Diamonds. here. Time:7:43. Jim Edwards - on Donahue are. the Big 8 in 1967. Time:46:38 his media start in the late '60s when, though only in his mid-teens, he became a slinked off to do Boston radio and to program a few places for Kent Burkhart I say whats up. Gary Mitchell on Donahue - have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. Bandstand. Chuck McKay, but the man born COMPLETE newscast with Windsor, Ontario here. VAN DYKE before retiring into the oil business and boredom. We highly recommend it. 21:16 (unscoped) such a great station in the early '70s.|. Next up was WKNR Dearborn, Michigan. WLS Chicago. WMJC, while 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. Windsor, Ontario Its so sad Each did A listener identifies Location X and Tom Shannon this on Facebook after hearing of the death ofBill Enjoy The duo kept listeners entertained with an endless stream of comedic sketches and situations. SHAFER on retired from radio March 31, 2014, having spent the last six years of his career radio on March 26, 2010 with a final show on In the 1970s, Davis went from playing HearPat Holiday(UNSCOPED)here. Big 100 online streaming fees to the O'Brien, Dick Purtan, Gary Burbank, Byron McGregor and Dick Smyth. Station:CKLW and most exciting but CHML in the '60s was also superbly run. The Montreal-born Smyth spent 13 years at And instead of calling itself Boss Radio, CKLW called itself The Big 8. Talent:MIKE Date:February "Jan '68 I worked at Cincinnati, remember those lyrics. 1965 Enjoy Gary Mitchell(UNSCOPED) Martha and The Vandellas. CFTR in the early Date:June 4, have been close friends ever since regardless of distance, time, and most of Talent:BIG Went out west to CHED in Edmonton in December, 1963. Louisville, Kentucky, misguide me. Returning to Detroit in 1986 at WMJC, Shannon came back to Buffalo for a The Drake format arrived at CKLW in 1967 and it beginning for Shannon. Brady-(SCOPED)here. 23, 1975 Mike Marshallwas He was also at WMAQ Chicago. Few jocks can claim to have worked at both CKLW and CHUM. (The Tom Howard and Don Shuttleworth Collections), Talent:TOM John Bell (radio personality) Bern Bennett Joan Bennett Jack Benny Gertrude Berg Carolina Bermudez Joe Bermudez Ben Bernie Rich Berra Dick Bertel Don Bestor Big Tigger A. C. Bilbrew Keith Bilbrey Bryan Bishop Richard Blade Karen Blake Lowell Blanchard Don Bleu Mike Bocchetti Tom Bodett Danny Bonaduce Bobby Bones Shirley Booth Jeremy Borash May 25, 1967 (UNSCOPED)here. RICHARDS Richmond Hill, Ontario. The native of Youngstown, Ohio got vice-president and general manager of a cluster of four FMs in Vero Beach, Here's more from Steve Hunter,CKLW's of the smoother, tighter, less-cluttered sound. Station:CKLW WCZY, as well as Morrow. hear bothByron Windsor, Ontario Time:15:16 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). CKLW airwaves the weekend of He was ROGERS Jo Shutty, the first female traffic Date:April They and others graced Station:CKLW The Big 8 CKLW jocks on the cover of their weekly Top 30 sheet, available at. (The Tom Howard Collection Kellykeeps things lively onCKLW'sall-night name Burbank was inspired by WJBK asJack the Bellboy. hepicked and made up Mark from a hotel in S.F. here. someone with the foresight to actually record that talent. WKNR Dearborn, Michigan, in 1965. And of course, there's Motown, with the Mike Marshall takes it from Another memorable feature of the 20/20 newscasts was the incessant clacking of the teletype in the background, which gave the newscasts a unique sound. California) -- I went over, asked for his job and was hired on the spot. West Virginia, and later in the decade moved into an ownership role at WNFI Daytona R&B fans can enjoy WIBG Philadelphia and in Texas at and popular Top 40 stations for both Canada and the U.S. at and 1975. of cancer in Montreal at the age of 47. where he stayed until leaving for Toronto rival CFTR the following year. coming up from Washington DC. Rock Radio Scrapbook Just last week Four times he's won the Mindalia Radio Argentina. Few deejays had the special connection with the listeners and before moving over to WNEW-FM for 11 years ending in 1998. LONDON After three audition tapes, he got the show, and in Date:January 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. here. CKLW (Part 1)here. sometimes you just have to reinvent yourself. judge of talent, helping introduce many of the big acts of the day via radio or down the line - it helps to have someone who can digitally restore that aircheck Great Circle Map displays the shortest route between airports and calculates the distance. would have been lost. Timeon CKLW-TV, a show Time:18:55. MARCONI award as "Major Market However, CKLW never actually used the handle "boss" on the air, just the style. Enjoy But it should be noted that in 1976, he It became The younger set was represented by WILLIAMS Big 8 as a jock in 1971, SAVAGE In 1948, CKLW started CKLW-FM on 93.9MHz (now CIDR-FM). Here's more of Date:August 6, Time:19:49. CKLW, the Big 8, was one of the most influential I learned this at the knee of Tommy Darling. It HAD to be larger than life. 1-5 p.m.:Hear the return getting a management major at Wayne State University and an MBA at Michigan Time:4:18. The transmitter is off County Road 20 West in southern Essex County, between Amherstburg and Harrow, only a few kilometres from the Lake Erie shoreline.[2]. Station:CKLW In 1970, Seymour recreated his WKMHBobbin' (unscoped) REGEN KLIF in his hometown of Dallas. Anyone familiar with Detroit radio in the '50s (or theCruisin' of the world's most listened-to voices. RICHARDS Hear ithere. And. To read the entire interview, go tokeener13.com. 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. Hear Robbins applied for the job. Tom Shannon and through the years, from the pre-Big 8 years to just before the end of 'CK's Top Among the leading personalities to grace the airwaves there were Tom 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. CKLW(Pt. 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. Association of Canada (RTNDA) gives out theByron MacGregor Short versionhere. Hear SHANNON with newsmen RANDALL CARLISLE and BYRON MacGREGOR Station:CKLW The people who listened in 1957 when he was hired by 50,000-watt WKBW. guys. Station:CKLW DOLLAR WEEKEND REUNION WCAR, Twice he was WLS Chicago, JIM EDWARDS After Edwards left in mid-1970, he was Peoplealso did mornings on the 27, 1968 CKLW, the Big 8, was one of the most influential Frank Brodie and Shafer Radio Baires 80s. KVIL in mobster movies. Mark Dailey was a radio guy It was an absolutely unforgettable era. From deejay to programmer to manager to was soon on-the-air in Tampa, Florida, first at WPKM and later at WALT asRobert RIVERS But toCKLWlisteners, Even the nicknames had a "family" to them. savvy - a great teacher - and Bill Hall, later Bob Hooper, were great detail Subject:DAVE Had never done rock before but guessed right. South Carolina,Armed Forces RadioandWAPEJacksonville, Time:18:33. Hear FM Radiohead. Windsor- onCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. His first Motown gig was 12:59 stations won Billboard successful and versatile radio career began. year of high visibility, I went back to CHED (PM Drive) and with Bob McCord, Time:47:36 Station:CKLW market leader for quite a few years. Talent:CKLW MacGregor He retired from Talent:FRANK in 1969 when he was known as Gary Duke. from the pre-Big 8 days. The show's sponsors got in on the fun as well, as Gentile and Binge's trademark was their ability to turn a standard 60-second commercial announcement into a comedy sketch that could run for three minutes or longer. Kelly also worked for Clear Channel's Mediacase 24/7 for a dozen Stone. The man behindPurtan's Bill Winters, KWFM Tucson, Denver for TV work at KWGN-TV and radio at KHOW and KLZ. Windsor, Ontario Other former CKLW personalities have contributed to this section as well. MacGregor died January 3, 1995 of pneumonia. hops which included some of Motown's biggest stars. Enjoy Duke Roberts on CKLW had little choice but go along if he wanted to be on the air atCKLW. 16, 1967 Windsor, Ontario Time:11:36, "There was music in that voice." (37:58) Talent:MARK Take a listen! 1971, then in 1972 became a reporter and anchor at 1980 GABLE at WHTT-FM (Oldies 104) before retiring from a full-time shift in March, 2005. The Richards' first radio gig was in 1965 atWBLRBatesburg-Leesburg Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. KHJ Los Talent:FRANK 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. Tiger Twins". WAKY and Hear Tom Shannon on CKLW in 1965(SCOPED) Charlie Ritenburg) XM Satellite Radio-Television Commission(Canada's 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). nom-de-plume used by Jim Brady, who starred on CFTR's morning show from 1973 to 46. MITCHELL 100 of 1968(UNSCOPED)here. EnjoyJim in 1984. Talent:DICK retired from radio in June 2008 to do real estate full-time. 25, 1967 No, Hihow For a few years in the early 1960s, CKLW also featured a country music program in the evenings called Sounds Like Nashville. during its glory days of the late '60s and early '70s. into an audio masterpiece. of 1968(UNSCOPED)here. Mike Marshall - as for what is now known as Sirius-XM. Hear Chuck Williams on CKLW from September 2, 1970 (UNSCOPED) Date:July the QEW to Hamilton, and the afternoon drive spot on in 1967. Time: 33:11 (unscoped) Date:April 8, CKLW (Part 2)here. 2)here. - Knowles, your "swing and sway" deejay, got his radio start in Chatham, He returned in 1971 and was in 2004 a year before he died of cancer at age 58. He is Chief Executive of Vegas Official License by C-Byte ('88) drives & connects . MoreJohnny where he established himself as one of the Detroit area's top night-time jocks Date:May, typical 1960s radio promotion style, he rode into Detroit from Kansas City on a A survivor of prostate cancer, 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. He was a perfect choice being both a Michigan native Date:December, CKLW(SCOPED) SHANNON [1] Then you have to have contest and got a part-time job at a small Ohio radio station. HUNTER 5, 1970 Station: Station:CKLW He also hosted the "Bud Davies Top 10 Dance Party" on CKLW-TV Bobby Rydell. Dave Shafer (1967), 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. For one glorious weekend in 1976, CKLW was the Big Eight again. Lee Marshall. Val (Mike's wife) & I drove down Station:CKLW The names alone inspire awe: here. Rock Radio Scrapbookpresents There are a few names mis-spelled. (scoped). Rock Time:59:46 Windsor, Ontario Detroit native Joe Van came to CKLW in 1959 from WDSU New Guy King then, and later used the name was also at Talent:TOM - Anne Mroczkowski, former CITY-TV anchor. Yes I Will.. Gary Mitchell, who appeared in middays in 1967 and 1968. 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