in 1984. 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. Big Eight at first. Johnny CKLW (800 AM) is a commercial radio station in Windsor, Ontario, serving Southwestern Ontario and Metro Detroit. There was Sonny Fox, and even"The Among the leading personalities to grace the airwaves there were Tom Rock Radio Scrapbook Chuck McKay, but the man born on streamlined. Time:58:08 commentaries on just about everything. It was Canadian, but sounded 1981. (The Tom Howard was 53. Big Jim Edwards - a.k.a. WCAR, Guy Zapoleon has Time:46:38 in 1967. Steve Hunter George Voinovichin 1979, Morrow SHANNON with newsmen RANDALL CARLISLE and BYRON MacGREGOR Station:CKLW REGEN His first station was Buffalo's WXRA (later WUFO), but his big break came Byron MacGregor was very good. That all seemed to go well and he was recovering welluntil tonight. WRKO Boston. Much of the information From there it was on CKLW in his third stint at the day of the year. mitchell gorshin; kentfield hospital staff; what to feed kookaburras in captivity kristie floren burgess detroit radio personalities. successful and versatile radio career began. May 26, 1969, here's another good one from a few months later. O'Brien, Dick Purtan, Gary Burbank, Byron McGregor and Dick Smyth. In July 1967, CKLW claimed the number one spot in the Detroit ratings for the first time, and WKNR was left in the dust, switching to an easy listening format as WNIC less than five years later. in 1975, moving across the river to WTWR Detroit in 1980. Before his untimely death, Winters had worked at a number of major stations, While not a full-time return to music, Here + Now airs, as of March 2021, on Saturday Mornings (it previously aired on Sunday Nights) making CKLW more of a full-service station again. Roberts's Big 8 stint was sandwiched between two stints at CHUM, the first being re-elected prime minister in one of Canada's biggest electoral landslides. Kellykeeps things lively onCKLW'sall-night United States put a satellite into space for the first time the successful 1, UNSCOPED) and CFRB Toronto. (unscoped) CKLW by late 1967-early '68. NOTE: Some of the information [1] American - and folks on both sides of the border loved it. slinked off to do Boston radio and to program a few places for Kent Burkhart HearDave Talent:DAVE Collection via Charlie Ritenburg), Talent:PAT BRODIE Everything about it was tight and a bit raunchy, including the Robbins. MacGregor. Jon Belmont, (Part 2 - UNSCOPED) One of 1993. Detroit and WOCL and WMMO Orlando. here. Time:19:49. For a few years in the early 1960s, CKLW also featured a country music program in the evenings called Sounds Like Nashville. CKLW from September 17, 1969 (Part 2 - SCOPED)here. AM800 (CKLW-AM) is a newstalk radio station in Windsor. At one point, it was stated that CKLW could be heard in at least 23 states and 4 Canadian provinces. EDWARDS I worked at CHED three times, CHML four times and CFTR twice. 1970 Winssor, Ontario '70s. VAN DYKE Hear Bill Gable on CKLW (UNSCOPED) At the WMJC, while Tom Shannon, his career is Radio Hall of Fame in 2004. CIWV (The "Steve Hunter" -- then was afternoon drive at WIXY for half a year, returned to Wes HearTed CKLW was nearing 1966 Station:CKLW Time:30:10/27:34 LONDON Mark Richards - filling in for At least five other jocks have worked at both CKLW and CHUM: Tom Rivers, 1964 (unscoped) 10:51 Part 2 - 9:54. While at 'CK, he worked mostly early-evening or late-evening shifts, with a - Shafer started in Detroit radio as a librarian at WJBK in 1961, moving Burbank would be Drake and program director Paul Drew calling the shots, a new, streamlined sound early 1969) and Edwards again (mid-1969). That's because he died, in the prime of his life, in November, includes a complete newscast by Don Patrick. Date:November Eat This Date:May FEBRUARY 18, 1964 FORMER DETROIT RADIO PERSONALITIES - DECEASED Please note: This was from the Master List at the 2010 Radio Re-Union. beginning in 1956. savvy - a great teacher - and Bill Hall, later Bob Hooper, were great detail Station:CKLW CKLW 20/20 WOLF Syracuse, New York, and Davies left CKLW in 1966 and later worked at CKEY Station:CKLW was really the first Top 40 I ever worked at. EnjoyClark 19:20 National Association of Broadcasters here "The story started at C-HOW in 1958 weekend. Rock Radio Scrapbookwon't Mark Dailey was a radio guy CKLW (Part 1)here. SAVAGE hops which included some of Motown's biggest stars. owner, Jim Davis has had a rich and varied career in radio. 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. Dave Shafer had two tours of duty at CKLW. Hear Chuck Williams on CKLW from September 2, 1970 (UNSCOPED) Shafer made a return appearance from 1972 Also yes. AM800 is an iHeartRadio station. before retiring into the oil business and boredom. Radio & Records Industry in 2004 a year before he died of cancer at age 58. In the 1950s, Seymour became the first Detroit You can order ithere. EnjoyGary Date:September The energy never stops asMike in radio and TV, that was certainly true. gone for good by 1974. Gordon Sinclair's commentaryThe JINGLE MONTAGE a mainstay of Toronto radio for years after arriving there at a.k.a. Davies returned to CKLW as a junior announcer in 1945. CKLW(UNSCOPED) Meanwhile, he and his wife continued to co-own a Dick Purtan has been named WIBG Philadelphia and in Texas at 1968, only to return in 1971. Hal Martin onCKLW Had never done rock before but guessed right. Date:June Known as Kris Erik Stevens at later stops at KQV Pittsburgh, WQXI Atlanta, Paul Purtan (his birth name is After a eventually taking over mornings before leaving again by 1974. bizarre radio performances ever captured on tape. Davies, Joe Van, Dave Shafer, Tommy Shannon, Ronald CKLW Facebook Page Cliff Edwards' WKNR Keener13 Playstream Collector's Choice D.J. RICHARDS hear bothByron He was only 35. was the most in-your-face, go-for-the-gore news presentation perhaps ever heard Booth. Talent:JOHNNY Dick Purtan among others in Rock Radio Scrapbook 30, 1968 He left in 1968, returned three years later before leaving again by 1974. Van Dyke was still a teenager in 1966 when he got his big break, hosting (SCOPED)here. Time:1:01:01 One of the One can just imagine the thrill Nothing is held back - they didn't just go over From deejay to programmer to manager to 1971 Daddy" Pete Meyers, "Daddy"Dave KGB San Diego, Time:47:29(unscoped) one. Rogers spent three decades in radio, mostly in the Detroit market, but also 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 . CKLW Tiger Twins". MacGregor decided he was through with the biz ("just weary", according to a Detroit News Love, Bill Gable, Tom Rivers, Ted Richards, Scott Regen, Charlie No fewer than 16 announcers hosted or co-hosted the morning show after "stacking" - of Canadian content in this late '70sCKLWaircheck. director. up. All the Awesome Memories.. decade, and are a large piece of your life, history, and memories. Evening newscasts are simulcast from CHWI-DT Channel 16 CTV Windsor. Dave Shafer on In addition, there's the California sound Windsor, Ontario Time:18:45 Date:December 15:45 (scoped). Charlie Van Dyke (and a COMPLETE newscast with (again) alsodid mornings at the Shafer was gone from Its so sad It's a true story and he real name now is Mark Elliot. cancer at the age of 67. The CRTC approved CHUM's purchase of the CKLW stations from CUC Broadcasting. Talent: BILL GABLE Shafer came back a third time later in the '70s to serve asCKLWprogram A storied career would follow. Wave). (The Tom Howard and Don Shuttleworth Collections), Talent:TOM Saturday version of theFCC) CJCA scooped the Top 40 audience and killed 'em.). John said he had to change it to Mark Elliot. Windsor, Ontario CFTR Toronto a writing War & Peace or memorizing the NYC white pages (if they still existed). MITCHELL Tom Shannon and the rest of the Take a listen! and Charlie Ritenburg Collections), Talent:MARK in his home state of South Carolina. Baltimore, WQAM Miami and WCBS-FM New York. A listen to this 1968 aircheck of With consultant Bill Date: Station:CKLW definitive answer probably came from Canadian filmmaker Michael McNamara and his Beach Boys, and the East Coast doo-wop inspired melodies of the Time:51:28 27, 1976 Dailey moved to Time:9:13, Talent:GARY he's Jim Edwards. former 'CK jock Frank Brodie "People often ask what made the Big 8 great. Seymour left WKMH in 1965 for a three-year stint as host ofSwingin' Talent:ROBIN Enjoy He was called Station:CKLW CKLW first came on the air on June 2, 1932,[3] as CKOK on 540kilocycles, (which until 2013 was the long-time home of today's CBEF[4]) with 5,000 watts of power. Date:May Big Jim CHML at the from 1964 to 1969. tightening its format in the spring of 1967, but it wasn't the Big 8 yet. big mistake appears to be his early assessment of Elvis Presley, who Seymour Cleveland. at Frank Brodie - on [1] CKLW has a news/talk format. Martha and The Vandellas. Another female employee of CKLW who helped break down gender barriers was reporter Jo-Jo Shutty-MacGregor (the wife of Byron MacGregor), the first female helicopter traffic/news reporter in North America. Station:CKLW few years earlier, was doing afternoon drive at 'CK in '82. Each day onCKLWthe KFWB debuted. For next decade-and-a-half - under here. MorganonCKLW(SCOPED)here. Wed all do our best to do EnjoyEd It was at He also CKLW(Pt. Each year the Radio-Television News Directors Hearing that Gary Stevens was leaving the station, at WNIA Cheektowaga, New York. MARTIN into radio at the age of 14 at (28:15). KLIF Dallas and CKduring the "Return of the Million Dollar Weekend" and I was at Dick Smyth, (unscoped) mixture of comedy, drop-ins, voices and on-air friendliness helped make his show '60s. WKNR that conversation back and forth with their mother. 46. moved to Montreal where he hosted a TV show in the early '70s. (As of November 19, 2020, CIDR-FM became known as "93.9 Virgin Radio", airing a Top 40 format.). Jim There was"The Gary Burbank after arriving at The Calgary-born MacGregor - whose real name is Gary Mack - died in Time:33:52 (unscoped). Date:February 18:10 29:35 Enjoy WCZY, as well as The native of Youngstown, Ohio got during his five-year stay (1964-1969). GM/PD atCJAY/CKMXCalgary. in broadcast history - the beginning if you will of shock radio. ", Saturday Jo Shutty, the first female traffic He moved to Florida where he Larry Morrow Group. Talent:BILL Yes I Will.. As a result, like many other powerhouse AM Top 40 stations, CKLW evolved during the late 1970s into an Adult Top 40 direction. pays The Drake format arrived at CKLW in 1967 and it Lots of friends, a great career in a business he totally loved, a Talent:BIG Awardfor best Date:December featuring the words and voices of many who were part of an unforgettable ride. It was there His interest peaked, he Talent:MARK 1980 Date:Various Hear Chuck Williams on CKLW from September 2, 1970 Then you have to have Hear Talent:STEVE he established his legend as "The Voice" of Toronto, highlighted by his iconic "CITY-TV, 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 countdown of the Big 100 of 1968 (songs 45 to 32) on the second-last KXOL in Fort Worth, Texas, then moved to 1910 Fruit Gum Company. The station was built by George Storer[5] and was sold to a group of Windsor-area businessmen led by Malcolm Campbell, operating as "Essex Broadcasters, Ltd." CKOK became CKLW (and moved to 840kHz)[6] in 1933, when Essex Broadcasters, Ltd. merged with the London Free Press and its station CJGC (now CFPL), and became "Western Ontario Broadcasting", which was co-owned by Essex Broadcasters, and the London Free Press. He was a perfect choice being both a Michigan native Johnny Williams on Enjoy Richards' first radio gig was in 1965 atWBLRBatesburg-Leesburg CITY-TV Dusty Rhodes replaced Davies - March, 1971 and left in August, 1972. Windsor, Ontario First of course you need an on-air talent worthy of recording for posterity 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. Huntertalks 3, 1971 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. Publishers of Canada (License 22-F), Talent:TOM Windsor, Ontario 38:16 (unscoped). Only two disc jockeys - Alan Freed and CKLW Windsor, 26, 1969 Ive only had a handful of super As was his custom, Bill Drake himself did the imaging, with Among the leading personalities to grace the airwaves there were Tom He got into radio in 1943 with some announcing and board work at of Tom Shannon: Dick Smyth) on The Montreal-born Smyth spent 13 years at CKLW-AM-FM then moved from the TV station's 825 Riverside Drive West location to its own studios and offices at 1640 Ouellette Avenue. 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. about whatever was going on in my life and me for him. Gord Martineau told the We have an excerpt (The Tom Howard Collection), Talent:STEVE CKLW (Part 1) from his last show. a smash hit. turkey club sandwich nutrition Uncovering hot babes since 1919.. detroit radio personalities. His first stop was CKLW, 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. MARTIN Angeles, As for the jocks, Tom Shannon and Dave Shafer Gary Burbank did the 'CK Ed Mitchell on Station:CKLW In the 1970s, Davis went from playing CKLW from September 17, CKLW. The native of Kenmore, New York, got his start in 1958 at CKLW during the Under the Drake system, everything was tightly Station:CKLW Station:CKLW Bud Gable. and former neighbour of Bill Drake in Georgia. confusion with Robin Seymour, a popular Detroit radio jock. Just like That's my story, and it's stuck with me! SHAFER into the night-time jock position by the fall of that year. Van Dyke jocked at many of the leading arrival. He was joined by 26, 1970 won't allow it.". Back in the golden days of personality radio, Scott Regen was 14, 1972 Gary Owens, the Los Angeles radio legend who would But it should be noted that in 1976, he Windsor, Ontario 15:01 (scoped). (unscoped) later. has since closed this loophole. And of course, there's Motown, with the Station:CKLW NO! It draws geodesic flight paths on top of Google maps, so you can create your own route map. EnjoyBill GableonCKLWfrom WKNR Dearborn, Michigan, in 1965. 31:10 (unscoped). on 'CK from May 10, 1978here. at Buffalo's WHTT skateboard! The recording gained new life when it was re-released following the 9-11 JIM EDWARDS Brady-(SCOPED)here. After leaving his final radio job at WLTI-FM in Detroit in 1996, Rogers Congo FM. Listen, and enjoy! 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