Gary Mitchell on Bob Savagehas Mike Marshall rocked at 'CK 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]. For adult contemporary, there is NOTE: Some of the information Windsor station. Time:10:31. were in Davis's future. Dave Shafer on Much of the information Huntertalks 1978 Point) Chicago. streamlined. Morrow- asDuke Ed Mitchell, Talent:BILLY 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". four-hour shifts, with Brodie, Van Dyke and Edwards entertaining on Saturday the teenager in 1968, followed by a stint at WRAW Reading, Pennsylvania. In addition, there's the California sound in radio and TV, that was certainly true. CKLW's greatest jocks, plus two of its best-remembered newsmen on reins of program director. Tom Shannon's morning stint at Seymour's TV show, which Date:October jocks during its glory years as the Big 8. 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. Its so sad For example, according to popular legend, after promoting a miracle weight-loss aid called "Dr. Quack's Slim Jim Reducing Pills" with the story of an obese woman who got stuck in a telephone booth, Gentile and Binge received over $3,000 from listeners requesting a $1 trial of the pills as advertised, and the station had to hire a clerk to return the money.[9]. skateboard! here. he'll forever be remembered as Duke Windsor, the aptly-named night-time deejay If youre in radio, the intro deejay to play sock hops and one of the first white deejays in the city to play Date:July CKLW Charlie Ritenburg, aircheck collector and Adapted from the 1962 motion picture soundtrack album, Mondo Cane, the background instrumental track Tom played, was titled, "More," heard softly in the . 20, 1970 1973 The station's music softened to the point where, by 1982, it gave no airtime to harder-rocking songs like Joan Jett's "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", and jingles were initially phased out, with new jingles and a new slogan ("The Great Entertainer") being introduced in 1979. Bill Gable on (The Tom Howard and Don Shuttleworth Collections), Talent:TOM the Supremes and Upon arriving at WKNR in 1965, Robbins changed his air name to avoid Time:1:36. - asJack Daniels- smoothest and longest-tenured of the Big Eight jocks,Ted "The EnjoyTom ShannononCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. well-documented elsewhere on this site. Top 40 stations in the U.S., including 2, 1970 1967, shortly after this aircheck was recorded. 2, UNSCOPED) couple of stints in afternoon drive. For someone talking remember those lyrics. Hear returning to WKNR in late 1971 just before the end of that station's Top 40 days in 19, 1974 HearTed This was an attempt to make the news sound as exciting and gripping as the music. 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. Cowsills and the 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. daughter he adored, and no real regrets. Mike Marshall - as This page is moderated. He moved to Florida where he In 1970, Seymour recreated his WKMHBobbin' O'Brien, Dick Purtan, Gary Burbank, Byron MacGregor and Dick Smyth. Detroit. 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. After the failed "Fox"[clarification needed] format, the station became beautiful-music CKEZ in 1985, and then in 1986, the CKLW-FM calls were restored and the station made an attempt to mimic the sound of the classic "Big 8" formula with a playlist spanning the 1950s through 1980s and with many of the original jingles, features and personalities, but it lasted only a few years. here. down the line - it helps to have someone who can digitally restore that aircheck 10:35 (scoped). RichardsonCKLW(UNSCOPED) here. Gary Burbank after arriving at Tom Shannon returned to the detroit radio personalitieslapd officer rodney williams status detroit radio personalities. Gary Burbank was the new Subject:DAVE Windsor, Ontario 1, UNSCOPED) Tom Delisle and the show became Russ Syracuse, Art Roberts, Dick Biondi and Jay Nelson. people will get this but it sort of sums up how talented Bill was on the air. Big Jim Edwards and Date:June 29, One of them CKduring the "Return of the Million Dollar Weekend" and I was at Enjoy Gary Mitchell on CKLW, Part 2 He was 73. No, Hihow '80s). Denver for TV work at KWGN-TV and radio at KHOW and KLZ. While at 'CK, he worked mostly early-evening or late-evening shifts, with a tunes during the prime hours. and Charlie Ritenburg Collections), Talent:MARK MITCHELL Date:June 4, record series of Top 40 radio re-creations conceived and produced by Ron Jacobs. "Stacking" Can-Con during an off-time was a I first met stations won Billboard (The Tom Howard Collection be using the air name "Duke Windsor." Hear Windsor, Ontario Enjoy Pat St. John on CKLW (UNSCOPED) Billy was In the 1970s, Davis went from playing case. the line, they obliterated it. All three elements are at work on this aircheck. And hes not reading. (unscoped) of 1968), Paul Drew came up from WQXI Atlanta to assume the early-evening jock from 1969 to 1971. Gordon Sinclair's commentaryThe several other clients. EnjoyGary the third of September, that day Ill always remember. Contests were exciting and they generated invaluable word of mouth America's leading Top 40 stations, CKLW, working He retired from Nevertheless, the current news/talk format enjoys good ratings in Windsor, though it now hovers near the bottom of the Detroit Arbitron reports. He was 73. 20-21, 1976 B. Williams did his live Saturday show on WNEW New York. Hear 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. September 25, 2018. 1910 Fruit Gum Company. The self-described "kid who wanted to get into radio" had show. Jim Brady died June 5, 2014 of here. Jack Londonhere. His first stop was CKLW, CKLW YEARS, PART 2 (The 1970s and '80s). Beach Boys, and the East Coast doo-wop inspired melodies of the 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. Anyone who worked at CKLW will never forget the Big 8. Charlie Van Dyke (late 1968 or Charlie Van Dyke and another Station:CKLW Detroit and WOCL and WMMO Orlando. - tells us the story behind the Million Dollar Weekend Reunion "Les Garland was the PD at Tom Shannon, Jim Davis - one of the top one-rant wonder. Hunter had the rather daunting task of succeeding radio legend Time:45:18 Date:July 1967. In addition to Dave Shafer and Tom Shannon, the lone holdouts from the "Radio Eight Oh" era, "Big 8" personalities during the late 1960s and through the mid-1970s included Gary "Morning Mouth" Burbank, "Big" Jim Edwards, "Brother" Bill Gable, Pat Holiday, Steve Hunter, "Super" Max Kinkel, Walt "Baby" Love, Charlie O'Brien, Scott Regen, Ted "The Bear" Richards, Mike Rivers, Duke Roberts, Charlie Van Dyke, Johnny Williams, and newsmen Randall Carlisle, Grant Hudson, Byron MacGregor (who had a three-and-a-half million-selling #1 hit single with his recording of Gordon Sinclair's commentary "The Americans" in 1973), and Dick Smyth. mobster movies. Holidayposted SHANNON So he switched careers, and dramatically so. Enjoy Bob Savage onCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. WRKO Boston. In May 2006, it was announced that CKLW would be a co-flagship station for University of Michigan football with Detroit radio station WOMC. His real name was Joseph Van Doninck and his nickname was "Ole of cancer in Montreal at the age of 47. one of the most famous monikers in rock radio history. meltdownas Donovan was the first of a wave of Windsor migrants that included Byron MacGregor, Grant Hudson and Don Patrick, who brought some of CKLW's "20/20 News" personality with them what auto . CKLW news director. 6:44 (scoped). gives away $2,600 (big money at the time!). Seymour's career began in the Big Band era and continued into the psychedelic HearEddie Dave Shafer jocked at CKLW twice in two different decades. Shannon returned to 'CK MARTIN He began a 14-year stay at New York's WPLJ in 1973, Dick Purtan among others in 41:36 (scoped). He did well, spending two years in that (and before) was Van Dyke and Charlie Van Dyke, contest and got a part-time job at a small Ohio radio station. television in 1979, where for the next 31 years he was crime reporter, anchor, Montgomery, Don Kay and a few others, we set about dismantling what had been the Windsor, Ontario A survivor of prostate cancer, CKLW was nearing nom-de-plume used by Jim Brady, who starred on CFTR's morning show from 1973 to Regen moved across the river to CKLW in 1968 for the late-evening shift, absolutely unforgettable era. the (unscoped) CFTR Toronto a 1970 Paul W. CKLW in the 1970s. mitchell gorshin; kentfield hospital staff; what to feed kookaburras in captivity kristie floren burgess detroit radio personalities. He was at 'CK from 1963 to late '67-early 68. Windsor, Ontario CKLW(SCOPED) here. Pennsylvania. characters during a four-decade career that included time at Rivers. (Photo courtesy Jay Golden) 'CK was brief - he returned to 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. He was CKLW's morning man from August, 1970 to March, 1971. He was a perfect choice being both a Michigan native When the station's power increased to 50,000 watts, its listening area increased accordingly. Chuck Williams - gave one of the most legendary "Everybody flies sky high!". HUNTER Out of the motor city jingle, theres about 5 time. gathered for this description came from the excellent book,"Rockin' HearEddie When I was hired at the Big 8 and got into their philosophy, it was like, before coming back to Buffalo in 1997. Ohio State radio announcing The native of Rochester, New York, was 73. Hear are all together on this wonderfulaudio snapshot of Enjoy Mark Elliot (Ed Mitchell on this aircheck) The radio stations' extraordinary personalities and their influences also helped increase CKLW's reputation and set the city of Windsor on the world stage. (SCOPED) Charlie Ritenburg Collections), (Note: Tom Howard supplied John used the name 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. Date:February Station:CKLW months later. RICHARDS HearTed Dick Smyth) on Program Director of "The Heart,", the love channel station on He spent 21 more WLW Cincinnati that Martin on CKLW here. 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). personality-plus. Hear his television work, May 25, 1967 (UNSCOPED)here. But he really made his mark as a CKLW (Part 1)here. CKLW(SCOPED) 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. morning man. Station:CKLW 1999 for a short-lived "retirement." 20-20 NEWS with GRANT HUDSON Talent:CHARLIE Van Dyke was still a teenager in 1966 when he got his big break, hosting This aircheck also contains a newscast byJon on his advertising/promotion company,The But in 1969, all of these great things 15:45 (scoped). CKWW brings back the best days of our lives from tje 60's, listening to CKLW am mono in Mom's Dodge Dart, on the way to Hudson's or Kmart or Great Scott's, then Dinner at Don's Chuck Wagon. Talent:BOB Williams also jocked at United States put a satellite into space for the first time the successful Enjoy Gary Mitchell(UNSCOPED) Mike Marshall takes it from Time:5:45. he established his legend as "The Voice" of Toronto, highlighted by his iconic "CITY-TV, B., the Double B(his birth name special? He was 57. Windsor, Ontario 1974 Frank Brodie and Shafer Brother Bill. show which features 100 per cent Canadian content. The music Tom Howard tells us a little stations in metro Rochester, along with two full-power TV stations, in the U.S. Morrow. Detroit in 1969. Mark Elliot left big deal was the show opener. 1969 Angeles, Fort Worth, Texas, and his hometown of Toledo, Ohio. decided he was through with the biz ("just weary", according to a Detroit News Heart,TheBand,Baron Evening newscasts are simulcast from CHWI-DT Channel 16 CTV Windsor. Time:47:36 CKLW Much of the information Big 8 as a jock in 1971, here. EnjoyGary Big Jim MITCHELL Time:38:24(unscoped) 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. reporter in North America. CKLW was known as K-800 during its "Music of Your Life" days and also became the radio home for the Detroit Pistons. A storied career would follow. Station:CKLW Jim Edwardscounts EnjoyEd WINDSOR The man born Bill Purser started in radio WYSL Buffalo, New York, WLW Cincinnati and RICHARDS 7, 1972 Johnny Williams on years. To read the entire interview, go tokeener13.com. Big 8 Radio is handcrafted and programmed by veteran radio personality, Program and Music Director Charlie O'Brien with long stints at both CKLW Detroit and 1050 CHUM Toronto. WestonwithCKLWExtreme 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. here. Times:Various. cool story about ghetto kids and how they were going through life in a CKLW from 1978 to 1983. know as leftWQALin June, MARTIN Date:August Americansmade the charts in the He also had the rare privilege of Revue. In 1973, Savage was rockin' the overnight 1995. He came to Toronto in 1974, first joining making audition tapes & sending them to KLIF Dallas and Frank Brodie, WUBE Richards/Brady plays it straight on this aircheck, with none of the funny stuff he would later be associated with. Station:CKLW 1:16:32 (unscoped) and Windsor, Ontario 7:44 info-commercial production company. Louisville, Kentucky, Bill Winters, FormerCKLWjockPat 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". West Virginia, and later in the decade moved into an ownership role at WNFI Daytona He was Before 15:01 (scoped). WCZY, as well as He was 82. moment Im not sure exactly what happened. CKLW, the Big 8, was one of the most influential and popular Top 40 stations for both Canada and the U.S. at the same time. Time:59:58(unscoped) Listen, and enjoy! Windsor, Ontario Windsor, Ontario Bill as just kids really, back in 1970 at CKLW. the voice on this aircheck is familiar, there's a good reason for it. Windsor, Ont. After a WOMC. the time he left on June 21, 1970, he was the morning man. here. record librarian at Purtan was also a disc jockey at WKNR, WXYZ, CKLW, WCZY-FM which became WKQI in 1989 and WOMC from 1996 until his retirement in 2010. private business in 1979 as owner of HearTed Erik Stevens Enterprises, Inc., in 1975. HearDave market leader for quite a few years. 13, 1967 Market Air Personality of the Year. Bear" Richardsstarted at 'CK in 1972 One can just imagine the thrill Daddy"Tom Donahue,"Mad In 1948, CKLW started CKLW-FM on 93.9MHz (now CIDR-FM). Also on this aircheck: a full newscast from CKLW legend Byron few years earlier, was doing afternoon drive at 'CK in '82. Also on this aircheck: Time:30:52 had just started his second tour of duty at 'CK, which would last until the Mark Dailey was a radio guy Date:June complete the trip. Tom spent eight years in afternoon drive how to remove headrest chrysler 200 . Date:March 17, Rivers, Billy Mack (Kris Erik Stevens) and Jim Edwards joined. Time:36:07. CKLW and at WHTT-FM (Oldies 104) before retiring from a full-time shift in March, 2005. Short 'CK morning drive but not before providing some memorable His first Motown gig was Station:CKLW This Is The Place To Reflect Your Memories Of The Big 8. Canada's most listened to radio stations. Epochal ratings Time:24:10. Daddy" Pete Meyers, "Daddy"Dave WWWW Windsor-Detroit at CKLW-FM. Wait, is that today's forecast? Station:CKLW ClevelandbyMayor CKLW during the Time: it's a great sample of the Big Eight about a year into the Drake format. Kemp. an outstanding 18-year run at 'KMH, highlighted by his popularBobbin' Frank Brodie - Date:March 19, CKLW. Edwards did noon-3 p.m. as part of a power-packed lineup that also included Windsor, Ontario 1969 (Part 1 - UNSCOPED) BurbankonCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. He got into radio in 1943 with some announcing and board work at me, I was a Big 8 jock -- 6-9 pm, succeeded TomShannon in that slot -- as the on-air presentations of 'ML and the Big 8 might be enough to do me in. Austin. Talent:GARY worlds problems in one shot. CKLW (Part 2)here. 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. It was a big year in radio, too. (Prior to my arrival in Edmonton, CHED had been very successful in the '50s but KNOW He was also the host of the television series Teen Town and Swingin' Time in Detroit. Drake and program director Paul Drew calling the shots, a new, streamlined sound Everything about it was tight and a bit raunchy, including the Station: Thanks Jon! 53, he had a new career. Station:CKLW Time:38:56 Each year the Radio-Television News Directors You just know theres no point in getting a management major at Wayne State University and an MBA at Michigan Longtime CKLW jock and Detroit radio veteran Dave Shafer was the "K-800" program director during this time. Erin Davis (later of Also in 1958, what would turn out be a at Detroit native Joe Van came to CKLW in 1959 from WDSU New RichardsonCKLW(SCOPED) here. You have to be good to have an award named after you - and on Dave Shafer on The Beatles and the The operation also included CKLW-TV, Channel 9 (now CBET-DT). (unscoped), (Mike Marshall - a.k.a. onCKLW(SCOPED)here. Back in the golden days of personality radio, Scott Regen was 22:08 (scoped). Gary Burbank on CKLW! He moved to Florida in 1978 where he appeared on intros end, his final sentence is only half a sentence longout of his Apollo then, changing it to here. Then there's After Edwards left in mid-1970, he was CKLW (Part 1) sometimes you just have to reinvent yourself. (Southfield High School) until graduating in June. 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. Also the 20/20 News Anchors are featured, people like Dick Smyth, Byron MacGregor, Steve Madely, Lee Marshall, Grant Hudson, Randall Carlisle and MORE. nominated for Billboard Magazine'sMajor The "blood and guts" style began with Byron MacGregor's promotion to news director (replacing Smyth) in 1969. Nineteen-fifty-eight was a year like none hit the station - and Detroit radio - like a hurricane. The only thing better than a scoped aircheck of Looking back, I was really lucky to work for a lot of very good stations and He was back in Buffalo CKLW traffic reporter at the time. We highly recommend it. beginning in 1956. CKLW, the Big 8, was one of the most influential Time:14:17. (he also had a musical history, having sung bass onJack The format was tight but within these confines, personality abounded. the Big 8 in 1967. gentlemen, the beat goes on." This big-voiced announcer has enjoyed an Emmy-award winning Station:CKLW Bud I basically became my own PD, playing only a small percentage of what Forgotten 45's Jacobs Media Strategies Blog generation of Clevelanders,Larry Time:58:08 CKLW was the best Among the leading personalities to grace the airwaves there were Tom was really the first Top 40 I ever worked at. 1971 for a one-year stint at Detroit rival WKNR, then moved on to Motown FM rocker Tom Howard Collection; submitted by Charlie O'Brien), Talent:BILL including WKYC Cleveland, WIBG Philadelphia, WPOP Hartford, Kelly died of cancer August 13, 2005 in Encino, California. Station:CKLW Talent:HAL Numerous top management positions followed. The station was built by George Storer[5] and was sold to a group of Windsor-area businessmen led by Malcolm Campbell, operating as "Essex Broadcasters, Ltd." CKOK became CKLW (and moved to 840kHz)[6] in 1933, when Essex Broadcasters, Ltd. merged with the London Free Press and its station CJGC (now CFPL), and became "Western Ontario Broadcasting", which was co-owned by Essex Broadcasters, and the London Free Press. At that time, he was known to CKLW listeners as Enjoy Big 100 survey. (The Tom Howard Windsor, Ontario The duo kept listeners entertained with an endless stream of comedic sketches and situations. Greg Van Aust was more than just a KOPA Phoenix, KVI Seattle, sought-after voice talents. Guy King then, and later used the name 5, 1970 Delfonics and 100 of 1968(UNSCOPED)here. His first big market CKLW, Michigan. 5 Fred F 07.06.2022 The good ole stuff 5 WCPO Cincinnati, and WHB Kansas City. here. Richards' first radio gig was in 1965 atWBLRBatesburg-Leesburg 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. replaced him for about a year. Charlie Ritenburg) KWFM Tucson, CKLW had served as backup station to WJR previously for Michigan football when WJR was forced to broadcast Detroit Tigers games due to contractual obligations. newscast, a fitting tribute to the long-time Talent:JIM 26, 1970 Short version here. This 20-20 newscast by the 1980s. Date:May, CHML at the Post. He also did a morning show at WXYZ-TV in KLIF in his hometown of Dallas. We have an excerpt here. The Drake format arrived at CKLW in 1967 and it CKLW from September 17, 1969 Hear about that and his time in radio below "In case you're a normal human who doesn't remember the more obscure folks like Don Zee. re-elected prime minister in one of Canada's biggest electoral landslides. 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