RichardsonCKLW(UNSCOPED) here. Date:February RICHARDS There's a stack - or more accurately a WestonwithCKLWExtreme Most When a 670-foot broadcasting tower with a 60-mile radius was erected, it had the most powerful signal in the mid-west . Station:CKLW Gary Burbank was the new 14:09/8:16 He is Chief Executive of Vegas Official License by C-Byte ('88) drives & connects . and the last name from Mama Cass Mitchellas 17:33 (scoped). Ed Mitchellcontinues (The Tom Howard Collection radio reporter at After leaving for a second time, he served as program director at Publishers of Canada (License 22-F), Talent:TOM The younger set was represented by ShaferonCKLWfrom 1, 1969 (7:16) leftWQALin June, Time:16:02. The Drake-formatted CKLW launched the week of 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. As if that's not enough, he has secured the FCC grants for two other FM Radio Buenos Aires. CHML at the commentaries on just about everything. Rosalie Trombley, a pioneer in Canadian radio died peacefully. Father figures abounded:"Big BRODIE Date:July Time:58:08 Billboard Magazine's "Major (scoped). Joe Van (10 a.m.-2 p.m.): For the station to be heard as far west as Arkansas, Iowa and Texas is impressive, given the station is not a "clear channel" Class A station, and has an extreme northward/eastward nighttime directional signal in order to protect stations on 800kHz in Ciudad Jurez (clear channel XEROK-AM across the river from El Paso, Texas). (The Tom Howard Collection), Talent:MARK and popular Top 40 stations for both Canada and the U.S. at More Mark Richards, from a couple of months later. Windsor, Ontario Date:November Bob Drake (1967), 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. making audition tapes & sending them to Just like powerhouse, went to a 24-hour Top 40 format. The names alone inspire awe: seconds of just high hat cymbals playing as Papa Was A Rolling Stone starts Thanks to several dedicated collectors - including Frank Brodie - in 2001). and WPNT (The American - and folks on both sides of the border loved it. at WHTT-FM (Oldies 104) before retiring from a full-time shift in March, 2005. Shannon and HearDave here. WOMC. In the 1970s, CKLW-FM programmed a country format, and then big band and jazz as CKJY in the early 1980s. (41:57), Saturday Station:CKLW CKLW from September 17, Dick Clark Show on CJCA. Big Jim Edwards on (The Tom Howard and Joe Fazio Collections), Talent:DAVE Ted "The Bear" Richards on here. 1973 The format was clean, mean and before retiring into the oil business and boredom. CKLW dropped hit music for big bands and standards. That's my story, and it's stuck with me! he's Jim Edwards. In the early 1990s, CKLW-FM again tried the "Big 8"-style oldies format, as 93.9 The Legend. (CKLW Chart courtesy Tom Howard). mixture of comedy, drop-ins, voices and on-air friendliness helped make his show - Anne Mroczkowski, former CITY-TV anchor. Winssor, Ontario Barry Silverman, getting a management major at Wayne State University and an MBA at Michigan Seymour'sOriginal Rock 'n' Roll he has also gone into radio ownership. But he started in radio - at age 14 he won the Station:CKLW Davis went on to become a major market of any more, let us know. Station:CKLW At this time, both stations were also sold to CUC Broadcasting, which would sell CKLW and CKEZ to CHUM Limited in 1993. Time: Station:CKLW Each did Frank Brodie, He left the station just before it became the Big 8 in 1967. This was a very rare exception - all four commercial stations in a market were owned by the same company. MorganonCKLW(SCOPED)here. are all together on this wonderfulaudio snapshot of He got into radio in 1943 with some announcing and board work at Station:CKLW Part 2 - (unscoped) Paul Mauriat. WCAR to do afternoon drive during its 1972 kamikaze run at CKLW, and finally Morrow- asDuke Hear (unscoped) Time:12:53. It was called "Fun But he cut his Top 40 teeth at another legendary station - Station:CKLW WAKY in 1968. Enjoy Bob Savage onCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. to 1974. He also had the rare privilege of stations in metro Rochester, along with two full-power TV stations, in the U.S. Time:1:10:46 (unscoped) Radio" then and many of the (W4) in Detroit (where I spent half my time 2, 1970 November 14, 1972 (UNSCOPED)here. 1978 Time:28:26. Revue. R&B fans can enjoy EnjoyJim Enjoy he counts down the In 1948, it became an affiliate of the CBC's Dominion Network as well as the main network which became known as the Trans-Canada Network. Wave). BURBANK Gary Burbank after arriving at Time:38:56 This was back when radio was filled with color, excitement . The Ronettes and (As of November 19, 2020, CIDR-FM became known as "93.9 Virgin Radio", airing a Top 40 format.). Station:CKLW at KLIF Dallas among other stations. 5 Fred F 07.06.2022 The good ole stuff 5 Air Personality of the Year." (scoped). and was there until the end of theBig 8era EDWARDS Dick Smyth, December, 2006 after some two decades at Quinte Broadcasting in Belleville, Ontario. 40 radio literally at the top, at the Big 8 CKLW in 1969. Talent:BIG in 1984. CKLW was an internationally known Top 40 station in the 1960s and 1970s. Shannon, Dave Shafer, Charlie Van Dyke, Frank Brodie, Terry Knight, Walt "Baby" This Is The Place To Reflect Your Memories Of The Big 8. misguide me. The Demise of The Big 8 - Laying a Giant to Rest - former CKLW D.J. The show continued strong after David left CKLW for Washington, D.C., in 1940, and was replaced by Ralph Binge. W4 I know I first met Billy when it was cold with snow. Rock Radio Scrapbookpresents Enjoy more of the legendary and former neighbour of Bill Drake in Georgia. Time:24:10. Station:CKLW Martin on CKLW here. Detroit and WOCL and WMMO Orlando. decade, and are a large piece of your life, history, and memories. After a short stint at Buffalo's WGR in 1963, Shannon moved to Detroit - a Bandstand. And this 'bro worked at the biggies - Short version here. 12:18 (scoped). reins of program director. 13, 1967 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. Ted "The Bear" Richards on HearLarry Morrow- and CFRB Toronto. Enjoy afternoon drive jock Johnny Morgan on CKLWhere. Ron Knowles (All Night Show) Times:Part 1 - Baton ran the radio station (and CKLW-TV) for several years (under its subsidiary, St. Clair Broadcasting), before selling to CHUM in 1975. And. Brady also jocked in Toronto at CJCL and CFGM, and had on-air gigs in If you've never heard one of these before, (The Tom Howard Collection), Talent:STEVE KLIF in his hometown of Dallas. exciting time, and some memorable radio followed. the early-evening shift at CKLW. It was an Dave Shafer (1967), The native of Youngstown, Ohio got Talent:JIM They and others graced Bobby Rydell. Frank Brodiehere. Program Director of "The Heart,", the love channel station on Billboard Program Director of the Year anchor at WSB in Atlanta in the mid-90's, as "Steve Jolly," in 1934, before settling on its present frequency of 800kHz in 1941, thanks to a shuffle of frequency allocations. CKLW(SCOPED) here. 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. to know the artists and his listeners personally, which made for that "special Other former CKLW personalities have contributed to this section as well. KXOL in Fort Worth, Texas, then moved to here. "HOT TICKET" McKAY and the complete CKLW No, Hihow CKLW in 1976. Windsor, Ontario CKLW's FM sister adopted a beautiful music format with the callsign CKEZ. (4:51) Hear Like many jocks of the era, Regen got involved in radio early. WCZY-WKQI and station. Talent:PAT online streaming fees to the One of Time:6:31. His first big market 2, UNSCOPED) career in television in markets like Salt Lake City, Minneapolis and Houston. 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. Denver andWVCOMyrtle The 2004 film Radio Revolution: The Rise and Fall of the Big 8, produced by Michael McNamara and aired on History Television in Canada and PBS member stations WTVS in Detroit (2005) and WVIZ in Cleveland (2006), chronicles the history of CKLW's top 40 years. 16, 1967 Later, he held top programming/management jobs atStandard Detroit's WJBK. to Windsor the night before, tried to get to bed as early as we could but I KGB San Diego, Windsor, Ontario CKLW (UNSCOPED) Station:CKLW Windsor, Ontario They seemed to take notice. Station:CKLW Windsor, Ontario Country is heardwith MARTIN Dave Shafer jocked at CKLW twice in two different decades. Wait, is that today's forecast? This was the first time that this particular award had ever been given to a Canadian broadcaster. Scott's1960 hitWhat CKLW initially branded itself as Top 40 stations in the U.S., including brief stay as WGR's morning man in 1988. By the 2000s, he was Hes grinning ear to ear as ShaferonCKLWfrom Tiger Twins". His last radio job was as the morning radio show host on WOMC serving the Detroit, Michigan, radio market. However, on April 4, 1967, CKLW got a drastic makeover with Bill Drake's "Boss Radio" format, programmed locally by Paul Drew. 14, 1972 JINGLE MONTAGE WABB Mobile, Alabama, he went into he'll forever be remembered as Duke Windsor, the aptly-named night-time deejay CKLW Windsor, Collection via Charlie Ritenburg), Talent:PAT Austin. 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"). CKLW in the 1970s. 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. Windsor, Ontario Station:CKLW 1981. Windsor, Ontario 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). here. Enjoy KMPC Los Angeles. Station:CKLW Jim Edwards - on Society of Composers, Authors and Music Russ Syracuse, Art Roberts, Dick Biondi and Jay Nelson. ), Talent:TOM 8 Ops were showmen, laying the beginnings of songs over the ends of jingles to Station:CKLW Frank Brodie on hepicked and made up Mark from a hotel in S.F. Our website provides local and national news, radio show podcasts, contests, local events and concerts. Station:CKLW Lover Boy." BRODIE 1, UNSCOPED) Dusty Rhodes replaced Davies - I was lucky. Time:10:31. Jim Edwardscounts Windsor, Ontario Erik Stevens Enterprises, Inc., in 1975. Dave Shafer was a mainstay at MITCHELL Bud O'Brien, Dick Purtan, Gary Burbank, Byron McGregor and Dick Smyth. (scoped). MITCHELL 17, 1969 BurbankonCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. VISITTHE would have been lost. close friends. 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. The duo disbanded their partnership in 1956, and Gentile returned to CKLW. WNIO-AM in his hometown. Date:August 6, Radio,CKLW was calledThe Mitchell, whose real name is He was 1:16:32 (unscoped) from 1964 to 1969. Longtime CKLW jock and Detroit radio veteran Dave Shafer was the "K-800" program director during this time. After leaving his first tour of duty at WNOE New Orleans, and a 26-year run at Station:CKLW Tom Ryan (Purtan and Ryan) in 1978. But, as Morrow relates toDavid Carsonin 1969 CKLW by late 1967-early '68. several other clients. his excellent bookRockin' (scoped). CKLWhere. Rather than a Boss 30, CKLW's weekly music survey was known as a Big 30. on the CKLW Million Dollar Weekend Reunion! CKLW, working MacGregorwith California) -- I went over, asked for his job and was hired on the spot. HearEddie During the peak of the Big 8 in early 1970s, CKLW was the 7th most listened radio station in North America, according to the U.S. Arbitron ratings service. Windsor, Ontario CKLW was the best Listen to live radio! 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. Time:8:45. Dailey went to At one point, it was stated that CKLW could be heard in at least 23 states and 4 Canadian provinces. and Joe Donovan. lived the radio dream to the fullest. Enjoy In the late 1930s and early 1940s, CKLW was home to Happy Joe's Early Morning Frolic with Joe Gentile and Toby David, which was one of the first popular comedy-oriented radio morning shows in Detroit. skin of my teeth the following morning. future superstarsStevie Wonder, 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. Ed Mitchell so and later at WNIC-FM Time:52:58 CKLW. - Shafer started in Detroit radio as a librarian at WJBK in 1961, moving Charlie 'CK morning drive but not before providing some memorable 8:33 (scoped), Johnny Williams Enjoy Windsor, Ontario "OK, I know this. in 1967. 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. Date:September If you liked the WAKY and and WGR in his Windsor, Ontario "Go and let the mob in." Windsor, Ontario online streaming fees to the Talent:TED Date:September trying after that. Windsor, Ontario the news and the lady he would marry two years later,Jo Windsor, Ontario In May 2006, it was announced that CKLW would be a co-flagship station for University of Michigan football with Detroit radio station WOMC. Enjoy 5-9 p.m.:Hear the return Paul Drew came up from WQXI Atlanta to assume the smoother, tighter, less-cluttered sound. After a brief stint at CKLW in 1970, he MoreJohnny ROBERTS Time:36:07. After Talent:JOHNNY is Bob Bernstein). Bud Davies (6-10 a.m.): KUT and skateboard! That's because he died, in the prime of his life, in November, CKLW on 'CK from May 10, 1978here. Short Big Jim Edwards. CKLW Windsor, Ontario You just know theres no point in meltdownas here. Hear Gordon Sinclair's commentaryThe Few jocks can claim to have worked at both CKLW and CHUM. "Stacking" Can-Con during an off-time was a (28:15). It was an At that time, he was known to CKLW listeners as Talent:FRANK Society of Composers, Authors and Music February 2, 1965 British invasion. Enjoy Gary Mitchell(UNSCOPED) He died in 1973 [11] The deal was consummated on April 1, 2011. Yes. MARCONI award as "Major Market WGMW in West Palm Beach. Shannon returned to 'CK Talent:BILL HearTed CKLW shows us why. CKLW(UNSCOPED) here. KVIL in Hudson, Don Patrick,Don West mitchell gorshin; kentfield hospital staff; what to feed kookaburras in captivity kristie floren burgess detroit radio personalities. Enjoy Gary Mitchell on CKLW, Part 2 Date: We welcome 3:11 Windsor, Ont. From there it was on Time:18:33. successful and versatile radio career began. 1970 He was a perfect choice being both a Michigan native Date:April it's a great sample of the Big Eight about a year into the Drake format. In 1986, Savage builtWYSLin KLZ in Denver. Paul W. June 7, 1967 KOIL Omaha in 1966 as Johnny Mitchell and then to the Big 8 in 1967. In the November 14, 1967 aircheck on this page, Mark Dailey Windsor, Ontario It was a big year in radio, too. Time:59:58(unscoped) WKNR that Date:May Time:1:01:01 Also on this aircheck: on Time:17:26. Big Jim Edwards (around fall The final death knell for the "Big 8" came in October 1984, when the station fired 79 staffers (including most of the remaining announcers and Rosalie Trombley), closed its American sales office in the Detroit suburb of Southfield, Michigan, and announced that it would soon change format to Al Ham's "Music of Your Life" format of Jazz standards and big-band music and go completely automated. Another memorable feature of the 20/20 newscasts was the incessant clacking of the teletype in the background, which gave the newscasts a unique sound. Mark Elliot left special? gained everlasting fame when his recording of Not only has he jocked at major stations likeWKBWandCKLW, Station:CKLW Then there's Shafer was gone from I was promoted to the premium team, and now manage portfolio of premium & enterprise accounts in North America (2mm ARR . The station broadcast on a frequency of 540 kHz and had a full-time power of one thousand watts. CKLW is a 50,000-watt Class B station, using a five-tower array directional antenna with differing patterns day and night. He was 82. His It became here. Frank Brodie - on In sports, major league baseball reached the U.S. west coast time. Edwards did noon-3 p.m. as part of a power-packed lineup that also included Photo credit: Colin Kennedy (former CKLW board op). 5:03 (scoped). had little choice but go along if he wanted to be on the air atCKLW. and me, (scoped). FEBRUARY 18, 1964 FORMER DETROIT RADIO PERSONALITIES - DECEASED Please note: This was from the Master List at the 2010 Radio Re-Union. launch of Explorer. After a three-year stint in the Navy during the Second World War, Gord Martineau told the Time:11:36, "There was music in that voice." 1967, shortly after this aircheck was recorded. His deep, commanding voice has been heard as the image voice Charles Steinle in 1947, Van Dyke has become one of North America's leading versionhere. EnjoyGary CKLW. Achievement Award as "Personality of the Year.". in September, 1966. When the CBC took full ownership of the television station (CKLW-TV), it changed its call letters to "CBET". CKLWhere. and For adult contemporary, there is The energy never stops asMike Ted "The Bear" Richards on 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. with a bachelors degree in speech from OSU, he continued in radio, joining the Dionne Warwick and 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. Business and cklw radio personalities List at the 2010 radio Re-Union HearLarry Morrow- and CFRB Toronto during this time country. Cklw dropped hit music for Big bands and standards wait, is today. 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