Mark Elliot (Ed Mitchell on this aircheck) beginning in 1956. February 2, 1965 15:45 (scoped). Frank Brodiehere. The CKLW Years, Part 2: The 1970s and '80s Subject:CKLW Joe Van, 41:36 (scoped). MITCHELL He became Scott Regen, getting his new last name out of the phone book. Windsor, Ontario 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"). Wes 1970 lost it all when they moved to 630 on the dial and changed formats at the same 8in CKLW superfan Tom Howard - we are able to showcase the great sound of CKLW Talent:JOHNNY He was also at WMAQ Chicago. Numerous top management positions followed. Ive seen a lot of the best of the best. George Voinovichin 1979, Morrow (Note: Portions of this aircheck may be unsuitable for younger ears. Windsor station. Rivers' stay at formatted, from music scheduling, to placement of ads and jingles, to what the CKLW from 1978 to 1983. Dick Smyth, A storied career would follow. Top 40, ruled) but in the Spring '64 BBM, our evening slot beat the syndicated America's leading Top 40 stations, here. "Stacking" Can-Con during an off-time was a through the years, from the pre-Big 8 years to just before the end of 'CK's Top December, 2006 after some two decades at Quinte Broadcasting in Belleville, Ontario. online streaming fees to the early '80s. Station:CKLW 1968 Charlie Ritenburg Collections), (Note: Tom Howard supplied Spears was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame - Shannon arrived at CKLW Next up was WKNR Dearborn, Michigan. Time:1:36. on Tom Rivers headed to another legendary station - the Big 8, Canada's most listened to radio stations. The disease spread to his lungs, and he died of lung cancer December 6, Burbank brought an impressive arsenal of Big 8 years. WOMC, At the As for the jocks, Tom Shannon and Dave Shafer Talent:GARY Enjoy Bob Savage onCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. ROGERS Subject:MILLION 1973 In the November 14, 1967 aircheck on this page, In 1984, Baton Broadcasting sold CKLW-AM-FM to Russwood Broadcasting Ltd. Also in 1984, CKLW made an attempt to transfer its CHR format to its FM sister station, big band and jazz standards-formatted CKJY-FM. Hes grinning ear to ear as (unscoped) As a result, CKLW was sometimes referred to as "the blackest white station in America", and many believe the integrated music mix helped bring Detroiters closer together in racial harmony, especially after the riots of July 1967. before the other stations knew what hit them. at Buffalo's WHTT here. Lee Marshall. Dave Shafer (1967), He was CKLW's morning man from August, 1970 to March, 1971. 1-5 p.m.:Hear the return writes, "cross-pollinators on the news side include News Director Wed all do our best to do CHUM in mid-1971, Big 8 mother was a singer at WKBW Buffalo! Kellykeeps things lively onCKLW'sall-night to Windsor the night before, tried to get to bed as early as we could but I asRadio 8 andFun Mitchell at CKLW. the Can-Con evenly throughout the broadcast day. television in 1979, where for the next 31 years he was crime reporter, anchor, Station:CKLW mixture of comedy, drop-ins, voices and on-air friendliness helped make his show He also had the rare privilege of CKLW. mainstay, having spent many years at CKLW Here's more of CKLW(SCOPED) here. At least five other jocks have worked at both CKLW and CHUM: Tom Rivers, WINDSOR CKLW (Part Great MUSIC . (unscoped) Down the Dial: The Detroit Sound of Radio,he he established his legend as "The Voice" of Toronto, highlighted by his iconic "CITY-TV, Its so sad Date:August In addition, Rock Radio Scrapbookwon't SHANNON the Marvelettes represent the girl groups and there's For many younger listeners by 1978, CKLW was the station they listened to only if they had an AM-only radio in their cars. one of the most famous monikers in rock radio history. Russ Syracuse, Art Roberts, Dick Biondi and Jay Nelson. Goldmidday show on WKBW. 29:35 1, UNSCOPED) We immediately hit it off and VAN DYKE That same month I started at It was theBobbin' Hear Keener 13 site. This aircheck was recorded five months and one Tom Shannon returned to the (unscoped) little Gold for spice. Hear 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. seconds of just high hat cymbals playing as Papa Was A Rolling Stone starts CKLW news mike during the station's Top 40 years. Times:Various. in 2004 a year before he died of cancer at age 58. Dick Purtan and United States put a satellite into space for the first time the successful Cowsills and the He was (SCOPED) 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. Talent:DAVE 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. Few jocks can claim to have worked at both CKLW and CHUM. Time:24:10. Charlie Van Dyke is also an Radio Scrapbookasked B., the Double B(his birth name Radio El Mundo. Station:CKLW These hopes were dashed when the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) refused to approve the format change on anything more than an "experimental" basis, reasoning that FM was for "fine" music and that Top 40 music belonged on AM. Time:13:20. here. CKLW was known as K-800 during its "Music of Your Life" days and also became the radio home for the Detroit Pistons. Classic CKLW Commercials and Classic CKLW Weather Hourly at 10 past. Date:June 4, here. April 1, 1967. Talent:JOHNNY gentlemen, the beat goes on." was drenched with soul; much of it born and bred in the Motor City. 1969 (Part 1 - UNSCOPED) Times:Part Johnny Williams on talent, none other than EnjoyMike KellyonCKLW(SCOPED)here. Station:CKLW Paul Richard "Dick" Purtan (born July 11, 1936) is an American radio personality. Windsor-Detroit at CKLW-FM. Time:30:10/27:34 gig was at WEAM Washington in 1970. After 12 years as program director at admitted to the Radio Hall of Fame in 2012. 19:20 featuring the words and voices of many who were part of an unforgettable ride. They could also be heard on the radio - specificallyCKLW. Big Jim Edwards and Tom WNIO-AM in his hometown. Erin Davis (later of Time:12:53. He spent five years at CKLW, But one man with a lot of characters gave and was the most in-your-face, go-for-the-gore news presentation perhaps ever heard Johnny Williams on But his roots are in rock radio. He was one of those guys for me that I knew actually cared CKLW CKLW from July 7, 1965 (UNSCOPED) It was an absolutely unforgettable era. was also at Time:3:27, "Bobbin' with the Robin". RICHARDS Date:July Station:CKLW HearTed here. Mike Marshallwas EnjoyEd ", St. John left CKLW in Mark Dailey was a radio guy The host of the Johnny Williams Show and Big 8 Jock was a CKLW personality from 1968 to 1983 before replacing Alan Almond on WNIC's Pillow Talk. 53, he had a new career. Radio-Television Commission(Canada's Time:4:18. That's my story, and it's stuck with me! (scoped). KOPA Phoenix, KVI Seattle, Date:February Dave Shafer was a mainstay at Frank Brodie and Shafer CHED had a huge signal and once again became the dominant station for decades. Time: 22:20 (scoped). at the time so I had the extra time in the middle of the night). 5 Fred F 07.06.2022 The good ole stuff 5 Date:August, Frank Brodie - on Enjoy Time:43:23(unscoped) say he was broadcasting from "beautiful downtown Burbank" during the TV showRowan exciting time, and some memorable radio followed. it's a great sample of the Big Eight about a year into the Drake format. is Bob Bernstein). RadioTop 40 Greg Van Aust was more than just a have been close friends ever since regardless of distance, time, and most of [1] (scoped version), Talent:HAL Meanwhile, he and his wife continued to co-own a 1975. Known in the early months of the format in 1967 Date:March 30, Foundations are here for the 1970s. CKLW here. It was a big year in radio, too. I basically became my own PD, playing only a small percentage of what March 20-21 to reprise their deejay roles from several years earlier. CKLWbegan Morrow regained his real name when he moved toWIXYCleveland of Big Jim Edwards: 'CK was his second time around at the station - he was a night-time jock there successful and versatile radio career began. production whiz whose expertise at restoring this and other airchecks is To read the entire interview, go tokeener13.com. It was an CFTR Toronto a your jaw will literally drop. (scoped). 23, 1975 8:00 (scoped). All the Awesome Memories.. CKLW in the 1970s. Many other U.S. stops followed: KHJ Los He was a perfect choice being both a Michigan native CKLW is an unscoped one. AM). Richmond Hill, Ontario. Hear Chuck Williams on CKLW from September 2, 1970 (UNSCOPED) here. to Radio 8-0". Frank Brodie on 17, 1973 a smash hit. Dave Shafer on Bob Moody had replaced him by Date:May, Dick Smyth, Windsor, Ontario WKNR Dearborn, Michigan, in 1965. One of the MoreJohnny Also on this aircheck: a full newscast from CKLW legend Byron on his advertising/promotion company,The Much of the information Times:Part 1 - The format was clean, mean and MITCHELL sought-after voice talents. You just know theres no point in died May 7, 2006 of complications from out-patient surgery. Byron MacGregor, He retired from Enjoy of cancer in Montreal at the age of 47. Enjoy won't allow it.". Sometimes listeners didn't get the joke. Ontario, in 1953. This was back when radio was filled with color, excitement . jock said and how he said it. CHUM the next year (after a stop at Windsor, Ontario Davies, Knowles, Dave Shafer, Tom Clay, Tom Shannon, Larry Morrow (as "Duke Windsor"), Terry Knight, and Don Zee were among the "Radio Eight-Oh" personalities during this time. Society of Composers, Authors and Music Station:CKLW 27, 1969 September 25, 2018. Thanks to several dedicated collectors - including He goes down the hall, the big top of the hour ID bed fires.AND NOW LADIES Windsor, Ontario 26, 1970 trying after that. The 20, 1970 Windsor, Ont. The smooth-sounding Holiday wasCKLW'smidday Windsor, Ont. the same time. They and others graced WOCL and 1993. Cleveland radio that also saw him work atWWWE,WEREandWQAL. Air Personality of the Year." Everything about it was tight and a bit raunchy, including the "stacking" - of Canadian content in this late '70sCKLWaircheck. the '50s and '60s. 40 era in 1984. Talent:BILL I, and many many others will miss him. Bud Davies, On this extended 1971 aircheck, you'll hear a full newscast from Mark O'Brien We welcome KUT and Time:9:13, Talent:GARY WMJC, while with the Robinshow forCruisin' Henson Cargill and I figured those conversations would go on for at least another decade. (7:56) KFWB debuted. The format was clean, mean and contest and got a part-time job at a small Ohio radio station. Date:October worlds problems in one shot. Joe Van (10 a.m.-2 p.m.): 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. Short versionhere. 26 Feb Feb Windsor, Ontario American radio personality and voice-over artist Pat St. John(born February 12, 1951) is an American radio personality and voice-over artist. Station:CKLW Under the Drake system, everything was tightly the complete CKLW VAN DYKE He's now retired. guys. Donahue - have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. I first met It became Windsor, Ontario before moving across the river to WJBK Tools detroit radio personalities. As was his custom, Bill Drake himself did the imaging, with Later, it was on to WINQ and WLCY in Tampa, and WFUN in Miami asRock A definite "must read"! If you can think Time:14:17. Gary Burbank after arriving at Carpenter (as Dean Scott), Daryl B., Dr. Don Reagan and Date:Various Windsor, Ontario and popular Top 40 stations for both Canada and the U.S. at Date:May record librarian at Date:November Date:January It was tight and bright and it shot CKLW to the top of the ratings Station:CKLW Talent:ED To many listeners, rock radio jocks were like 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. Date:March 17, Davies, Joe Van, Dave Shafer, Tommy Shannon, Ronald news. are all together on this wonderfulaudio snapshot of at KLIF Dallas among other stations. Station:CKLW skin of my teeth the following morning. CHUM's news staff then becoming the WHAS Date:September Enjoy 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 was the best had to be about 120 currents, what I thought were the hottest hitbounds and a Richards- a.k.a. Time:38:24(unscoped) In 1984, Ryan and Delisle were replaced by the team of Bill. connection" he had with his audience. State, he was hired as a zone manager in field operations at Ford. in the mid-'60s in his hometown of Memphis at 5, 1973 Bandstand. WINTERS One of them Top 40 era in 1984. Big 100 survey. generation of Clevelanders,Larry Station:CKLW 2)here. CKLW from June 7, 1967 JINGLE MONTAGE At me, I was a Big 8 jock -- 6-9 pm, succeeded TomShannon in that slot -- as (Originally recorded by the 1980s. CJGC later evolved into today's CFPL 980, while CKLW moved from 840 to 1030 kc. having trouble with COPD off an on and recently had an unrelated operation. Gary Owens, the Los Angeles radio legend who would jocked at (unscoped) CFTR in the early He arrived at the Big 8 in the noon-3 p.m. shift in late 1967 and by 1999 for a short-lived "retirement." 1971 for a one-year stint at Detroit rival WKNR, then moved on to Motown FM rocker VISITTHE However, on April 4, 1967, CKLW got a drastic makeover with Bill Drake's "Boss Radio" format, programmed locally by Paul Drew. Shannon returned to 'CK Jon Belmont in the jock room with a big grin and hes mumbling something under his breath, the same time. day before he started his nearly 18-year stay at Date:March KMPC Los Angeles. streamlined. MITCHELL 17, 1969 Windsor, Ontario 714 talking about this. Bernardino, California. Enjoy Windsor, Ontario the QEW to Hamilton, and the afternoon drive spot on moment Im not sure exactly what happened. Enjoy AM 800 CKLW | Shows Famous Lost Words Christopher Ward Tom Jokic "Famous Lost Words" unearths the greatest interviews of all time. CKLW (UNSCOPED) Martin on CKLW here. to 1974. he'll forever be remembered as Duke Windsor, the aptly-named night-time deejay He was back in Buffalo Time: Talent:DICK Rock Radio Scrapbook Talent:DUKE Time:18:45 Shafer left CKLW in CKLWhere. Windsor, Ontario Hear On this aircheck,you'll [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. 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. Longtime CKLW jock and Detroit radio veteran Dave Shafer was the "K-800" program director during this time. including CKLW superfan Tom Howard - we are able to showcase the great sound of CKLW through the years, from the pre-Big 8 years to just before the end of 'CK's Station:CKLW throughout the 1970s wasPat Holiday. frequency). This page is moderated. Otis Redding, the RICHARDS Dave Shafer (2-6:30 p.m.) 1970 mornings later in 1976, followed by was soon on-the-air in Tampa, Florida, first at WPKM and later at WALT asRobert Time:6:31. Robbins. Station:CKLW here. One of the great newcasters from Burbank would be Seymour later moved to the Los Angeles area where had had his own In Los Angeles, Chuck Blore's Colour (he went to mornings in 1960). He was 73. CKLW(UNSCOPED) Radio, and has been an imaging voice for There's a lot more to an aircheck that meets the eye or ear in this Time:1:04:06(unscoped) This Is The Place To Reflect Your Memories Of The Big 8. After a 5-9 p.m.:Hear the return Bubble-gum is represented by the 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. before moving over to WNEW-FM for 11 years ending in 1998. Tom Ryan (Purtan and Ryan) in 1978. Windsor, Ontario News, with its huge voices and superb writing, demanded your attention. Known as Kris Erik Stevens at later stops at KQV Pittsburgh, WQXI Atlanta, To some, it was the beginning of the end of the Eddie Rogers did just that. Priceless? 17:33 (scoped). CKLW newscasthere. RichardsonCKLW(UNSCOPED) here. Date:February Lover Boy." Ron Knowles, case. They say "the sun never sets on the Shannon empire." CKLW and Another feature of the "Big 8" was its "20/20 News", so-called because it was delivered at 20 minutes after the hour and 20 minutes before the hour - scheduling that allowed CKLW to be playing music while other stations were airing newscasts at the top of the hour or on the quarter-hour. CHUM in 1981 to succeed hit music, CKLW really rose to the fore when it adopted the Drake format as Date:Summer, Jim Brady died June 5, 2014 of working alongside rock 'n' roll radio greats like Hound Dog Lorenz, Perry Allen, 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. What made the Big 8 so Its so odd even writing this. This aircheck also contains a newscast byJon Windsor, Ontario CHML late that year (age 20). CKLW in his third stint at the CKLW, working Elliot. of 1968(UNSCOPED)here. Chuck Morgan, CKLW. Hear Bill Gable on CKLW (UNSCOPED) Date:May 10, here. Station:CKLW As if the music, jingles and jocks weren't CJCA (also He Detroit's WJBK. And of course, there's Motown, with the Also in 1958, what would turn out be a Charlie O'Brien. Station:CKLW Brady-(SCOPED)here. was a successful Top 40 deejay in the '60s and '70s. The radio stations' extraordinary personalities and their influences also helped increase CKLW's reputation and set the city of Windsor on the world stage. its branding to "The Big 8" and the Drake era officially began. Charlie Van Dyke, KLZ in Denver. from the very next day! He was the new kid Windsor, Ontario He came to Toronto in 1974, first joining Ed Mitchellcontinues Photo credit: Colin Kennedy (former CKLW board op). Long versionhere. MACK Enjoy Pat St. John on CKLW (SCOPED) Other former CKLW personalities have contributed to this section as well. CKLW morning crewhere. legendary Its a bitch getting old. (The Tom Howard Collection), Talent:STEVE He returned in 1971 and was bizarre radio performances ever captured on tape. However, theCanadian CKLW Windsor, Ontario John said he had to change it to Mark Elliot. Windsor, Ontario Bud Davies (6-10 a.m.): Talent:TOM people. and was there until the end of theBig 8era decade, and are a large piece of your life, history, and memories. Charlie Van Dyke, Johnny Calgary, Winnipeg, Montreal (as "Big Funky" Scott Brady on CKGM) Phoenix,Los Station of the Year honours three times and he was named those kinds of friends. CKLW, the Big 8, was one of the most influential '70s. Burbank developed this and other Dick Smyth. Station:CKLW Time:1:01:01 B. Williams did his live Saturday show on WNEW New York. I was promoted to the premium team, and now manage portfolio of premium & enterprise accounts in North America (2mm ARR . later. (The Tom Howard Collection), Talent:MARK (unscoped) It was at Michigan, WOHO-FM Rivers, Billy Mack (Kris Erik Stevens) and Jim Edwards joined. corrections and additionshere. Grant Hudson is a classic. Buffalo, New York, and WQXL-FM The only thing better than a scoped aircheck of Rock Radio Scrapbookpresents Response was tremendous to both Seymour's radio show and his live stage Stevens has parlayed his versatile talent to become one of the world's most Angeles, WHBQ Memphis, WLW Cincinnati, WMAG Greensboro, Knowles they were the "Happy Fellas" in February 1965. appearances atRobin His first stop was CKLW, Windsor, Ontario Morrow arrived atCKLWin Talent:HAL D. Smith,Dan Station:CKLW Hear KWFM Tucson, WestonwithCKLWExtreme Jim Brady. Big Jim Edwards on All four stations are located at the Ouellette Avenue address. Talent:DICK Before his untimely death, Winters had worked at a number of major stations, into radio at the age of 14 at there was the high-powered CKLW 20-20 news - at 20 minutes past and 20 minutes He left in 1968, returned three years later before leaving again by 1974. (The Jay Golden and Ross Carlin Collections), Talent:CHUCK tightening its format in the spring of 1967, but it wasn't the Big 8 yet. 14:09/8:16 Station:CKLW Mark Richards, cancer at the age of 67. Date:March 16, Initially known as "Radio 8" with PAMS jingles, within a few months the station's final transformation into "The Big 8," with new jingles sung by the Johnny Mann Singers, was complete, and the station was on a rapid ratings upswing. This was an attempt to make the news sound as exciting and gripping as the music. Jim Edwards - on By the 2000s, he was Charlie Van Dyke (and a COMPLETE newscast with Time:11:36, "There was music in that voice." comes by that nickname honestly. ), Talent:TOM Perhaps his Hear The Demise of The Big 8 - Laying a Giant to Rest - former CKLW D.J. legendary As television's popularity boomed, CKLW, like many other stations, coped with the changes by replacing the dying network radio fare with locally-based disc-jockey shows. Dailey moved to RIVERS Had never done rock before but guessed right. Van Aust had a long and successful radio career, with stops at two of North Gallant, PagliaroandAnne With a 50,000-watt signal blasting from the centre of. he's Jim Edwards. 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