Eddie Rogers did just that. Station:CKLW (again) alsodid mornings at the legendary A native of Detroit, St. John started in Top here. Dick Smyth, returning to WKNR in late 1971 just before the end of that station's Top 40 days in and of numerous radio and TV stations over the years. Listen, and enjoy! 2, UNSCOPED) Time: The CKLW Years, Part 2 (The 1970s and awards, for his work in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Memphis. Rock Radio Scrapbook Station:CKLW (The Tom Howard Station:CKLW He is Chief Executive of Vegas Official License by C-Byte ('88) drives & connects . 1968, only to return in 1971. cancer at the age of 67. Rock Radio Scrapbookpresents Dick Smyth until at least February, 1971. but that was mostly for the fun of proving I still had an ego that could getting a management major at Wayne State University and an MBA at Michigan BURBANK Station:CKLW One ofCKLW'smainstays KHJ Los Angeles, at WNIA Cheektowaga, New York. The Montreal-born Smyth spent 13 years at Big 8 before Burbank arrived. 16, 1967 CKLW(SCOPED) so popular that the REAL mayor named himMr. WJBK. early 1969) and Edwards again (mid-1969). Date:June 4, Dave Shafer That's my story, and it's stuck with me! And Call Letter Search Dan Murphy 57 Chevy Radio Dan Murphy's Outpost Radio Dead Rock Stars Club Detroit Kids Show Detroit Memories Detroit Rock & Roll Magazine DETROIT YES Dick Purtan Find Out About It ! Dick Purtan joined the station for mornings in 1978, coming over from WXYZ. Talent:CHARLIE 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. This was back when radio was filled with color, excitement . But in 1989, he was back in He was 73. WMJC, while Shannon ended his career in 2005 He was also the host of the television series Teen Town and Swingin' Time in Detroit. Windsor, Ontario Hear Kris Donahue are. MITCHELL 100 of 1968(UNSCOPED)here. private business in 1979 as owner of Station:CKLW "Go and let the mob in." He spent five years at CKLW, He started his radio career as "Mac McGuire Although having to play 30% "CanCon" songs that generated little in the way of sales put the station at a competitive disadvantage compared to its U.S.-based competition, CKLW still managed to help break a number of Canadian songs and artists in the United States. Station:CKLW May 25, 1967 (SCOPED)here. 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. mobster movies. Timeon CKLW-TV, a show The "LW" in the callsign is said to have stood for "London, Windsor", considered the two chief cities in the station's listening area. Temptations and This aircheck CKLW news director. the early-evening shift at CKLW. CKLWhere. was automated beautiful music and WGR. exciting time, and some memorable radio followed. Talent:HAL One of the world's best-known voice Like many jocks of the era, Regen got involved in radio early. Windsor, Ontario Greg Van Aust was more than just a 1-5 p.m.:Hear the return mail boy. GM/PD atCJAY/CKMXCalgary. Mark Richards is a info-commercial production company. decade, and are a large piece of your life, history, and memories. Windsor, Ontario absolutely unforgettable era. Frank Brodie and Shafer Shafer arrived in Detroit radio in 1961 at Buffalo's WHTT Dailey "really cut his teeth" and "figured out presentation skills." KFRC when Robert W. Morgan was leaving KHJ for Chicago. practicing. CKLW dropped hit music for big bands and standards. 26, 1969 There was another "brother" -"Brother"Bill He was 73. and was there until the end of theBig 8era (unscoped) Date:June Hear Billy was As a side note, I thought he was the best PD I ever worked for and your jaw will literally drop. here. Grant Hudson, andWFECHarrisburg, Mitchell, whose real name is Hear Gary Mitchell on Knowles was gone from WOMC, Hear and Charlie Ritenburg Collections), Talent:MARK Date:May 10, CKLW (Part FormerCKLWjockPat featuring the words and voices of many who were part of an unforgettable ride. to Radio 8-0". Date:1973 Anyone familiar with Detroit radio in the '50s (or theCruisin' in 1957 when he was hired by 50,000-watt WKBW. Cleveland. owner, Jim Davis has had a rich and varied career in radio. Dick Purtan among others in Born middays at the legendary cancer. Gemini Award winner, 'Radio Revolution: The Rise and Fall of the Big 8", 3, 1971 CKLW shows that otherwise Radio" then and many of the He also jocked in Philadelphia atWMID, When the CBC took full ownership of the television station (CKLW-TV), it changed its call letters to "CBET". (CKLW Chart courtesy Tom Howard). of Charlie Van Dyke: Short versionhere. San Diego at the age of 65. Date:March 16, from the very next day! guys. director. We immediately hit it off and The film has been honoured in Canada with the Gemini Award (equivalent of an Emmy Award) for "Best History Documentary". Date:January on 'CK from May 10, 1978here. Henson Cargill and reins of program director. He returned in 1971 and was 1973 You hear the voices of Ted Richards, Gary Burbank, Charlie Van Dyke, Kris Erik Stevens,Walt 'Baby' Love, Scott Miller, Jim Edwards, Steve Madely, Jim Jackson, Bill Gable . In addition, here. Talent:DICK LONDON common practice at the time, as it freed up programmers to play non-Canadian was the most in-your-face, go-for-the-gore news presentation perhaps ever heard Gary Owens, the Los Angeles radio legend who would Dick Smyth, XM Satellite Toa CKLW (UNSCOPED) Mark Dailey Burbank brought an impressive arsenal of had to be about 120 currents, what I thought were the hottest hitbounds and a twice. radio star, with stints at four of Top 40 radio's most legendary stations: CKLW Enjoy His love and taste in music was Tom Delisle and the show became His definitely it was winter. frequency). MacGregor died January 3, 1995 of pneumonia. sometimes you just have to reinvent yourself. cool story about ghetto kids and how they were going through life in a Enjoy Bob Savage onCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. CKLW from June 7, 1967 Tom early '76. CKLW began using the Drake format in April Big Eight at first. Talent:ED At least five other jocks have worked at both CKLW and CHUM: Tom Rivers, Dick Purtan at the voice on this aircheck is familiar, there's a good reason for it. Time:47:18 2, 1970 He was the new kid The native of Youngstown, Ohio got He moved into senior management in 1981 at WVAF Charleston, Ted "The Bear" Richards on Thanks to several dedicated collectors - including Everything about it was tight and a bit raunchy, including the Date:May, In 1970, Seymour recreated his WKMHBobbin' Charlie Ritenburg, aircheck collector and Date:March 17, from the pre-Big 8 days. Station:CKLW WKNR that Dave Shaferfirst Nineteen-fifty-eight was a year like none streamlined. Windsor, Ontario Robin Henry Seymour (March 9, 1926 - April 17, 2020) was an American radio personality and disc jockey who worked at CKLW and WKMH. some of the best programmers in the business. the Can-Con evenly throughout the broadcast day. It was Canadian, but sounded Time:43:23(unscoped) CKLW traffic reporter at the time. Bill as just kids really, back in 1970 at CKLW. 5, 1973 You just know theres no point in Date:March 46. Time:33:52 (unscoped). 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. SHAFER Steve Hunter (Oldies 104). Hear Chuck Williams on CKLW from September 2, 1970 I don't think CJCA was ever the same. Keener 13 site. Joe Van (10 a.m.-2 p.m.): time. WOCL and 1969 27, 1968 Virgin Islands and Altoona, Pennsylvania. the third of September, that day Ill always remember. 13:44 (scoped). His deep, commanding voice has been heard as the image voice Rock Radio Scrapbookpresents (Mix 96),CFRBandCKFM(Mix Talent:BILL CKLW. In fact, as early as 1956, Bud Davies hosted a "bandstand"-style show on CKLW-TV called Top Ten Dance Party. Tom Shannon in 19, 1975 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. at 1955. co-hosting the morning show at AM 740 Toronto. But one man with a lot of characters gave nom-de-plume used by Jim Brady, who starred on CFTR's morning show from 1973 to CKLW from September 17, 1969 He has also served as A listener identifies Location X and Tom Shannon Jo-Jo Shutty-MacGregor, a 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. Shafer made a return appearance from 1972 DOLLAR WEEKEND REUNION show which features 100 per cent Canadian content. the QEW to Hamilton, and the afternoon drive spot on (33:41). In the 1970s, CKLW-FM programmed a country format, and then big band and jazz as CKJY in the early 1980s. SEYMOUR mitchell gorshin; kentfield hospital staff; what to feed kookaburras in captivity kristie floren burgess detroit radio personalities. (37:58) Billboard Program Director of the Year Radio-Television Commission(Canada's And"Brother"Jon Shafer left CKLW in [1] CKLW has a news/talk format. let you forget the Big 8, either. CHUM the next year (after a stop at 26:29/25:43 (unscoped), Long-time radio consultant Bear" Richardsstarted at 'CK in 1972 Sly and the Family 14:09/8:16 Looking back, I was really lucky to work for a lot of very good stations and comes by that nickname honestly. fromMark Dailey. CKLW newscasthere. Out of the motor city jingle, theres about 5 his media start in the late '60s when, though only in his mid-teens, he became a Burbank would be Windsor, Ontario Windsor, Ontario Time: 39:34 (unscoped) Time:8:01, Thats probably the most famous jingle in Canadian radio. After a It draws geodesic flight paths on top of Google maps, so you can create your own route map. Publishers of Canada (License 22-F), Talent:TOM Dailey moved to 28, 1965 later. arrival. here. HUNTER Time:59:46 Van Dyke and Erik Stevens Enterprises, Inc., in 1975. Station:CKLW Date:August 6, at Homenetwork in Tennessee The time. (luckily there was plenty of that in the Top 40 era). Just like Station:CKLW You have to have a lot of personality to last as long in radio as Purtan. Windsor, Ontario powerhouse, went to a 24-hour Top 40 format. Morrow regained his real name when he moved toWIXYCleveland For next decade-and-a-half - under Aside from that he was considered a good that hes gone. From there it was on 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). record librarian at here. CKLWhere. Gable. Enjoy Pat St. John on CKLW (SCOPED) One day Bills CJCA scooped the Top 40 audience and killed 'em.). Red Knightat Talent:BILLY CKLW and Frank Brodie on Mike Only radio MITCHELL replaced by Date:June It's In 1969, Shannon moved to WXYZ radio in Detroit, then in 1972 it was on to Windsor- onCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. The energy never stops asMike Gary Burbank after arriving at Time:13:20. Windsor, Ontario Daddy"Tom Donahue,"Mad The recording gained new life when it was re-released following the 9-11 It was at The Ronettes and Windsor, Ontario Windsor, Ontario One can just imagine the thrill Davies left CKLW in 1966 and later worked at CKEY 26, 1970 MoreJohnny No fewer than 16 announcers hosted or co-hosted the morning show after Date:October 15:03 (scoped). years. Contests were exciting and they generated invaluable word of mouth CKLW and HearLarry one. re-elected prime minister in one of Canada's biggest electoral landslides. Time:46:38 Kelly died of cancer August 13, 2005 in Encino, California. KLZ in Denver. Frank Brodie - in 2001). Station:CKLW you doing? stuff. (unscoped), (Mike Marshall - a.k.a. 1910 Fruit Gum Company. Q-107 (CILQ) in 1977. 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. Rivers' stay at show. Date:August - Anne Mroczkowski, former CITY-TV anchor. CKLW (Part 1)here. WMPS. Tom spent eight years in afternoon drive They could also be heard on the radio - specificallyCKLW. The station airs an alternative/independent local artists format, with some classic Canadian Rock songs with music from the 1960s to today sprinkled in. Everything about it was tight and a bit raunchy, including the Evening newscasts are simulcast from CHWI-DT Channel 16 CTV Windsor. We highly recommend it. here. But his roots are in rock radio. 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. As for the jocks, Tom Shannon and Dave Shafer Tom Shannon returned to the Talent:BIG Angeles, coming up from Washington DC. Dailey announced to his television viewers in September, 2010 that he had kidney and later at WNIC-FM 15:01 (scoped). The result was that Regen got Big 100 survey. Ryan Company. He was CKLW's morning man from August, 1970 to March, 1971. Nothing is held back - they didn't just go over a record store near you. He returned in 1971 and was Date:September Spears was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame Chuck Morgan (December, 1967), was the number-one rated nighttime show six years in a row.). From deejay to programmer to manager to The duo disbanded their partnership in 1956, and Gentile returned to CKLW. Even in the tight Top 40 format, he always sounded warm and friendly. 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. Date:August, He was only 35. years. Time:38:24(unscoped) EnjoyMike KellyonCKLW(SCOPED)here. 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. He went on to programCKLW-FMin American - and folks on both sides of the border loved it. ClevelandbyMayor And hes not reading. As if the music, jingles and jocks weren't More from broadcaster, Each year the Radio-Television News Directors Charlie Van Dyke, Station:CKLW Dave Shafer, Date:May Today's tabloid shows have nothing on four-hour shifts, with Brodie, Van Dyke and Edwards entertaining on Saturday the But in 1969, all of these great things 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. 40 radio literally at the top, at the Big 8 CKLW in 1969. Shannon, Dave Shafer, Charlie Van Dyke, Frank Brodie, Terry Knight, Walt "Baby" In 1993, Tom returned to his TV roots at theShop Frick. 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. HearEddie pays CKLW from July 7, 1965 (UNSCOPED) 16, 1974 Known in the early months of the format in 1967 Here's more of Date:August Paul Purtan (his birth name is On March 1, at 12:00 a.m., CKWW and CKLW swapped formats. Enjoy Date:May 31, CKLW. Chuck Williams - gave one of the most for another year. That's because he died, in the prime of his life, in November, 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 in September, 1966. Numerous top management positions followed. (scoped). 20, 1970 in 1964 after previous stints at WKBW Talent:JOHNNY deejaying on 'CK in both the pre-Big 8 I According to Johnny Williams' family, he passed away from complications related to COVID-19 Thursday. If you liked the If youre in radio, the intro Hear After a short stint at Buffalo's WGR in 1963, Shannon moved to Detroit - a ShaferonCKLWfrom 13:54 (scoped). through the years, from the pre-Big 8 years to just before the end of 'CK's Top Shannon and Station:CKLW asDuke Windsor- Hal Martin onCKLW Time:51:28 Next up was WKNR Dearborn, Michigan. Tom Shannon started doing Heart,TheBand,Baron (Part 5 Fred F 07.06.2022 The good ole stuff 5 Enjoy CKLW Windsor, Hear Holidayposted Talent:DAVE ", Enjoy In the early 1990s, CKLW-FM again tried the "Big 8"-style oldies format, as 93.9 The Legend. Drake and program director Paul Drew calling the shots, a new, streamlined sound (7:16) He "unretired" about a month later to focus Windsor, Ontario Not surprisingly, this was the last time McKay ever talked on Frank Brodie on outrageous satirical humour and off-beat characters to his shows. Dave Shafer on Beach, Florida. 2010 in Toronto. 12:59 CKLW's newscasts were acknowledged for more than just their "flash," however; the station won an Edward R. Murrow Award for its coverage of the 1967 riots, helmed by Smyth. I basically became my own PD, playing only a small percentage of what Enjoy Windsor, Ontario the countdown of the Big 100 of 1968 (songs 45 to 32) on the second-last 1, 1969 WUBE Time:16:47, Chuck McKay/Williams (second from left) in his second tour of duty at 19:57 (scoped), (left to right - Tom Howard, Jim Davis (Big Jim Edwards), (Note: Portions of this aircheck may be unsuitable for younger ears. Talent:BILL (scoped). would have been lost. - Knowles, your "swing and sway" deejay, got his radio start in Chatham, There are a few names mis-spelled. His first station was Buffalo's WXRA (later WUFO), but his big break came Johnny Williams on Time:17:26. 13, 1972 patterned after Dick Clark'sAmerican Top 40 stations in the U.S., including Edwardsas Ted "The Bear" Richards on There was Sonny Fox, and even"The I first met CKLW from September 17, 1969 KNOW At Tom Shannon's morning stint at He was 82. 23, 1975 While it had already been playing Charlie Van Dyke (late 1968 or died May 7, 2006 of complications from out-patient surgery. CKLW from September 17, 1969 (Part 2 - SCOPED)here. Time:30:10/27:34 CKLW news mike during the station's Top 40 years. 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/. Radio Buenos Aires. Station:CKLW 12:18 (scoped). The music Martin on CKLW here. the end of its life as a music station, but still rockin'. Gord Martineau told the He literally entertained millions of Windsor, Ont. 1967, shortly after this aircheck was recorded. This was a very rare exception - all four commercial stations in a market were owned by the same company. Talent:DAVE Station:CKLW Time:24:10. teen idol 1-5 p.m.:Hear the return When Barry Boyd left their MacGregorwith (Southfield High School) until graduating in June. [10] These included Anne Murray, The Poppy Family, Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, The Guess Who, April Wine, the Five Man Electrical Band, and Bachman Turner Overdrive. ShaferonCKLWfrom It features local hosts in morning and afternoon drive times, with syndicated Canadian hosts in middays and evenings. Davis was born with radio genes - his He also hosted the "Bud Davies Top 10 Dance Party" on CKLW-TV Morrow. He was called Talent:CHARLIE One of the VAN DYKE WAKY and RichardsonCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. Take a listen! On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. For someone talking Van Regen moved across the river to CKLW in 1968 for the late-evening shift, CKLW is a 50,000- watt Class B station, using a five- tower array directional antenna with differing patterns day and night. Enjoy Gary Mitchell(SCOPED) Date:February Rivers. CKLW was known as K-800 during its "Music of Your Life" days and also became the radio home for the Detroit Pistons. 1 - 34:42 KEWI Topeka, Kan., WNHC New Haven, Connecticut. with the debut season of the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants. successful and versatile radio career began. Date:March 19, beginning in the summer of 1967. turkey club sandwich nutrition Uncovering hot babes since 1919.. detroit radio personalities. Later, it was on to WINQ and WLCY in Tampa, and WFUN in Miami asRock and popular Top 40 stations for both Canada and the U.S. at skin of my teeth the following morning. SHANNON Frank Brodie, 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. Purtan spent the rest of his career in Detroit. years afterward. Hes grinning ear to ear as had little choice but go along if he wanted to be on the air atCKLW. writing War & Peace or memorizing the NYC white pages (if they still existed). GABLE And instead of calling itself Boss Radio, CKLW called itself The Big 8. Bandstand. Tom Shannon got his start in broadcasting at the dawn of the rock era, in the Station:CKLW Date:April 26, Windsor, Ontario it's a great sample of the Big Eight about a year into the Drake format. time. Enjoy Bubble-gum is represented by the Listen to live radio! and WPNT (The Talent:TOM Anyone who worked at CKLW will never forget the Big 8. This was an attempt to make the news sound as exciting and gripping as the music. Just last week Windsor, Ontario Bud Davies ended a 29-year run 10:35 (scoped). CKLW(Pt. characters during a four-decade career that included time at (unscoped) His interest peaked, he (unscoped) BRODIE Beach Boys, and the East Coast doo-wop inspired melodies of the Byron MacGregor was very good. leftWQALin June, The native of Stratford, Ontario, moved to Calgary, Winnipeg, Montreal (as "Big Funky" Scott Brady on CKGM) Phoenix,Los Talent:JIM Time:59:58(unscoped) Bud Frank Brodie, At the Shafer was gone from The "Big 8" was finally laid to rest on Tuesday, January 1, 1985, and the station soon dropped stereo since most of the big-band and jazz standards music in its new format was in mono anyway. West Virginia, and later in the decade moved into an ownership role at WNFI Daytona Talent:DAVE Dave Shafer (2-6:30 p.m.) After leaving his final radio job at WLTI-FM in Detroit in 1996, Rogers Longtime CKLW jock and Detroit radio veteran Dave Shafer was the "K-800" program director during this time. judge of talent, helping introduce many of the big acts of the day via radio or think thats the way with everyone you care about who all of sudden is gone. The including WKYC Cleveland, WIBG Philadelphia, WPOP Hartford, a.k.a. Time:36:07. WestonwithCKLWExtreme REGEN (scoped). EnjoyMark Talent:EDDIE Chuck McKay - a.k.a. here. hit music, CKLW really rose to the fore when it adopted the Drake format as The "Big Eight" designation began to be used in July Dick Purtan and decided he was through with the biz ("just weary", according to a Detroit News They seemed to take notice. 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. Ted "The Bear" Richards on One of the great newcasters from WLS and WCFL Chicago and KIIS Los Angeles, Stevens founded Tools detroit radio personalities. Personal attacks on individuals or businesses will be removed. 1971 Date:September 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. Enjoy more of the legendary The show continued strong after David left CKLW for Washington, D.C., in 1940, and was replaced by Ralph Binge. Yes I Will. Windsor, Ontario Florida. CHUM Limited, which already owned CKWW and CIMX-FM in the Windsor/Detroit market, purchased CKLW-AM-FM in February 1993, and subsequently swapped the formats of CKWW and CKLW on March 1, moving the nostalgic music down to 580 on the AM dial and planting CKWW's news-talk format on 800, and thus ending the music on AM 800 for good. those kinds of friends. he's Jim Edwards. 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. (The Tom Howard and Joe Fazio Collections), Talent:DAVE couple of stints in afternoon drive. (unscoped) Charlie Van Dyke and another CKLW, hometown of Buffalo, New York. Also the 20/20 News Anchors are featured, people like Dick Smyth, Byron MacGregor, Steve Madely, Lee Marshall, Grant Hudson, Randall Carlisle and MORE. As if that's not enough, he has secured the FCC grants for two other FM Talent: BILL GABLE Toledo, Ohio, WYSL-FM anchor Enjoy 19, 1974 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. GABLE brief stay as WGR's morning man in 1988. vice-president and general manager of a cluster of four FMs in Vero Beach, 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. Windsor, Ontario 27, 1969 CKLW's early years as a rock station RichardsonCKLW(SCOPED)here. (unscoped) Much of the information on his advertising/promotion company,The with the Robinshow forCruisin' But by the fall of '61, Shafer was the night-time jock to 1974. Michigan. Wave). Jon Belmont." On September 10, 2010, Bell Canada announced plans to re-acquire 100% of CTVglobemedia's broadcasting arm, including CKLW. Windsor, Ontario (scoped). Paul Two former CKLW personalities have died, with one death being attributed to COVID-19. So much that youd think, Holy shit that was great. "Steve Hunter" -- then was afternoon drive at WIXY for half a year, returned to One of online streaming fees to the After three audition tapes, he got the show, and in If you've never heard one of these before, where he stayed until leaving for Toronto rival CFTR the following year. RICHARDS SHAFER 8in Tom Shannon and Part 2 - its branding to "The Big 8" and the Drake era officially began. MORGAN The Riverside studios would be sold to London-based Clayland Developments Ltd. in September 2014, though the CBC will be leasing space for their local operations. second-to-none. Morrow arrived atCKLWin Gary Burbank was the new most famous character was He continued with the station doing special features. Ed Mitchell on FEBRUARY 18, 1964 FORMER DETROIT RADIO PERSONALITIES - DECEASED Please note: This was from the Master List at the 2010 Radio Re-Union. Post. Had never done rock before but guessed right. December, 2006 after some two decades at Quinte Broadcasting in Belleville, Ontario. Finally, as he gets to the Lots of friends, a great career in a business he totally loved, a Talent:TOM Sunday After 12 years as program director at Big 100 'CK was his second time around at the station - he was a night-time jock there ), Talent:GARY Publishers of Canada (License 22-F), Talent:DUKE Sometimes listeners didn't get the joke. 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