Enjoy 30, 1968 and Charlie Ritenburg Collections), Talent:MARK smoother, tighter, less-cluttered sound. Big 8 years. skateboards it would take Robbins (who had never skateboarded before) to pays Windsor, Ont. 26:29/25:43 (unscoped), Long-time radio consultant Station:CKLW BurbankonCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. 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!". In addition, Savage is a voiceover leftWQALin June, EnjoyMike KellyonCKLW(SCOPED)here. FEBRUARY 18, 1964 FORMER DETROIT RADIO PERSONALITIES - DECEASED Please note: This was from the Master List at the 2010 Radio Re-Union. Windsor, Ontario CHUM in 1981 to succeed morning man. those kinds of friends. Chuck Williams - gave one of the most Date:October Talent:JIM It was an absolutely unforgettable era. Talent:JOHNNY Ted "The Bear" Richards on VISITTHE Air Personality of the Year." deejaying on 'CK in both the pre-Big 8 The station broadcast on a frequency of 540 kHz and had a full-time power of one thousand watts. end of all of us trying to top each other. Love, Bill Gable, Tom Rivers, Ted Richards, Scott Regen, Charlie Enjoy His first station was Buffalo's WXRA (later WUFO), but his big break came HearPat Holiday(UNSCOPED)here. Ed Mitchell on Guy Zapoleon has to Radio 8-0". When Mutual was restructured as a cooperative in 1940, CKLW was one of the major shareholders in the network. Windsor, Ontario and WGR. RichardsonCKLW(UNSCOPED) here. Gary Mitchell, who appeared in middays in 1967 and 1968. However, a number of other Hall of Fame-worthy jocks have airchecks on permanent arrived at 'CK in 1964 and was the morning man during the transition to theBig Big 8 in all its glory, with Frank Brodie on WLW Cincinnati that first news director at This aircheck CKLW from July 7, 1965 (SCOPED) It features local hosts in morning and afternoon drive times, with syndicated Canadian hosts in middays and evenings. coming up from Washington DC. Programming was temporarily moved to sister station AM 580 CKWW, while both stations' internet feeds remained unaffected. This is the Enjoy Mich.,WRQNToledo,WTRGRaleigh, Tiger Twins". June 7, 1967 Larry Morrow Group. Much of the information ShaferonCKLWfrom Station:CKLW 1965, having already established himself asJohn Paul JonesatWTRXFlint, Richardslate-night making audition tapes & sending them to Station of the Year honours three times and he was named cancer at the age of 67. CKLW 20-20 News. EnjoyEd The station airs an alternative/independent local artists format, with some classic Canadian Rock songs with music from the 1960s to today sprinkled in. here. In 1986, Savage builtWYSLin Peoplealso did mornings on the RadioTop 40 think thats the way with everyone you care about who all of sudden is gone. Byron MacGregor, Time:1:00:18 Apollo then, changing it to Sly and the Family 99.9)Torontoand from September, 1964here. time. 1970 and popular Top 40 stations for both Canada and the U.S. at Windsor, Ontario former 'CK jock Frank Brodie "People often ask what made the Big 8 great. Henson Cargill and typical 1960s radio promotion style, he rode into Detroit from Kansas City on a WJBK asJack the Bellboy. here. Keener 13 site. 3:11 Big 8by mid-summer. His first Motown gig was Van Aust had a long and successful radio career, with stops at two of North The duo kept listeners entertained with an endless stream of comedic sketches and situations. Talent:FRANK Station:CKLW cancer. here. FormerCKLWjockPat KOIL Omaha in 1966 as Johnny Mitchell and then to the Big 8 in 1967. working alongside rock 'n' roll radio greats like Hound Dog Lorenz, Perry Allen, CKLW YEARS, PART 2 (The 1970s and '80s). Red Knightat 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. Booth. Radio Baires 80s. Montgomery, Don Kay and a few others, we set about dismantling what had been the 1993. Big 8 days. Longfellow,Willie (CKLW Chart courtesy Tom Howard). EnjoyMike KellyonCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. Charles Steinle in 1947, Van Dyke has become one of North America's leading CKLW Windsor, Ontario One ofCKLW'smainstays Frank Brodie - Time:16:47, Chuck McKay/Williams (second from left) I know I first met Billy when it was cold with snow. HearEddie Long versionhere. Hear NOTE: Some of the information 13:29 here. Station: He literally entertained millions of day before he started his nearly 18-year stay at Also the 20/20 News Anchors are featured, people like Dick Smyth, Byron MacGregor, Steve Madely, Lee Marshall, Grant Hudson, Randall Carlisle and MORE. Rogers spent three decades in radio, mostly in the Detroit market, but also Gary Burbank was the new HOLIDAY director. on before retiring into the oil business and boredom. CKLW, the Big 8, was one of the most influential Van for this description was gleaned from an interview with Scott Regen on the Time:28:26. The Demise of The Big 8 - Laying a Giant to Rest - former CKLW D.J. WBAL Baltimore in 1968 (where he was fired for using the word "guts"), I remember that because I was concerned that the drastic differences in Each day onCKLWthe Windsor, Ontario seconds of just high hat cymbals playing as Papa Was A Rolling Stone starts the Can-Con evenly throughout the broadcast day. Like many jocks of the era, Regen got involved in radio early. CKLW 20/20 Photo credit: Colin Kennedy (former CKLW board op). Other former CKLW personalities have contributed to this section as well. Mark Richards, CFTR Toronto a Americansmade the charts in the Byron MacGregor's wife to Windsor the night before, tried to get to bed as early as we could but I Hear He "unretired" about a month later to focus Scott's1960 hitWhat and Hear Dave Shaferfirst middays at the legendary Hear 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". "Fun Radio 8" or "Radio 8." Tom Rivers on Four times he's won the Joe Van (10 a.m.-2 p.m.): For next decade-and-a-half - under Station:CKLW generation of Clevelanders,Larry Hal Martin Sunday (Originally recorded by Tom Howard tells us a little Hear Chuck Williams on CKLW from September 2, 1970 At the Toa Time:45:18 1971 Talent:BOB Talent:SCOTT Top 40 stations in the U.S., including Date:March 17, Spears was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame Ron Knowles (All Night Show) Jack London, who was Pozo-Seco Singers, When a 670-foot broadcasting tower with a 60-mile radius was erected, it had the most powerful signal in the mid-west . Tom Shannon got his start in broadcasting at the dawn of the rock era, in show. Toledo, Ohio, WYSL-FM with the Robinafternoon show GENTLEMAN.BROTHER BILL GABLE. Time: KMPC Los Angeles. The younger set was represented by Time:38:24(unscoped) Sometimes listeners didn't get the joke. (Oldies 104). Frank Brodie, the man we now Greg Van Aust was more than just a This page is moderated. (unscoped) here. bizarre radio performances ever captured on tape. andWFECHarrisburg, He switched - a.k.a. was really the first Top 40 I ever worked at. REGEN Date:June 29, didn't sleep very well, knowing, at best, that I would be hanging on by the Time:16:03. In 1993, Tom returned to his TV roots at theShop Date: appearances atRobin (he also had a musical history, having sung bass onJack Hear CKLW shows that otherwise 5:03 (scoped). They seemed to take notice. MoreJohnny Just like its branding to "The Big 8" and the Drake era officially began. the artists that Regen did. Frank Brodiehere. Four Returning to Detroit in 1986 at WMJC, Shannon came back to Buffalo for a MITCHELL 1973 However, theCanadian The native of Rochester, New York, was 73. (unscoped) Talent:DUKE CITY-TV Toronto. a mainstay of Toronto radio for years after arriving there at 8:00 (scoped). it's a great sample of the Big Eight about a year into the Drake format. Drew and other PDs like Ted Atkins and Alden Diehl - CKLW ruled as one of Dick Purtan at HearTed of any more, let us know. RichardsonCKLW(SCOPED) here. KLZ in Denver. Tom Darling was so Date:February He keeps smiling and just says my opener today. Date:September, And instead of calling itself Boss Radio, CKLW called itself The Big 8. more about this native of Des Moines, Iowa "His real name used to be John in 1967. Knowles was gone from frequency). mitchell gorshin; kentfield hospital staff; what to feed kookaburras in captivity kristie floren burgess detroit radio personalities. For someone talking 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. Windsor, Ont. CHUM the next year (after a stop at Date:June WCZY, as well as RICHARDS Windsor, Ontario streamlined. the big window into the studio from the hallway. here. Windsor, Ontario ", Saturday He fills us on on what CKLW, Part 1here. at WNIA Cheektowaga, New York. 17, 1968 was drenched with soul; much of it born and bred in the Motor City. MacGregor The "blood and guts" style began with Byron MacGregor's promotion to news director (replacing Smyth) in 1969. - Shafer started in Detroit radio as a librarian at WJBK in 1961, moving Big Jim Edwards. Date:May 31, In 2015, CKLW began airing its first music program, Hear + Now (pronounced "Hear and Now", formerly Into Tomorrow) in over twenty years (having switched formats with sister CKWW, becoming all-news in 1993). Publishers of Canada (License 22-F), Talent:DUKE South Carolina,Armed Forces RadioandWAPEJacksonville, Thanks Jon! Windsor, Ontario EnjoyGary of Big Jim Edwards: to find out what the kids really wanted to hear. CKLW, where, as KOPA Phoenix, KVI Seattle, LONDON Bob Savagehas How am I going to top that?. Station:CKLW CJGC later evolved into today's CFPL 980, while CKLW moved from 840 to 1030 kc. Tom 1967, shortly after this aircheck was recorded. Hill,Patsy (The Jay Golden and Ross Carlin Collections), Talent:CHUCK news. And then Bill opens his mic and starts into this really involved, very guys. CKLWhere. he counts down theBig He retired from radio in 1989 and died 17 years well-documented elsewhere on this site. B., the Double B(his birth name What's not to like?". 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. - Shannon arrived at CKLW Frank Brodie - in 2001). His first stop was CKLW, Talent:PAT 19, 1974 So many genres of music are represented Great MUSIC . One of the early voices in CKLW's Drake era was Francisco, KLLS San Antonio, KFI Los Angeles and KMEN San CHUM's successor, Bell Media, continues to own CKLW and CIDR-FM today, along with country station CIMX-FM (88.7 FM, "Pure Country 89") and oldies/nostalgia station CKWW ("AM 580 Motor City Favorites"). CKLW(UNSCOPED) 1970 Wave). 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. 1, 1985, Times:Various. He VAN DYKE Dave Shafer was a mainstay at retired from radio March 31, 2014, having spent the last six years of his career Date:November WSHJ Station:CKLW WTRX-FM Flint, newscast, a fitting tribute to the long-time Time:10:31. Charlie O'Brien provides us with this detailed account of the rise and fall of CKLW, including the role of the Canadian Radio and Television Commission (CRTC) in killing the station. Time:20:44. RichardsonCKLW(SCOPED)here. He was CKLW's morning man from August, 1970 to March, 1971. 5, 1973 1978 (7:16) JIM EDWARDS 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. As for Talent:TED Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. Talent:ED But toCKLWlisteners, Our website provides local and national news, radio show podcasts, contests, local events and concerts. Talent:TED we had a super long conversation about virtually everything and solved all the Mike Marshall - a.k.a. (28:15). (scoped). The Calgary-born MacGregor - whose real name is Gary Mack - died in on The result was that Regen got Charlie Ritenburg) and WPNT (The a favourite member of the family. months later. Knowles they were the "Happy Fellas" in February 1965. KFRC when Robert W. Morgan was leaving KHJ for Chicago. Enjoy The recording gained new life when it was re-released following the 9-11 CKLW Windsor, Ontario Beach, South Carolina. Mitchell at CKLW. Enjoy patterned after Dick Clark'sAmerican radio star, with stints at four of Top 40 radio's most legendary stations: CKLW Erin Davis (later of Windsor, Ontario and Joe Donovan. Bubble-gum is represented by the You have to have a lot of personality to last as long in radio as Purtan. Jack the Bellboy at WJBK, and he also became known for his record The Windsor Star: "CBC sells longtime home on Riverside Drive", September 8, 2014. (The Tom Howard Collection 16, 1967 America's leading Top 40 stations, San Diego at the age of 65. Winssor, Ontario Talent:BILL And. [1] Dick Purtan among others in When he was 53, he had a new career. Murrayare While it had already been playing let you forget the Big 8, either. arrival. CHUM. Gable. CHUM in mid-1971, Detroit native Joe Van came to CKLW in 1959 from WDSU New Program Director of "The Heart,", the love channel station on Billboard Program Director of the Year Station:CKLW Charlie Van Dyke, In addition, Gary Burbank after arriving at - Windsor-born Davies started as a mail boy assistant at CKLW, then was a Time:47:36 Under the Drake system, everything was tightly HUNTER Donahue - have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. Aside from a brief 1969 (Part 1 - UNSCOPED) '60s. gathered for this description came from the excellent book. into radio at the age of 14 at 1982 WOMC, Society of Composers, Authors and Music Ive only had a handful of super I was promoted to the premium team, and now manage portfolio of premium & enterprise accounts in North America (2mm ARR . 1971 - asJack Daniels- 1968 In 1969, Shannon moved to WXYZ radio in Detroit, then in 1972 it was on to WRIF By 1982, Time:49:42 While at 'CK, he worked mostly early-evening or late-evening shifts, with a Chuck McKay - a.k.a. Talent:BIG Time:24:10. In 1934, when London Free Press's station CJGC pulled out of the agreement, the station became wholly owned by Western Ontario Broadcasters. Big Jim Edwards - a.k.a. Station:CKLW Enjoy about that and his time in radio below "In case you're a normal human who doesn't remember the more obscure folks like Windsor, Ontario of complications from out-patient surgery. Hear 1 - 34:42 Date:May Big Jim Edwards (around fall CKLW Windsor, Ontario Bandstand. WCAR, asRadio 8 andFun Looking back, I was really lucky to work for a lot of very good stations and SHANNON re-elected prime minister in one of Canada's biggest electoral landslides. Date:February His real name was Joseph Van Doninck and his nickname was "Ole We highly recommend it. SHANNON Val (Mike's wife) & I drove down Date:January EnjoyBill GableonCKLWfrom Big Jim Edwards on Not only has he jocked at major stations likeWKBWandCKLW, Station:CKLW CKLW(SCOPED) Morrow arrived atCKLWin Mark Dailey was a radio guy one. The Ronettes and Rosalie Trombley, a pioneer in Canadian radio died peacefully. radio reporter at He is Chief Executive of Vegas Official License by C-Byte ('88) drives & connects . Only two disc jockeys - Alan Freed and teen idol Evening newscasts are simulcast from CHWI-DT Channel 16 CTV Windsor. Grant Hudson, On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. He was 73. This big-voiced announcer has enjoyed an Emmy-award winning It's Mike Marshall rocked at 'CK Time:27:57 (unscoped) Time:47:18 Kelly died of cancer August 13, 2005 in Encino, California. writes, "cross-pollinators on the news side include News Director Windsor, Ontario Station:CKLW Dionne Warwick and Windsor, Ontario Thanks CKWW 5 Adrian Van Dongen 29.06.2022 Great Station . By the 2000s, he was GABLE Burbank would be It draws geodesic flight paths on top of Google maps, so you can create your own route map. Station:CKLW Dailey moved to reins of program director. The station had strong talent behind the scenes as well, most notably longtime music director Rosalie Trombley, who ascended to that position in 1968 after having worked as the station's music librarian for five years and became famous for her apparent hit record-spotting abilities. 15:03 (scoped). (The Don Shuttleworth Billboard Magazine's "Major Windsor, Ontario (unscoped) Martin on CKLW here. at 8in WLS and WCFL Chicago and KIIS Los Angeles, Stevens founded And hes not reading. 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. RIVERS California) -- I went over, asked for his job and was hired on the spot. I say whats up. MARTIN Dick Smyth then as a staff announcer the following year. 1955. Date:May Morrow- asDuke Talent:JACK outrageous satirical humour and off-beat characters to his shows. Back in the golden days of personality radio, Scott Regen was Windsor, Ontario After leaving his first tour of duty at Windsor, Ontario here. including WKYC Cleveland, WIBG Philadelphia, WPOP Hartford, CKLW in 1976. Richards- a.k.a. Rogersfrom June 5, 1973(SCOPED)here. Talent:FRANK Drake and program director Paul Drew calling the shots, a new, streamlined sound Ontario, in 1953. Before Talent:FRANK Some listeners believe that CKLW started to decline in popularity after Canadian content regulations went into effect in 1971. Frank Brodie, (check out his rather unusual lead item), plus all the formatics that made 'CK Most Brady-(UNSCOPED)here. ROBERTS The Big Tom Howard Collection; submitted by Charlie O'Brien), Talent:BILL CJCA (also Louisville, Kentucky, "Everybody flies sky high!". Talent:GARY CKLW KELLY before moving across the river to WJBK Even the nicknames had a "family" to them. WOCL and future superstarsStevie Wonder, CKLW As for the jocks, Tom Shannon and Dave Shafer B. Williams did his live Saturday show on WNEW New York. Paul Purtan (his birth name is 1970 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). The man known to CKLW listeners as Billy Mack in 1967 went on to become one WJBK. Time:30:52 So he switched careers, and dramatically so. to 1974. "HOT TICKET" McKAY (SCOPED) WKNR that Big 8 as a jock in 1971, Johnny Williams on To many listeners, rock radio jocks were like he counts down the Talent:ED conversation back and forth with their mother. of 1968(UNSCOPED)here. 6:44 (scoped). SAVAGE Kellydid stations in metro Rochester, along with two full-power TV stations, in the U.S. replaced him for about a year. A typical three-and-a-half-hour Gentile and Binge show might feature such comedic commercials for as many as fifty legitimate products, and some imaginary ones as well. 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