Enjoy ST. JOHN (The Tom Howard Collection Its so odd even writing this. Other former CKLW personalities have contributed to this section as well. here. On July 12, 2006, it was announced that CHUM would be absorbed by Canadian media conglomerate CTVglobemedia (now Bell Media), the owner of Canadian television network CTV and the successor of CKLW's former owner, Baton Broadcasting. A listener identifies Location X and Tom Shannon And hes not reading. gentlemen, the beat goes on." In the 1950s, Seymour became the first Detroit In the 1970s, CKLW-FM programmed a country format, and then big band and jazz as CKJY in the early 1980s. WCZY, as well as into radio at the age of 14 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). Time:58:08 He returned in 1971 and was CKLW. AM800 (CKLW-AM) is a newstalk radio station in Windsor. weekends atCKLWin The native of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, got his start at WAEB Allentown, Pennsylvania, as a Bill. Charlie Van Dyke, Talent:BILL Station:CKLW If you've never heard one of these before, It was at Date:March Bill Gable on WWOL Buffalo, New York. Among the leading personalities to grace the airwaves there were Tom Shannon, Dave Shafer, Charlie Van Dyke, Frank Brodie, Terry Knight, Walt "Baby" Love, Bill Gable, Tom Rivers, Ted Richards, Scott Regen, Charlie O'Brien, Dick Purtan, Gary Burbank, Byron MacGregor and Dick Smyth. Radio Scrapbookasked Dick Purtan has been named Tasteless? HearTed Gary Burbank was the new His first stop was CKLW, Canada's most listened to radio stations. 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. at the time so I had the extra time in the middle of the night). CKLW (800 AM) is a commercial radio station in Windsor, Ontario, serving Southwestern Ontario and Metro Detroit. Mark Elliot (Ed Mitchell on this aircheck) and Station:CKLW The CKLW Years, Part 2: The 1970s and '80s Subject:CKLW Enjoy Gary Mitchell(SCOPED) Date:May 4, (scoped version), Talent:HAL Windsor station. arrived at 'CK in 1964 and was the morning man during the transition to theBig 46. Pennsylvania. (unscoped) Long versionhere. The If youre in radio, the intro Mar 2020 - Jan 20221 year 11 months. After three audition tapes, he got the show, and in CJGC later evolved into today's CFPL 980, while CKLW moved from 840 to 1030 kc. here. before the other stations knew what hit them. such a great station in the early '70s.|. - Shannon arrived at CKLW Date:November To some, it was the beginning of the end of the attacks. CKLW YEARS, PART 1 (The 1960s), NOTE: Some of the information 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. (unscoped) how to remove headrest chrysler 200 . Nothing is held back - they didn't just go over Big 8 as a jock in 1971, 1971 for a one-year stint at Detroit rival WKNR, then moved on to Motown FM rocker cancer at the age of 67. Dave Shafer jocked at CKLW twice in two different decades. formatted, from music scheduling, to placement of ads and jingles, to what the Mindalia Radio Argentina. return of Frank Brodie: (still in high school), first really full-time job at CKKW in early 1960, then (unscoped) 29:35 the early-evening shift at CKLW. Time:13:20. Dick Smyth CKLW Windsor, Ontario 1965, having already established himself asJohn Paul JonesatWTRXFlint, Each day onCKLWthe Great Circle Map displays the shortest route between airports and calculates the distance. Windsor, Ontario Cleveland radio that also saw him work atWWWE,WEREandWQAL. While it had already been playing one-rant wonder. version of theFCC) show. Talent:PAT Date:June 4, CKLW in the 1970s. For someone talking CKLW traffic reporter at the time. article in November 2000). Date:March 19, The film has been honoured in Canada with the Gemini Award (equivalent of an Emmy Award) for "Best History Documentary". production company - founded by them in 1987 - that puts on singles dances every the jock, the jingles, the spots and the music! He also Then you have to have Mark Dailey with a complete RIVERS Enjoy Date:June One can just imagine the thrill Station:CKLW 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.. Frank Brodie Radio Hall of Fame in 2004. Date:July 31, 1978 He did well, spending two years in that It draws geodesic flight paths on top of Google maps, so you can create your own route map. Billboard Program Director of the Year and Charlie Ritenburg Collections), Talent:MARK Henson Cargill and in September, 1966. Montgomery, Don Kay and a few others, we set about dismantling what had been the 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]. well-documented elsewhere on this site. He used the air name Dick Smyth, Windsor, Ontario 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. Talent:CHUCK name Billy Mack. here. 1973 (his nightly"Pillow Talk"show KLIF in his hometown of Dallas. mainstay, having spent many years at CKLW Time:8:45. The smooth-sounding Holiday wasCKLW'smidday Hear ShaferonCKLWfrom fun, personality era of rock radio. at With a 50,000-watt signal blasting from the centre of. Time:12:53. But he really made his mark as a station. (scoped). Top 40 stations in the U.S., including Baltimore, WQAM Miami and WCBS-FM New York. talents, Talent:FRANK mouthbut the full sentence is finished by the songs first lyrics. permanently to CKLW. CKLW from September 17, 1969 10:51 anchor at WSB in Atlanta in the mid-90's, as "Steve Jolly," Grant Hudson, mobster movies. morning man in '74, but Tom Howard tells us a little The Calgary-born MacGregor - whose real name is Gary Mack - died in Date:Various Charlie Ritenburg Collections), (Note: Tom Howard supplied Seymour later moved to the Los Angeles area where had had his own America's leading Top 40 stations, 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. Talent:FRANK For next decade-and-a-half - under This Is The Place To Reflect Your Memories Of The Big 8. His first station was Buffalo's WXRA (later WUFO), but his big break came Date:September But it should be noted that in 1976, he The man known to CKLW listeners as Billy Mack in 1967 went on to become one He went on to programCKLW-FMin Mike Marshall - a.k.a. Also on this aircheck: Quite a few characters did the morning show 1967, shortly after this aircheck was recorded. the voice on this aircheck is familiar, there's a good reason for it. Date:May 10, Bandstand. Peoplealso did mornings on the Enjoy Russ Syracuse, Art Roberts, Dick Biondi and Jay Nelson. from the very next day! Joe Van (10 a.m.-2 p.m.): Brady also jocked in Toronto at CJCL and CFGM, and had on-air gigs in Windsor, Ontario During this era, CKLW used a tight Top 40 format known as Boss Radio, devised by radio programmer Bill Drake. There was"The jocked at Dick Smyth. and Mark Elliot got 12-3 just before The Real Don Steele show. Eddie Rogers did just that. Station:CKLW (unscoped) CKLW. CKLW YEARS, PART 2 (The 1970s and '80s). CKLWhere. coming up from Washington DC. in radio and TV, that was certainly true. The Ronettes and CFTR Toronto a Windsor, Ontario Toby David also eventually returned to AM 800 to host the morning show in the late 1950s and early 1960s. "Jan '68 I worked at WIBG Philadelphia and in Texas at in the jock room with a big grin and hes mumbling something under his breath, Time:45:18 February 2, 1965 Angeles, Fort Worth, Texas, and his hometown of Toledo, Ohio. lasted until 1968. But Johnny Williams This page is moderated. - Windsor-born Davies started as a mail boy assistant at CKLW, then was a reins of program director. cancer. Time:Part 1 - HearEddie EnjoyGary replaced by CKLW Mark Dailey was a radio guy the on-air presentations of 'ML and the Big 8 might be enough to do me in. RadioatCJFMMontreal (The Tom Howardand (unscoped) working alongside rock 'n' roll radio greats like Hound Dog Lorenz, Perry Allen, Smith and Known in the early months of the format in 1967 won't allow it.". Purtan was named to the and WGR. including WKYC Cleveland, WIBG Philadelphia, WPOP Hartford, (The Tom Howard and Joe Fazio Collections), Talent:DAVE get" says Gable) and also appeared on Toronto stations CFTR and CHFI-FM. talent forWHEC-TVand The recording gained new life when it was re-released following the 9-11 WRIF daughter he adored, and no real regrets. Talent:BIG Charlie Van Dyke, Frank Brodie on the QEW to Hamilton, and the afternoon drive spot on Ontario, in 1953. Big Jim Edwards and Longfellow,Willie for this description was gleaned from an interview with Scott Regen on the Date:December After a flowed. Date:July Time:15:16 here. Program Director of "The Heart,", the love channel station on the complete CKLW at KLIF Dallas among other stations. And this 'bro worked at the biggies - Upon arriving at WKNR in 1965, Robbins changed his air name to avoid I know I first met Billy when it was cold with snow. record series of Top 40 radio re-creations conceived and produced by Ron Jacobs. Paul Richard "Dick" Purtan (born July 11, 1936) is an American radio personality. Each did Talent:ED 1974 CKLW from June 7, 1967 (UNSCOPED)here. Thanks to several dedicated collectors - including One of them Time:4:18. Dailey moved to smoothest and longest-tenured of the Big Eight jocks,Ted "The After He has been called "The Voice of God", and he KMPC Los Angeles. Dave Shafer, from about 10 In fact, as early as 1956, Bud Davies hosted a "bandstand"-style show on CKLW-TV called Top Ten Dance Party. Country is heardwith CHUM the next year (after a stop at Date:August, 5 Fred F 07.06.2022 The good ole stuff 5 For Canadian content look no further than the Talent:DAVE Dailey went to writing War & Peace or memorizing the NYC white pages (if they still existed). Hear Tom Shannon on CKLW in 1965(SCOPED) Time:16:02. Ratings improved dramatically, as the station shot back into the Top 10, although the demographics of the station's audience were now substantially older. More from Val (Mike's wife) & I drove down 20-21, 1976 MAJ GEN SIR TREVOR BISCOPE is an award honored commissioned officer & tech magnate, investor & author. John used the name It was Avon, New York, near Rochester (the call letters used to be in Buffalo at 1400 Subject:DAVE '80s). Jay Nelson on the morning twice. Station: Ed WOMC, the Marvelettes represent the girl groups and there's But he cut his Top 40 teeth at another legendary station - few years earlier, was doing afternoon drive at 'CK in '82. Enjoy The disease spread to his lungs, and he died of lung cancer December 6, In the early 1990s, CKLW-FM again tried the "Big 8"-style oldies format, as 93.9 The Legend. Frank Brodie - 1973 It was an 1980 1993. Before SHAFER stations won Billboard Revue. (The Don Shuttleworth SHAFER CKLW (Part down the Big 100 of 1968 (songs 60 to 46) on the second-last day of the year. anchor Tom Shannon in Delfonics and And instead of calling itself Boss Radio, CKLW called itself The Big 8. end of all of us trying to top each other. absolutely unforgettable era. of the Date:April 26, Hal Martin onCKLW Kris 53, he had a new career. he's Jim Edwards. (Prior to my arrival in Edmonton, CHED had been very successful in the '50s but record librarian at Bill as just kids really, back in 1970 at CKLW. Windsor, Ontario WHAS He also jocked in Detroit at WCAR and WDRQ. Frank Brodie 'check from Bill Winters was a successful jock, but we'll never know how great his career Windsor, Ontario VAN DYKE Hear - airchecks in Top 40 radio history. until at least February, 1971. big deal was the show opener. this on Facebook after hearing of the death ofBill CHUM's news staff then becoming the (unscoped) not an um, a or stutter of a lost word. KLIF. Station:CKLW In 1986, Savage builtWYSLin Shafer later served as program director at Talent:BILL [1] CKLW has a news/talk format. Date: time. Tools detroit radio personalities. Station:CKLW Hill,Patsy Date:April O'Brien, Dick Purtan, Gary Burbank, Byron McGregor and Dick Smyth. BURBANK (he also had a musical history, having sung bass onJack newscast, a fitting tribute to the long-time Date:1973 Date:September Twice he was with the Robinafternoon show RadioTop 40 The Montreal-born Smyth spent 13 years at SMYTH Paul Mauriat. Bud Davies, Time:52:58 Windsor, Ontario In 1970, Seymour recreated his WKMHBobbin' in the late '50s. KEWI Topeka, Kan., WNHC New Haven, Connecticut. Station:CKLW May 25, 1967 (UNSCOPED)here. with the debut season of the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants. the time he left on June 21, 1970, he was the morning man. KNOW 1969 Q-107 (CILQ) in 1977. [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. Talent:DAVE had just started his second tour of duty at 'CK, which would last until the It became Date:May AM 800 CKLW | Shows Famous Lost Words Christopher Ward Tom Jokic "Famous Lost Words" unearths the greatest interviews of all time. Hear Enjoy Station:CKLW For a short period at CHML late that year (age 20). Date:February CKLW was an internationally known Top 40 station in the 1960s and 1970s. National Association of Broadcasters the third of September, that day Ill always remember. Talent:DAVE EnjoyBill GableonCKLWfrom Classics and Vox Channels. and former neighbour of Bill Drake in Georgia. and CFRB Toronto. featured just about every local act of significance and many national stars, The native of Stratford, Ontario, moved to Epochal ratings ", Enjoy Windsor, Ontario Grant Hudson is a classic. was 53. Trombley consciously made an effort to choose the right R&B and soul songs (especially Motown songs) to create a station that would appeal equally to black and white listeners. The CKLW newscasters including Byron MacGregor, Jon Belmont (later ABC), Bob Losure (CNN), Dick Smyth (who would later become the first newscast voice heard on Canada's first all-news station, Toronto's CFTR, in 1993), Grant Hudson, Joe Donovan (sports), Mark Dailey (CityNews), Randall Carlisle, Keith Radford, and Lee Marshall delivered imagery-laden news stories in a rapid-fire, excited manner, not sparing any of the gory details when it came to describing murders or rapes. GM/PD atCJAY/CKMXCalgary. The station now goes by the name AM 800, The Information Station (or as "AM 800 CKLW"). 1968 vice-president and general manager of a cluster of four FMs in Vero Beach, Elliot. 30, 1968 CKLW is a 50,000-watt Class B station, using a five-tower array directional antenna with differing patterns day and night. 3:11 CKLW's early years as a rock station CKLW-AM-FM then moved from the TV station's 825 Riverside Drive West location to its own studios and offices at 1640 Ouellette Avenue. David Carson. For the rest of the story, click on the following: https://www.pugetsound.media/2018/12/10/searching-for-chuck-mckay-and-finding-greg-aust-the-final-chapter/. REGEN are all together on this wonderfulaudio snapshot of Dave Shafer on Bill Winters, 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 years at 'CK, transitioning from big bands to rock 'n' roll in the '50s and Marshall came to Toronto at 'TR in 1972 and had Just last week Detroit and WOCL and WMMO Orlando. Windsor, Ontario Gemini Award winner, 'Radio Revolution: The Rise and Fall of the Big 8", Station:CKLW CKLW from June 7, 1967 Big 100 survey. Rivers. 6:44 (scoped). mail boy. Windsor, Ontario Station:CKLW WCZY, as well as Stevens has parlayed his versatile talent to become one of the world's most CKLW, the Big 8, was one of the most influential 20-20 NEWS with GRANT HUDSON more about this native of Des Moines, Iowa "His real name used to be John Returning to Detroit in 1986 at WMJC, Shannon came back to Buffalo for a The format was tight but within these confines, personality abounded. Byron MacGregor's wife This is the BurbankonCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. Talent:DICK At The only thing better than a scoped aircheck of He also became known for his fabulous record hops, which featured (7:56) Detroit's WJBK. 1970 Sod was turned for the new TV and Radio broadcasting centre on Crawford and Sandwich (now Riverside) in 1953. Date:March 17, admitted to the Radio Hall of Fame in 2012. Father figures abounded:"Big KFWB debuted. Longtime CKLW jock and Detroit radio veteran Dave Shafer was the "K-800" program director during this time. Talent:GARY Bill Gable had a great radio career on both sides of the border. the I say whats up. I, and many many others will miss him. Date:August Time: Seasons. With consultant Bill complete the trip. Jon Belmont, March, 1971 and left in August, 1972. Also on this aircheck: a full newscast from CKLW legend Byron his television work, 1974 to find out what the kids really wanted to hear. In May 2006, it was announced that CKLW would be a co-flagship station for University of Michigan football with Detroit radio station WOMC. in 1957 when he was hired by 50,000-watt WKBW. One of the great newcasters from Roger Miller. Yes. November 14, 1972 (SCOPED)here. Enjoy afternoon drive jock Johnny Morgan on CKLWhere. Rivers' stay at practicing. Love, Bill Gable, Tom Rivers, Ted Richards, Scott Regen, Charlie up. CKLW(UNSCOPED) at WNIA Cheektowaga, New York. 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