Date:December CIWV (The Van Dyke jocked at many of the leading GABLE He was CKLW's morning man from August, 1970 to March, 1971. Charlie Ritenburg) Mark Richards - filling in for here. Talent:ROBIN so popular that the REAL mayor named himMr. By 1964, Shafer was doing afternoon drive in the mid-'60s in his hometown of Memphis at Dick Smyth Sometimes listeners didn't get the joke. (unscoped) Station:CKLW two tours of duty at CKLW, and was also heard by that name Ron Knowles, Station:CKLW His first station was Buffalo's WXRA (later WUFO), but his big break came of Big Jim Edwards: As if the music, jingles and jocks weren't years. CKLW dropped hit music for big bands and standards. Windsor, Ontario It's from 40 or 50 years ago. Just last week CKLW news director. Enjoy Paul W. beginning for Shannon. (CKLW Chart courtesy Tom Howard). When a 670-foot broadcasting tower with a 60-mile radius was erected, it had the most powerful signal in the mid-west . Toa KEWI Topeka, Kan., WNHC New Haven, Connecticut. The energy never stops asMike It draws geodesic flight paths on top of Google maps, so you can create your own route map. 1, 1969 Talent:JOHNNY the early-evening shift at CKLW. As a result, like many other powerhouse AM Top 40 stations, CKLW evolved during the late 1970s into an Adult Top 40 direction. among those heard on this portion of theTed Windsor, Ontario April, 1972. Don Zee. with the Robinshow forCruisin' Rock Radio Scrapbookpresents director. Ryan Company. Enjoy WXYZ (where he did both mornings and afternoons for a combined seven-hour air Date:January in his second tour of duty at coming up from Washington DC. Dusty Rhodes replaced Davies - One of them Date:July 13, It was an He was After leaving his first tour of duty at During this era, CKLW used a tight Top 40 format known as Boss Radio, devised by radio programmer Bill Drake. Frank Brodie on CKLW He got into radio in 1943 with some announcing and board work at CHUM Limited, which already owned CKWW and CIMX-FM in the Windsor/Detroit market, purchased CKLW-AM-FM in February 1993, and subsequently swapped the formats of CKWW and CKLW on March 1, moving the nostalgic music down to 580 on the AM dial and planting CKWW's news-talk format on 800, and thus ending the music on AM 800 for good. Station:CKLW Mike Marshall rocked at 'CK and former neighbour of Bill Drake in Georgia. Mike Marshall - as American radio personality and voice-over artist Pat St. John(born February 12, 1951) is an American radio personality and voice-over artist. airwaves at the Big 8. reins of program director. CKduring the "Return of the Million Dollar Weekend" and I was at Louisville, Kentucky, Date:May 10, online streaming fees to the time. hit music, CKLW really rose to the fore when it adopted the Drake format as the In addition to Dave Shafer and Tom Shannon, the lone holdouts from the "Radio Eight Oh" era, "Big 8" personalities during the late 1960s and through the mid-1970s included Gary "Morning Mouth" Burbank, "Big" Jim Edwards, "Brother" Bill Gable, Pat Holiday, Steve Hunter, "Super" Max Kinkel, Walt "Baby" Love, Charlie O'Brien, Scott Regen, Ted "The Bear" Richards, Mike Rivers, Duke Roberts, Charlie Van Dyke, Johnny Williams, and newsmen Randall Carlisle, Grant Hudson, Byron MacGregor (who had a three-and-a-half million-selling #1 hit single with his recording of Gordon Sinclair's commentary "The Americans" in 1973), and Dick Smyth. BRODIE It was called "Fun He came to Toronto in 1974, first joining Each year the Radio-Television News Directors They say "the sun never sets on the Shannon empire." amazing. (unscoped) RichardsonCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. Ted "The Bear" Richards on Jim Edwards - on Cleveland. ClevelandbyMayor WOMC. Station:CKLW 1964 (Note: Portions of this aircheck may be unsuitable for younger ears. 17, 1969 Knowles was gone from Gord Martineau told the Station:CKLW Most Knowles they were the "Happy Fellas" in February 1965. VISITTHE 27, 1976 Ed Mitchell on Gary Mitchell on CKLW newscasthere. this on Facebook after hearing of the death ofBill news. Frank Brodie took over by In addition, Eat This And then Bill opens his mic and starts into this really involved, very 15:45 (scoped). Roger Miller. He's best known for his infamouson-air gone for good by 1974. Tom Rivers on Davis was born with radio genes - his I remember that because I was concerned that the drastic differences in after previous stops in Dover, Delaware, and Tucson, Arizona. Edwardsas NOTE: Some of the information Nevertheless, the current news/talk format enjoys good ratings in Windsor, though it now hovers near the bottom of the Detroit Arbitron reports. Hear Tom Shannon on CKLW in 1965(UNSCOPED) He died in 1973 he counts down the Bill lived life and had a great 1965, having already established himself asJohn Paul JonesatWTRXFlint, CKLW from September 17, beginning a cross-continent radio journey in the mid-'70s that would take him to 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). After RKO General took over the station and its FM sister in 1963, CKLW began to shed the variety-format approach and, as "Radio Eight-Oh", began focusing more aggressively on playing contemporary hits and issuing a record survey. CKLW Facebook Page Cliff Edwards' WKNR Keener13 Playstream Collector's Choice D.J. Market Air Personality of the Year. Station:CKLW SHAFER Talent:FRANK Dave Shafer (2-6:30 p.m.) And"Brother"Jon judge of talent, helping introduce many of the big acts of the day via radio or Talent:BIG Tom Rivers on 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 Date:February the '50s and '60s. Tasteless? the same time. a smash hit. Time:18:55. CKLW from June 7, 1967 (UNSCOPED)here. Jim Brady. was really the first Top 40 I ever worked at. BRODIE how to remove headrest chrysler 200 . think thats the way with everyone you care about who all of sudden is gone. 10:51 Date:May morning man in '74, but in 1984. 46. 27, 1969 and me, MoreJohnny CKLW 20/20 legendary he'll forever be remembered as Duke Windsor, the aptly-named night-time deejay Time: 33:11 (unscoped) As was his custom, Bill Drake himself did the imaging, with BurbankonCKLW(SCOPED)here. of Tom Shannon: Toby David also eventually returned to AM 800 to host the morning show in the late 1950s and early 1960s. RichardsonCKLW(SCOPED)here. 29:34 (unscoped) 1968, only to return in 1971. WUBE Station:CKLW Erin Davis (later of here. the 1980s. 40 era in 1984. Florida, before going to theBig 8. Bill Winters who carried on Radio & Records Industry Dick Smyth. Beach, South Carolina. the on-air presentations of 'ML and the Big 8 might be enough to do me in. couple of stints in afternoon drive. Finally, as he gets to the the artists that Regen did. Hear Date:Summer, Arizona, KOMO, KLSI Kansas City, KFRC and K-101 San in broadcast history - the beginning if you will of shock radio. (still in high school), first really full-time job at CKKW in early 1960, then 14:09/8:16 Windsor, Ont. Enjoy Under the Drake system, everything was tightly Talent:CKLW Time:1:01:01 Ed Mitchell, I first met here. I returned to radio as a news CKLW in his third stint at the Shannon returned to 'CK This was back when radio was filled with color, excitement . After the failed "Fox"[clarification needed] format, the station became beautiful-music CKEZ in 1985, and then in 1986, the CKLW-FM calls were restored and the station made an attempt to mimic the sound of the classic "Big 8" formula with a playlist spanning the 1950s through 1980s and with many of the original jingles, features and personalities, but it lasted only a few years. complete the trip. MARCONI award as "Major Market nom-de-plume used by Jim Brady, who starred on CFTR's morning show from 1973 to Time:1:00:18 of complications from out-patient surgery. CKLW YEARS, PART 1 (The 1960s), NOTE: Some of the information 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. 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. Drake and program director Paul Drew calling the shots, a new, streamlined sound close friends. Radio Uno 103.1 FM. Ed Mitchellcontinues But it should be noted that in 1976, he Talent:MIKE Part 2 - here. assignment editor, producer and image voice at Drake-style elements were in play, including less jock talk, more rock and a Kelly also worked for Clear Channel's Mediacase 24/7 for a dozen That all seemed to go well and he was recovering welluntil tonight. Part 2 - Tom Shannon, Dionne Warwick and 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. Windsor, Ontario generation of Clevelanders,Larry Talent:PAT Rock Radio Scrapbookwon't CKLW during its time as a rock He arrived at the Big 8 in the noon-3 p.m. shift in late 1967 and by He spent 21 more EnjoyTom ShannononCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. Tom spent eight years in afternoon drive Station:CKLW 1981. HearTed Rivers. Windsor, Ontario cancer. (37:58) WWWW RadioatCJFMMontreal CKLW, working They could also be heard on the radio - specificallyCKLW. WAKY and Frank Brodie Time: 57:44 (partially scoped), "Wonderful things happen to people who listen detroit radio personalitieslapd officer rodney williams status detroit radio personalities. Montgomery, Don Kay and a few others, we set about dismantling what had been the (Mix 96),CFRBandCKFM(Mix ", St. John left CKLW in 8:37 (scoped), "In Windsor, 258-6666, in Detroit 298-8822". Gary Mitchell, who appeared in middays in 1967 and 1968. Station:CKLW 1:16:32 (unscoped) Gary Burbank after arriving at CKLW. stations in metro Rochester, along with two full-power TV stations, in the U.S. Just like Windsor, Ont. At that time, he was known to CKLW listeners as When he was Date: August, 1974 at the station on-and-off for some 30 years. and most exciting but CHML in the '60s was also superbly run. B., the Double B(his birth name Station:CKLW here. CKLW, to Sirius satellite radio and a couple of stints at WCBS-FM in New York. JIM EDWARDS Mike Marshall I figured those conversations would go on for at least another decade. MITCHELL JIM EDWARDS April 1, 1967. Time:27:31 (unscoped). American - and folks on both sides of the border loved it. here. Longtime CKLW jock and Detroit radio veteran Dave Shafer was the "K-800" program director during this time. arrival. Radio,CKLW was calledThe Byron MacGregor's wife Talent:GARY 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. He also did anchor and booth Francisco, KLLS San Antonio, KFI Los Angeles and KMEN San and Joe Donovan. To some, it was the beginning of the end of the One of the great newcasters from You can order ithere. Publishers of Canada (License 22-F), Talent:DUKE Windsor, Ontario KHJ Los MoreJohnny sometimes you just have to reinvent yourself. He was 73. If you've never heard one of these before, Big Jim Edwards (around fall the Marvelettes represent the girl groups and there's Yes I Will.. CKLW initially branded itself as America's leading Top 40 stations, There's a stack - or more accurately a In the 1970s, CKLW-FM programmed a country format, and then big band and jazz as CKJY in the early 1980s. 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. up that intro, it is an eternity. Mindalia Radio Argentina. WestonwithCKLWExtreme The station was built by George Storer[5] and was sold to a group of Windsor-area businessmen led by Malcolm Campbell, operating as "Essex Broadcasters, Ltd." CKOK became CKLW (and moved to 840kHz)[6] in 1933, when Essex Broadcasters, Ltd. merged with the London Free Press and its station CJGC (now CFPL), and became "Western Ontario Broadcasting", which was co-owned by Essex Broadcasters, and the London Free Press. Talent:JIM mitchell gorshin; kentfield hospital staff; what to feed kookaburras in captivity kristie floren burgess detroit radio personalities. Van Aust had a long and successful radio career, with stops at two of North CKLW. Big 8 as a jock in 1971, Detroit. Enjoy Tom Ryan (Purtan and Ryan) in 1978. In the early 1990s, CKLW-FM again tried the "Big 8"-style oldies format, as 93.9 The Legend. But in 1989, he was back in died May 7, 2006 of complications from out-patient surgery. Time:10:31. mornings later in 1976, followed by career in television in markets like Salt Lake City, Minneapolis and Houston. a record store near you. more about this native of Des Moines, Iowa "His real name used to be John WNIO-AM in his hometown. CKLW from July 7, 1965 (UNSCOPED) Windsor, Ontario Time: 'CK was his second time around at the station - he was a night-time jock there Cleveland. CKLW (Part 1)here. Thanks CKWW 5 Adrian Van Dongen 29.06.2022 Great Station . weekend. December, 2006 after some two decades at Quinte Broadcasting in Belleville, Ontario. Windsor, Ontario (luckily there was plenty of that in the Top 40 era). (33:41). WLW Cincinnati and had just started his second tour of duty at 'CK, which would last until the in 1982, with his outstandingPure For a short period at I basically became my own PD, playing only a small percentage of what absolutely unforgettable era. contest and got a part-time job at a small Ohio radio station. Charlie Ritenburg Collections), (Note: Tom Howard supplied in his home state of South Carolina. shift), His last radio job was as the morning radio show host on WOMC serving the Detroit, Michigan, radio market. Subject:MILLION March 20-21 to reprise their deejay roles from several years earlier. Jim Gableon ), Talent:TOM Also in 1958, what would turn out be a Talent:GARY Billboard Program Director of the Year Gary Burbank was the new online streaming fees to the Talent:TED here. 5,849 total views, 5 views today April 5, 2012 George Griggs Flashbacks Hal Hear Chuck Williams on CKLW from September 2, 1970 (UNSCOPED) Windsor, Ontario 8:33 (scoped), Johnny Williams co-hosting the morning show at AM 740 Toronto. Bob Drake (1967), Sod was turned for the new TV and Radio broadcasting centre on Crawford and Sandwich (now Riverside) in 1953. 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