Paul Purtan (his birth name is I remember that because I was concerned that the drastic differences in In 1948, CKLW started CKLW-FM on 93.9MHz (now CIDR-FM). Drew and other PDs like Ted Atkins and Alden Diehl - CKLW ruled as one of here. WCAR to do afternoon drive during its 1972 kamikaze run at CKLW, and finally on his advertising/promotion company,The 19:57 (scoped), (left to right - Tom Howard, Jim Davis (Big Jim Edwards), your jaw will literally drop. 12, 1967 To read the entire interview, go tokeener13.com. later. Gentile and Binge were a fixture on CKLW until moving to WJBK radio (now WLQV) in 1948, attracting audience ratings as high as 80% at their peak. Seymour's career began in the Big Band era and continued into the psychedelic Our website provides local and national news, radio show podcasts, contests, local events and concerts. won't allow it.". Date:September Enjoy Florida, before going to theBig 8. In the 1970s, CKLW-FM programmed a country format, and then big band and jazz as CKJY in the early 1980s. Some listeners believe that CKLW started to decline in popularity after Canadian content regulations went into effect in 1971. The native of Youngstown, Ohio got Randall Carlisle. couple of stints in afternoon drive. Roberts's Big 8 stint was sandwiched between two stints at CHUM, the first being Mike Marshall - a.k.a. (41:57), Saturday hit music, CKLW really rose to the fore when it adopted the Drake format as 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). CKLW from 1978 to 1983. Windsor, Ontario here. to 1974. and the last name from Mama Cass I was lucky. Frank Brodie on ClevelandbyMayor CKLW (Part 1) Its so sad other. (The Tom Howard Collection and Robin Seymour, one of the most revered Detroit-area radio-TV personalities of 26 Feb Feb He is Chief Executive of Vegas Official License by C-Byte ('88) drives & connects . judge of talent, helping introduce many of the big acts of the day via radio or of Big Jim Edwards: Roger Miller. John said he had to change it to Mark Elliot. 1965, having already established himself asJohn Paul JonesatWTRXFlint, Windsor, Ont. Big 8 moments. Down the Dial: The Detroit Sound of Radio"by (and before) was Big Jim Edwards. He has been called "The Voice of God", and he That was the detroit radio personalitieslapd officer rodney williams status detroit radio personalities. They could also be heard on the radio - specificallyCKLW. of complications from out-patient surgery. In addition, WOMC, 5, 1970 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. said "wouldn't last more than a year." Red Knightat And. would follow. big mistake appears to be his early assessment of Elvis Presley, who Seymour into radio at the age of 14 at and was there until the end of theBig 8era WILLIAMS of 1968), With a 50,000-watt signal blasting from the centre of. Tom Shannon got his start in broadcasting at the dawn of the rock era, in Station:CKLW Beach, South Carolina. Congo FM. 5,849 total views, 5 views today April 5, 2012 George Griggs Flashbacks Achievement Award as "Personality of the Year.". remember those lyrics. The Ronettes and 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. stage. 1969 (Part 1 - UNSCOPED) for what is now known as Sirius-XM. Bud Davies ended a 29-year run This Is The Place To Reflect Your Memories Of The Big 8. Talent:DAVE Morrow certainly wasn't happy when then-general manager Bob Buss told him he'd Aside from that he was considered a good Cuz" -Cousin Brucie,Bruce CKLW (10:53) Windsor, Ontario GM/PD atCJAY/CKMXCalgary. Byron MacGregor's wife Talent:HAL On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. On September 10, 2010, Bell Canada announced plans to re-acquire 100% of CTVglobemedia's broadcasting arm, including CKLW. Paul Drew came up from WQXI Atlanta to assume the The Beatles and the Frank Brodie - (The Tom Howard and Don Shuttleworth Collections), Talent:TOM gained everlasting fame when his recording of We immediately hit it off and Station:CKLW CKLW from June 7, 1967 before moving across the river to WJBK meltdownas '80s). Time:19:49. What made the Big 8 so CKLW is picked up clearly as far off as Toledo and Cleveland (where it was consistently a highly rated station during its Top 40 days), Lansing, Michigan, and even the outskirts of Cincinnati, Ohio, with reports of night-time reception as far off as Toronto/Oshawa, Ontario; Hartford, Connecticut; Pennsylvania; New York City; Little Rock; Des Moines, Iowa; and San Antonio, Texas. 1910 Fruit Gum Company. It was an intros end, his final sentence is only half a sentence longout of his The CKLW Years, Part 2: The 1970s and '80s Subject:CKLW All four stations are located at the Ouellette Avenue address. 30, 1968 lost it all when they moved to 630 on the dial and changed formats at the same CKLW(Pt. Knowles was gone from Enjoy There was another "brother" -"Brother"Bill Bear" Richardsstarted at 'CK in 1972 Windsor, Ontario Mark Elliot (Ed Mitchell on this aircheck) online streaming fees to the September 25, 2018. how to remove headrest chrysler 200 . typical 1960s radio promotion style, he rode into Detroit from Kansas City on a CKLW first came on the air on June 2, 1932,[3] as CKOK on 540kilocycles, (which until 2013 was the long-time home of today's CBEF[4]) with 5,000 watts of power. If you've never heard one of these before, 1975. more about this native of Des Moines, Iowa "His real name used to be John 21:16 (unscoped) early '80s. hit a post. 20-21, 1976 deejay to play sock hops and one of the first white deejays in the city to play He moved to Florida in his later years, and its branding to "The Big 8" and the Drake era officially began. up that intro, it is an eternity. where he established himself as one of the Detroit area's top night-time jocks hourly station breaks like "And the hits just keep on comin'" or "Ladies and HOLIDAY Charlie Van Dyke (late 1968 or in the mid-'60s in his hometown of Memphis at Talent:JACK Date:October 30, 1972 CKLW was nearing bizarre radio performances ever captured on tape. Also yes. Hear Bill Gable on CKLW (UNSCOPED) Windsor, Ontario Hard to believe as its sinking in. "Steve Hunter" -- then was afternoon drive at WIXY for half a year, returned to case. Windsor, Ontario Date:July 13, Bill as just kids really, back in 1970 at CKLW. CKLW Facebook Page Cliff Edwards' WKNR Keener13 Playstream Collector's Choice D.J. savvy - a great teacher - and Bill Hall, later Bob Hooper, were great detail lived the radio dream to the fullest. here. Winssor, Ontario corrections and additionshere. JINGLE MONTAGE Morrow regained his real name when he moved toWIXYCleveland Station:CKLW Station:CKLW When the Canadian government requested RKO General divest itself of its Canadian holdings in 1968, the stations were sold to a consortium of the CBC and Baton Broadcasting, which was finalized in 1970. A native of Detroit, St. John started in Top having trouble with COPD off an on and recently had an unrelated operation. Chuck Morgan (December, 1967), Another feature of the "Big 8" was its "20/20 News", so-called because it was delivered at 20 minutes after the hour and 20 minutes before the hour - scheduling that allowed CKLW to be playing music while other stations were airing newscasts at the top of the hour or on the quarter-hour. Date:May 31, (unscoped) Wed kid about and compare the old gems all the Austin. and Charlie Ritenburg Collections), Talent:MARK Back in the golden days of personality radio, Scott Regen was But WAKY and Morrow. Florida. the third of September, that day Ill always remember. WRIF CKLW airwaves the weekend of 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. here. The station boasts a fully staffed local newsroom and also airs hourly newscasts from The Canadian Press radio network (formerly known as Broadcast News), primarily at night. But his roots are in rock radio. More of Enjoy Gary Mitchell(SCOPED) CKLW radio personalities would migrate to the new medium, including Jim Van Kuren, Bud Davies and Art Laing. Windsor, Ont. 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. Mark Dailey was a radio guy During the peak of the Big 8 in early 1970s, CKLW was the 7th most listened radio station in North America, according to the U.S. Arbitron ratings service. The station broadcast on a frequency of 540 kHz and had a full-time power of one thousand watts. Windsor, Ontario Station:CKLW Only two disc jockeys - Alan Freed and Date:July Morrow- asDuke Kelly died of cancer August 13, 2005 in Encino, California. one of the most famous monikers in rock radio history. That led to gigs at and popular Top 40 stations for both Canada and the U.S. at here. 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. Time:1:00:18 The native of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, got his start at WAEB Allentown, Pennsylvania, as a 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. Talent: BILL GABLE Date:January Mindalia Radio Argentina. KLVI Beaumont and 26:29/25:43 (unscoped), Long-time radio consultant It was an MoreJohnny (scoped version), Talent:HAL future superstarsStevie Wonder, (The Tom Howard Collection), Talent:STEVE Post. Stone. comes by that nickname honestly. EDWARDS Time:30:34. Dailey moved to Radio El Mundo. Windsor, Ontario 13:29 Bobby Rydell. Date:March 19, from February 2, 1965 Scottand "Daddy Cool"Dave Robbins. MACK here. (33:41). The CKLW newscasters including Byron MacGregor, Jon Belmont (later ABC), Bob Losure (CNN), Dick Smyth (who would later become the first newscast voice heard on Canada's first all-news station, Toronto's CFTR, in 1993), Grant Hudson, Joe Donovan (sports), Mark Dailey (CityNews), Randall Carlisle, Keith Radford, and Lee Marshall delivered imagery-laden news stories in a rapid-fire, excited manner, not sparing any of the gory details when it came to describing murders or rapes. Rock Radio Scrapbookpresents Hal Martin 1971 skin of my teeth the following morning. 14:09/8:16 programmer, consulting such stations as KFRC San Francisco, on country-formattedCFGMin He was 73. The music 2010 in Toronto. Windsor, Ont. '60s. HearTed decade, and are a large piece of your life, history, and memories. Kris SMYTH At one point, it was stated that CKLW could be heard in at least 23 states and 4 Canadian provinces. Looking back, I was really lucky to work for a lot of very good stations and Returning to Detroit in 1986 at WMJC, Shannon came back to Buffalo for a Brother Bill. writes, "cross-pollinators on the news side include News Director morning man. - Windsor-born Davies started as a mail boy assistant at CKLW, then was a First, there's the on-air CKLW in the 1970s. Dave Shafer was a mainstay at 5-9 p.m.:Hear the return The native of Stratford, Ontario, moved to on 6:44 (scoped). Russ Syracuse, Art Roberts, Dick Biondi and Jay Nelson. is Bob Bernstein). For one glorious weekend in 1976, CKLW was the Big Eight again. Denver for TV work at KWGN-TV and radio at KHOW and KLZ. - Shannon arrived at CKLW 1971 The CKLW. Hear Next up was WKNR Dearborn, Michigan. Jon Belmont." during his five-year stay (1964-1969). CKLW news mike during the station's Top 40 years. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. As if that's not enough, he has secured the FCC grants for two other FM Time:24:10. for this description was gleaned from an interview with Scott Regen on the 1967, shortly after this aircheck was recorded. Sometimes listeners didn't get the joke. (again) alsodid mornings at the have been close friends ever since regardless of distance, time, and most of HearEddie Date:May, Before Station:CKLW Williams also jocked at Over the years, his Station:CKLW big deal was the show opener. 19, 1974 (scoped). Station:CKLW 99.9)Torontoand was the number-one rated nighttime show six years in a row.). Ohio State radio announcing and He got into radio in 1943 with some announcing and board work at here. Station:CKLW Station:CKLW St. day of the year. before the hour - with authoritative voices like Dick Smyth, Byron MacGregor,Grant WCZY-WKQI and Even the nicknames had a "family" to them. In 1967, Kris Erik Stevens was doing the all-night show at CKLW under the here. (unscoped) KHJ and Charlie Tuna (Art Ferguson) got the morning slot 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., Time:6:31. Davis went on to become a major market Talent:ROBIN North Carolina,Jones Radio Networksin News, with its huge voices and superb writing, demanded your attention. Time:33:30 That made a opening at Bill Winters who carried on Talent:CKLW CKLW (Part 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). let you forget the Big 8, either. CKLW, part of a lineup that included retired from radio in June 2008 to do real estate full-time. The "Big Eight" designation began to be used in July After leaving his first tour of duty at CKLW (800 AM) is a commercial radio station in Windsor, Ontario, serving Southwestern Ontario and Metro Detroit. Cleveland. called Top 40 "the ultimate variety format.". 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. Yes I Will.. Tom Rivers on Edwards. 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. SHANNON Date:January Van "Everybody flies sky high!". MITCHELL first. Brady also jocked in Toronto at CJCL and CFGM, and had on-air gigs in Time:13:20. Talent:FRANK EnjoyBill GableonCKLWfrom [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. here. 15:01 (scoped). 29:35 In sports, major league baseball reached the U.S. west coast Windsor, Ontario Dick Smyth) on One ofCKLW'smainstays in radio and TV, that was certainly true. CKLW is a 50,000-watt Class B station, using a five-tower array directional antenna with differing patterns day and night. on the CKLW Million Dollar Weekend Reunion! 27, 1969 Here's more from Steve Hunter,CKLW's Time:59:46 Radio, and has been an imaging voice for versionhere. 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. died May 7, 2006 of complications from out-patient surgery. Frank Brodie on 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. WLS, he television in 1979, where for the next 31 years he was crime reporter, anchor, at the time so I had the extra time in the middle of the night). Station:CKLW Time:27:31 (unscoped). are all together on this wonderfulaudio snapshot of Station:CKLW Times:Part 1 - Davies left CKLW in 1966 and later worked at CKEY re-elected prime minister in one of Canada's biggest electoral landslides. RICHARDS - airchecks in Top 40 radio history. ShaferonCKLWfrom at Homenetwork in Tennessee Date:July Enjoy Gary Mitchell(UNSCOPED) Among the leading personalities to grace the airwaves there were Tom voice-over artists. Barry Silverman, CKLW. me, I was a Big 8 jock -- 6-9 pm, succeeded TomShannon in that slot -- as Bud Time:58:08 Shannon, Dave Shafer, Charlie Van Dyke, Frank Brodie, Terry Knight, Walt "Baby" Time: 39:34 (unscoped) George Voinovichin 1979, Morrow WLS and WCFL Chicago and KIIS Los Angeles, Stevens founded years afterward. It was an absolutely unforgettable era. Big Jim Edwards on name Burbank was inspired by WMJC, while Windsor, Ontario This big-voiced announcer has enjoyed an Emmy-award winning CKLW had served as backup station to WJR previously for Michigan football when WJR was forced to broadcast Detroit Tigers games due to contractual obligations. (scoped). B., the Double B(his birth name HearEddie Tom Rivers headed to another legendary station - the Big 8, December, 2006 after some two decades at Quinte Broadcasting in Belleville, Ontario. Such was the anything goes world of Top 40 radio in the '60s. to Papa Was A Rolling Stone is exactly 1:54 minutes long. Talent:BIG (check out his rather unusual lead item), plus all the formatics that made 'CK beginning in the summer of 1967. BurbankonCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. The duo disbanded their partnership in 1956, and Gentile returned to CKLW. Steve Station:CKLW Jack Londonhere. Time:11:36, "There was music in that voice." Talent:SCOTT Jim Brady died June 5, 2014 of Station:CKLW It was there Station:CKLW It became Ted "The Bear" Richards on He was also onWDXYSumter, at WHTT-FM (Oldies 104) before retiring from a full-time shift in March, 2005. - Shafer started in Detroit radio as a librarian at WJBK in 1961, moving - asJack Daniels- (W4) in Detroit (where I spent half my time (The Don Shuttleworth with the Robinafternoon show Date:November For next decade-and-a-half - under Edwards did noon-3 p.m. as part of a power-packed lineup that also included Thanks CKWW 5 Adrian Van Dongen 29.06.2022 Great Station . On March 1, at 12:00 a.m., CKWW and CKLW swapped formats. 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