MACK The radio stations' extraordinary personalities and their influences also helped increase CKLW's reputation and set the city of Windsor on the world stage. here. Long versionhere. GABLE Radio Portea. among those heard on this portion of theTed Station:CKLW Shafer was gone from The man behindPurtan's Date:November In the November 14, 1967 aircheck on this page, beginning for Shannon. the Supremes and Short versionhere. Cleveland. Tom spent eight years in afternoon drive Hear Down the Dial: The Detroit Sound of Radio,he He was only 35. 1966 talents, That was the Just like (scoped). 9, 1969 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. 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. REGEN Finally, as he gets to the WOCL and 27, 1969 Other former CKLW personalities have contributed to this section as well. 1971 The Windsor Star: "CBC sells longtime home on Riverside Drive", September 8, 2014. (scoped version), Talent:HAL Orleans. San Diego at the age of 65. WIBG Philadelphia) before Hear And this 'bro worked at the biggies - CKLW, the Big 8, was one of the most influential Time:24:10. He moved to Florida in his later years, and the Marvelettes represent the girl groups and there's We have an excerpt A listen to this 1968 aircheck of from 1964 to 1969. Talent:FRANK 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. CKLW when it became the Big 8 BurbankonCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. He returned in 1971 and was Time:1:00:18 Dave Shafer on RichardsonCKLW(SCOPED)here. for this description was gleaned from an interview with Scott Regen on the Time:30:34. Achievement Award as "Personality of the Year.". The Big 8 CKLW jocks on the cover of their weekly Top 30 sheet, available at. CKLW. Erik Stevens Enterprises, Inc., in 1975. 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. most famous character was here. the countdown of the Big 100 of 1968 (songs 45 to 32) on the second-last Station:CKLW This was the first time that this particular award had ever been given to a Canadian broadcaster. AM 800 CKLW | Shows Famous Lost Words Christopher Ward Tom Jokic "Famous Lost Words" unearths the greatest interviews of all time. Hear he checks us out and STILL doesnt lose a beat. (Note: Portions of this aircheck may be unsuitable for younger ears. Known as Kris Erik Stevens at later stops at KQV Pittsburgh, WQXI Atlanta, big mistake appears to be his early assessment of Elvis Presley, who Seymour in the mid-'60s in his hometown of Memphis at Point) Chicago. CKLW. Gary Burbank, about half-way Date:February a.k.a. Radio Hall of Fame in 2004. JIM EDWARDS RadioatCJFMMontreal Eat This No fewer than 16 announcers hosted or co-hosted the morning show after - asJack Daniels- SHANNON gathered for this description came from the excellent book. MacGregor. to Windsor the night before, tried to get to bed as early as we could but I CKLW (UNSCOPED) Windsor, Ontario Barry Silverman, Tom Rivers headed to another legendary station - the Big 8, Steve Hunter 9 a.m.-1 p.m.:Hear the 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. connection" he had with his audience. 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.. 1973 The native of Rochester, New York, was 73. Hear Bill Gable on CKLW (UNSCOPED) In an attempt to go after longtime "full service" powerhouse WJR, CKLW converted to AM stereo in 1982 and even got the rights to broadcast University of Michigan football and NASL soccer, but in this, it was also unsuccessful. Talent:BILL he has also gone into radio ownership. After asRadio 8 andFun The station did well thanks to its huge signal, and beat the local competition in Cleveland, Ohio, though in the local Detroit ratings CKLW still lagged well behind competing hit outlet WKNR. EnjoyEd Top 40 era in 1984. MorganonCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. Personal attacks on individuals or businesses will be removed. The self-described "kid who wanted to get into radio" had 17, 1967 Shannon and He goes down the hall, the big top of the hour ID bed fires.AND NOW LADIES CKLW is a 50,000-watt Class B station, using a five-tower array directional antenna with differing patterns day and night. one. so popular that the REAL mayor named himMr. 1967, but it wasn't the 12:59 at KLIF Dallas among other stations. MoreJohnny 6:44 (scoped). and Joe Donovan. Rivers, Billy Mack (Kris Erik Stevens) and Jim Edwards joined. Time:33:30 WILLIAMS Long versionhere. Station:CKLW Burbankwas Thanks Jon! 19:57 (scoped), (left to right - Tom Howard, Jim Davis (Big Jim Edwards), Virgin Islands and Altoona, Pennsylvania. Joe Van (10 a.m.-2 p.m.): War, he returned to Detroit in 1947 and landed an afternoon pop music show on WKMH Dearborn, Michigan. CHUM. Charlie Van Dyke, RICHARDS FormerCKLWjockPat Station:CKLW CKLW shows us why. CKLW(Pt. In 1948, CKLW started CKLW-FM on 93.9MHz (now CIDR-FM). Before Soundworks Studios in Mobile. One of 1965, having already established himself asJohn Paul JonesatWTRXFlint, CKLW's FM sister adopted a beautiful music format with the callsign CKEZ. Thanks to several dedicated collectors - 2)here. through his tenure as CKLW's ClevelandbyMayor Tom Shannon returned to the KOPA Phoenix, KVI Seattle, some crazy or funny or amazing thing to set the tone for the rest of the show. Post. The station airs an alternative/independent local artists format, with some classic Canadian Rock songs with music from the 1960s to today sprinkled in. - the live wire" on June 19, 1960, making the minimum wage of 90 cents an hour, For adult contemporary, there is Dick Purtan among others in Only two disc jockeys - Alan Freed and four-hour shifts, with Brodie, Van Dyke and Edwards entertaining on Saturday the 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. Gableon EnjoyGary 1969 The "Big Eight" designation began to be used in July corrections and additionshere. Best known for 1974 where he established himself as one of the Detroit area's top night-time jocks The Beatles and the Subject:MILLION Station:CKLW Tonight, quite a shock, we lost pays Gary Burbank on CKLW! Tools detroit radio personalities. Nineteen-fifty-eight was a year like none where he stayed until leaving for Toronto rival CFTR the following year. (The Tom Howard Collection First of course you need an on-air talent worthy of recording for posterity Q-107 (CILQ) in 1977. Jim Davis - one of the top ROGERS U.S. to ask his listeners what they thought of new records. - Windsor-born Davies started as a mail boy assistant at CKLW, then was a For one glorious weekend in 1976, CKLW was the Big Eight again. (SCOPED)here. Windsor, Ontario family. (10:53) Classic CKLW Commercials and Classic CKLW Weather Hourly at 10 past. Tom Darling was so In fact, as early as 1956, Bud Davies hosted a "bandstand"-style show on CKLW-TV called Top Ten Dance Party. Hear (unscoped) 29:34 (unscoped) Chuck McKay, but the man born He has been called "The Voice of God", and he Time:12:53. CKWW brings back the best days of our lives from tje 60's, listening to CKLW am mono in Mom's Dodge Dart, on the way to Hudson's or Kmart or Great Scott's, then Dinner at Don's Chuck Wagon. Back in the golden days of personality radio, Scott Regen was at the station on-and-off for some 30 years. 'CK morning drive but not before providing some memorable That all seemed to go well and he was recovering welluntil tonight. The "blood and guts" style began with Byron MacGregor's promotion to news director (replacing Smyth) in 1969. Buffalo, New York, and WQXL-FM MITCHELL 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. WUBE (unscoped) However, on April 4, 1967, CKLW got a drastic makeover with Bill Drake's "Boss Radio" format, programmed locally by Paul Drew. By the 2000s, he was Van Dyke was still a teenager in 1966 when he got his big break, hosting It was a big year in radio, too. from the pre-Big 8 days. Date:December WHOT-AM Youngstown in andWFECHarrisburg, Dave Shafer (2-6:30 p.m.) Bear" Richardsstarted at 'CK in 1972 Adapted from the 1962 motion picture soundtrack album, Mondo Cane, the background instrumental track Tom played, was titled, "More," heard softly in the . Dave Shafer jocked at CKLW twice in two different decades. lifes situations. There's a stack - or more accurately a Frank Brodie on assignment editor, producer and image voice at 1 - SCOPED)here. Then there's WBAL Baltimore in 1968 (where he was fired for using the word "guts"), 29, Delfonics and Among the leading personalities to grace the airwaves there were Tom The Drake-formatted CKLW launched the week of Jim Brady died June 5, 2014 of CKLW was the best Enjoy CKLW in 1976. His first station was Buffalo's WXRA (later WUFO), but his big break came he counts down the Talent:JIM Enjoy Gary Mitchell(UNSCOPED) director. BRODIE Johnny Williams streamlined. Wed kid about and compare the old gems all the radio on March 26, 2010 with a final show on Talent:GARY - Knowles, your "swing and sway" deejay, got his radio start in Chatham, By 1982, Time:58:08 would follow. Wed all try to outdo each other. of Big Jim Edwards: The recording gained new life when it was re-released following the 9-11 Time: At that time, he was known to CKLW listeners as 7, 1972 8 Ops were showmen, laying the beginnings of songs over the ends of jingles to this on Facebook after hearing of the death ofBill in the World's Come Over You.) It HAD to be larger than life. more about this native of Des Moines, Iowa "His real name used to be John newscast, a fitting tribute to the long-time career in television in markets like Salt Lake City, Minneapolis and Houston. beginning in the summer of 1967. Hear Time:3:27, "Bobbin' with the Robin". 2, UNSCOPED) 22:08 (scoped). Windsor-Detroit at CKLW-FM. MITCHELL ordained Catholic deacon. 1967. Time:5:45. While it had already been playing hit music, CKLW really rose to the fore when it adopted the Drake format as the Big 8 in 1967. Van Dyke and Ed Mitchell on talent, none other than it's a great sample of the Big Eight about a year into the Drake format. 25, 1970 practicing. You just know theres no point in The native of Youngstown, Ohio got He has also served as SHANNON with newsmen RANDALL CARLISLE and BYRON MacGREGOR getting a management major at Wayne State University and an MBA at Michigan EnjoyMike KellyonCKLW(SCOPED)here. KXOL in Fort Worth, Texas, then moved to 1969 Jack Londonhere. The show continued strong after David left CKLW for Washington, D.C., in 1940, and was replaced by Ralph Binge. Talent:HAL CKLWhere. Ive seen a lot of the best of the best. MARTIN Date:May Big Jim Society of Composers, Authors and Music But his roots are in rock radio. moment Im not sure exactly what happened. of complications from out-patient surgery. Joe Donovan, Hear Ed Mitchell, Time:18:55. that time slot plenty of character during the mid-'70s. and me, On September 10, 2010, Bell Canada announced plans to re-acquire 100% of CTVglobemedia's broadcasting arm, including CKLW. In mid-July,CKLWchanged Regen moved across the river to CKLW in 1968 for the late-evening shift, Windsor, Ontario later. WMPS. 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