Music News. I have a picture of a musical group of 7 people. Immediately after, By the early 1950s, ABC and WXYZ brought out the best in quality programming in Detroit on the TV dial. The event honored Sonny Eliot, the late Ernie Harwell, Specs Howard, Dick Purtan, and Robin Seymour. By the latter part of 1965, there was several changes in the WXYZ line-up. Thanks! Towers has been in the Detroit market since 1999. Joey, THANK-YOU for your service to the USA! Gwen. Joseph Priestley "J.P." McCarthy II (March 22, 1933 - August 16, 1995) was a radio personality best known for his over 30 years of work as the morning man and interviewer on station WJR in Detroit, Michigan . Where did Joe Bacarella jr go when he left the radio business? Tragically, his engineer on that very show, Tom Knight ( Margellar) would meet a violent death on June 5, 1997. The ABC-owned station now found itself heavily competing against. The top 40 formula at WXYZ was now growing in popularity on the Detroit radio dial. Now with WRIF, the morning show can be heard on 70 radio stations across North America. Growing up his mother owned Simpsons Record Shop that was located by East McNichols Road and Joseph Campeau Avenue. Others remained. Detroit Radio: 1963 JFK Assassination Coverage, FROM THE ARCHIVES! and ask do you need a live band somewhere? By then WXYZ radio held down a huge Detroit audience over the competition for market share. Henson returns to Michigan from Richmond, VA, after a successful run at heritage News/Talk station, WRVA. It was expected of us. The ABC-owned station now found itself heavily competing against WKNR and CKLW for a greater market share they once dominated in recent years. Meanwhile, during a short stay in Cleveland in early 1966, Lee Alan discovered the sound of. Unfortunately, I dont know the name of his show or any others that he worked on. The first radio station in Detroit went on air Aug. 20, 1920. Simulcast with WXYZ-AM. It was a small station. The WIXIE drive was gearing forward with their biggest run against the competition in the Detroit top 40 market. When WDFN became the first all-sports-talk station in Detroit in the early 1990s, Regner was one of the very first on-air hosts. Ill never forget new DJ Weird Beard coming on the dance show for the first time and being out of control wild. was in search of its own identity with ideas for newer audience appeal. Although I never met him, I listened to his__ Saturday Night Oldies Party__ every week-end on Magic 95 WMJC-FM from 1982 until 1987. Your email address will not be published. Listen to the Superstar Power Hour with Shania Twain All this week from 2PM to 3PM with Katie Neal. He has also hosted and programmed Sports 1130 WDFN and 1270 WXYT Detroit, 950 WPEN Philadelphia, 970 WBGG Pittsburgh 1300 KVET Austin and 105.3 KRLD-FM Dallas and News/Talk 1190 WOWO Fort Wayne during his career. Wondering if Tom Dean is still around. , Where is John E. Smooth Edwards? It was bigger than all of us. When they were at the station, being number one was no big deal. Don Zee worked the graveyard shift from midnight until 6 am, and always signed on with Dracula (Bobby Pickett), Elvira, and Trantula by The Trantulas. A true lover of the oldies, BOTH of these guys will be remembered and MISSED! Visit our, Estrella Media Sells One From Los Angeles Cluster, Bold Gold Promotes Chase Daniels To Catskills Director of Programming, Kyle Santillian Joins The Morning Hustle As Headkrack Exits, Kenzie K Exits B96 & Additional Audacy CHRs, Classic Country Makes The Grade In San Luis Obispo, First Listen: Spotify DJ, YouTube Radio Builder. Jessica Byrd. Jason Scott and Roberta Jasina (5am -10am) Brooke Allen (10am - 2 pm) Tony Ortiz and Jackie Paige (2pm - 7pm) While he did not start his. All of DJs were a pleasure to work with. We truly enjoy hearing from everyone! The station was then sold in 1930 to the, In the 1930s and 40s, WXYZ created and brought Detroit and the country great radio programming such as, popularized nationally through Mutual affiliated stations after its premiere on WXYZ in 1933. He Was Also An Overnight DJ For WXYZ, Prior To the CKLW Stint Detroit broadcast legend Frank Beckmann retires after nearly 50 years, The first disc jockey to play a techno song on the radio. It was always a great ending for his show. By April, after talking to Fritz that he should hire him immediately, Alan had Joey Reynolds making the move over to the Motor City. Earlier on, these entertaining WXYZ radio programmings were heard on many stations through the Mutual group across the U. S. and Canada. THANK YOU Lee for putting the rumors to bed. February 4, 2015. Memories From the Soundtrack of Your Life, Regarding the very last name listed, Don Zee.I believe he was also on CKLW overnights at least in 66 & 67 before he went to Texas where he passed from a cleaning his gun incident. Detroit radio personality Rosetta Hines-Loving, known as the city's voice and first lady of jazz, has died at age 82. He was hired with the hopes in retaining the older Wolf audience, while at the same time appeal to a younger audience being drawn to the New Radio 13 popularity on the radio dial. DEERNEST@UMICH.EDU. So, I rode my bike over to the shopping center which was about 2 miles away. Please enter your username or email address to reset your password. The top 40 formula at WXYZ was now growing in popularity on the Detroit radio dial. Location: Detroit. Absolutely loved Lees personality, voice and humor in the early 60s. There are so many talented DJs who have made their mark in Detroit. Always live on the free Audacy app. Johnson will also continue serving as the station's midday show host, weekdays from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The same article mentions what it believed to be the salaries of select Detroit (then)-leading media personalities: Dick Purtan $5M, Drew & Mike $2M each, Chuck Gaidica, $1.2M, Carmen Harlan $1M+, John Mason $1M. Vote on the Audacy Country Top 20 with Rob + Holly Saturdays, 8-10AM on your favorite Audacy Country station. Memories From the Soundtrack of Your Life, A RETROSPECT INTO THE MAKING OF A GREAT DETROIT BROADCASTING LEGEND AND THE END OF A TOP 40 GIANT. Meanwhile, during a short stay in Cleveland in early 1966, Lee Alan discovered the sound of Joey Reynolds at WIXY. Includes exclusive interviews, celebrity gossip, and much more. A MCRFB NOTE: For more on WXYZ radio on this website, go to the Categories archives and find WXYZ, or go here. "Jim Johnson is one of the most well-known radio personalities in Detroit, with over 40 years of experience exclusively in the market," said Debbie Kenyon, Senior Vice President and Market Manager, Entercom Detroit. How did it happen? Soon to be 80 and very young at heart. I called him from mid Pennsylvania, (company card of course, ) to comment on an upcoming football game, listened to CK the Big 8, sitting in front of Independence Hall! According to the Billboard trade publication dated July 2, 1966, CKLW lost five percentage points from the year before. and throw in the towel. Vote on the 'Top 7 @ 7' songs with Rob + Holly Weeknights at 7PM on your favorite Audacy Country station. Wolf, never one for the new limitations or restrictions, had been with the station since the early 50s. CHESTERFIELD, Mich. (WLS) -- A well-known Detroit area radio reporter is dead and his two kids are injured amid a chaotic crime scene at his home. Tom hosted various shifts at the station with his last being mornings at the station, leaving in late 1960 or early 61. Under the Havana Treaty, CKLW would move from 1030 to 800 kHz and continue to have a power of 5,000 watts. The new Keener Sound was by then fast retaining the largest rise in total market share in Detroit radio history. Lepidi made her way up the Detroit Top 40 radio ladder after her full time start at 98.7 Amp radio in 2015. Went with Mel to the Motown Review. WXYZ, under the direction of Chuck Fritz, the 37-year old general manager at the station since 1963, was by then re-structuring the stations appeal for a younger audience. By the early 1950s, ABC and WXYZ brought out the best in quality programming in Detroit on the TV dial. Its also an honor to be able to deliver the news on WWJ, a station that I grew up listening to and have been pleased to work at for the last 21 years., Im both excited and honored by the opportunity, Scott said. They look like a country music group. I never talked to a nicer guy in my life while Joey was on the air. The end of an era. Persistence paid! I only recently ran across this article. Dont know whether to brain you or thank you==but 40 years later, here I still am, morning drive news at an NPR station in Grand Rapids for 25 of those 40.\. I would be very curious if anyone knows anything about my grandfather, Lawrence Larry Kelley. He was identified by Ebony magazine in 1947 as one of only 16 black disc jockeys in the country. While he did not start his career in Detroit, Kasem learned his chops on the west coast in the 60s. The top news/talk station in the city will now have the following hosts in these time slots. As TV voice for over 30 years of my beloved Tigers he was a Detroit sports icon! For many people, turning on the radio is a way to get in touch with their community. Photographs by Beth Hoxie, Detroit Radio Personalities, Past and Present, General Motors African Ancestry Networks 17th Annual Black History Month Celebration. According to the Detroit Historical Society, the on-air personality American Top 40 program was broadcasted on over 1,000 stations across the nation in the late 80s. My sister married one of the members from the group. By Januarys end Lee Alan was gone. Besides Detroit, it's particularly popular on WDZZ in Flint and WDKX in Rochester, New York. Send 4 copies of 45s and 2 copies of LPs to program director Bruce Still, 20777 W. Ten Mile Rd., Detroit, Michigan 48219. Falter, Vice President/Market Manager, Cumulus West Michigan, commented: Behind Greggs hardcore Rock roots and razor-sharp wit is a dedicated community leader and passionate advocate of the audio industry. He hardly ever went live on the air. Lee Alan left momentarily, came back again, this time working in the WXYZ television studios. According to the Detroit Historical Society, the on-air personality American Top 40 program was broadcasted on over 1,000 stations across the nation in the late 80s. Our drummer would call Joel Sabastian etc. My schoolmate and I often remember rushing home to his upstairs console radio to hear our favorite DJ. PART OF AUDACY NEWS. WWJ-AM (WWJ Newsradio 950)/Detroit is announcing a new anchor lineup, effective immediately. According to the Detroit Historical Society, the station was founded by the Scripps family, which founded the Detroit News. The WXYZ line-up in late 1965 consisted of some of the greatest radio voices heard on Detroit radio during that time. These historic radio broadcasts were produced locally from the stations annex-studios, located at the former Mendelson building on East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit. Yet, the station found itself still mired at third in the top 40 market. Photographs by Beth Hoxie By Hour Detroit - September 27, 2010 Previous article Next article Obviously I have heard Mr. Alans voice on various commercials and really appreciate his bringing us up to date on his colleagues. You can find him on Facebook today. for the Windy City that year. I am beyond excited to begin another epic chapter with Gregg at WLAV along with the best team in the business.. I lived in Birmingham at the time. Jerry Lubin, who was among the pioneering air personalities in the city's burgeoning FM radio scene during the late 60s and. #4 of 38 on. Copyright 2022 RadioInsight / RadioBB Networks. During the earlier top 40 transition period some of the old radio names would leave WXYZ. Any idea what group, year they are from? They found that voice in Marc Avery. Meanwhile, WXYZ, gained two percentage points from the 5 CKLW lost within a year. I never missed he and Joel Sebastian hosting the Club 1270 TV dance show. Paul Winter, Micky Shorr and Jack Sorrell with his jazz-themed Top Of The Town. It was a bold move which proved successful. Joe Baccarella had never experienced being with a number one rated station. I was looking for it on line but no such luck. News Talk WJR 760 AM - Detroit, MI - Listen to free internet radio, news, sports, music, and podcasts. Now heading forward well into the early 1960s, the 1270 top 40 notables would comprise of great air names as Fred Wolf; Joel Sabastian; Paul Winter; Steve Lundy; Don Zee; Fred Weiss; Dave Prince and Lee Alan. Still til this day I MISS both Lee and Joel Sebastian, WXYZ, the Club 1270 TV program which I took part in. In a comparatively short space you have captured a great deal of the essence of the battle for ratings that took place in the 60s. The landscape for local talk radio, particularly programs focused on Detroit and African-American issues, has indeed morphed. Following Towers hosted a show at WXYT with Bill McAllister. RADIO ONLINE has been serving the radio industry since 1989, with up-to-the-minute news at radio-online.com . Download Our Free iHeartRadio App! Porsha Monique interviewing the legendary Detroit radio personality, John Mason of the "Mason & Coco in the Morning" radio show (Photo Credit: Raquelle Harris for Steed Media) John Mason. Hopefully, we can keep this website going for many years, thanks to Mr. Alans kindness. 20 thoughts on "FORMER DETROIT RADIO PERSONALITIES - DECEASED" Roger January 21, 2016 at 3:59 AM Regarding the very last name listed, Don Zee.I believe he was also on CKLW overnights at least in '66 & '67 before he went to Texas where he passed from a "cleaning his gun" incident. Thank goodness I have most of those memorable shows on tape! Only a handful have amassed the consecutive years of longevity achieved by Gaddis on the . As a teen, to me, you and the horn were as close to teen heaven as it got.. A Southfield High School graduate, the former WDRQ radio personality learned his skills at his high school radio station. The list consists of 66 members. The new jingles custom were produced in Chicago byDick Marx Productions for Lee Alan and were beautifully sung for WXYZ by the famous Anita Kerr Singers. My Mother listened to Fred Wolf every morning. Thank you, Art Regner. Marie and Ed. ONE of radio's latest novelties is the daily program by The Detroit Times. The great on-air lineup including Dick Purtan, Johnnie Randall et al were the linchpins to the growth plan. The format was changed. WRIF-FM IS BACK ON THE RADIO, JAM PRODUCTION SERIES: TALK-TO-ME, WXYZ RADIO, WJR [Detroit Free Press] RADIO PRESS PHOTO: MARC AVERY, WXYZ RADIO 1270: A 1957 [Detroit Free Press] DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD, BILLBOARD HOT SOUL SINGLES: WEEK ENDING, MARCH 6, 1976, HIS TIME-OUT ENDS; [DAVID] RUFFIN SOLOS AGAIN . I remember many of the broadcasters. Hi Dave, thank you so much for sharing your wonderful WXYZ 1270 radio memories! On top of working at WJR and having his own talk show, The Frank Beckmann Show, Beckmann also was the announcer at the Big House for the University of Michigan and for the Detroit Tigers. During his career, Calvert was the public address announcer for the Detroit Pistons during the Bad Boys era. Lee Alan would always ask the regulars from the show to attend the dances at the Walled Lake Casino on Saturday nights where he was the DJ. I just posted one of his WXYZ October 10, 1966 Detroit Sound Survey charts he kindly provided to us in 2013. I remember Detroit radio back into the 1940s and for some reason the name of Carl Zetterberg came to mind. and on the television side Club 1270 was gaining Detroit audience popularity asJoel SabastianandLee Alanintroduced the hottest WIXIE hits on WXYZ-TV. The move reunites Henson and McCormick, who previously co-hosted together at 97.1 FM Talk WKRK Detroit from 2002 to 2006. Thanks for considering posting this overlooked top R&B DJ. And its black population was growing, too. (He told me that in 1989.) That it should be dropped. Tom Ryan was born July 28, 1942 at Providence Hospital in Detroit. The 9.55 show is considered the longest-running American morning radio talk show that airs on weekdays. Just curious what era it may have been from.. DAVID RUFFIN: A MOTOWN 45 RPM FLASHBACK, 1976, 92.3 FM! I keep doing that every few minutes for at least an hour, but he kept ignoring me. I cant recall the DJs name, but every night at either 11:00pm or midnight [Im not sure of the time see what happens when you get old :-)] he would end his show by playing the song You Belong to Me and give a few words of wisdom as the song played. Thank you, Chuck. In July 1967, Tom was stationed downtown with his Michigan Air National Guard unit. 2023 Audacy, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. my album from Q93 and joined WRIF's D.R.E.A.D. When Will We See The Bed Sled In Detroit? After graduating from the University of Michigan, Banks built up his portfolio in Los Angeles, Las Vegas and San Francisco. at times found themselves into a virtual ratings tie vying for the top 40 title on the dial, seemingly, with no end in sight. ${paramValue} on Audacy: Listen to Free Radio Online | Music, Sports, News, Podcasts He used to golf with him at West Shore in Grosse Ile. He did Sunday night segway on Mix 92.3, I am writing to ask if you know where former CKLW-WNIC radio personality Johnny Williams is today? Drake Loses $400,000 Bet After Tommy Fury Defeats Jake Paul In Boxing Match Feb 27, 2023. Similar memories long before we went to Specs-8 transistor radio Zenith under the pillow from 10-12, Lees opening theme was Plink went the strings of my heart (At least thats my memory) And yes, Sinatras Cant get started to close and into Don Zee. It's a story about finding love at any. Everything Detroit. Martin and Howard were hired . With more than 860 live broadcast stations in 153 markets across America, there's a local iHeartRadio station virtually everywhere. By April, after talking to Fritz that he should hire him immediately, Alan had Joey Reynolds making the move over to the Motor City. Ah, those were the days my friendthanks for the memories Henry! I believe he was a newscaster on one of the Detroit radio stations in the 1940s and 1950s, maybe even into the 1960s. I did the commercial logs and billing. Your email address will not be published. Tony Ortiz has also been elevated as new afternoon co-anchor, teaming with Jackie Paige from 2-7pm ET. Early life [ edit] J.P. McCarthy was born in New York City to John Priestley McCarthy. I read your posting and was moved by your remembrances of Club 1270 and the Casino. been many years,but I thought Don Zees theme song was an Few deejays had the special connection with the listeners and the artists that Regen did. . Starting in 1969, Dick has worked 51 years in radio news. Was he released after the sexual harassment accusation? THE DETROIT SOUND SURVEY: OCTOBER 10, 1966, Your email address will not be published. It is still available, here. Speaking of a very special friend, Mr. JOEY RYAN ( Joseph Pietruska ), interned at The Grand Rapids Home for Veterans Cemetery . Then, on Halloween Eve of 1963 the KEENER onslaught began. Its no surprise that there are many famous radio disc jockeys who came from Detroit. In concluding, Alan elaborated further,I still had hopes that ABC would kill the breakfast club and that listener-chasing hour and 20 minutes of news, 6 Oclock 5:55 when all of a sudden Bill Drake came into town and did exactlywhat Joel Sabastian, Dave Prince and I, had pleaded with Chuck Fritz to do back in 1963. 1 in the ratings, they became a heavy influence for record sales in Detroit. DETROIT, November 28 WXYZ radio. I graduated high school in 1966 and all we listened to was Lee Alan (the Horn), Joel Sabastian, Dave Pince and Robin Seymore The Bird. Detroit's sports-talk radio landscape is getting a big addition. No longer were the deejays allowed to play whatever they wanted to play. No. Lee Alan stands out among the most revered. Hailing from Troy, MI, Henson started his career at Classic Rock WCSX-FM in Detroit, and six years later, he headed to Detroits Sports Talk WDFN-AM as Director of Programming and Morning Show Host. Detroiters also tuned in on WXYZ for the latest thrilling adventures of. Many celebrities have been heard since this feature was inaugurated. Since then, and especially when the show moved to FM radio, Valenti has become one of the most well-known radio personalities in Detroit. Thank You. It was a fun time. The added new voices on 1270 became the newest household names. ROBERT WESOLOWSKI He Consistently Used An EVIL LAUGH BumperWhich was the Harold Perry Great Gildersleve Laugh. GREATER MEDIA Classic Rock WCSX/DETROIT has named DAVE DAHMER as the new evening host replacing STEVE KOSTAN (NET NEWS 9/25) who exited the station last month. According to his. Rogers was at CKLW in 1972 and '73. Am I wrong or just losing it ?p. Moving into the new year in 1966, more changes were in the wind for WXYZ. AUGUST 14, 1961, Detroit Radio: 1963 JFK Assassination Coverage, FROM THE ARCHIVES! Currently can be heard across Michigan and Ohio out of Detroit, Grand Rapids and Toledo. 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