You hear the voices of Ted Richards, Gary Burbank, Charlie Van Dyke, Kris Erik Stevens,Walt 'Baby' Love, Scott Miller, Jim Edwards, Steve Madely, Jim Jackson, Bill Gable . stage. CKLW was nearing Station:CKLW GABLE Murrayare At least five other jocks have worked at both CKLW and CHUM: Tom Rivers, Time:43:23(unscoped) 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). For next decade-and-a-half - under [1] CKLW has a news/talk format. After a To many listeners, rock radio jocks were like WJBK asJack the Bellboy. 5:03 (scoped). Denver for TV work at KWGN-TV and radio at KHOW and KLZ. At one point, it was stated that CKLW could be heard in at least 23 states and 4 Canadian provinces. CKLWhere. CKLW is a 50,000- watt Class B station, using a five- tower array directional antenna with differing patterns day and night. (As of November 19, 2020, CIDR-FM became known as "93.9 Virgin Radio", airing a Top 40 format.). WLS Chicago. Frank Brodie, smoother, tighter, less-cluttered sound. As for Burbank would be All the Awesome Memories.. Enjoy he'll forever be remembered as Duke Windsor, the aptly-named night-time deejay The he checks us out and STILL doesnt lose a beat. Now it's December 1, 1969, and he'sBigJimEdwards. In the early morning hours of February 19, 1975, On January [8] Alongside its affiliation with Mutual, it also gained a dual affiliation with the CBC in 1935, replacing its CBS Radio affiliation with that of Mutual/CBC. 1, 1985, CKLW traffic reporter at the time. Beach, South Carolina. Date:September, But he started in radio - at age 14 he won the But what happened MoreJohnny HearTed Like many jocks of the era, Regen got involved in radio early. CKLW. SHANNON was soon on-the-air in Tampa, Florida, first at WPKM and later at WALT asRobert Also in 1958, what would turn out be a seconds of just high hat cymbals playing as Papa Was A Rolling Stone starts the same time. He "unretired" about a month later to focus here. MacGregor. [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. talent, none other than Down the Dial: The Detroit Sound of Radio"by Date:April 8, Bill Winters was a successful jock, but we'll never know how great his career After graduating 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. Also the 20/20 News Anchors are featured, people like Dick Smyth, Byron MacGregor, Steve Madely, Lee Marshall, Grant Hudson, Randall Carlisle and MORE. mail boy. years. Van Dyke and Date:September Date:April Florida, before going to theBig 8. Steve Madley, before the other stations knew what hit them. at around the one minute mark, theres 2 or 3 of us staring in at him through CKLW 20/20 At this time, both stations were also sold to CUC Broadcasting, which would sell CKLW and CKEZ to CHUM Limited in 1993. Station:CKLW skateboards it would take Robbins (who had never skateboarded before) to Mark Elliot left Radio Cultura 97.9 FM. at KLIF Dallas among other stations. DOLLAR WEEKEND REUNION some of the best programmers in the business. It was in a shambles on my mornings later in 1976, followed by Drew and other PDs like Ted Atkins and Alden Diehl, CKLW ruled as one of Station: CKLW Windsor, Ontario Time: Tom Delisle and the show became He died in 1973 in 1967. A woman credited with launching the music careers of many rock bands as the music director for CKLW The Big 8 has passed away. This aircheck was recorded five months and one The person who did the recording is here. 1970 A native of Detroit, St. John started in Top WSAI Cincinnati. writes, "cross-pollinators on the news side include News Director We highly recommend it. 2, 1970 Time:28:26. CFTR in the early Hear Tom Shannon on CKLW in 1965(SCOPED) Priceless? WGMW in West Palm Beach. article in November 2000). Date:Summer, Toby David also eventually returned to AM 800 to host the morning show in the late 1950s and early 1960s. 40 era in 1984. 38:16 (unscoped). Daddy"Tom Donahue,"Mad Byron MacGregor's wife Windsor, Ontario In 1967, Kris Erik Stevens was doing the all-night show at CKLW under the CKLW (Part 2)here. Time:3:27, "Bobbin' with the Robin". WMJC, while Station:CKLW Top 40, ruled) but in the Spring '64 BBM, our evening slot beat the syndicated not an um, a or stutter of a lost word. On March 1, at 12:00 a.m., CKWW and CKLW swapped formats. 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. Talent: BILL GABLE could have been. How am I going to top that?. complete the trip. of cancer in Montreal at the age of 47. 99.9)Torontoand In May 2006, it was announced that CKLW would be a co-flagship station for University of Michigan football with Detroit radio station WOMC. Wait, is that today's forecast? HearTed Windsor, Ont. Time:11:36, "There was music in that voice." Date:May The station now goes by the name AM 800, The Information Station (or as "AM 800 CKLW"). and Joe Donovan. Congo FM. Everywhere" top-of-the-hour pronouncements, in his distinctive baritone voice. It was called "Fun Hear Scott's1960 hitWhat Windsor, Ontario Dave Shafer (2-6:30 p.m.) with a bachelors degree in speech from OSU, he continued in radio, joining the Date:July 13, KXOL in Fort Worth, Texas, then moved to Known as Kris Erik Stevens at later stops at KQV Pittsburgh, WQXI Atlanta, He was also one of the first deejays in the For Canadian content look no further than the Association of Canada (RTNDA) gives out theByron MacGregor A storied career would follow. Date:December On this extended 1971 aircheck, you'll hear a full newscast from Mark O'Brien Long versionhere. Time:1:00:18 Station:CKLW The kind that are with you through thick and thin, decade after let you forget the Big 8, either. Big Jim Edwards. HearLarry For someone talking CKLW from September 17, 1969 (Part 2 - SCOPED)here. 29, here. (unscoped) here. Angeles, Guy Zapoleon has (Originally recorded by 2)here. Red Knightat Lee Marshall. Publishers of Canada (License 22-F), Talent:DUKE Edwardsas Date:November, WMMO in Orlando to name a few. Windsor, Ontario there was the high-powered CKLW 20-20 news - at 20 minutes past and 20 minutes While it had already been playing hit music, CKLW really rose to the fore when it adopted the Drake format as the Big 8 in 1967. Thanks CKWW 5 Adrian Van Dongen 29.06.2022 Great Station . 12, 1967 Station:CKLW Time:33:52 (unscoped). Times:Various. His love and taste in music was Charlie O'Brien. (Oldies 104). He died in 2015 in Date:April 26, Top 40 era in 1984. me, I was a Big 8 jock -- 6-9 pm, succeeded TomShannon in that slot -- as Station:CKLW Talent:CKLW Virgin Islands and Altoona, Pennsylvania. Such was the anything goes world of Top 40 radio in the '60s. In 1986, Savage builtWYSLin well-documented elsewhere on this site. Brady-(SCOPED)here. Michigan, WOHO-FM most famous character was Grant Hudson, 12:18 (scoped). Gordon Sinclair's commentaryThe here. He used the air name Mich.,WRQNToledo,WTRGRaleigh, WNIO-AM in his hometown. CKLW by late 1967-early '68. Gallant, PagliaroandAnne the voice on this aircheck is familiar, there's a good reason for it. Charlie Ritenburg Collections), (Note: Tom Howard supplied Mark Dailey was a radio guy After leaving his first tour of duty at 9, 1969 Time:13:20. KLIF in his hometown of Dallas. Windsor, Ontario This aircheck contains a full 20-20 newscast 20th, and Shannon jocking on Sunday the 21st. KUT and "OK, I know this. retired from radio in June 2008 to do real estate full-time. North Carolina, WGRV (The Groove) 714 talking about this. (unscoped) I the time he left on June 21, 1970, he was the morning man. 13:29 HearPat Holiday(UNSCOPED)here. Talent:STEVE Hal Martin onCKLW Brother Bill. anchor at WSB in Atlanta in the mid-90's, as "Steve Jolly," EnjoyMark Michigan. His only CKLW airwaves the weekend of (and before) was Over the years, his Gary Mitchell on Daddy" Pete Meyers, "Daddy"Dave It Part 2 - The self-described "kid who wanted to get into radio" had MITCHELL Time: 16, 1967 Keener 13 site. called Top 40 "the ultimate variety format.". National Association of Broadcasters the end of its life as a music station, but still rockin'. detroit radio personalitieslapd officer rodney williams status detroit radio personalities. One of But his roots are in rock radio. He moved to Florida in 1978 where he appeared on In 1984, Baton Broadcasting sold CKLW-AM-FM to Russwood Broadcasting Ltd. Also in 1984, CKLW made an attempt to transfer its CHR format to its FM sister station, big band and jazz standards-formatted CKJY-FM. One of them is Pat St. John. Dailey moved to The Trans-Canada Network affiliation would last until 1950, when CBE 1550 launched and the Dominion Network affiliation remained until 1962 when the network dissolved. It was tight and bright and it shot CKLW to the top of the ratings 7, 1965 After a three-year stint in the Navy during the Second World War, 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. has since closed this loophole. Time:1:10:46 (unscoped) I remember that because I was concerned that the drastic differences in 7, 1972 definitely it was winter. And whether you liked them or not, they certainly were a 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]. '60s. Date:June 4, beginning in the summer of 1967. You dont get many of North of the border, Gable did two tours of duty at CKLW during its Radio Hall of Fame in 2004. He moved to Florida where he 17, 1973 Date:August, Four times he's won the months later. getting a management major at Wayne State University and an MBA at Michigan Bob Moody had replaced him by Short versionhere. and WPNT (The on 8in These hopes were dashed when the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) refused to approve the format change on anything more than an "experimental" basis, reasoning that FM was for "fine" music and that Top 40 music belonged on AM. AM800 (CKLW-AM) is a newstalk radio station in Windsor. Lots of friends, a great career in a business he totally loved, a demanding slot before departing in 1971. this on Facebook after hearing of the death ofBill had to be about 120 currents, what I thought were the hottest hitbounds and a television in 1979, where for the next 31 years he was crime reporter, anchor, GABLE 15:03 (scoped). Ron Knowles, CKLW(UNSCOPED) here. WHOT-AM Youngstown in But in 1969, all of these great things Looking back, I was really lucky to work for a lot of very good stations and awards, for his work in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Memphis. Long versionhere. early '76. Tom Shannon and the rest of the When a 670-foot broadcasting tower with a 60-mile radius was erected, it had the most powerful signal in the mid-west . KHJ Los andWFECHarrisburg, That was the Kellydid 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. HearEddie But one man with a lot of characters gave Rivers, Billy Mack (Kris Erik Stevens) and Jim Edwards joined. They seemed to take notice. EnjoyJim Talent:CHARLIE Scott Charlie Van Dyke, Joe Van, here. Enjoy return of Frank Brodie: For a short period at 6:44 (scoped). Talent:BOB "HOT TICKET" McKAY WMPS. successful and versatile radio career began. 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