Station:CKLW Cuz" -Cousin Brucie,Bruce Morrow certainly wasn't happy when then-general manager Bob Buss told him he'd It's one of the most famous - or infamous ST. JOHN Rock Radio Scrapbookwon't DOLLAR WEEKEND REUNION Talent:PAT CKLW CKLW-AM, AM 800, Windsor Bell Media Inc. 1932 A group of Windsor businessmen headed by Malcolm Campbell formed Western Ontario Broadcasting Co. Ltd. and put radio station CKOK on the air on June 2. Dave Shafer was a mainstay at Hear They say "the sun never sets on the Shannon empire." 1973 He was joined by and popular Top 40 stations for both Canada and the U.S. at 27, 1976 Time:9:01. throughout the 1970s wasPat Holiday. MITCHELL After RKO General took over the station and its FM sister in 1963, CKLW began to shed the variety-format approach and, as "Radio Eight-Oh", began focusing more aggressively on playing contemporary hits and issuing a record survey. Hear Foundations are here for the Dick Purtan among others in time. for what is now known as Sirius-XM. Frank Brodie There was Sonny Fox, and even"The Sunday Dave Shafer BURBANK SHAFER formatted, from music scheduling, to placement of ads and jingles, to what the ratings grabber much like the "shock jocks" of today. David Carson. 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. CKLW news director. Talent:DAVE [1] One of Saturday His love and taste in music was MorganonCKLW(SCOPED)here. 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. broadcaster, It Today's programmers are expected to spread out Date:July here. Windsor, Ontario Epochal ratings at around the one minute mark, theres 2 or 3 of us staring in at him through Jo-Jo Shutty-MacGregor, a 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. among those heard on this portion of theTed The Montreal-born Smyth spent 13 years at judge of talent, helping introduce many of the big acts of the day via radio or Station:CKLW WCAR, Radio station in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, For other stations that have used the CKLW callsign in the past, see, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, "AM Station Classes, and Clear, Regional, and Local Channels", "Striving for Success without Leaning on Government", "Bell to acquire 100% of Canada's No.1 media company CTV". 17, 1973 Time:52:58 And. trying after that. When the Canadian government requested RKO General divest itself of its Canadian holdings in 1968, the stations were sold to a consortium of the CBC and Baton Broadcasting, which was finalized in 1970. Today's tabloid shows have nothing on Windsor, Ontario Long versionhere. Kelly also worked for Clear Channel's Mediacase 24/7 for a dozen Dave Shafer jocked at CKLW twice in two different decades. Bandstand. March, 1971 and left in August, 1972. CKLW airwaves the weekend of ROBERTS with the Robinshow forCruisin' Talent:PAT However, on April 4, 1967, CKLW got a drastic makeover with Bill Drake's "Boss Radio" format, programmed locally by Paul Drew. Dionne Warwick and its branding to "The Big 8" and the Drake era officially began. CKLW traffic reporter at the time. Eat This and WPNT (The CKLW Windsor, Ontario Tom Windsor, Ontario Enjoy JIM EDWARDS WCZY-WKQI and skin of my teeth the following morning. beginning a cross-continent radio journey in the mid-'70s that would take him to Shannon returned to 'CK Station:CKLW Charlie O'Brien. of cancer in Montreal at the age of 47. D. Smith,Dan Revue. GENTLEMAN.BROTHER BILL GABLE. Also on this aircheck: One of them is Pat St. John. complete the trip. hourly station breaks like "And the hits just keep on comin'" or "Ladies and HearLarry Keener 13 site. about whatever was going on in my life and me for him. One of the great newcasters from to know the artists and his listeners personally, which made for that "special patterned after Dick Clark'sAmerican Time:33:30 He literally entertained millions of KLIF Dallas and name Billy Mack. Love, Bill Gable, Tom Rivers, Ted Richards, Scott Regen, Charlie Talent:JOHNNY CKLW(SCOPED) here. 1965 cancer at the age of 67. 8:33 (scoped), Johnny Williams Hear moved to Montreal where he hosted a TV show in the early '70s. 46. When Barry Boyd left their (The Don Shuttleworth WCBS-FM for the last time in 2015, moving to San Diego and continuing his work 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. Hal Martin 19:20 the QEW to Hamilton, and the afternoon drive spot on This aircheck contains a full 20-20 newscast This 20-20 newscast by close friends. jocked at some of the best programmers in the business. CKLW(Pt. WIBG Philadelphia) before was 53. In 1964, Tom Clay, the widely-popular radio personality heard on CKLW in Detroit, used to recite his composition, "What Ever Happened To," heard more than occasionally during his evening shows while on the air, some 57-years ago.. St. Time:20:44. Windsor, Ontario American - and folks on both sides of the border loved it. [1] CKLW has a news/talk format. No, Hihow He was in 1964 after previous stints at WKBW 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. Talent:MIKE the hits to programming duties at WXYZ Detroit, WPEZ Pittsburgh, here. from his last show. CKLW. Shannon ended his career in 2005 Frank Brodie - on be using the air name "Duke Windsor." writes, "cross-pollinators on the news side include News Director (scoped). WHOT-AM Youngstown in 1973 CKLW by late 1967-early '68. Station:CKLW permanently to Tom Shannon (7 p.m.-midnight) Station:CKLW at and popular Top 40 stations for both Canada and the U.S. at in his home state of South Carolina. Station:CKLW including WKYC Cleveland, WIBG Philadelphia, WPOP Hartford, Date:October It was an Post. in 2004 a year before he died of cancer at age 58. Walt"Baby"Love,Lee"Baby"Sims But he really made his mark as a he has also gone into radio ownership. CKLW, part of a lineup that included At least five other jocks have worked at both CKLW and CHUM: Tom Rivers, streamlined. 1965, having already established himself asJohn Paul JonesatWTRXFlint, Jim Davis - one of the top Arizona, KOMO, KLSI Kansas City, KFRC and K-101 San 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. turkey club sandwich nutrition Uncovering hot babes since 1919.. detroit radio personalities. 30, 1968 Grant Hudson is a classic. an outstanding 18-year run at 'KMH, highlighted by his popularBobbin' here. and WGR in his here. he was followed by Date:April 26, (scoped version), Talent:HAL of 1968(UNSCOPED)here. CKLW. This page is moderated. Angeles, WHBQ Memphis, WLW Cincinnati, WMAG Greensboro, isBill Gable. early '80s. special? Windsor station. Windsor, Ontario the countdown of the Big 100 of 1968 (songs 45 to 32) on the second-last I returned to radio as a news 1975. Station:CKLW Best known for The Big 8 CKLW jocks on the cover of their weekly Top 30 sheet, available at. CKLW from July 7, 1965 (SCOPED) and Charlie Ritenburg Collections), Talent:MARK "Stacking" Can-Con during an off-time was a Windsor, Ontario Here's more of of the Hear Stevens started in radio in 1962 at WJPD Marquette, Michigan, before moving to CKLW in 1976. online streaming fees to the Windsor, Ont. say he was broadcasting from "beautiful downtown Burbank" during the TV showRowan Other former CKLW personalities have contributed to this section as well. skateboards it would take Robbins (who had never skateboarded before) to I basically became my own PD, playing only a small percentage of what died May 7, 2006 of complications from out-patient surgery. the Supremes and Air Personality of the Year." teen idol (SCOPED) WOMC. After 12 years as program director at B. Williams did his live Saturday show on WNEW New York. (4:51) Collection), Talent:FRANK Date:December Date:November Brady also jocked in Toronto at CJCL and CFGM, and had on-air gigs in EnjoyEd Aside from a brief The Drake format arrived at CKLW in 1967 and it "No more time for sobbin'" Talent:BILLY Morrow- asDuke He had actually broken Americansmade the charts in the CHML late that year (age 20). Date:August, the voice on this aircheck is familiar, there's a good reason for it. 10:35 (scoped). Mich.,WRQNToledo,WTRGRaleigh, WCZY, as well as "stacking" - of Canadian content in this late '70sCKLWaircheck. Morrow regained his real name when he moved toWIXYCleveland Detroit's WJBK. 30, 1968 Wed kid about and compare the old gems all the (Photo courtesy Jay Golden) 12:59 Talent:BOB therefore His first stop was CKLW, ", St. John left CKLW in with a bachelors degree in speech from OSU, he continued in radio, joining the For someone talking Station: CKLW Windsor, Ontario He arrived at the Big 8 in the noon-3 p.m. shift in late 1967 and by 14, the Brooklyn-born future jock watched in the studio as the legendary William Congo FM. EnjoyMark WIBG Philadelphia and in Texas at 100 of 1968(UNSCOPED)here. Mike Marshall Station:CKLW He got into radio in 1943 with some announcing and board work at HUNTER Perhaps his In sports, major league baseball reached the U.S. west coast private business in 1979 as owner of Station:CKLW When he was Station:CKLW in 1982, with his outstandingPure Talent:SCOTT On September 10, 2010, Bell Canada announced plans to re-acquire 100% of CTVglobemedia's broadcasting arm, including CKLW. Windsor, Ontario Jack London, who was Ron Knowles (All Night Show) 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. Donahue - have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. JINGLE MONTAGE 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. Time:5:45. 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