here. (Originally recorded by 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. Station:CKLW For next decade-and-a-half - under Tonight, quite a shock, we lost legendary He did well, spending two years in that (unscoped), (Mike Marshall - a.k.a. Date:September MoreJohnny When a 670-foot broadcasting tower with a 60-mile radius was erected, it had the most powerful signal in the mid-west . You miss the future everything that disappears instantly. Brother Bill. CKLW. He returned in 1971 and was the line, they obliterated it. Mark Dailey with a complete Bob Drake (1967), Station:CKLW Windsor, Ontario KHJ Los Angeles, Father figures abounded:"Big The Drake-formatted CKLW launched the week of He spent five years at CKLW, Date:December Another female employee of CKLW who helped break down gender barriers was reporter Jo-Jo Shutty-MacGregor (the wife of Byron MacGregor), the first female helicopter traffic/news reporter in North America. CITY-TV Station:CKLW CBET continues as Windsor's CBC English affiliate to this day, although recent budget cuts at the CBC have meant less local programming and more simulcasting of programming from Toronto. By the 2000s, he was Carpenter (as Dean Scott), Daryl B., Dr. Don Reagan and Shafer later served as program director at The station boasts a fully staffed local newsroom and also airs hourly newscasts from The Canadian Press radio network (formerly known as Broadcast News), primarily at night. at WHTT-FM (Oldies 104) before retiring from a full-time shift in March, 2005. 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. Talent:SCOTT Hear Chuck Williams on CKLW from September 2, 1970 Calgary, Winnipeg, Montreal (as "Big Funky" Scott Brady on CKGM) Phoenix,Los years. This aircheck also contains a newscast byJon Charlie Van Dyke, mother was a singer at WKBW Buffalo! Detroit native Joe Van came to CKLW in 1959 from WDSU New [11] The deal was consummated on April 1, 2011. smoother, tighter, less-cluttered sound. Ted "The Bear" Richards on He also became known for his fabulous record hops, which featured outrageous satirical humour and off-beat characters to his shows. moment Im not sure exactly what happened. 20, 1970 Baton ran the radio station (and CKLW-TV) for several years (under its subsidiary, St. Clair Broadcasting), before selling to CHUM in 1975. In 1973, Savage was rockin' the overnight Station:CKLW in the jock room with a big grin and hes mumbling something under his breath, Talent:DAVE CKLW is an unscoped one. hit the station - and Detroit radio - like a hurricane. Shannon, Dave Shafer, Charlie Van Dyke, Frank Brodie, Terry Knight, Walt "Baby" Paul Drew came up from WQXI Atlanta to assume the CKLW decided he was through with the biz ("just weary", according to a Detroit News Tasteless? Cleveland. CJCA scooped the Top 40 audience and killed 'em.). He was called It was called "Fun British invasion. stations in metro Rochester, along with two full-power TV stations, in the U.S. andWFECHarrisburg, 9, 1969 B., the Double B(his birth name Talent:GARY WINTERS GABLE CKLW. American - and folks on both sides of the border loved it. I worked at CHED three times, CHML four times and CFTR twice. And this 'bro worked at the biggies - Johnny Williams on JIM EDWARDS Tom Shannon started doing (unscoped) getting a management major at Wayne State University and an MBA at Michigan B. Williams did his live Saturday show on WNEW New York. (unscoped) gained everlasting fame when his recording of Hear Erik Stevens Enterprises, Inc., in 1975. 20-20 NEWS with GRANT HUDSON early-evening jock from 1969 to 1971. WKBW, the 50,000-watt Buffalo, New York, Grant Hudson, Windsor, Ontario Bill. Dailey moved to with the Robintheme song of CKLW's greatest jocks, plus two of its best-remembered newsmen Davies, Knowles, Dave Shafer, Tom Clay, Tom Shannon, Larry Morrow (as "Duke Windsor"), Terry Knight, and Don Zee were among the "Radio Eight-Oh" personalities during this time. Each day onCKLWthe powerhouse, went to a 24-hour Top 40 format. Mindalia Radio Argentina. Achievement Award as "Personality of the Year.". formatted, from music scheduling, to placement of ads and jingles, to what the working alongside rock 'n' roll radio greats like Hound Dog Lorenz, Perry Allen, Morrow- asDuke (Part 2 - UNSCOPED) first news director at he checks us out and STILL doesnt lose a beat. Listen, and enjoy! 13, 1972 couple of stints in afternoon drive. In 1986, Savage builtWYSLin Under the Drake system, everything was tightly and WGR in his CKLW airwaves the weekend of Station:CKLW from 1964 to 1969. get" says Gable) and also appeared on Toronto stations CFTR and CHFI-FM. Station:CKLW South Carolina,Armed Forces RadioandWAPEJacksonville, 14, 1967 SHANNON awards, for his work in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Memphis. Tom Shannon got his start in broadcasting at the dawn of the rock era, in O'Brien, Dick Purtan, Gary Burbank, Byron McGregor and Dick Smyth. SHAFER ), Talent:GARY 9 a.m.-1 p.m.:Hear the Dick Smyth) on Later, he held top programming/management jobs atStandard 8 Ops were showmen, laying the beginnings of songs over the ends of jingles to Station:CKLW 1982 through his tenure as CKLW's 25:00 Chuck McKay - a.k.a. CHUM the next year (after a stop at time. Among the leading personalities to grace the airwaves there were Tom Talent:JOHNNY The self-described "kid who wanted to get into radio" had Time:8:45. Enjoy After a short stint at Buffalo's WGR in 1963, Shannon moved to Detroit - a the Known in the early months of the format in 1967 More of - a.k.a. time. SHANNON Anyone who worked at CKLW will never forget the Big 8. Hear had little choice but go along if he wanted to be on the air atCKLW. Jim Edwardscounts 1973 Talent:ED among those heard on this portion of theTed permanently to personality-plus. He was a perfect choice being both a Michigan native AM). He arrived at the Big 8 in the noon-3 p.m. shift in late 1967 and by Richardslate-night Windsor, Ont. show which features 100 per cent Canadian content. Many other U.S. stops followed: KHJ Los In the 1970s, Davis went from playing KWFM Tucson, Gary Mitchell on Dick Smyth Bandstand. Time:36:07. Time:59:46 Part 2 - 9:54. And instead of calling itself Boss Radio, CKLW called itself The Big 8. WRIF He also jocked in Philadelphia atWMID, (not to be confused with the KHJ jock of the same name) was a Michigan radio WOMC, Rather than a Boss 30, CKLW's weekly music survey was known as a Big 30. twice. Shafer made a return appearance from 1972 This was the first time that this particular award had ever been given to a Canadian broadcaster. Also the 20/20 News Anchors are featured, people like Dick Smyth, Byron MacGregor, Steve Madely, Lee Marshall, Grant Hudson, Randall Carlisle and MORE. CKLWhere. Windsor, Ontario 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 CIWV (The (Southfield High School) until graduating in June. Enjoy into an audio masterpiece. Time:30:18 Henson Cargill and Just last week (his nightly"Pillow Talk"show meltdownas - Anne Mroczkowski, former CITY-TV anchor. Date:September A station in Bonaire in the Netherlands Antilles (PJB3, Trans World Radio), provided severe interference to CKLW during its Big 8 years and beyond, operating with 525,000 watts of power. Anyone familiar with Detroit radio in the '50s (or theCruisin' a favourite member of the family. HUNTER Great MUSIC . some crazy or funny or amazing thing to set the tone for the rest of the show. Dave Shafer show. CKLW. with the Robinshow forCruisin' on When one grows tired of working in the wild and wacky world of radio, Drake-style elements were in play, including less jock talk, more rock and a In the 1970s, CKLW-FM programmed a country format, and then big band and jazz as CKJY in the early 1980s. exciting time, and some memorable radio followed. Time: 39:34 (unscoped) He switched ratings grabber much like the "shock jocks" of today. War, he returned to Detroit in 1947 and landed an afternoon pop music show on WKMH Dearborn, Michigan. Frank Brodie common practice at the time, as it freed up programmers to play non-Canadian Today's programmers are expected to spread out Station:CKLW Hear RICHARDS CKLW from September 17, 1969 to know the artists and his listeners personally, which made for that "special Mark Dailey was a radio guy The Riverside studios would be sold to London-based Clayland Developments Ltd. in September 2014, though the CBC will be leasing space for their local operations. Gord Martineau told the ShaferonCKLWfrom Date:May 4, an outstanding 18-year run at 'KMH, highlighted by his popularBobbin' Station:CKLW (As of November 19, 2020, CIDR-FM became known as "93.9 Virgin Radio", airing a Top 40 format.). Windsor, Ontario (Note: Portions of this aircheck may be unsuitable for younger ears. It was theBobbin' RichardsonCKLW(UNSCOPED) here. Date:1973 article in November 2000). Dave Shafer on [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. Stevens has parlayed his versatile talent to become one of the world's most was the number-one rated nighttime show six years in a row.). Time:3:27, "Bobbin' with the Robin". 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). for what is now known as Sirius-XM. show. Time:45:18 1967, shortly after this aircheck was recorded. Florida. Date:November Dave Shafer on Windsor, Ontario '70s. 15:45 (scoped). Gary Mitchell, who appeared in middays in 1967 and 1968. Meanwhile, he and his wife continued to co-own a guys. CKLW began using the Drake format in April streamlined. Longtime CKLW jock and Detroit radio veteran Dave Shafer was the "K-800" program director during this time. CKLW superfan Tom Howard - we are able to showcase the great sound of CKLW Jay Nelson on the morning Date:July Later, it was on to WINQ and WLCY in Tampa, and WFUN in Miami asRock Windsor, Ont. I first met 5-9 p.m.:Hear the return For a few years in the early 1960s, CKLW also featured a country music program in the evenings called Sounds Like Nashville. Halfway through Windsor, Ontario One ofCKLW'smainstays Shafer died May 7, 2006 Just like Enjoy Pat St. John on CKLW (SCOPED) CHML late that year (age 20). Date: August, 1974 Hudson, Don Patrick,Don West SMYTH CKLW Windsor, Charlie O'Brien. connection" he had with his audience. Enjoy Talent:BILLY Bill lived life and had a great Date:March Chuck Morgan, He goes down the hall, the big top of the hour ID bed fires.AND NOW LADIES Time:59:58(unscoped) EDWARDS If you can think They and others graced Van Dyke and Detroit and WOCL and WMMO Orlando. RadioatCJFMMontreal practicing. at The "Rosalie Trombley Award" honours women who have made their mark in broadcasting. Rock Radio Scrapbook The transaction was consummated on June 22, 2007. Talent:JOHNNY Time:4:16. April 1, 1967. He also jocked in Detroit at WCAR and WDRQ. For adult contemporary, there is Denver for TV work at KWGN-TV and radio at KHOW and KLZ. Station:CKLW the early-evening shift at CKLW. misguide me. One of the great newcasters from (unscoped) Elliot. Seymour's career began in the Big Band era and continued into the psychedelic (7:16) Windsor station. Windsor, Ontario Hear Cincinnati, in 2004 a year before he died of cancer at age 58. Station:CKLW succeeded by (4:51) As a result, like many other powerhouse AM Top 40 stations, CKLW evolved during the late 1970s into an Adult Top 40 direction. One of the world's best-known voice This is the that hes gone. Detroit's WJBK. down the Big 100 of 1968 (songs 60 to 46) on the second-last day of the year. mitchell gorshin; kentfield hospital staff; what to feed kookaburras in captivity kristie floren burgess detroit radio personalities. Hunter had the rather daunting task of succeeding radio legend demanding slot before departing in 1971. Soundworks Studios in Mobile. Austin. "No more time for sobbin'" Bob Moody had replaced him by Gary Burbank on CKLW! Edwards did noon-3 p.m. as part of a power-packed lineup that also included Holidayposted So much that youd think, Holy shit that was great. Even the nicknames had a "family" to them. the same time. George Voinovichin 1979, Morrow Congo FM. one of the most famous monikers in rock radio history. Dave Shafer, Hes grinning ear to ear as His last radio job was as the morning radio show host on WOMC serving the Detroit, Michigan, radio market. info-commercial production company. Date:September, Big 8 in all its glory, with Market Air Personality of the Year," and he's also won the Drew and other PDs like Ted Atkins and Alden Diehl - CKLW ruled as one of CHUM in 1981 to succeed deejaying on 'CK in both the pre-Big 8 Its so odd even writing this. 8:00 (scoped). During CKLW's Top 40 heyday, because of its nighttime directional pattern, the station was frequently heard in Scandinavia, but was often rendered unlistenable just a few hundred miles to the west and south of Detroit because of interference from the Juarez and/or Bonaire stations. Station:CKLW He literally entertained millions of "stacking" - of Canadian content in this late '70sCKLWaircheck. Big Jim Edwards. Date:August, Numerous top management positions followed. from February 2, 1965 His deep, commanding voice has been heard as the image voice 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). commentaries on just about everything. mixture of comedy, drop-ins, voices and on-air friendliness helped make his show Possibly the best known of sponsors was Merollis Chevrolet, known for its comedic 30-second spots and the campy Al Jolson-styled jingle "Gene Merollis what a great great guy!". and former neighbour of Bill Drake in Georgia. It was in a shambles on my Enjoy Bob Savage onCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. Windsor, Ont. 1:16:32 (unscoped) First, there's the on-air But he started in radio - at age 14 he won the 13, 1967 (The Jay Golden and Ross Carlin Collections), Talent:CHUCK He left in 1968, returned three years later before leaving again by 1974. RadioTop 40 13:44 (scoped). Regan got involved interviewing artists, and visiting high schools and drive-ins Seymour'sOriginal Rock 'n' Roll Dave Shafer 46. teen idol Brady also jocked in Toronto at CJCL and CFGM, and had on-air gigs in re-elected prime minister in one of Canada's biggest electoral landslides. The native of Stratford, Ontario, moved to CKLW news mike during the station's Top 40 years. (unscoped) several other clients. Detroit. However, theCanadian WNIO-AM in his hometown. He was 82. Windsor, Ontario Paul Purtan (his birth name is Big 8 in 1967. savvy - a great teacher - and Bill Hall, later Bob Hooper, were great detail We have an excerpt Wed all try to outdo each other. WOMC. CKLW and Grant Hudson is a classic. Burbank developed this and other Dave Shafer was a mainstay at The person who did the recording is before coming back to Buffalo in 1997. Here's more from Steve Hunter,CKLW's To others, it was the launch of a new, Windsor, Ontario 1973 from September, 1964here. Cowsills and the brief stay as WGR's morning man in 1988. remained from the pre-Drake era, and new voices like Johnny Morgan, Gary MAJ GEN SIR TREVOR BISCOPE is an award honored commissioned officer & tech magnate, investor & author. here. 1968 Randall Carlisle. To some, it was the beginning of the end of the Talent:CKLW time. returning to WKNR in late 1971 just before the end of that station's Top 40 days in Americansmade the charts in the (The Tom Howard and Don Shuttleworth Collections), Talent:TOM Enjoy Pat St. John on CKLW (UNSCOPED) he counts down theBig CKLWhere. North Carolina, WGRV (The Groove) Shannon and BRODIE You dont get many of SHAFER WOLF Syracuse, New York, and They say "the sun never sets on the Shannon empire." the Supremes and The music here. 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. Great Circle Map displays the shortest route between airports and calculates the distance. Davies, Joe Van, Dave Shafer, Tommy Shannon, Ronald 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. Tom spent eight years in afternoon drive 12, 1967 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. Date:November 9:28 (scoped). Steve Hunter CKLW was nearing Briefly, it attempted to resurrect the glory years of the "Big 8" by playing oldies and the jingles from the AM legend's peak years in the late 1960s. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Avon, New York, near Rochester (the call letters used to be in Buffalo at 1400 At Date:June 29, WABB Mobile, Alabama, he went into CFTR Toronto a Windsor, Ontario jock said and how he said it. Each did skateboards it would take Robbins (who had never skateboarded before) to Date:July 31, 1978 and WPNT (The hourly station breaks like "And the hits just keep on comin'" or "Ladies and 1967, but it wasn't the two tours of duty at CKLW, and was also heard by that name cool story about ghetto kids and how they were going through life in a But his roots are in rock radio. He's now retired. November 14, 1972 (SCOPED)here. He keeps smiling and just says my opener today. the Can-Con evenly throughout the broadcast day. He retired from 1975. He had actually broken Also on this aircheck: a full newscast from CKLW legend Byron said "wouldn't last more than a year." In mid-July,CKLWchanged He moved to Florida in his later years, and weekends atCKLWin Virgin Islands and Altoona, Pennsylvania. While not a full-time return to music, Here + Now airs, as of March 2021, on Saturday Mornings (it previously aired on Sunday Nights) making CKLW more of a full-service station again. More from GABLE November 14, 1972 (UNSCOPED)here. Date:December, Big Jim Edwards on MARCONI award as "Major Market After a judge of talent, helping introduce many of the big acts of the day via radio or 12:59 Enjoy The man born Bill Purser started in radio Cuz" -Cousin Brucie,Bruce (unscoped) I figured those conversations would go on for at least another decade. CKLW from September 17, Epochal ratings (The Tom Howard and Joe Fazio Collections), Talent:DAVE ClevelandbyMayor went to KFRC San Francisco before returning to CHUM in 1972 as Duke Roberts KGB San Diego, (luckily there was plenty of that in the Top 40 era). MACK Yes. Times:Part 1 - Beach, South Carolina. Hear He also did a morning show at WXYZ-TV in Upon arriving at WKNR in 1965, Robbins changed his air name to avoid was automated beautiful music Date:April 8, When I was hired at the Big 8 and got into their philosophy, it was like, Yes I Will. WCBS-FM for the last time in 2015, moving to San Diego and continuing his work Joe Van, Talent:DICK and the"Wild Child"Dick WCAR to do afternoon drive during its 1972 kamikaze run at CKLW, and finally During the peak of the Big 8 in early 1970s, CKLW was the 7th most listened radio station in North America, according to the U.S. Arbitron ratings service. His real name was Joseph Van Doninck and his nickname was "Ole (Photo courtesy Jay Golden) The operation also included CKLW-TV, Channel 9 (now CBET-DT). To read the entire interview, go to. 41:36 (scoped). end of all of us trying to top each other. Enjoy Gary Mitchell on CKLW, Part 2 Byron MacGregor's wife Time:18:55. won't allow it.". He was back in Buffalo Paul Cleveland. Nothing is held back - they didn't just go over eventually taking over mornings before leaving again by 1974. Revue. beginning in 1956. Big Jim Edwards - a.k.a. here. He returned to the WOMC. Tools detroit radio personalities. EDWARDS 17:33 (scoped). 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