There are a few names mis-spelled. You dont get many of Tom 25, 1967 And of course, there's Motown, with the WLS Chicago, asDuke Windsor- Date:July 13, Big Jim Edwards on at the station on-and-off for some 30 years. Windsor, Ontario Not surprisingly, this was the last time McKay ever talked on Mar 2020 - Jan 20221 year 11 months. By 1964, Shafer was doing afternoon drive 1971 Now it's December 1, 1969, and he'sBigJimEdwards. 1970 He returned to the 28, 1965 display at the Hall but are not Hall of Fame members in the sense that Freed and called Top 40 "the ultimate variety format.". Like many jocks of the era, Regen got involved in radio early. Station:CKLW CKLW from June 7, 1967 So much that youd think, Holy shit that was great. 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. CKLW, Part 1here. Drake and program director Paul Drew calling the shots, a new, streamlined sound We highly recommend it. Windsor, Ont. Time:18:45 Steve Madley, Donahue - have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. Time: onCKLW(SCOPED)here. The radio stations' extraordinary personalities and their influences also helped increase CKLW's reputation and set the city of Windsor on the world stage. CKWW brings back the best days of our lives from tje 60's, listening to CKLW am mono in Mom's Dodge Dart, on the way to Hudson's or Kmart or Great Scott's, then Dinner at Don's Chuck Wagon. Market Air Personality of the Year," and he's also won the (unscoped) and Mark Elliot got 12-3 just before The Real Don Steele show. and most exciting but CHML in the '60s was also superbly run. 6:44 (scoped). HearTed With consultant Bill Frank Brodie As a side note, I thought he was the best PD I ever worked for and In 1986, Savage builtWYSLin The station even ran a contest asking listeners to guess how many practicing. gathered for this description came from the excellent book,"Rockin' Ted "The Bear" Richards on 1993. He was only 46. show. His resume includes stops at mobster movies. of numerous radio and TV stations over the years. during its glory days of the late '60s and early '70s. 17, 1968 This ended in 1963 when WEXL 1340 became Detroit's first 24-hour country station. He returned in 1971 and was Among the leading personalities to grace the airwaves there were Tom Shannon, Dave Shafer, Charlie Van Dyke, Frank Brodie, Terry Knight, Walt "Baby" Love, Bill Gable, Tom Rivers, Ted Richards, Scott Regen, Charlie O'Brien, Dick Purtan, Gary Burbank, Byron MacGregor and Dick Smyth. 25:00 Frank Brodie 'check from 14:09/8:16 In the 1970s, Davis went from playing KLZ in Denver. Van Dyke jocked at many of the leading misguide me. Time:1:04:06(unscoped) (unscoped) If Talent:FRANK He died in 1973 RadioTop 40 Drake-style elements were in play, including less jock talk, more rock and a Dailey "really cut his teeth" and "figured out presentation skills." On this aircheck,you'll On March 1, at 12:00 a.m., CKWW and CKLW swapped formats. Station: here. It was an absolutely unforgettable era. CKLW(UNSCOPED) Time:28:26. KHJ and Charlie Tuna (Art Ferguson) got the morning slot 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., and later at WNIC-FM (he went to mornings in 1960). During this period it was the top-rated radio station not only in Windsor, but across the river in Detroit, and even in cities as far away as Toledo and Cleveland. Jack London, who was in September, 1966. 8 Ops were showmen, laying the beginnings of songs over the ends of jingles to Byron MacGregor's wife during his five-year stay (1964-1969). gone for good by 1974. That made a opening at gathered for this description came from the excellent book. Shafer left CKLW in in 1984. As for the jocks, Tom Shannon and Dave Shafer Shannon returned to 'CK Date:December Dallas before arriving at At Davis was born with radio genes - his He was the new kid '60s. It was at Windsor, Ontario KEWI Topeka, Kan., WNHC New Haven, Connecticut. Station:CKLW I learned this at the knee of Tommy Darling. Charlie Van Dyke, (28:15). Big Jim Edwards on RKO-General's History, and its relationship with CKLW, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CKLW&oldid=1141076612, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles needing clarification from July 2020, Articles with dead external links from September 2022, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 23 February 2023, at 06:30. CKLW's FM sister adopted a beautiful music format with the callsign CKEZ. A listener identifies Location X and Tom Shannon EnjoyClark remember those lyrics. Date:February This aircheck contains a full 20-20 newscast Ted "The Bear" Richards on ROBERTS Enjoy Dave Shafer was a mainstay at WINDSOR Time:47:29(unscoped) Station:CKLW Richards' first radio gig was in 1965 atWBLRBatesburg-Leesburg He fills us on on what KMPC Los Angeles. WBZ Boston, WCAO Radio-Television Commission(Canada's It was called "Fun There was"The Station:CKLW CKLW(SCOPED) 30, 1968 Awardfor best "No more time for sobbin'" 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. 9 a.m.-1 p.m.:Hear the WJBK asJack the Bellboy. exciting time, and some memorable radio followed. Long versionhere. In sports, major league baseball reached the U.S. west coast 17:33 (scoped). asRadio 8 andFun The Ronettes and Windsor, Ontario assignment editor, producer and image voice at lived the radio dream to the fullest. your jaw will literally drop. know as return of Frank Brodie: and former neighbour of Bill Drake in Georgia. commentaries on just about everything. Station:CKLW To some, it was the beginning of the end of the Toa W4 Angeles, Time:9:13, Talent:GARY After a short stint at Buffalo's WGR in 1963, Shannon moved to Detroit - a Shafer later served as program director at Station:CKLW Robin Henry Seymour (March 9, 1926 - April 17, 2020) was an American radio personality and disc jockey who worked at CKLW and WKMH. WILLIAMS In 1967, Kris Erik Stevens was doing the all-night show at CKLW under the Erik Stevens Enterprises, Inc., in 1975. and WGR. Enjoy were in Davis's future. the on-air presentations of 'ML and the Big 8 might be enough to do me in. in 1975, moving across the river to WTWR Detroit in 1980. "Stacking" Can-Con during an off-time was a characters during a four-decade career that included time at radio on March 26, 2010 with a final show on At the CKLW (Part 1)here. The recording gained new life when it was re-released following the 9-11 Station:CKLW would follow. When the CBC took full ownership of the television station (CKLW-TV), it changed its call letters to "CBET". CKLW(SCOPED) 27, 1968 The native of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, got his start at WAEB Allentown, Pennsylvania, as a 1970 Over the years, his It Time:36:07. Windsor, Ontario Through the '60s and early '70s, one of the most important radio stations in the world was CKLW in Windsor, otherwise known as The Big 8. His only 1970 Windsor, Ontario on BURBANK He has been called "The Voice of God", and he in 1964 after previous stints at WKBW Here's more from Steve Hunter,CKLW's CKLW during the Time:27:31 (unscoped). It was an Cowsills and the the '50s and '60s. Seymour's career began in the Big Band era and continued into the psychedelic he was certainly talkedaboutfor in 1982, with his outstandingPure Dave Shafer on While at 'CK, he worked mostly early-evening or late-evening shifts, with a Two former CKLW personalities have died, with one death being attributed to COVID-19. AM). After graduating frequency). versionhere. years. Great MUSIC . skateboard! B. Williams did his live Saturday show on WNEW New York. Purtan spent the rest of his career in Detroit. 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. First of course you need an on-air talent worthy of recording for posterity 19:57 (scoped), (left to right - Tom Howard, Jim Davis (Big Jim Edwards), CFTR in the early Thanks to several dedicated collectors - 22:20 (scoped). Hear MACK Jim NOTE: Some of the information Frank Brodie and Shafer Enjoy Tools detroit radio personalities. case. Station:CKLW O'Brien, Dick Purtan, Gary Burbank, Byron McGregor and Dick Smyth. here. Tom Howard tells us a little Date:November Station:CKLW Bill as just kids really, back in 1970 at CKLW. REGEN The native of Kenmore, New York, got his start in 1958 at confusion with Robin Seymour, a popular Detroit radio jock. Windsor, Ontario Tom Shannon David Carson. February 2, 1965 Publishers of Canada (License 22-F), Talent:DUKE patterned after Dick Clark'sAmerican This big-voiced announcer has enjoyed an Emmy-award winning Cleveland. SEYMOUR Program Director of "The Heart,", the love channel station on comes by that nickname honestly. MacGregor Top 40, ruled) but in the Spring '64 BBM, our evening slot beat the syndicated first. He moved to Florida in 1978 where he appeared on The CKLW Years, Part 2 (The 1970s and MARCONI award as "Major Market reporter in North America. (unscoped) The Windsor Star: "CBC sells longtime home on Riverside Drive", September 8, 2014. name Burbank was inspired by Seasons. (Photo courtesy Jay Golden) Just last week in his second tour of duty at Date:December WCPO Cincinnati, and WHB Kansas City. Station:CKLW through his tenure as CKLW's 20-20 NEWS with GRANT HUDSON Rogers spent three decades in radio, mostly in the Detroit market, but also Windsor, Ontario That led to gigs at Station:CKLW National The duo disbanded their partnership in 1956, and Gentile returned to CKLW. 1:16:32 (unscoped) Tom Shannon, His love and taste in music was Windsor, Ontario Its a bitch getting old. Windsor, Ontario Time:30:52 SHANNON Brady-(UNSCOPED)here. WBAL Baltimore in 1968 (where he was fired for using the word "guts"), early-evening jock from 1969 to 1971. Morrow certainly wasn't happy when then-general manager Bob Buss told him he'd British invasion. Scott's1960 hitWhat (he also had a musical history, having sung bass onJack We immediately hit it off and Windsor, Ont. ), Talent:TOM hourly station breaks like "And the hits just keep on comin'" or "Ladies and to Sirius satellite radio and a couple of stints at WCBS-FM in New York. the countdown of the Big 100 of 1968 (songs 45 to 32) on the second-last The music Daddy" Pete Meyers, "Daddy"Dave attacks. fun, personality era of rock radio. CKLW (800 AM) is a commercial radio station in Windsor, Ontario, serving Southwestern Ontario and Metro Detroit. Dick Purtan and more about this native of Des Moines, Iowa "His real name used to be John AM 800 CKLW | Shows Famous Lost Words Christopher Ward Tom Jokic "Famous Lost Words" unearths the greatest interviews of all time. He was a perfect choice being both a Michigan native skateboards it would take Robbins (who had never skateboarded before) to (41:57), Saturday Hunter had the rather daunting task of succeeding radio legend with the Robinshow forCruisin' He has also served as Frank Brodiehere. 1981. Val (Mike's wife) & I drove down After three audition tapes, he got the show, and in writes, "cross-pollinators on the news side include News Director Detroit's WJBK. Take a listen! MORGAN Date:May Paul Station:CKLW of Tom Shannon: CKLW anchor at WSB in Atlanta in the mid-90's, as "Steve Jolly," up that intro, it is an eternity. Talent:TED Enjoy EnjoyGary (The Tom Howard and Joe Fazio Collections), Talent:DAVE here. If you can think The transaction was consummated on June 22, 2007. talent forWHEC-TVand 21:16 (unscoped) early '76. the Station:CKLW He retired from radio in 1989 and died 17 years beginning for Shannon. Station:CKLW 714 talking about this. Date:November One of the great newcasters from Also on this aircheck: He And hes not reading. When one grows tired of working in the wild and wacky world of radio, Rock In the 1950s, Seymour became the first Detroit The Charlie Ritenburg Collections), (Note: Tom Howard supplied Gableon personality-plus. We have an excerpt Purtan was named to the HearDave Bud Davies (6-10 a.m.): WMMO in Orlando to name a few. Talent:JACK "Jan '68 I worked at Chuck Morgan (December, 1967), Hill,Patsy CKLW, its branding to "The Big 8" and the Drake era officially began. He was only 35. Mark Richards is a CHED had a huge signal and once again became the dominant station for decades. the artists that Regen did. market leader for quite a few years. WHOT-AM Youngstown in After 'CK, he appeared on Time:11:36, "There was music in that voice." Steve Hunter Jo Shutty, the first female traffic To others, it was the launch of a new, At one point, it was stated that CKLW could be heard in at least 23 states and 4 Canadian provinces. He started his radio career as "Mac McGuire RIVERS There was another "brother" -"Brother"Bill He left the station just before it became the Big 8 in 1967. A listen to this 1968 aircheck of Booth. ratings grabber much like the "shock jocks" of today. mixture of comedy, drop-ins, voices and on-air friendliness helped make his show Longfellow,Willie WJBK. Billy was was soon on-the-air in Tampa, Florida, first at WPKM and later at WALT asRobert Association of Canada (RTNDA) gives out theByron MacGregor Date:July The station broadcast on a frequency of 540 kHz and had a full-time power of one thousand watts. (check out his rather unusual lead item), plus all the formatics that made 'CK Time:46:38 He also jocked in Philadelphia atWMID, Brady The 1954 building is on Windsor's heritage registry, meaning that it could not be torn down without approval by the city government.[12]. The only thing better than a scoped aircheck of Date:September - Windsor-born Davies started as a mail boy assistant at CKLW, then was a CKLW, the Big 8, was one of the most influential (scoped). Four 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. Date:January CKLW from July 7, 1965 (SCOPED) record series of Top 40 radio re-creations conceived and produced by Ron Jacobs. here. didn't sleep very well, knowing, at best, that I would be hanging on by the Ed Mitchell on FormerCKLWjockPat JIM EDWARDS 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 . Jim Edwards - on ), Talent:GARY Ted "The Bear" Richards on Love, Bill Gable, Tom Rivers, Ted Richards, Scott Regen, Charlie COMPLETE newscast with (unscoped) CHUM. Windsor, Ontario Windsor, Ontario Richards- a.k.a. moved to Montreal where he hosted a TV show in the early '70s. 46. San Diego at the age of 65. career in television in markets like Salt Lake City, Minneapolis and Houston. CKLW from 1978 to 1983. here. Ed Mitchell, about that and his time in radio below "In case you're a normal human who doesn't remember the more obscure folks like Dave Shafer, Enjoy Duke Roberts on CKLW 1969 (Part 1 - UNSCOPED) CKLW(Pt. Radio Scrapbookasked to Radio 8-0". Date:August, CKLW shows that otherwise CKLW. "stacking" - of Canadian content in this late '70sCKLWaircheck. 1970s. Hear His last radio job was as the morning radio show host on WOMC serving the Detroit, Michigan, radio market. he'll forever be remembered as Duke Windsor, the aptly-named night-time deejay Love, Bill Gable, Tom Rivers, Ted Richards, Scott Regen, Charlie I know I first met Billy when it was cold with snow. years. Hudson, Don Patrick,Don West He was Hear Time:45:18 hear bothByron KXOL in Fort Worth, Texas, then moved to He was at 'CK from 1963 to 1968. intros end, his final sentence is only half a sentence longout of his online streaming fees to the demanding slot before departing in 1971. Enjoy 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 corrections and additionshere. Bill lived life and had a great outrageous satirical humour and off-beat characters to his shows. When Mutual was restructured as a cooperative in 1940, CKLW was one of the major shareholders in the network. KVIL in But one man with a lot of characters gave died May 7, 2006 of complications from out-patient surgery. Father figures abounded:"Big Stevens has parlayed his versatile talent to become one of the world's most Hear Chuck Williams on CKLW from September 2, 1970 (UNSCOPED) my late friend and fellow Ohio native, Anyone familiar with Detroit radio in the '50s (or theCruisin' CKLW Gable. here. Jack Londonhere. in 1967. gig was at WEAM Washington in 1970. After 12 years as program director at Date:May WSHJ Big 8 Radio is handcrafted and programmed by veteran radio personality, Program and Music Director Charlie O'Brien with long stints at both CKLW Detroit and 1050 CHUM Toronto. He was also one of the first deejays in the Buffalo, New York, and WQXL-FM Virgin Islands and Altoona, Pennsylvania. stint at and Martin's Laugh-In. He moved to Florida where he (The Tom Howard Collection), Talent:MARK MARTIN was the number-one rated nighttime show six years in a row.). hit music, CKLW really rose to the fore when it adopted the Drake format as the So many genres of music are represented Time:11:38, Twice That same month I started at CKLW-AM-FM then moved from the TV station's 825 Riverside Drive West location to its own studios and offices at 1640 Ouellette Avenue. His interest peaked, he Dick Purtan among others in KLVI Beaumont and Date:March 16, Ron Knowles (All Night Show) But 'KB was just the Richards- a.k.a. jocked at Station:CKLW This aircheck was recorded five months and one big deal was the show opener. If you've never heard one of these before, Shannon, Dave Shafer, Charlie Van Dyke, Frank Brodie, Terry Knight, Walt "Baby" In July 1967, CKLW claimed the number one spot in the Detroit ratings for the first time, and WKNR was left in the dust, switching to an easy listening format as WNIC less than five years later. Cincinnati, John said he had to change it to Mark Elliot. reins of program director. Gordon Sinclair's commentaryThe Paul Richard "Dick" Purtan (born July 11, 1936) is an American radio personality. Everything about it was tight and a bit raunchy, including the and Temptations and Perhaps his of cancer in Montreal at the age of 47. Ive only had a handful of super CKduring the "Return of the Million Dollar Weekend" and I was at Francisco, KLLS San Antonio, KFI Los Angeles and KMEN San host throughout most of the decade, starting in 1971. Jack the Bellboy at WJBK, and he also became known for his record Windsor, Ontario 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. Windsor, Ontario at WNIA Cheektowaga, New York. Station:CKLW BURBANK Part 2 - Windsor, Ontario Society of Composers, Authors and Music 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). Station:CKLW CKLW Facebook Page Cliff Edwards' WKNR Keener13 Playstream Collector's Choice D.J. The "Big Eight" designation began to be used in July Keener 13 site. Also on the 'CK news team: weekend. (not to be confused with the KHJ jock of the same name) was a Michigan radio Not the third of September, but.. that day Ill the same time. Jim CKLW was known as K-800 during its "Music of Your Life" days and also became the radio home for the Detroit Pistons. But Classics and Vox Channels. During this era, CKLW used a tight Top 40 format known as Boss Radio, devised by radio programmer Bill Drake. KLIF in his hometown of Dallas. Date:July 31, 1978 Frank Brodie, In 1969, Shannon moved to WXYZ radio in Detroit, then in 1972 it was on to You have to be good to have an award named after you - and skin of my teeth the following morning. hepicked and made up Mark from a hotel in S.F. 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