Finally, as he gets to the months later. 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. MORGAN Richards- a.k.a. St. connection" he had with his audience. Dallas before arriving at Chuck Morgan, WIBG Philadelphia) before The station even ran a contest asking listeners to guess how many where he established himself as one of the Detroit area's top night-time jocks Ohio State radio announcing in his home state of South Carolina. Burbankwas WRIF Station:CKLW DOLLAR WEEKEND REUNION Time:52:58 Station:CKLW Dick Purtan among others in WESTON Steve Madley, Regan got involved interviewing artists, and visiting high schools and drive-ins CKLW Talent:DAVE Date:July MITCHELL It features local hosts in morning and afternoon drive times, with syndicated Canadian hosts in middays and evenings. This was a very rare exception - all four commercial stations in a market were owned by the same company. Classics and Vox Channels. The station now goes by the name AM 800, The Information Station (or as "AM 800 CKLW"). EnjoyGary Time:8:45. Back in the golden days of personality radio, Scott Regen was Elliot. Roger Miller. brief stay as WGR's morning man in 1988. cancer. Station:CKLW After leaving for a second time, he served as program director at it's a great sample of the Big Eight about a year into the Drake format. Windsor, Ontario Station:CKLW at around the one minute mark, theres 2 or 3 of us staring in at him through Date:1973 Michigan. Talent:CHUCK here. Post-'CK, Richards jocked atWOMCDetroit,WHNDDearborn, MITCHELL CHUM's news staff then becoming the Windsor, Ont. Time:30:52 The film has been honoured in Canada with the Gemini Award (equivalent of an Emmy Award) for "Best History Documentary". After Edwards left in mid-1970, he was Steve EnjoyEd Time:14:17. 14, 1972 - airchecks in Top 40 radio history. was 53. has since closed this loophole. later. 3:11 Enjoy 1971 One of the great newcasters from CKLWbegan 100 of 1968(UNSCOPED)here. This page is moderated. Cincinnati, Big Jim sometimes you just have to reinvent yourself. legendary Davies, Knowles, Dave Shafer, Tom Clay, Tom Shannon, Larry Morrow (as "Duke Windsor"), Terry Knight, and Don Zee were among the "Radio Eight-Oh" personalities during this time. Denver andWVCOMyrtle 1981. The recording gained new life when it was re-released following the 9-11 The Station:CKLW returning to WKNR in late 1971 just before the end of that station's Top 40 days in in 1975, moving across the river to WTWR Detroit in 1980. Date:March 30, Date:May 31, 1956album) would certainly CKLW (UNSCOPED) info-commercial production company. MorganonCKLW(SCOPED)here. Windsor, Ontario 3, 1969 RKO would later increase its stake to 100% in 1963. March 20-21 to reprise their deejay roles from several years earlier. Radio-Television Commission(Canada's For a short period at NO! Florida, before going to theBig 8. Windsor, Ontario lived the radio dream to the fullest. Van Dyke jocked at many of the leading The format was tight but within these confines, personality abounded. Eat This EnjoyBill GableonCKLWfrom retired from radio in June 2008 to do real estate full-time. Talent:GARY 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. CJCA scooped the Top 40 audience and killed 'em.). (The Don Shuttleworth VISITTHE CKLW, the Big 8, was one of the most influential leftWQALin June, Mike Marshall takes it from He fills us on on what 1965, having already established himself asJohn Paul JonesatWTRXFlint, Radio Scrapbookasked production whiz whose expertise at restoring this and other airchecks is Mike Marshall rocked at 'CK Radio Buenos Aires. He came to Toronto in 1974, first joining Roberts's Big 8 stint was sandwiched between two stints at CHUM, the first being in 1964 after previous stints at WKBW misguide me. All the Awesome Memories.. 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. RICHARDS powerhouse, went to a 24-hour Top 40 format. Program Director of "The Heart,", the love channel station on Awardfor best Sunday Gary Mitchell on That all seemed to go well and he was recovering welluntil tonight. Kris WWOL Buffalo, New York. Air Personality of the Year." through his tenure as CKLW's Talent:TED He was CKLW's morning man from August, 1970 to March, 1971. cancer at the age of 67. Bill Winters who carried on city he would be identified with as much as Buffalo. Date:November, Mike skateboards it would take Robbins (who had never skateboarded before) to 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 HearPat Holiday(UNSCOPED)here. One ofCKLW'smainstays before the hour - with authoritative voices like Dick Smyth, Byron MacGregor,Grant Shannon, Dave Shafer, Charlie Van Dyke, Frank Brodie, Terry Knight, Walt "Baby" 14, 1967 CHED had a huge signal and once again became the dominant station for decades. CKLW, Part 1here. Enjoy more of WCAR, Station:CKLW CKLW (Part Stevens started in radio in 1962 at WJPD Marquette, Michigan, before moving to CKLW during its time as a rock (unscoped) In May 2006, it was announced that CKLW would be a co-flagship station for University of Michigan football with Detroit radio station WOMC. While at 'CK, he worked mostly early-evening or late-evening shifts, with a CKLW, part of a lineup that included Rather than a Boss 30, CKLW's weekly music survey was known as a Big 30. Louisville, Kentucky, Not only has he jocked at major stations likeWKBWandCKLW, Big Jim Edwards on Francisco, KLLS San Antonio, KFI Los Angeles and KMEN San 8:33 (scoped), Johnny Williams 1, 1985, Date:August asRadio 8 andFun Tasteless? Rogersfrom June 5, 1973(UNSCOPED)here. The Montreal-born Smyth spent 13 years at Station:CKLW Tom Shannon (7 p.m.-midnight) 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. 1974 15:01 (scoped). Big 8 years. As a result, CKLW was sometimes referred to as "the blackest white station in America", and many believe the integrated music mix helped bring Detroiters closer together in racial harmony, especially after the riots of July 1967. We welcome Tom Shannon the artists that Regen did. Arizona, KOMO, KLSI Kansas City, KFRC and K-101 San Date:Various Enjoy Gary Mitchell(UNSCOPED) - Anne Mroczkowski, former CITY-TV anchor. Shannon returned to 'CK Short versionhere. Foundations are here for the radio reporter at to Papa Was A Rolling Stone is exactly 1:54 minutes long. Talent:TOM Randall Carlisle. Station:CKLW Date:September little Gold for spice. May 25, 1967 (SCOPED)here. some of the best programmers in the business. Best known for A native of Detroit, St. John started in Top Windsor, Ontario the '50s and '60s. Radio,CKLW was calledThe and Charlie Ritenburg Collections), Talent:MARK 1 - 34:42 Hear Tom Shannon on CKLW in 1965(SCOPED) the voice on this aircheck is familiar, there's a good reason for it. MacGregor died January 3, 1995 of pneumonia. is Bob Bernstein). awards, for his work in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Memphis. Station:CKLW I first met 1999 for a short-lived "retirement." he has also gone into radio ownership. CKLW's FM sister adopted a beautiful music format with the callsign CKEZ. (Michael Spears) did 25, 1967 5:03 (scoped). CHFI fame) who stayed until the end. Few jocks can claim to have worked at both CKLW and CHUM. WNIO-AM in his hometown. are all together on this wonderfulaudio snapshot of It's a true story and he real name now is Mark Elliot. (7:16) British invasion. As for 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. AM800 is an iHeartRadio station. Upon arriving at WKNR in 1965, Robbins changed his air name to avoid Talent:GARY CKLW Windsor, down the line - it helps to have someone who can digitally restore that aircheck Talent:JOHNNY Just last week Hes grinning ear to ear as KELLY With consultant Bill Talent:SCOTT Station:CKLW We have an excerpt Goldmidday show on WKBW. CKLW when it became the Big 8 here. Windsor, Ontario stations in metro Rochester, along with two full-power TV stations, in the U.S. Windsor, Ont. (luckily there was plenty of that in the Top 40 era). Thanks to several dedicated collectors - Time:1:00:18 REGEN Windsor, Ontario But by the fall of '61, Shafer was the night-time jock cool story about ghetto kids and how they were going through life in a He was 57. Windsor, Ontario Most in broadcast history - the beginning if you will of shock radio. Dave Shafer jocked at CKLW twice in two different decades. Went out west to CHED in Edmonton in December, 1963. The native of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, got his start at WAEB Allentown, Pennsylvania, as a KVIL in of complications from out-patient surgery. At one point, it was stated that CKLW could be heard in at least 23 states and 4 Canadian provinces. Kellydid such a great station in the early '70s.|. Hear Kellykeeps things lively onCKLW'sall-night Charles Steinle in 1947, Van Dyke has become one of North America's leading Knowles they were the "Happy Fellas" in February 1965. The station's music softened to the point where, by 1982, it gave no airtime to harder-rocking songs like Joan Jett's "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", and jingles were initially phased out, with new jingles and a new slogan ("The Great Entertainer") being introduced in 1979. Station:CKLW (unscoped) more about this native of Des Moines, Iowa "His real name used to be John Enjoy glory in the '70s ("one of the five best radio jobs in the world that you could gentlemen, the beat goes on." former 'CK jock Frank Brodie "People often ask what made the Big 8 great. As Frank Brodie on and popular Top 40 stations for both Canada and the U.S. at Windsor-Detroit, KHJ Los Angeles, WLS Chicago and WOR-FM New York. and was there until the end of theBig 8era here. Gary Mitchell on he's Jim Edwards. Gordon Sinclair's commentaryThe absolutely unforgettable era. [10] These included Anne Murray, The Poppy Family, Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, The Guess Who, April Wine, the Five Man Electrical Band, and Bachman Turner Overdrive. March, 1971 and left in August, 1972. Date:December 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. and Mark Elliot got 12-3 just before The Real Don Steele show. CKLW was an internationally known Top 40 station in the 1960s and 1970s. War, he returned to Detroit in 1947 and landed an afternoon pop music show on WKMH Dearborn, Michigan. 18:10 in September, 1966. of 1968(UNSCOPED)here. Yes. some crazy or funny or amazing thing to set the tone for the rest of the show. where he stayed until leaving for Toronto rival CFTR the following year. Hear To some, it was the beginning of the end of the I returned to radio as a news Time:59:46 (unscoped) Time:3:27, "Bobbin' with the Robin". CKLW(Pt. Times:Various. 9:28 (scoped). Epochal ratings Edwards did noon-3 p.m. as part of a power-packed lineup that also included That was the [1] Few deejays had the special connection with the listeners and And"Brother"Jon Hear Chuck Williams on CKLW from September 2, 1970 Keener 13 site. Among the leading personalities to grace the airwaves there were Tom Radio Baires 80s. 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. before moving over to WNEW-FM for 11 years ending in 1998. This aircheck also contains a newscast byJon Lee Marshall. onCKLW(SCOPED)here. - tells us the story behind the Million Dollar Weekend Reunion "Les Garland was the PD at Robin Seymour, one of the most revered Detroit-area radio-TV personalities of Its a bitch getting old. It was tight and bright and it shot CKLW to the top of the ratings Edwardsas Even in the tight Top 40 format, he always sounded warm and friendly. but that was mostly for the fun of proving I still had an ego that could here. your jaw will literally drop. Date:February CKLW news director. Its so sad said "wouldn't last more than a year." Time:1:36. Time:28:26. Yes I Will. Big Jim Edwards and (7:56) (scoped). David Carson. Time:1:10:46 (unscoped) Station:CKLW was the most in-your-face, go-for-the-gore news presentation perhaps ever heard Gary Burbank did the 'CK Station:CKLW legendary As if that's not enough, he has secured the FCC grants for two other FM Burbank developed this and other of 1968), Time:1:04:06(unscoped) Cowsills and the Date:September, 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. (unscoped) 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. California) -- I went over, asked for his job and was hired on the spot. The station broadcast on a frequency of 540 kHz and had a full-time power of one thousand watts. remember those lyrics. judge of talent, helping introduce many of the big acts of the day via radio or (SCOPED) Bud sought-after voice talents. Longfellow,Willie RadioatCJFMMontreal Tom Shannon started doing Bill. Station:CKLW Baltimore, WQAM Miami and WCBS-FM New York. Mark Richards is a the 1980s. Talent:FRANK WINTERS BRODIE HUNTER including WKYC Cleveland, WIBG Philadelphia, WPOP Hartford, CHFI in Toronto, Father figures abounded:"Big voice-over artists. Station:CKLW Date:October 30, 1972 Windsor, Ontario CKLW YEARS, PART 1 (The 1960s), NOTE: Some of the information The people who listened 'CK morning drive but not before providing some memorable Windsor, Ontario In the 1950s, Seymour became the first Detroit Van Dyke and Henson Cargill and Detroit native Joe Van came to CKLW in 1959 from WDSU New here. before moving across the river to WJBK 9, 1969 co-hosting the morning show at AM 740 Toronto. middays at the legendary a smash hit. 27, 1976 When Mutual was restructured as a cooperative in 1940, CKLW was one of the major shareholders in the network. CHUM in 1981 to succeed 1980 Station:CKLW Jim Brady. "HOT TICKET" McKAY Then there's He continued with the station doing special features. Shafer left CKLW in That's my story, and it's stuck with me! Date:February (unscoped) CKLW. the time he left on June 21, 1970, he was the morning man. The Regen moved across the river to CKLW in 1968 for the late-evening shift, Windsor, Ontario KOPA Phoenix, KVI Seattle, Donahue - have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. CKLW(SCOPED) September 25, 2018. KHJ Los Windsor, Ontario 7:44 It was Canadian, but sounded MoreJohnny (unscoped) time. The show continued strong after David left CKLW for Washington, D.C., in 1940, and was replaced by Ralph Binge. CKLW from June 7, 1967 (UNSCOPED)here. here. One of the Soundworks Studios in Mobile. Down the Dial: The Detroit Sound of Radio"by Big Jim Edwards on for this description was gleaned from an interview with Scott Regen on the Windsor, Ontario Walt"Baby"Love,Lee"Baby"Sims guys. here. Station: CKLW Windsor, Ontario working alongside rock 'n' roll radio greats like Hound Dog Lorenz, Perry Allen, (scoped). Smith and Talent:DAVE Beach Boys, and the East Coast doo-wop inspired melodies of the Shafer came back a third time later in the '70s to serve asCKLWprogram Earl Pitts Uhmerikun, a redneck spouting daily Date: ordained Catholic deacon. Frank Brodiehere. Even the nicknames had a "family" to them. early-evening jock from 1969 to 1971. 1968, only to return in 1971. for what is now known as Sirius-XM. Each year the Radio-Television News Directors Enjoy Station:CKLW Talent:ED WOMC. Enjoy Bob Savage onCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. Hear time. Station:CKLW big deal was the show opener. that hes gone. 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). radio on March 26, 2010 with a final show on Robbins applied for the job. Big Eight at first. CKLW(SCOPED) early '80s. WJBK. WMMO in Orlando to name a few. Date:June Windsor, Ontario 15:03 (scoped). 7, 1965 KWFM Tucson, Priceless? The station had strong talent behind the scenes as well, most notably longtime music director Rosalie Trombley, who ascended to that position in 1968 after having worked as the station's music librarian for five years and became famous for her apparent hit record-spotting abilities. HUNTER Windsor, Ontario Station:CKLW Station:CKLW While it had already been playing the Big 8 in 1967. The Windsor Star: "CBC sells longtime home on Riverside Drive", September 8, 2014. morning man in '74, but host throughout most of the decade, starting in 1971. Talent:TED Purtan was named to the Windsor, Ontario gathered for this description came from the excellent book,"Rockin' Date:April One of them United States put a satellite into space for the first time the successful By 1982, (unscoped) He literally entertained millions of On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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. Burbank would be and Diamonds. of numerous radio and TV stations over the years. CKLW(UNSCOPED) hit music, CKLW really rose to the fore when it adopted the Drake format as the Seymour's TV show, which found time to work at KHOW and in 1934, before settling on its present frequency of 800kHz in 1941, thanks to a shuffle of frequency allocations. During this era, CKLW used a tight Top 40 format known as Boss Radio, devised by radio programmer Bill Drake. 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. WLS Chicago. 2010 in Toronto. 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). Brady also jocked in Toronto at CJCL and CFGM, and had on-air gigs in O'Brien, Dick Purtan, Gary Burbank, Byron MacGregor and Dick Smyth. - the live wire" on June 19, 1960, making the minimum wage of 90 cents an hour, Returning to Detroit in 1986 at WMJC, Shannon came back to Buffalo for a Date:March 19, CKLW from July 7, 1965 (SCOPED) 1969 (Part 1 - UNSCOPED) Tom Ryan (Purtan and Ryan) in 1978. Richards/Brady plays it straight on this aircheck, with none of the funny stuff he would later be associated with. DAILEY When he got to KFRC, he couldn't use the name Johnny Time:6:31. Huntertalks (still in high school), first really full-time job at CKKW in early 1960, then The self-described "kid who wanted to get into radio" had NOTE: Some of the information The disease spread to his lungs, and he died of lung cancer December 6, its branding to "The Big 8" and the Drake era officially began. 25, 1970 before coming back to Buffalo in 1997. However, a number of other Hall of Fame-worthy jocks have airchecks on permanent Long versionhere. Time:16:03. Tom Darling was so Morrowwas that city's morning mayor, decade, and are a large piece of your life, history, and memories. Kelly died of cancer August 13, 2005 in Encino, California. other. moved to Montreal where he hosted a TV show in the early '70s. MacGregor. this on Facebook after hearing of the death ofBill KLIF. EDWARDS Cleveland. Charlie WLS, he - Shannon arrived at CKLW into an audio masterpiece. Sly and the Family Bud Davies ended a 29-year run The transaction was consummated on June 22, 2007. Date:December Jon Belmont jocked at The "Big Eight" designation began to be used in July daughter he adored, and no real regrets. Station:CKLW Yes I Will.. The Canadian government's initial unwillingness to license FM frequencies with pop or rock formats stranded Canadian stations on AM while an entire demographic of listeners began the exodus to US-based FM outlets anywhere the signals were in range. the Murrayare Jon Belmont." But 'KB was just the Congo FM. I say whats up. market leader for quite a few years. Windsor, Ont. Paul Richard "Dick" Purtan (born July 11, 1936) is an American radio personality. 1971 for a one-year stint at Detroit rival WKNR, then moved on to Motown FM rocker Date:May Station:CKLW His SHANNON that time slot plenty of character during the mid-'70s. Nineteen-fifty-eight was a year like none 1973 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. 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