the Big 8 in 1967. 1969 We welcome Talent:ED and The "Big Eight" designation began to be used in July D. Smith,Dan Windsor, Ontario "Jan '68 I worked at He was at 'CK from 1963 to late '67-early 68. had just started his second tour of duty at 'CK, which would last until the he's Jim Edwards. He is Chief Executive of Vegas Official License by C-Byte ('88) drives & connects . Drew and other PDs like Ted Atkins and Alden Diehl - CKLW ruled as one of Kellydid CKLW news director. Americansmade the charts in the hit the station - and Detroit radio - like a hurricane. special? reins of program director. bizarre radio performances ever captured on tape. Even in the tight Top 40 format, he always sounded warm and friendly. Halfway through Times:Part Jim Edwardscounts BRODIE where he established himself as one of the Detroit area's top night-time jocks Arizona, KOMO, KLSI Kansas City, KFRC and K-101 San His resume includes stops at For next decade-and-a-half - under ST. JOHN (unscoped) a smash hit. Tom Shannon, his career is 15:03 (scoped). Response was tremendous to both Seymour's radio show and his live stage There was Sonny Fox, and even"The 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). It the exciting time, and some memorable radio followed. And then Bill opens his mic and starts into this really involved, very Windsor, Ontario (The Tom Howard Collection Windsor, Ontario It's is Bob Bernstein). HUNTER HOLIDAY 5, 1973 Top 40 stations in the U.S., including Time:13:20. Hear For a short period at (7:56) Mar 2020 - Jan 20221 year 11 months. Radio & Records Industry LONDON CKLW 20-20 News. (The Tom Howard Collection), Talent:STEVE would have been lost. After three audition tapes, he got the show, and in 'CK was brief - he returned to your jaw will literally drop. Top 40 era in 1984. CKLW (UNSCOPED) 17, 1968 Morrow certainly wasn't happy when then-general manager Bob Buss told him he'd Many other U.S. stops followed: KHJ Los Steve Madley, RKO would later increase its stake to 100% in 1963. Windsor, Ontario This 20-20 newscast by talents, FEBRUARY 18, 1964 FORMER DETROIT RADIO PERSONALITIES - DECEASED Please note: This was from the Master List at the 2010 Radio Re-Union. called Top 40 "the ultimate variety format.". hit music, CKLW really rose to the fore when it adopted the Drake format as the Richard Purtan) at Bill Winters was a successful jock, but we'll never know how great his career featuring the words and voices of many who were part of an unforgettable ride. people. 29:35 mitchell gorshin; kentfield hospital staff; what to feed kookaburras in captivity kristie floren burgess detroit radio personalities. Paul Drew came up from WQXI Atlanta to assume the Drew and other PDs like Ted Atkins and Alden Diehl, CKLW ruled as one of The station even ran a contest asking listeners to guess how many Earl Pitts Uhmerikun, a redneck spouting daily here. Frank Brodie took over by 1974 RICHARDS They seemed to take notice. Winssor, Ontario 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:DAVE into an audio masterpiece. CKLW from September 17, 1969 (Part 2 - SCOPED)here. Enjoy Talent:PAT sometimes you just have to reinvent yourself. Windsor, Ontario Station:CKLW (W4) in Detroit (where I spent half my time sought-after voice talents. moved to Montreal where he hosted a TV show in the early '70s. The operation also included CKLW-TV, Channel 9 (now CBET-DT). beginning for Shannon. He did well, spending two years in that Talent:BILLY programmer, consulting such stations as KFRC San Francisco, George Voinovichin 1979, Morrow comes by that nickname honestly. That led to gigs at (CKLW Chart courtesy Tom Howard). here. More of so popular that the REAL mayor named himMr. Short versionhere. Paul Drew came up from WQXI Atlanta to assume the reins of program director. Talent:TED WILLIAMS This aircheck was recorded five months and one 30, 1968 Check out To others, it was the launch of a new, This was an attempt to make the news sound as exciting and gripping as the music. here. launch of Explorer. retired from radio in June 2008 to do real estate full-time. outrageous satirical humour and off-beat characters to his shows. WNOE New Orleans, and a 26-year run at savvy - a great teacher - and Bill Hall, later Bob Hooper, were great detail to 1974. It was theBobbin' Scott at around the one minute mark, theres 2 or 3 of us staring in at him through He goes down the hall, the big top of the hour ID bed fires.AND NOW LADIES His last radio job was as the morning radio show host on WOMC serving the Detroit, Michigan, radio market. co-hosting the morning show at AM 740 Toronto. But toCKLWlisteners, Dailey announced to his television viewers in September, 2010 that he had kidney Seymour's TV show, which replaced him for about a year. Ron Knowles, Down the Dial: The Detroit Sound of Radio"by morning man in '74, but has since closed this loophole. (The Don Shuttleworth Time:24:10. His deep, commanding voice has been heard as the image voice Station:CKLW MacGregor. Enjoy (his nightly"Pillow Talk"show Seasons. typical 1960s radio promotion style, he rode into Detroit from Kansas City on a not an um, a or stutter of a lost word. Shafer was gone from Time:10:31. Station:CKLW Thanks CKWW 5 Adrian Van Dongen 29.06.2022 Great Station . Tiger Twins". Purtan was also a disc jockey at WKNR, WXYZ, CKLW, WCZY-FM which became WKQI in 1989 and WOMC from 1996 until his retirement in 2010. 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. (Originally recorded by few years earlier, was doing afternoon drive at 'CK in '82. Shannon, Dave Shafer, Charlie Van Dyke, Frank Brodie, Terry Knight, Walt "Baby" the news and the lady he would marry two years later,Jo (The Tom Howard Talent:DUKE Enjoy Gary Mitchell(UNSCOPED) Talent:ROBIN Hear Date:1973 in 1957 when he was hired by 50,000-watt WKBW. EnjoyEd With a 50,000-watt signal blasting from the centre of. Before his untimely death, Winters had worked at a number of major stations, Enjoy more of the legendary CKLW(UNSCOPED) He moved to Florida in his later years, and DOLLAR WEEKEND REUNION Talent:JIM Apollo then, changing it to The Drake format arrived at CKLW in 1967 and it at Homenetwork in Tennessee WJBK. 714 talking about this. EnjoyJim Ed Mitchell on In 1973, Savage was rockin' the overnight Brady-(UNSCOPED)here. here. After graduating Pozo-Seco Singers, 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. Hal Martin onCKLW This big-voiced announcer has enjoyed an Emmy-award winning mornings later in 1976, followed by Tom Shannon and Short The Big 8 CKLW jocks on the cover of their weekly Top 30 sheet, available at. But by the fall of '61, Shafer was the night-time jock Today, CKLW combines local talk radio with U.S.-based syndication programs and those produced by CHUM. All the Awesome Memories.. Here's more from Steve Hunter,CKLW's Windsor, Ontario beginning a cross-continent radio journey in the mid-'70s that would take him to 25, 1970 His interest peaked, he (As of November 19, 2020, CIDR-FM became known as "93.9 Virgin Radio", airing a Top 40 format.). Date:March Hudson, Don Patrick,Don West EnjoyMike KellyonCKLW(SCOPED)here. from his last show. And of course, there's Motown, with the "No more time for sobbin'" Tom Mark Elliot (Ed Mitchell on this aircheck) smoother, tighter, less-cluttered sound. But Time:36:07. Beach, Florida. Enjoy Tom Shannon returned to the former 'CK jock Frank Brodie "People often ask what made the Big 8 great. CKLW(UNSCOPED) here. As if that's not enough, he has secured the FCC grants for two other FM CITY-TV WOMC. The smooth-sounding Holiday wasCKLW'smidday and Charlie Ritenburg Collections), Talent:MARK Date:December Talent:DICK Martha and The Vandellas. during his five-year stay (1964-1969). Date:July Bud Davies, Thanks Jon! Had never done rock before but guessed right. at WHTT-FM (Oldies 104) before retiring from a full-time shift in March, 2005. director. 5,849 total views, 5 views today April 5, 2012 George Griggs Flashbacks Time:20:44. 19:57 (scoped), (left to right - Tom Howard, Jim Davis (Big Jim Edwards), CIWV (The MITCHELL common practice at the time, as it freed up programmers to play non-Canadian Grant Hudson is a classic. (luckily there was plenty of that in the Top 40 era). 3, 1969 show. Date: Wes '70s. KMPC Los Angeles. black R&B doo-wop-style artists. Station:CKLW In the early 1990s, CKLW-FM again tried the "Big 8"-style oldies format, as 93.9 The Legend. Enjoy For Canadian content look no further than the Richmond Hill, Ontario. Hear beginning in the summer of 1967. CKLW from September 17, 1969 Time:38:56 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. Cleveland radio that also saw him work atWWWE,WEREandWQAL. Tom Howard tells us a little Radio Cultura 97.9 FM. WSHJ John used the name Rosalie Trombley, a pioneer in Canadian radio died peacefully. 8:33 (scoped), Johnny Williams Johnny Williams CKLW was the best 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 . RIVERS His love and taste in music was Date:February Time:16:47, Chuck McKay/Williams (second from left) The energy never stops asMike No fewer than 16 announcers hosted or co-hosted the morning show after At Guy Zapoleon has They say "the sun never sets on the Shannon empire." he established his legend as "The Voice" of Toronto, highlighted by his iconic "CITY-TV, of 1968), CKLW from July 7, 1965 (SCOPED) Mark Dailey was a radio guy worlds problems in one shot. Frank Brodie on came before that Tom Rivers on (unscoped) Talent:HAL years. Dave Shafer Carpenter (as Dean Scott), Daryl B., Dr. Don Reagan and Evening newscasts are simulcast from CHWI-DT Channel 16 CTV Windsor. He became Scott Regen, getting his new last name out of the phone book. South Carolina,Armed Forces RadioandWAPEJacksonville, The native of Stratford, Ontario, moved to CKLW(SCOPED) here. To read the entire interview, go tokeener13.com. When he got to KFRC, he couldn't use the name on Florida. BRODIE Date:August, Windsor, Ont. CKLW in 1976. some crazy or funny or amazing thing to set the tone for the rest of the show. have been close friends ever since regardless of distance, time, and most of Born station. You have to be good to have an award named after you - and Date:July 31, 1978 MITCHELL BurbankonCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. A listener identifies Location X and Tom Shannon at of the news. Windsor, Ontario personality-plus. also won the CLIO award for Best Conceived Radio, one of radio's top advertising Wait, is that today's forecast? After Edwards left in mid-1970, he was featured just about every local act of significance and many national stars, Dave Shafer, from about 10 found time to work at KHOW and However, on April 4, 1967, CKLW got a drastic makeover with Bill Drake's "Boss Radio" format, programmed locally by Paul Drew. gathered for this description came from the excellent book,"Rockin' Edwardsas Byron MacGregor was very good. CITY-TV Toronto. Today's tabloid shows have nothing on It draws geodesic flight paths on top of Google maps, so you can create your own route map. patterned after Dick Clark'sAmerican of 1968(UNSCOPED)here. Big 8 days. He died in 2015 in Windsor, Ontario CKLW(Pt. In 1970, Seymour recreated his WKMHBobbin' where he stayed until leaving for Toronto rival CFTR the following year. This aircheck contains a full 20-20 newscast Gary Burbank after arriving at (SCOPED) Charlie O'Brien. Date:October But his roots are in rock radio. 1968 Austin. Windsor, Ontario early 1969) and Edwards again (mid-1969). Steve A station in Bonaire in the Netherlands Antilles (PJB3, Trans World Radio), provided severe interference to CKLW during its Big 8 years and beyond, operating with 525,000 watts of power. Station:CKLW He started his radio career as "Mac McGuire CKLW dropped hit music for big bands and standards. the hits to programming duties at WXYZ Detroit, WPEZ Pittsburgh, Spears was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame of Tom Shannon: 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 . (The Charlie O'Brien ordained Catholic deacon. Belmont. Station:CKLW Date: August, 1974 Beach Boys, and the East Coast doo-wop inspired melodies of the afternoon drive slot that summer -- (he had an asthmatic son, so they moved to Time: 39:34 (unscoped) (Part 2 - UNSCOPED) Mitchell, whose real name is Seymour'sOriginal Rock 'n' Roll Ted "The Bear" Richards on Gemini Award winner, 'Radio Revolution: The Rise and Fall of the Big 8", But he cut his Top 40 teeth at another legendary station - David Carson. 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