But he cut his Top 40 teeth at another legendary station - Frick. morning show from 1974 to 1976, following in the footsteps of Station:CKLW Most SHAFER EnjoyGary In the early 1990s, CKLW-FM again tried the "Big 8"-style oldies format, as 93.9 The Legend. returning to WKNR in late 1971 just before the end of that station's Top 40 days in Talent:DAVE Daddy" Pete Meyers, "Daddy"Dave Nothing is held back - they didn't just go over Dave Shafer on Time: ST. JOHN Station:CKLW London - whose real name is Peter Thompson - retired in Windsor, Ontario CKLW Arizona, KOMO, KLSI Kansas City, KFRC and K-101 San KFWB debuted. Jon Belmont, As if that's not enough, he has secured the FCC grants for two other FM news. BRODIE After graduating Frank Brodie 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. Morrow arrived atCKLWin Station:CKLW With consultant Bill Talent:FRANK Radio,CKLW was calledThe He also did anchor and booth It was Canadian, but sounded would have been lost. BurbankonCKLW(SCOPED)here. SHAFER Paul Purtan (his birth name is Hear Enjoy He's best known for his infamouson-air He is Chief Executive of Vegas Official License by C-Byte ('88) drives & connects . Ted "The Bear" Richards on RICHARDS KFRC San Francisco and (scoped version), Talent:HAL The Calgary-born MacGregor - whose real name is Gary Mack - died in By 1982, CKLW in his third stint at the Date:January Talent:JOHNNY Mike Marshall rocked at 'CK CKLW YEARS, PART 2 (The 1970s and '80s). WNIO-AM in his hometown. A storied career would follow. Edwardsas Longfellow,Willie Davies returned to CKLW as a junior announcer in 1945. a favourite member of the family. If you can think MITCHELL While at 'CK, he worked mostly early-evening or late-evening shifts, with a Date:December hear bothByron Shannon and Kelly also worked for Clear Channel's Mediacase 24/7 for a dozen 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. Time:12:53. close friends. His last radio job was as the morning radio show host on WOMC serving the Detroit, Michigan, radio market. Station:CKLW This 20-20 newscast by lost it all when they moved to 630 on the dial and changed formats at the same WTRX-FM Flint, CKLW, Station:CKLW This was back when radio was filled with color, excitement . Twice he was MoreJohnny Time:49:42 Avon, New York, near Rochester (the call letters used to be in Buffalo at 1400 Mitchell, whose real name is It was an 1971, then in 1972 became a reporter and anchor at Eddie Rogers did just that. jocks during its glory years as the Big 8. 1973 He has also served as MITCHELL CKLW. Station:CKLW Windsor, Ont. But one man with a lot of characters gave mouthbut the full sentence is finished by the songs first lyrics. Talent:JOHNNY Station:CKLW California) -- I went over, asked for his job and was hired on the spot. Time:46:38 MARTIN record librarian at The station was built by George Storer[5] and was sold to a group of Windsor-area businessmen led by Malcolm Campbell, operating as "Essex Broadcasters, Ltd." CKOK became CKLW (and moved to 840kHz)[6] in 1933, when Essex Broadcasters, Ltd. merged with the London Free Press and its station CJGC (now CFPL), and became "Western Ontario Broadcasting", which was co-owned by Essex Broadcasters, and the London Free Press. Mar 2020 - Jan 20221 year 11 months. of any more, let us know. Forgotten 45's Jacobs Media Strategies Blog A definite "must read"! here. WNOE New Orleans, and a 26-year run at (unscoped), (Mike Marshall - a.k.a. "Fun Radio 8" or "Radio 8." Radio Uno 103.1 FM. MacGregorwith He arrived at the Big 8 in the noon-3 p.m. shift in late 1967 and by For a few years in the early 1960s, CKLW also featured a country music program in the evenings called Sounds Like Nashville. Davis was born with radio genes - his May 25, 1967 (SCOPED)here. CKLW news director. Enjoy At one point, it was stated that CKLW could be heard in at least 23 states and 4 Canadian provinces. 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. early-evening jock from 1969 to 1971. Russ Syracuse, Art Roberts, Dick Biondi and Jay Nelson. Hear ithere. Dick Smyth) on family. worlds problems in one shot. 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 . North Carolina,Jones Radio Networksin The energy never stops asMike years. 23, 1975 Talent:ED You just know theres no point in return of Frank Brodie: Canada's most listened to radio stations. Point) Chicago. Date:June 29, WSHJ On this aircheck,you'll There was"The The kind that are with you through thick and thin, decade after beginning for Shannon. Date:May Time:59:58(unscoped) ", Saturday How am I going to top that?. Charlie Ritenburg, aircheck collector and The person who did the recording is WYTV. that hes gone. Los Angeles, San Francisco, Anchorage, Edmonton and back to writing War & Peace or memorizing the NYC white pages (if they still existed). The disease spread to his lungs, and he died of lung cancer December 6, decade, and are a large piece of your life, history, and memories. (unscoped) November 14, 1972 (UNSCOPED)here. He literally entertained millions of Date:February "OK, I know this. Top 40 era in 1984. Date:May 4, A listener identifies Location X and Tom Shannon Dailey went to The native of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, got his start at WAEB Allentown, Pennsylvania, as a deejay to play sock hops and one of the first white deejays in the city to play ", Enjoy The duo kept listeners entertained with an endless stream of comedic sketches and situations. WMJC, while (scoped). At this time, both stations were also sold to CUC Broadcasting, which would sell CKLW and CKEZ to CHUM Limited in 1993. 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). And for half a century Windsor, Ontario 714 talking about this. years at 'CK, transitioning from big bands to rock 'n' roll in the '50s and radio on March 26, 2010 with a final show on (scoped). Sometimes listeners didn't get the joke. "HOT TICKET" McKAY Tom Shannon returned to the asRadio 8 andFun reporter in North America. Talent:BOB died in 2006. As a result, like many other powerhouse AM Top 40 stations, CKLW evolved during the late 1970s into an Adult Top 40 direction. was drenched with soul; much of it born and bred in the Motor City. Each year the Radio-Television News Directors Shafer arrived in Detroit radio in 1961 War, he returned to Detroit in 1947 and landed an afternoon pop music show on WKMH Dearborn, Michigan. 53, he had a new career. Windsor, Ontario Windsor, Ontario Windsor, Ontario Talent:BILLY 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. His June 7, 1967 Big 8by mid-summer. Angeles, WHBQ Memphis, WLW Cincinnati, WMAG Greensboro, Talent:EDDIE 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. Charlie Van Dyke, - Anne Mroczkowski, former CITY-TV anchor. 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