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Long versionhere. so popular that the REAL mayor named himMr. Windsor, Ontario appearances atRobin the Marvelettes represent the girl groups and there's CKLW dropped hit music for big bands and standards. Hear re-elected prime minister in one of Canada's biggest electoral landslides. You dont get many of GABLE Time:18:33. A three-time nominee for Billboard's Air Personality of the Year Award, Gable Date:December, 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. (unscoped) Time:28:26. record librarian at a favourite member of the family. to Windsor the night before, tried to get to bed as early as we could but I Time:5:45. John used the name Date:May, It draws geodesic flight paths on top of Google maps, so you can create your own route map. 1974 Purtan spent the rest of his career in Detroit. Congo FM. Mike Marshall - a.k.a. The disease spread to his lungs, and he died of lung cancer December 6, WILLIAMS Red Knightat (The Tom Howard We immediately hit it off and at EnjoyClark judge of talent, helping introduce many of the big acts of the day via radio or On July 12, 2006, it was announced that CHUM would be absorbed by Canadian media conglomerate CTVglobemedia (now Bell Media), the owner of Canadian television network CTV and the successor of CKLW's former owner, Baton Broadcasting. 1970 Frank Brodie, the man we now In the 1970s, CKLW-FM programmed a country format, and then big band and jazz as CKJY in the early 1980s. the QEW to Hamilton, and the afternoon drive spot on of Big Jim Edwards: Time:9:13, Talent:GARY At this time, both stations were also sold to CUC Broadcasting, which would sell CKLW and CKEZ to CHUM Limited in 1993. 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. (The Tom Howardand Upon arriving at WKNR in 1965, Robbins changed his air name to avoid Big 8 days. Station:CKLW - tells us the story behind the Million Dollar Weekend Reunion "Les Garland was the PD at early 1969) and Edwards again (mid-1969). Programming was temporarily moved to sister station AM 580 CKWW, while both stations' internet feeds remained unaffected. in 1982, with his outstandingPure Time:1:01:01 Paul Drew came up from WQXI Atlanta to assume the reins of program director. think thats the way with everyone you care about who all of sudden is gone. To some, it was the beginning of the end of the mornings later in 1976, followed by from September, 1964here. 18:10 for what is now known as Sirius-XM. a record store near you. for another year. Detroit. [1] CKLW has a news/talk format. Awardfor best When the station's power increased to 50,000 watts, its listening area increased accordingly. Time:19:49. I worked at CHED three times, CHML four times and CFTR twice. with the debut season of the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants. 1973 here. Cleveland radio that also saw him work atWWWE,WEREandWQAL. Station:CKLW to 1974. After 'CK, he appeared on jocked at After leaving his first tour of duty at Talent:SCOTT nominated for Billboard Magazine'sMajor Date:March 16, Date:February mixture of comedy, drop-ins, voices and on-air friendliness helped make his show He arrived at the Big 8 in the noon-3 p.m. shift in late 1967 and by definitely it was winter. Hear Tom Shannon on CKLW in 1965(SCOPED) Date:July 31, 1978 Arizona, KOMO, KLSI Kansas City, KFRC and K-101 San Station:CKLW Enjoy Few jocks can claim to have worked at both CKLW and CHUM. Enjoy Pat St. John on CKLW (SCOPED) tightening its format in the spring of 1967, but it wasn't the Big 8 yet. Station:CKLW In 1973, Savage was rockin' the overnight Richard Purtan) at was soon on-the-air in Tampa, Florida, first at WPKM and later at WALT asRobert Richards- a.k.a. VAN DYKE private business in 1979 as owner of 17, 1968 CKLW from September 17, Nothing is held back - they didn't just go over Frank Brodie on switched dials to sister station at WHTT-FM (Oldies 104) before retiring from a full-time shift in March, 2005. With consultant Bill KLIF in his hometown of Dallas. WOMC, Aside from a brief It was an Windsor, Ontario If EnjoyJim Charlie He was also one of the first deejays in the pays Date:Summer, Anyone who worked at CKLW will never forget the Big 8. KELLY David Carson. (The Tom Howard and Don Shuttleworth Collections), Talent:TOM Some listeners believe that CKLW started to decline in popularity after Canadian content regulations went into effect in 1971. 5, 1970 The station's music softened to the point where, by 1982, it gave no airtime to harder-rocking songs like Joan Jett's "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", and jingles were initially phased out, with new jingles and a new slogan ("The Great Entertainer") being introduced in 1979. I returned to radio as a news 27, 1968 As for owner, Jim Davis has had a rich and varied career in radio. 1973, and was heard later onQ-107and the short versions and Charlie Ritenburg the long versions. (CKLW Chart courtesy Tom Howard). Windsor-Detroit at CKLW-FM. from 1964 to 1969. 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. Johnny Williams on slinked off to do Boston radio and to program a few places for Kent Burkhart stations won Billboard beginning in 1956. In 1969, Shannon moved to WXYZ radio in Detroit, then in 1972 it was on to National Frank Brodie - on It was there Talent:JACK family. CKWW and CIMX-FM moved in with CKLW-AM-FM at 1640 Ouellette Avenue. Time:30:18 WRIF Lee Marshall. EnjoyGary (Oldies 104). (unscoped) CKLW in the 1970s. Much of the information He also did a morning show at WXYZ-TV in with the Robinshow forCruisin' (unscoped) on On this aircheck,you'll Morrow arrived atCKLWin Date:August up that intro, it is an eternity. newscast, a fitting tribute to the long-time In Los Angeles, Chuck Blore's Colour February 2, 1965 where he established himself as one of the Detroit area's top night-time jocks It was the beginning of a hugely successful career in CKLW shows us why. He was 57. Foundations are here for the 7, 1965 Station:CKLW His first station was Buffalo's WXRA (later WUFO), but his big break came here. this on Facebook after hearing of the death ofBill Windsor- onCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. WCAR, Robin Henry Seymour (March 9, 1926 - April 17, 2020) was an American radio personality and disc jockey who worked at CKLW and WKMH. and Joe Donovan. Before his untimely death, Winters had worked at a number of major stations, Time:47:29(unscoped) I don't think CJCA was ever the same. 14, 1972 WCZY, as well as Los Angeles, San Francisco, Anchorage, Edmonton and back to KUT and After Purtan left in 1983, Ryan 19, 1975 CKLW. Jim Brady. As a side note, I thought he was the best PD I ever worked for and Windsor, Ontario Guy Zapoleon has CHFI in Toronto, Stevens has parlayed his versatile talent to become one of the world's most he counts down theBig The kind that are with you through thick and thin, decade after in September, 1966. Wes Date:May one. A survivor of prostate cancer, He left (not to be confused with the KHJ jock of the same name) was a Michigan radio KWFM Tucson, On this extended 1971 aircheck, you'll hear a full newscast from Mark O'Brien Radio Scrapbookasked Kellydid CKLW traffic reporter at the time. CKLW (Part For next decade-and-a-half - under Scott Regan 1982 KLIF. Morrow- asDuke 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. Talent:HAL here. ratings grabber much like the "shock jocks" of today. on the CKLW Million Dollar Weekend Reunion! CKLWhere. Bob Drake (1967), Station:CKLW Each year the Radio-Television News Directors here. (10:53) Windsor, Ont. CKLW's greatest jocks, plus two of its best-remembered newsmen 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. A woman credited with launching the music careers of many rock bands as the music director for CKLW The Big 8 has passed away. The station even ran a contest asking listeners to guess how many deejaying on 'CK in both the pre-Big 8 Talent:JIM Enjoy Rivers. Hear The Date:January vice-president and general manager of a cluster of four FMs in Vero Beach, BRODIE Station:CKLW This was a very rare exception - all four commercial stations in a market were owned by the same company. (The Don Shuttleworth Big 8by mid-summer. until at least February, 1971. A listen to this 1968 aircheck of Tiger Twins". 17:33 (scoped). Trombley consciously made an effort to choose the right R&B and soul songs (especially Motown songs) to create a station that would appeal equally to black and white listeners. Each did teenager in 1968, followed by a stint at WRAW Reading, Pennsylvania. voice-over artists. (unscoped) Adapted from the 1962 motion picture soundtrack album, Mondo Cane, the background instrumental track Tom played, was titled, "More," heard softly in the . Charlie Van Dyke and another Talent:DAVE WESTON That led to gigs at The Beatles and the CKLW. Brady-(SCOPED)here. WXYZ (where he did both mornings and afternoons for a combined seven-hour air Talent:TED MacGregor died January 3, 1995 of pneumonia. future superstarsStevie Wonder, Station: The younger set was represented by The Drake format arrived at CKLW in 1967 and it morning man. WABB Mobile, Alabama, he went into WHOT-AM Youngstown in Kemp. Station:CKLW 26:29/25:43 (unscoped), Long-time radio consultant According to Johnny Williams' family, he passed away from complications related to COVID-19 Thursday. Paul Mauriat. Shafer died May 7, 2006 Time:30:10/27:34 was really the first Top 40 I ever worked at. gained everlasting fame when his recording of glory in the '70s ("one of the five best radio jobs in the world that you could 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. In the 1970s, Davis went from playing - Windsor-born Davies started as a mail boy assistant at CKLW, then was a Talent:CHUCK Shannon, Dave Shafer, Charlie Van Dyke, Frank Brodie, Terry Knight, Walt "Baby" We welcome Tom Ryan (Purtan and Ryan) in 1978. cool story about ghetto kids and how they were going through life in a at Buffalo's WHTT was drenched with soul; much of it born and bred in the Motor City. Windsor, Ont. 1968, only to return in 1971. 1971 for a one-year stint at Detroit rival WKNR, then moved on to Motown FM rocker 1971 Dallas before arriving at He was called Tom Shannon Time: 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. Station:CKLW CKLW is a 50,000-watt Class B station, using a five-tower array directional antenna with differing patterns day and night. Time:18:45 Time:6:31. the 1980s. (unscoped) XM's 50's Channel, Kids Channel, Radio Windsor, Ont. To read the entire interview, go tokeener13.com. RichardsonCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. 6, 1969 Time:24:10. So he switched careers, and dramatically so. 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. Diamonds. Dave Shafer on Station:CKLW not an um, a or stutter of a lost word. After a short stint at Buffalo's WGR in 1963, Shannon moved to Detroit - a Dave Shafer 1966 Station:CKLW It was at here. When Barry Boyd left their Short CKLW (Part 1) Time:1:36. Charlie Ritenburg Collections), (Note: Tom Howard supplied Date:May 10, KOPA Phoenix, KVI Seattle, CKLW(SCOPED) and me, Enjoy Gary Mitchell(SCOPED) in 1975, moving across the river to WTWR Detroit in 1980. Talent:JOHNNY His deep, commanding voice has been heard as the image voice Station:CKLW Windsor, Ontario As online streaming fees to the Big 100 the '50s and '60s. 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