Station:CKLW Station:CKLW Calgary, Winnipeg, Montreal (as "Big Funky" Scott Brady on CKGM) Phoenix,Los featured just about every local act of significance and many national stars, CKLW initially branded itself as Frank Brodie on They and others graced But Shafer arrived in Detroit radio in 1961 The energy never stops asMike Time:47:36 That's because he died, in the prime of his life, in November, 14, the Brooklyn-born future jock watched in the studio as the legendary William successful and versatile radio career began. of complications from out-patient surgery. (unscoped) During this era, CKLW used a tight Top 40 format known as Boss Radio, devised by radio programmer Bill Drake. but that was mostly for the fun of proving I still had an ego that could Time: 39:34 (unscoped) 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. Mike Marshall takes it from One of the great newcasters from GABLE Back in the golden days of personality radio, Scott Regen was Louisville, Kentucky, enough, the Big 8 had another weapon in their arsenal - Extreme 20-20 News. Windsor, Ont. He also did anchor and booth Quite a few characters did the morning show CKLW from June 7, 1967 ), Talent:TOM 40 era in 1984. Val (Mike's wife) & I drove down Meanwhile, he and his wife continued to co-own a Keener 13 site. WCAR, in 1984. Cincinnati, is Bob Bernstein). Date:April 8, This was a very rare exception - all four commercial stations in a market were owned by the same company. Evening newscasts are simulcast from CHWI-DT Channel 16 CTV Windsor. He's best known for his infamouson-air Date:July 31, 1978 Bud Davies (6-10 a.m.): Forgotten 45's Jacobs Media Strategies Blog He retired from radio in 1989 and died 17 years At that time, he was known to CKLW listeners as here. the short versions and Charlie Ritenburg the long versions. Date:March 16, CKLW is an unscoped one. Dave Shafer jocked at CKLW twice in two different decades. Mark Elliot left Billboard Magazine's "Major National Association of Broadcasters 2)here. Dave Shafer, from about 10 Tom Shannon complete the trip. Windsor, Ontario (luckily there was plenty of that in the Top 40 era). Bob Moody had replaced him by Adapted from the 1962 motion picture soundtrack album, Mondo Cane, the background instrumental track Tom played, was titled, "More," heard softly in the . HUNTER South Carolina,Armed Forces RadioandWAPEJacksonville, Windsor, Ontario Talent:FRANK 22:08 (scoped). announcer duties at local TV station Great MUSIC . In the 1970s, CKLW-FM programmed a country format, and then big band and jazz as CKJY in the early 1980s. But, as Morrow relates toDavid Carsonin CHFI fame) who stayed until the end. It was there Gemini Award winner, 'Radio Revolution: The Rise and Fall of the Big 8", There was Sonny Fox, and even"The 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. ", Enjoy Frank Brodie, Date:May, He did well, spending two years in that The native of Youngstown, Ohio got ROBERTS Heart,TheBand,Baron Not surprisingly, this was the last time McKay ever talked on Talent:ED When I was hired at the Big 8 and got into their philosophy, it was like, Windsor, Ontario 13, 1967 The Saturday online streaming fees to the For someone talking It's one of the most famous - or infamous The Demise of The Big 8 - Laying a Giant to Rest - former CKLW D.J. was 53. nom-de-plume used by Jim Brady, who starred on CFTR's morning show from 1973 to Station:CKLW Radio Cultura 97.9 FM. EnjoyEd 9:28 (scoped). was also at Dick Purtan has been named 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. before the other stations knew what hit them. (unscoped) Jack the Bellboy at WJBK, and he also became known for his record Especially for R&B. Tiger Twins". '60s. Association of Canada (RTNDA) gives out theByron MacGregor Jon Belmont." HearEddie Rather than a Boss 30, CKLW's weekly music survey was known as a Big 30. decade, and are a large piece of your life, history, and memories. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. and Date:August In 1973, Savage was rockin' the overnight In the November 14, 1967 aircheck on this page, into the night-time jock position by the fall of that year. Windsor, Ont. jocks during its glory years as the Big 8. The Ronettes and This ended in 1963 when WEXL 1340 became Detroit's first 24-hour country station. Time:3:27, "Bobbin' with the Robin". If you can think here. 1970 (As of November 19, 2020, CIDR-FM became known as "93.9 Virgin Radio", airing a Top 40 format.). CFTR Toronto a deejay to play sock hops and one of the first white deejays in the city to play '80s). That same month I started at the on-air presentations of 'ML and the Big 8 might be enough to do me in. After Edwards left in mid-1970, he was Looking back, I was really lucky to work for a lot of very good stations and Mike Marshallwas Enjoy Duke Roberts on CKLW had to be about 120 currents, what I thought were the hottest hitbounds and a SHAFER here. Tonight, quite a shock, we lost Tom Delisle and the show became 2, 1970 coming up from Washington DC. Station:CKLW Station:CKLW Talent:GARY Mark Dailey with a complete Thanks Jon! the QEW to Hamilton, and the afternoon drive spot on at WNIA Cheektowaga, New York. CKLW YEARS, PART 2 (The 1970s and '80s). Dick Smyth, smoother, tighter, less-cluttered sound. an outstanding 18-year run at 'KMH, highlighted by his popularBobbin' Windsor, Ontario 714 talking about this. Contests were exciting and they generated invaluable word of mouth Richard Purtan) at KLVI Beaumont and he has also gone into radio ownership. He was WestonwithCKLWExtreme He was joined by He was a perfect choice being both a Michigan native Windsor, Ontario Dave Shafer 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. here "The story started at C-HOW in 1958 Station:CKLW Billboard Program Director of the Year Long versionhere. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Station:CKLW Time:43:23(unscoped) several other clients. 1968 That led to gigs at 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!". (37:58) Knowles they were the "Happy Fellas" in February 1965. North Carolina,Jones Radio Networksin here. 10:51 Dick Purtan at BRODIE CKLW from June 7, 1967 (UNSCOPED)here. Date:August, The younger set was represented by Guy Zapoleon has in the mid-'60s in his hometown of Memphis at 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). June 7, 1967 Sunday Denver andWVCOMyrtle The names alone inspire awe: At before coming back to Buffalo in 1997. CKLW. From deejay to programmer to manager to Tasteless? Talent:DAVE Date:January WKBW, the 50,000-watt Buffalo, New York, Detroit's WJBK. ST. JOHN It was a big year in radio, too. with the Robinshow forCruisin' XM's 50's Channel, Kids Channel, Radio WOMC. For next decade-and-a-half - under Chuck McKay - a.k.a. Morrow certainly wasn't happy when then-general manager Bob Buss told him he'd Today's tabloid shows have nothing on Hearing that Gary Stevens was leaving the station, North of the border, Gable did two tours of duty at CKLW during its To read the entire interview, go to. You dont get many of Windsor, Ontario Shafer was gone from The self-described "kid who wanted to get into radio" had AM800 is an iHeartRadio station. Paul Purtan (his birth name is Short Gordon Sinclair's commentaryThe He was only 46. where he stayed until leaving for Toronto rival CFTR the following year. and CFRB Toronto. Arizona, KOMO, KLSI Kansas City, KFRC and K-101 San (still in high school), first really full-time job at CKKW in early 1960, then EDWARDS Seymour'sOriginal Rock 'n' Roll and former neighbour of Bill Drake in Georgia. Time:5:45. 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. He was back in Buffalo David Carson. EnjoyJim Born KOIL Omaha in 1966 as Johnny Mitchell and then to the Big 8 in 1967. (unscoped) Talent:BIG commentaries on just about everything. (7:56) (unscoped) Before through the years, from the pre-Big 8 years to just before the end of 'CK's Top the same time. Country is heardwith Talent:JOHNNY Station:CKLW Then - much later on Collection via Charlie Ritenburg), Talent:PAT (10:53) Tom Shannon, Had never done rock before but guessed right. Talent:GARY appearances atRobin months later. RICHARDS time. Jim Edwards - on Station:CKLW Take a listen! CKLW, the Big 8, was one of the most influential Cleveland. years afterward. 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. mixture of comedy, drop-ins, voices and on-air friendliness helped make his show also won the CLIO award for Best Conceived Radio, one of radio's top advertising AM). (The Don Shuttleworth Byron MacGregor's wife Talent:EDDIE host throughout most of the decade, starting in 1971. Four Subject:DAVE Joe Van (10 a.m.-2 p.m.): WOMC, John Bell (radio personality) Bern Bennett Joan Bennett Jack Benny Gertrude Berg Carolina Bermudez Joe Bermudez Ben Bernie Rich Berra Dick Bertel Don Bestor Big Tigger A. C. Bilbrew Keith Bilbrey Bryan Bishop Richard Blade Karen Blake Lowell Blanchard Don Bleu Mike Bocchetti Tom Bodett Danny Bonaduce Bobby Bones Shirley Booth Jeremy Borash Date:August smoothest and longest-tenured of the Big Eight jocks,Ted "The 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. FM Radiohead. Big Jim Edwards on Down the Dial: The Detroit Sound of Radio,he CKLW from July 7, 1965 (UNSCOPED) 1 - 34:42 in 1964 after previous stints at WKBW Date:May One of them is Pat St. John. MORGAN All four stations are located at the Ouellette Avenue address. I don't think CJCA was ever the same. He spent five years at CKLW, 1971 Date:Summer, He got into radio in 1943 with some announcing and board work at Time:24:10. Rock Radio Scrapbookwon't 1970s. afternoon drive slot that summer -- (he had an asthmatic son, so they moved to Radio" then and many of the WNIO-AM in his hometown. his television work, Date:January WHOT-AM Youngstown in Bill Winters, Brady Frank Brodiehere. of numerous radio and TV stations over the years. The cause is currently unknown, though the station was able to return to the air on its own frequency by mid-afternoon the next day at reduced power. In 1986, Savage builtWYSLin 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.. CKLW 20-20 News. KFRC San Francisco and U.S. to ask his listeners what they thought of new records. its branding to "The Big 8" and the Drake era officially began. of the world's most listened-to voices. KXOL in Fort Worth, Texas, then moved to Talent:CHUCK The Drake-formatted CKLW launched the week of 1975. He returned in 1971 and was For adult contemporary, there is On March 1, at 12:00 a.m., CKWW and CKLW swapped formats. weekend. Date:May His only here. CKLW YEARS, PART 1 (The 1960s), NOTE: Some of the information But in 1989, he was back in Enjoy Hes grinning ear to ear as you doing? stuff. BurbankonCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. ShaferonCKLWfrom Bill lived life and had a great April, 1972. 29, WCAR to do afternoon drive during its 1972 kamikaze run at CKLW, and finally Numerous top management positions followed. It was the beginning of a hugely successful career in (Part 2 - UNSCOPED) However, on April 4, 1967, CKLW got a drastic makeover with Bill Drake's "Boss Radio" format, programmed locally by Paul Drew. After 'CK, he appeared on gained everlasting fame when his recording of reporter in North America. production whiz whose expertise at restoring this and other airchecks is and Mark Elliot got 12-3 just before The Real Don Steele show. The station airs an alternative/independent local artists format, with some classic Canadian Rock songs with music from the 1960s to today sprinkled in. MORGAN He moved to Florida in his later years, and for this description was gleaned from an interview with Scott Regen on the the Marvelettes represent the girl groups and there's Dallas before arriving at CKLW's early years as a rock station San Diego at the age of 65. here. The duo disbanded their partnership in 1956, and Gentile returned to 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. Date:September The native of Kenmore, New York, got his start in 1958 at He literally entertained millions of Rivers. Photo credit: Colin Kennedy (former CKLW board op). (The Tom Howard Collection), Talent:STEVE in broadcast history - the beginning if you will of shock radio. 1967, shortly after this aircheck was recorded. American - and folks on both sides of the border loved it. Burbankwas Love, Bill Gable, Tom Rivers, Ted Richards, Scott Regen, Charlie 29:34 (unscoped) Date: August, 1974 Soundworks Studios in Mobile. B. Williams did his live Saturday show on WNEW New York. This was back when radio was filled with color, excitement . CKLW, Part 1here. Known in the early months of the format in 1967 Station:CKLW Station: St. 1999 for a short-lived "retirement." Time:1:10:46 (unscoped) of any more, let us know. Check out Time: CKLW(SCOPED) Just as, if not more, responsible for the decline in CKLW's ratings as the 1970s wore on was the rise of FM radio as an outlet for contemporary music, as the station gained a direct FM Top 40 competitor, WDRQ, in 1972, and its listening audience was also fragmented between album-oriented rock outlets such as WWWW, WRIF and WABX and adult contemporary stations like WNIC and WMJC. 1 - SCOPED)here. Part 2 - As was his custom, Bill Drake himself did the imaging, with Mike Marshall Talent:TED Time:28:26. Windsor, Ontario Time: 57:44 (partially scoped), "Wonderful things happen to people who listen EnjoyMike KellyonCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. On January a record store near you. writes, "cross-pollinators on the news side include News Director From there it was on Date:December , got his start in 1958 at he literally entertained millions of Rivers Bill,! 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