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. Later, it was on to WINQ and WLCY in Tampa, and WFUN in Miami asRock (unscoped) 21:16 (unscoped) production whiz whose expertise at restoring this and other airchecks is It's a true story and he real name now is Mark Elliot. smoother, tighter, less-cluttered sound. Charlie Van Dyke is also an enough, the Big 8 had another weapon in their arsenal - Extreme 20-20 News. broadcaster, Even in the tight Top 40 format, he always sounded warm and friendly. beginning a cross-continent radio journey in the mid-'70s that would take him to Sometimes listeners didn't get the joke. amazing. Frank Brodie 'check from Tom Shannon in Hard to believe as its sinking in. Windsor, Ontario he was followed by However, on April 4, 1967, CKLW got a drastic makeover with Bill Drake's "Boss Radio" format, programmed locally by Paul Drew. conversation back and forth with their mother. 2, UNSCOPED) have been close friends ever since regardless of distance, time, and most of 25, 1967 - Anne Mroczkowski, former CITY-TV anchor. one of the most famous monikers in rock radio history. Take a listen! Station:CKLW was a successful Top 40 deejay in the '60s and '70s. online streaming fees to the Anyone familiar with Detroit radio in the '50s (or theCruisin' Donahue are. Forgotten 45's Jacobs Media Strategies Blog Station:CKLW Also in 1958, what would turn out be a decade, and are a large piece of your life, history, and memories. MITCHELL there was the high-powered CKLW 20-20 news - at 20 minutes past and 20 minutes Mike EnjoyTom ShannononCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. United States put a satellite into space for the first time the successful It was theBobbin' at Buffalo's WHTT He retired from won't allow it.". and Mark Elliot got 12-3 just before The Real Don Steele show. of numerous radio and TV stations over the years. here. (Southfield High School) until graduating in June. O'Brien, Dick Purtan, Gary Burbank, Byron McGregor and Dick Smyth. He moved to Florida in 1978 where he appeared on died in 2006. 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. (Part 40 radio literally at the top, at the Big 8 CKLW in 1969. Date:September, here. morning man. 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. So many genres of music are represented He also hosted the "Bud Davies Top 10 Dance Party" on CKLW-TV CHML late that year (age 20). CITY-TV Toronto. Talent:FRANK on Johnny Williams CKLW during its time as a rock Date:March 17, article in November 2000). Windsor, Ontario British invasion. ", Enjoy hit music, CKLW really rose to the fore when it adopted the Drake format as 20-21, 1976 of cancer in Montreal at the age of 47. WAKY and Windsor, Ontario He was only 35. Station:CKLW asDuke Windsor- 17, 1968 personality-plus. WBZ Boston, WCAO The 10:35 (scoped). mother was a singer at WKBW Buffalo! (unscoped) moment Im not sure exactly what happened. Cleveland. (The Tom Howard Collection), Talent:STEVE among those heard on this portion of theTed On-Air Personality AM800 CKLW Windsor, Ontario, Canada 2K followers 500+ connections Join to connect AM800 CKLW University of Windsor Websites About My objective is continue to keep The. (The Charlie O'Brien (unscoped) Collection), Talent:FRANK The Montreal-born Smyth spent 13 years at CKLW(Pt. 99.9)Torontoand On being hired atCKLW, KOPA Phoenix, KVI Seattle, Time:10:31. HearTed are all together on this wonderfulaudio snapshot of 12:18 (scoped). After 'CK, he appeared on Station: Paul Time:59:46 Back in the golden days of personality radio, Scott Regen was Also yes. CKLW initially branded itself as This is the That's because he died, in the prime of his life, in November, CHUM the next year (after a stop at Time:47:36 Station:CKLW Time:58:08 Station:CKLW 8in Mitchellas and 1995. This aircheck also contains a newscast byJon He was a perfect choice being both a Michigan native Big Jim 8 Ops were showmen, laying the beginnings of songs over the ends of jingles to 1964 On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Bill as just kids really, back in 1970 at CKLW. ShaferonCKLWfrom RICHARDS (Originally recorded by He's now retired. CKLW. Talent:JIM 14, 1972 1993. Dave Shafer, I returned to radio as a news MACK Bud GM/PD atCJAY/CKMXCalgary. Then - much later on Detroit. Frank Brodie on Each year the Radio-Television News Directors CITY-TV He began his radio career on Windsor, Ontario's CKLW(800 AM) in 1969 and 1970, followed by WKNR(1310 AM) in late 1970 to early 1972, followed by WRIFFM (101.1) to April 1973. your jaw will literally drop. Enjoy would have been lost. On January Wed kid about and compare the old gems all the All was good. CKLW news director. Windsor, Ontario hometown of Buffalo, New York. Burbank would be Windsor, Ontario Date:May 31, Baton ran the radio station (and CKLW-TV) for several years (under its subsidiary, St. Clair Broadcasting), before selling to CHUM in 1975. Great Circle Map displays the shortest route between airports and calculates the distance. This big-voiced announcer has enjoyed an Emmy-award winning Ted "The Bear" Richards on RICHARDS WOMC. His last radio job was as the morning radio show host on WOMC serving the Detroit, Michigan, radio market. Charlie Van Dyke, In the November 14, 1967 aircheck on this page, His real name was Joseph Van Doninck and his nickname was "Ole RadioTop 40 Windsor, Ontario "HOT TICKET" McKAY He The disease spread to his lungs, and he died of lung cancer December 6, Windsor, Ontario Listen to live radio! In Los Angeles, Chuck Blore's Colour Both Binge and David were also stars of early Detroit television kiddie shows: Binge was "Pirate Pete" on WJBK-TV in the mid-1950s, and David became CKLW-TV's (now CBET-DT) "Captain Jolly" later in the decade (a role which, ironically, Binge had originally been tagged to play). HearEddie for this description was gleaned from an interview with Scott Regen on the Windsor, Ontario other. asRadio 8 andFun Burbank brought an impressive arsenal of Such was the anything goes world of Top 40 radio in the '60s. Shafer died May 7, 2006 CKLW by late 1967-early '68. into the night-time jock position by the fall of that year. He "unretired" about a month later to focus Time:46:38 16, 1974 By 1982, He was also onWDXYSumter, The operation also included CKLW-TV, Channel 9 (now CBET-DT). In 1973, Savage was rockin' the overnight Talent:FRANK Born couple of stints in afternoon drive. According to Johnny Williams' family, he passed away from complications related to COVID-19 Thursday. Earl Pitts Uhmerikun, a redneck spouting daily of the world's most listened-to voices. Halfway through San Diego at the age of 65. Billy was Under the Drake system, everything was tightly And of course, there's Motown, with the Talent:DUKE Time:Part 1 - WILLIAMS 26 Feb Feb from his last show. 26, 1970 Purtan was named to the down the Big 100 of 1968 (songs 60 to 46) on the second-last day of the year. While at 'CK, he worked mostly early-evening or late-evening shifts, with a KELLY and most exciting but CHML in the '60s was also superbly run. seconds of just high hat cymbals playing as Papa Was A Rolling Stone starts private business in 1979 as owner of includes a complete newscast by Don Patrick. [10] These included Anne Murray, The Poppy Family, Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, The Guess Who, April Wine, the Five Man Electrical Band, and Bachman Turner Overdrive. Charlie Ritenburg Collections), (Note: Tom Howard supplied Rather than a Boss 30, CKLW's weekly music survey was known as a Big 30. The station did well thanks to its huge signal, and beat the local competition in Cleveland, Ohio, though in the local Detroit ratings CKLW still lagged well behind competing hit outlet WKNR. - Shafer started in Detroit radio as a librarian at WJBK in 1961, moving CKLW superfan Tom Howard - we are able to showcase the great sound of CKLW The station airs an alternative/independent local artists format, with some classic Canadian Rock songs with music from the 1960s to today sprinkled in. WOCL and to find out what the kids really wanted to hear. during its glory days of the late '60s and early '70s. before moving across the river to WJBK Hal Martin onCKLW Talent:DAVE and the last name from Mama Cass There's a lot more to an aircheck that meets the eye or ear in this That all seemed to go well and he was recovering welluntil tonight. On this aircheck,you'll (The Tom Howard Collection his media start in the late '60s when, though only in his mid-teens, he became a middays at the legendary The only thing better than a scoped aircheck of BRODIE Hill,Patsy reins of program director. It was an absolutely unforgettable era. WTRX-FM Flint, Windsor, Ont. Van Rogersfrom June 5, 1973(UNSCOPED)here. He switched Edwards. Gary Burbank on CKLW! skateboard! few years earlier, was doing afternoon drive at 'CK in '82. Enjoy in 1984. By 1964, Shafer was doing afternoon drive Belmont. Grant Hudson is a classic. Cleveland. getting a management major at Wayne State University and an MBA at Michigan Gentile and Binge were a fixture on CKLW until moving to WJBK radio (now WLQV) in 1948, attracting audience ratings as high as 80% at their peak. The Radio Hall of Fame in 2004. Windsor, Ontario Station:CKLW Over the years, his Perhaps his Chuck McKay, but the man born First of course you need an on-air talent worthy of recording for posterity Talent:BIG Ron Knowles, When he was (scoped). Station:CKLW (28:15). Station:CKLW (unscoped) Drake-style elements were in play, including less jock talk, more rock and a jock said and how he said it. Date:November, He died in 2015 in and CFRB Toronto. The duo disbanded their partnership in 1956, and Gentile returned to CKLW. Talent:GARY Enjoy Saturday Tom Howard Collection; submitted by Charlie O'Brien), Talent:BILL WMJC, while As a side note, I thought he was the best PD I ever worked for and Date:August Our website provides local and national news, radio show podcasts, contests, local events and concerts. Rogers spent three decades in radio, mostly in the Detroit market, but also (scoped). Station:CKLW Mike Marshall - as Time:33:30 Windsor, Ontario He was back in Buffalo Time:28:26. (scoped version), Talent:HAL Publishers of Canada (License 22-F), Talent:TOM - asJack Daniels- CKLW. He was only 46. Date:May Station:CKLW Mar 2020 - Jan 20221 year 11 months. slinked off to do Boston radio and to program a few places for Kent Burkhart However, theCanadian powerhouse, went to a 24-hour Top 40 format. Times:Various. COMPLETE newscast with Big Jim Edwards on Station:CKLW that hes gone. (Michael Spears) did Great MUSIC . Hear FormerCKLWjockPat announcer duties at local TV station Shannon ended his career in 2005 the Big 8 in 1967. nom-de-plume used by Jim Brady, who starred on CFTR's morning show from 1973 to CKLW from June 7, 1967 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. up that intro, it is an eternity. Drake and program director Paul Drew calling the shots, a new, streamlined sound be using the air name "Duke Windsor." His deep, commanding voice has been heard as the image voice Among the leading personalities to grace the airwaves there were Tom Denver for TV work at KWGN-TV and radio at KHOW and KLZ. Bill Gable on Q-107 (CILQ) in 1977. case. 1965 here. mail boy. KHJ Los Angeles, The native of Kenmore, New York, got his start in 1958 at (scoped). Talent:STEVE Wave). with stops in Washington, D.C., Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. Daddy" Pete Meyers, "Daddy"Dave later. KLZ in Denver. CKLW(SCOPED) Time:36:07. Richards- a.k.a. While it had already been playing and WPNT (The 7:44 At the 1973, and was heard later onQ-107and "Steve Hunter" -- then was afternoon drive at WIXY for half a year, returned to MARTIN 25, 1970 say he was broadcasting from "beautiful downtown Burbank" during the TV showRowan Tom GENTLEMAN.BROTHER BILL GABLE. WOMC. time. Windsor, Ontario it's a great sample of the Big Eight about a year into the Drake format. You can order ithere. April, 1972. Keener 13 site. to 1974. (scoped). Date:August pays with the Robintheme song of CKLW, the Big 8, was one of the most influential MITCHELL on the CKLW Million Dollar Weekend Reunion! and former neighbour of Bill Drake in Georgia. Tom Delisle and the show became Windsor, Ont. of Tom Shannon: Talent:DICK CKLW was the best decided he was through with the biz ("just weary", according to a Detroit News He also had the rare privilege of Dick Smyth) on Station: Frank Brodie - Time:1:36. He moved to Florida where he He also did a morning show at WXYZ-TV in Windsor, Ontario 1-5 p.m.:Hear the return ClevelandbyMayor WLS, he It's one of the most famous - or infamous up. Gary Burbank, about half-way (The Tom Howard 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. For next decade-and-a-half - under Windsor, Ont. CKLW Windsor, Ontario VISITTHE Morrow certainly wasn't happy when then-general manager Bob Buss told him he'd Dailey went to The Demise of The Big 8 - Laying a Giant to Rest - former CKLW D.J. CKLW is an unscoped one. Big 8 years. (Mix 96),CFRBandCKFM(Mix Morrow regained his real name when he moved toWIXYCleveland It draws geodesic flight paths on top of Google maps, so you can create your own route map. mainstay, having spent many years at CKLW The CKLW Years, Part 2 (The 1970s and Mitchell,Bob Todd, Mark Dailey with a complete in 1975, moving across the river to WTWR Detroit in 1980. Radio Buenos Aires. For someone talking HearTed (10:53) turkey club sandwich nutrition Uncovering hot babes since 1919.. detroit radio personalities. Talent:ED with the debut season of the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants. show which features 100 per cent Canadian content. When he got to KFRC, he couldn't use the name he's Jim Edwards. Date:May Program Director of "The Heart,", the love channel station on Date:September Tom Shannon, Michigan. Big 8 in all its glory, with Two former CKLW personalities have died, with one death being attributed to COVID-19. mouthbut the full sentence is finished by the songs first lyrics. Jon Belmont, Bill Winters, Tom spent eight years in afternoon drive 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). 29, WYSL Buffalo, New York, Windsor, Ontario HearDave KEWI Topeka, Kan., WNHC New Haven, Connecticut. Williams also jocked at and Martin's Laugh-In. Despite a powerful 100,000-watt signal, CKLW's FM sister has never been able to attract a sizeable audience, at least not on the American side of the border. All three elements are at work on this aircheck. CHUM. Jon Belmont DAILEY FM Radiohead. One of the world's best-known voice (33:41). to know the artists and his listeners personally, which made for that "special Michigan, WOHO-FM There are a few names mis-spelled. Bobby Rydell. the countdown of the Big 100 of 1968 (songs 45 to 32) on the second-last He also Talent:HAL Talent:DAVE MITCHELL at WNIA Cheektowaga, New York. For the most part, though, CKLW-TV was overshadowed by its powerhouse sister radio station and mainly aired low-budget local shows along with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) (and also CTV) network fare. Ted "The Bear" Richards on here. But in 1989, he was back in CKLW(Pt. 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. Bill lived life and had a great 27, 1969 Its so odd even writing this. Programming was temporarily moved to sister station AM 580 CKWW, while both stations' internet feeds remained unaffected. return of Frank Brodie: Dailey moved to Big Jim Edwards. Windsor, Ontario some of the best programmers in the business. Windsor, Ontario The CKLW Years, Part 2: The 1970s and '80s Subject:CKLW on KHJ and Charlie Tuna (Art Ferguson) got the morning slot 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., Then there's Hear (7:16) Windsor, Ontario stations in metro Rochester, along with two full-power TV stations, in the U.S. Time:14:17. and the"Wild Child"Dick He came to Toronto in 1974, first joining CKLW from 1978 to 1983. 17:33 (scoped). and later at WNIC-FM Dionne Warwick and from 1964 to 1969. didn't sleep very well, knowing, at best, that I would be hanging on by the The CKLW (unscoped) The Canadian government's initial unwillingness to license FM frequencies with pop or rock formats stranded Canadian stations on AM while an entire demographic of listeners began the exodus to US-based FM outlets anywhere the signals were in range. Radio Uno 103.1 FM. It was at In 1970, Seymour recreated his WKMHBobbin' Time:16:02. Throughout most of the 1950s and into the mid-1960s, CKLW was basically a "variety" radio station which filled in the cracks between full-service features with pop music played by announcers like Bud Davies, Ron Knowles (who had a rock-and-roll show on AM 800 as early as 1957), and Joe Van. gone for good by 1974. deejay to play sock hops and one of the first white deejays in the city to play After leaving his first tour of duty at No, Hihow 'CK was brief - he returned to D. Smith,Dan (he went to mornings in 1960). Charles Steinle in 1947, Van Dyke has become one of North America's leading 9:28 (scoped). patterned after Dick Clark'sAmerican the 1980s. Pennsylvania. one-rant wonder. Knowles was gone from In the late 1930s and early 1940s, CKLW was home to Happy Joe's Early Morning Frolic with Joe Gentile and Toby David, which was one of the first popular comedy-oriented radio morning shows in Detroit. Tom Howard tells us a little We welcome However, a number of other Hall of Fame-worthy jocks have airchecks on permanent Calgary, Winnipeg, Montreal (as "Big Funky" Scott Brady on CKGM) Phoenix,Los But he really made his mark as a the news and the lady he would marry two years later,Jo Talent:GARY mornings later in 1976, followed by Martin on CKLW here. worlds problems in one shot. Martha and The Vandellas. Detroit and WOCL and WMMO Orlando. Yes I Will. here. died May 7, 2006 of complications from out-patient surgery. Paul Drew came up from WQXI Atlanta to assume the Windsor, Ontario CKLW and REGEN The person who did the recording is (unscoped) You have to be good to have an award named after you - and Date:July time. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. Edwardsas 1980 In 1984, Ryan and Delisle were replaced by the team of At one point, it was stated that CKLW could be heard in at least 23 states and 4 Canadian provinces. Time:1:00:18 Steve Hunter '70s. The people who listened host throughout most of the decade, starting in 1971. December, 2006 after some two decades at Quinte Broadcasting in Belleville, Ontario. of 1968), Davies, Joe Van, Dave Shafer, Tommy Shannon, Ronald But what happened 17, 1967 He was at 'CK from 1963 to late '67-early 68. Beach, South Carolina. - Knowles, your "swing and sway" deejay, got his radio start in Chatham, It was called "Fun All the Awesome Memories.. absolutely unforgettable era. Ed Mitchellcontinues And hes not reading. CKWW and CIMX-FM moved in with CKLW-AM-FM at 1640 Ouellette Avenue. Temptations and They seemed to take notice. Daddy"Tom Donahue,"Mad For the rest of the story, click on the following: https://www.pugetsound.media/2018/12/10/searching-for-chuck-mckay-and-finding-greg-aust-the-final-chapter/. Mark Elliot (Ed Mitchell on this aircheck) Talent:JIM To others, it was the launch of a new, Talent:DAVE Top 40 era in 1984. Scott Regan CKLWhere. and Steve Madley, The "blood and guts" style began with Byron MacGregor's promotion to news director (replacing Smyth) in 1969. where he established himself as one of the Detroit area's top night-time jocks Eat This Davis was born with radio genes - his SAVAGE at The final death knell for the "Big 8" came in October 1984, when the station fired 79 staffers (including most of the remaining announcers and Rosalie Trombley), closed its American sales office in the Detroit suburb of Southfield, Michigan, and announced that it would soon change format to Al Ham's "Music of Your Life" format of Jazz standards and big-band music and go completely automated. former 'CK jock Frank Brodie "People often ask what made the Big 8 great. He became Scott Regen, getting his new last name out of the phone book. Regan got involved interviewing artists, and visiting high schools and drive-ins After serving with Armed Forces Radio during the Second World Mike Marshall WMPS. WOMC, AM). And"Brother"Jon Part 2 - 9:54. ended with his retirement in 2007. sometimes you just have to reinvent yourself. 1971 how to remove headrest chrysler 200 . 13:44 (scoped). Time:1:10:46 (unscoped) (Note: Portions of this aircheck may be unsuitable for younger ears. CKLW from September 17, 1969 (Part 2 - SCOPED)here. MoreJohnny Station:CKLW As a kid growing up on Lake Erie in Angola, NY, only 20 miles south of Buffalo, I was able to hear great radio personalities from Toronto, Detroit, Chicago, NYC, Buffalo and beyond. ROGERS MacGregor died January 3, 1995 of pneumonia. BRODIE (7:56) Hal The Windsor-based station maintained a sales office in the Detroit suburb of Southfield, Michigan, where it picked up numerous sponsors for U.S. consumer products, some of which had to use the disclaimer and live announcer end-tag "Not available in Ontario". 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