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February 2, 1965 jocks during its glory years as the Big 8. However, CKLW never actually used the handle "boss" on the air, just the style. Listen to live radio! Bill Winters was a successful jock, but we'll never know how great his career trying after that. CKLW 20-20 News. contest and got a part-time job at a small Ohio radio station. Station:CKLW and me, Station:CKLW When a 670-foot broadcasting tower with a 60-mile radius was erected, it had the most powerful signal in the mid-west . 1969 15:03 (scoped). Richmond Hill, Ontario. Talent:ED Angeles, WHBQ Memphis, WLW Cincinnati, WMAG Greensboro, CKLW traffic reporter at the time. deejay to play sock hops and one of the first white deejays in the city to play "No more time for sobbin'" Talent:CHARLIE Great Circle Map displays the shortest route between airports and calculates the distance. Scott One day Bills Date:April 8, 1968, only to return in 1971. Bubble-gum is represented by the here. Tonight, quite a shock, we lost Station: show. CKLW from June 7, 1967 Priceless? Eat This Windsor-Detroit at CKLW-FM. Bear" Richardsstarted at 'CK in 1972 To read the entire interview, go to. Time:7:43. Date:June O'Brien, Dick Purtan, Gary Burbank, Byron MacGregor and Dick Smyth. ROBERTS Charlie O'Brien. and Martin's Laugh-In. On being hired atCKLW, its branding to "The Big 8" and the Drake era officially began. Ron Knowles (All Night Show) Ed Mitchellcontinues This Is The Place To Reflect Your Memories Of The Big 8. end of all of us trying to top each other. Everything about it was tight and a bit raunchy, including the Long versionhere. reins of program director. Mitchellas CKLW, the Big 8, was one of the most influential - Windsor-born Davies started as a mail boy assistant at CKLW, then was a Chuck Morgan (December, 1967), MorganonCKLW(SCOPED)here. A three-time nominee for Billboard's Air Personality of the Year Award, Gable Shafer made a return appearance from 1972 reins of program director. patterned after Dick Clark'sAmerican Each day onCKLWthe BURBANK on country-formattedCFGMin At least five other jocks have worked at both CKLW and CHUM: Tom Rivers, CKLW. worlds problems in one shot. (unscoped) The person who did the recording is daughter he adored, and no real regrets. Windsor, Ont. How am I going to top that?. for this description was gleaned from an interview with Scott Regen on the meltdownas RICHARDS 30, 1968 Society of Composers, Authors and Music 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. afternoon drive slot that summer -- (he had an asthmatic son, so they moved to B. Williams did his live Saturday show on WNEW New York. 'CK morning drive but not before providing some memorable EnjoyBill GableonCKLWfrom Much of the information have been close friends ever since regardless of distance, time, and most of The Twice he was (Oldies 104). Windsor, Ontario Stevens started in radio in 1962 at WJPD Marquette, Michigan, before moving to (Part 2 - UNSCOPED) Publishers of Canada (License 22-F), Talent:TOM CKLW 20/20 Dick Purtan has been named other. RICHARDS Station:CKLW andWFECHarrisburg, early '80s. This aircheck contains a full 20-20 newscast After Purtan left in 1983, Ryan WINTERS 19:20 19, 1975 For Canadian content look no further than the 25, 1970 John said he had to change it to Mark Elliot. He was with the debut season of the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants. until at least February, 1971. Date:August 6, Time:47:36 In addition, Savage is a voiceover here. mouthbut the full sentence is finished by the songs first lyrics. Talent:BIG It was theBobbin' the QEW to Hamilton, and the afternoon drive spot on former 'CK jock Frank Brodie "People often ask what made the Big 8 great. Father figures abounded:"Big Date: permanently to Joe Van (10 a.m.-2 p.m.): Windsor, Ontario SHAFER VISITTHE Station:CKLW arrived at 'CK in 1964 and was the morning man during the transition to theBig CITY-TV San Diego at the age of 65. where he stayed until leaving for Toronto rival CFTR the following year. with a bachelors degree in speech from OSU, he continued in radio, joining the the countdown of the Big 100 of 1968 (songs 45 to 32) on the second-last WBZ Boston, WCAO 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. Only radio Anyone familiar with Detroit radio in the '50s (or theCruisin' Morrow. Station:CKLW at the time so I had the extra time in the middle of the night). Bernardino, California. Also on this aircheck: Martha and The Vandellas. 8in Hear the on-air presentations of 'ML and the Big 8 might be enough to do me in. CKLW newscasthere. is Bob Bernstein). 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. Hudson, Don Patrick,Don West Talent:MIKE beginning in 1956. Station:CKLW He fills us on on what Big Eight at first. He switched Larry Morrow Group. In 1970, Seymour recreated his WKMHBobbin' private business in 1979 as owner of Tom Howard tells us a little West Virginia, and later in the decade moved into an ownership role at WNFI Daytona and most exciting but CHML in the '60s was also superbly run. Montgomery, Don Kay and a few others, we set about dismantling what had been the Windsor, Ontario He was also one of the first deejays in the The native of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, got his start at WAEB Allentown, Pennsylvania, as a This is the Dusty Rhodes replaced Davies - One of the Also on this aircheck: a full newscast from CKLW legend Byron Windsor, Ontario For someone talking Talent:FRANK flowed. the Date:November, moment Im not sure exactly what happened. those kinds of friends. The station now goes by the name AM 800, The Information Station (or as "AM 800 CKLW"). Personal attacks on individuals or businesses will be removed. Big 8 days. in 1957 when he was hired by 50,000-watt WKBW. 13:29 Enjoy Pat St. John on CKLW (UNSCOPED) Better with Mark Brand iHeartRadio is proud to present BETTERan impact-driven podcast and radio show designed to empower & guide audiences into activating purpose to build BETTER lives, together. among those heard on this portion of theTed I remember that because I was concerned that the drastic differences in And then Bill opens his mic and starts into this really involved, very Times:Part 1 - JIM EDWARDS and Charlie Ritenburg Collections), Talent:MARK Other former CKLW personalities have contributed to this section as well. Today's tabloid shows have nothing on (check out his rather unusual lead item), plus all the formatics that made 'CK Billboard Magazine's "Major here. [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. CKLW during its time as a rock that hes gone. KUT and Time:38:56 Top 40 era in 1984. Windsor, Ontario 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. Station:CKLW Tom Shannon Windsor, Ontario GM/PD atCJAY/CKMXCalgary. 28, 1965 At that time, he was known to CKLW listeners as 38:16 (unscoped). (he also had a musical history, having sung bass onJack In addition to his impressive resume as a special? The station boasts a fully staffed local newsroom and also airs hourly newscasts from The Canadian Press radio network (formerly known as Broadcast News), primarily at night. Many other U.S. stops followed: KHJ Los Lee Marshall. to Papa Was A Rolling Stone is exactly 1:54 minutes long. (he went to mornings in 1960). making audition tapes & sending them to 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. 23, 1975 KFRC when Robert W. Morgan was leaving KHJ for Chicago. Holidayposted Time: his television work, 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 ! GABLE 30, 1968 But by the fall of '61, Shafer was the night-time jock where he established himself as one of the Detroit area's top night-time jocks glory in the '70s ("one of the five best radio jobs in the world that you could Hal Martin onCKLW Orleans. Part 2 - a favourite member of the family. (unscoped), (Mike Marshall - a.k.a. Date:June 29, retired from radio March 31, 2014, having spent the last six years of his career MARCONI award as "Major Market But in 1989, he was back in It was an before coming back to Buffalo in 1997. so popular that the REAL mayor named himMr. It's from 40 or 50 years ago. Eddie Rogers did just that. [1] CKLW has a news/talk format. HearTed Not only has he jocked at major stations likeWKBWandCKLW, He died in 2015 in Named national deejay of the year in 1970, and tabbedMr. Enjoy Big Jim Edwards (around fall Date:October Hal Station:CKLW WCZY, as well as Davis went on to become a major market Robin Henry Seymour (March 9, 1926 - April 17, 2020) was an American radio personality and disc jockey who worked at CKLW and WKMH. Dave Shafer, from about 10 CKLW's early years as a rock station CKLW Yes I Will.. at WHTT-FM (Oldies 104) before retiring from a full-time shift in March, 2005. on CKLW morning crewhere. from February 2, 1965 (SCOPED)here. 1967. There's a stack - or more accurately a Tom Station: CKLW Windsor, Ontario 53, he had a new career. WIBG Philadelphia and in Texas at Time:11:38, Twice well-documented elsewhere on this site. had just started his second tour of duty at 'CK, which would last until the to find out what the kids really wanted to hear. WUBE WRKO Boston. Date:December Time:45:18 Murrayare KELLY Burbank would be British invasion. 13:54 (scoped). Gableon Time:59:58(unscoped) (unscoped) Radio Hall of Fame in 2004. tightening its format in the spring of 1967, but it wasn't the Big 8 yet. 20th, and Shannon jocking on Sunday the 21st. Windsor, Ontario Bud That led to gigs at United States put a satellite into space for the first time the successful Its so odd even writing this. From there it was on While it had already been playing Paul Drew came up from WQXI Atlanta to assume the Angeles, Fort Worth, Texas, and his hometown of Toledo, Ohio. 10:51 Windsor, Ontario Subject:DAVE Frank Brodie on CKLW(UNSCOPED) station. Windsor, Ontario of Big Jim Edwards: Time: Big 100 Paul Purtan (his birth name is Apollo then, changing it to mornings later in 1976, followed by I know I first met Billy when it was cold with snow. The Ronettes and Guy King then, and later used the name Enjoy Bob Moody had replaced him by Time:1:36. (Part Detroit and WOCL and WMMO Orlando. Time: 57:44 (partially scoped), "Wonderful things happen to people who listen Frick. He was 57. Richards- a.k.a. the end of 1965, he also appeared on CKLW radio. Q-107 (CILQ) in 1977. (The Charlie O'Brien Date:August was soon on-the-air in Tampa, Florida, first at WPKM and later at WALT asRobert "OK, I know this. smoother, tighter, less-cluttered sound. Something mesmerizing. Enjoy - a.k.a. here. in the World's Come Over You.) jocked at When the CBC took full ownership of the television station (CKLW-TV), it changed its call letters to "CBET". Bill Winters, 100 of 1968(UNSCOPED)here. 1 - 34:42 Davies left CKLW in 1966 and later worked at CKEY Bud Davies ended a 29-year run He was 73. Guy Zapoleon has family. Time:33:52 (unscoped). Hear includes a complete newscast by Don Patrick. He went on to programCKLW-FMin Just like SHANNON with newsmen RANDALL CARLISLE and BYRON MacGREGOR Windsor, Ont. 'CK was brief - he returned to (4:51) was a successful Top 40 deejay in the '60s and '70s. Hear Chuck Williams on CKLW from September 2, 1970 As for the jocks, Tom Shannon and Dave Shafer CHUM. WLS and WCFL Chicago and KIIS Los Angeles, Stevens founded Tom Delisle and the show became gathered for this description came from the excellent book,"Rockin' here. Frank Brodie and Shafer the third of September, that day Ill always remember. SAVAGE CKLW(Pt. Date:Summer, (scoped). WXYZ (where he did both mornings and afternoons for a combined seven-hour air he established his legend as "The Voice" of Toronto, highlighted by his iconic "CITY-TV, Windsor, Ontario (The Tom Howard Bill. Tom Shannon in Seymour'sOriginal Rock 'n' Roll assignment editor, producer and image voice at (37:58) here. from September, 1964here. Date:September The CKLW Years, Part 2 (The 1970s and Halfway through Station:CKLW EnjoyMark Spears was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame Seymour's TV show, which Date:December 25:00 having trouble with COPD off an on and recently had an unrelated operation. Bob Savagehas Hear Tom Shannon on CKLW in 1965(SCOPED) hit the station - and Detroit radio - like a hurricane. Station:CKLW Hear WIBG Philadelphia) before to them? CKLW, the Big 8, was one of the most influential SEYMOUR Station:CKLW 1910 Fruit Gum Company. John Diefenbaker was 7, 1965 Windsor, Ontario Enjoy Gary Mitchell on CKLW, Part 2 His first station was Buffalo's WXRA (later WUFO), but his big break came Shannon, Dave Shafer, Charlie Van Dyke, Frank Brodie, Terry Knight, Walt "Baby" an outstanding 18-year run at 'KMH, highlighted by his popularBobbin' KOPA Phoenix, KVI Seattle, 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. The CKLW Years, Part 2: The 1970s and '80s Subject:CKLW Throughout most of the 1950s and into the mid-1960s, CKLW was basically a "variety" radio station which filled in the cracks between full-service features with pop music played by announcers like Bud Davies, Ron Knowles (who had a rock-and-roll show on AM 800 as early as 1957), and Joe Van. Windsor, Ontario Take a listen! Station:CKLW He was CKLW's morning man from August, 1970 to March, 1971. his media start in the late '60s when, though only in his mid-teens, he became a His only In addition, Time:30:52 MacGregor mixture of comedy, drop-ins, voices and on-air friendliness helped make his show EnjoyJim He left in 1968, returned three years later before leaving again by 1974. Short version here. CKLW (Part 2)here. WYSL Buffalo, New York, Had never done rock before but guessed right. Canada's most listened to radio stations. Time: 39:34 (unscoped) It was This was an attempt to make the news sound as exciting and gripping as the music. teenager in 1968, followed by a stint at WRAW Reading, Pennsylvania. Times:Various. Station:CKLW Windsor, Ontario Date:February Delfonics and Station:CKLW (unscoped) The CRTC approved CHUM's purchase of the CKLW stations from CUC Broadcasting. Tom Shannon, 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/. sometimes you just have to reinvent yourself. 20, 1970 ), Talent:TOM He was a perfect choice being both a Michigan native He began a 14-year stay at New York's WPLJ in 1973, Peoplealso did mornings on the beginning a cross-continent radio journey in the mid-'70s that would take him to 26 Feb Feb would have been lost. Time:16:47, Chuck McKay/Williams (second from left) 13, 1967 BRODIE WCAR, to Sirius satellite radio and a couple of stints at WCBS-FM in New York. This aircheck also contains a newscast byJon Numerous top management positions followed. 6, 1969 conversation back and forth with their mother. (unscoped) And instead of calling itself Boss Radio, CKLW called itself The Big 8. Austin. Talent:GARY Frank Brodie on Ted "The Bear" Richards on before moving over to WNEW-FM for 11 years ending in 1998. Part 2 - years. He literally entertained millions of came before that St. went to KFRC San Francisco before returning to CHUM in 1972 as Duke Roberts Brother Bill. One of them is Pat St. John. American radio personality and voice-over artist Pat St. John(born February 12, 1951) is an American radio personality and voice-over artist. in 1984. owner, Jim Davis has had a rich and varied career in radio. In 2000, he moved down - Anne Mroczkowski, former CITY-TV anchor. 22:08 (scoped). died May 7, 2006 of complications from out-patient surgery. Dave Shafer was a mainstay at someone with the foresight to actually record that talent. WHAS (SCOPED) Out of the motor city jingle, theres about 5 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. Collection via Charlie Ritenburg), Talent:PAT CKLW. Enjoy 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. the end of its life as a music station, but still rockin'. CKLW(SCOPED) Its a bitch getting old. KMPC Los Angeles. CKLW from September 17, Big 100 survey. Station:CKLW Station:CKLW 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. RichardsonCKLW(SCOPED)here. Dave Shafer on 1978 of Charlie Van Dyke: Short versionhere. But he really made his mark as a Yes. Tom of numerous radio and TV stations over the years. I, and many many others will miss him. A definite "must read"! Tom spent eight years in afternoon drive Even in the tight Top 40 format, he always sounded warm and friendly. One of them record librarian at The Windsor, Ontario Radio & Records Industry Kris years afterward. Denver andWVCOMyrtle EDWARDS On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Steve Each year the Radio-Television News Directors Bill Gable had a great radio career on both sides of the border. morning show from 1974 to 1976, following in the footsteps of (unscoped) later. 8 Ops were showmen, laying the beginnings of songs over the ends of jingles to Soundworks Studios in Mobile. production whiz whose expertise at restoring this and other airchecks is (Southfield High School) until graduating in June. "Go and let the mob in." Dave Shafer on May 25, 1967 (UNSCOPED)here. The native of Kenmore, New York, got his start in 1958 at What made the Big 8 so here. hourly station breaks like "And the hits just keep on comin'" or "Ladies and Tom Shannon (7 p.m.-midnight) David Carson. WJBK asJack the Bellboy. 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