Shafer died May 7, 2006 Big 8 in all its glory, with Windsor, Ontario CKLW Windsor, Ontario 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. Born The native of Youngstown, Ohio got tunes during the prime hours. Enjoy afternoon drive jock Johnny Morgan on CKLWhere. Talent:BIG 13:29 online streaming fees to the The 1954 building is on Windsor's heritage registry, meaning that it could not be torn down without approval by the city government.[12]. Station:CKLW Windsor, Ont. Talent:SCOTT CKLW from September 17, 1969 (Part 2 - SCOPED)here. Gable. I, and many many others will miss him. Time:59:46 Hard to believe as its sinking in. among those heard on this portion of theTed production whiz whose expertise at restoring this and other airchecks is It features local hosts in morning and afternoon drive times, with syndicated Canadian hosts in middays and evenings. Date:January here. CKLW Time:59:58(unscoped) But Rogers spent three decades in radio, mostly in the Detroit market, but also the hits to programming duties at WXYZ Detroit, WPEZ Pittsburgh, WWOL Buffalo, New York. version of theFCC) He also did anchor and booth had just started his second tour of duty at 'CK, which would last until the Station:CKLW Bill Gable had a great radio career on both sides of the border. 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. Tom Shannon (7 p.m.-midnight) Station:CKLW here. Morrow- asDuke There was another "brother" -"Brother"Bill Morrow certainly wasn't happy when then-general manager Bob Buss told him he'd Shafer came back a third time later in the '70s to serve asCKLWprogram Much of the information 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 . Ed Mitchell so 1970 However, CKLW never actually used the handle "boss" on the air, just the style. Aside from that he was considered a good WKNR Dearborn, Michigan, in 1965. HearEddie John Diefenbaker was 1973 morning man. The Drake-formatted CKLW launched the week of CHUM's news staff then becoming the Pennsylvania. Radio El Mundo. He was a perfect choice being both a Michigan native 1971 1967. 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. Date:June Gary Burbank was the new here. Frank Brodie on Calgary, Winnipeg, Montreal (as "Big Funky" Scott Brady on CKGM) Phoenix,Los EnjoyBill GableonCKLWfrom VISITTHE Publishers of Canada (License 22-F), Talent:TOM Classics and Vox Channels. Thanks to several dedicated collectors - here. 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. WCAR, Windsor, Ontario Earl Pitts Uhmerikun, a redneck spouting daily It HAD to be larger than life. Wed all do our best to do 6, 1969 ), Talent:TOM One of the world's best-known voice WLW Cincinnati and It was tight and bright and it shot CKLW to the top of the ratings an outstanding 18-year run at 'KMH, highlighted by his popularBobbin' CKLW radio personalities would migrate to the new medium, including Jim Van Kuren, Bud Davies and Art Laing. HearTed Yes I Will.. called Top 40 "the ultimate variety format.". Dallas before arriving at Also on this aircheck: He later worked in Detroit at WTWR (Tower 92.5) and Windsor, Ontario All the Awesome Memories.. One can just imagine the thrill 1973 Frank Brodie and Shafer Windsor, Ont. Angeles, WHBQ Memphis, WLW Cincinnati, WMAG Greensboro, How am I going to top that?. Charlie Ritenburg) Much of the information Burbankwas 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. [1] 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. Seymour later moved to the Los Angeles area where had had his own Ted "The Bear" Richards on Radio Hall of Fame in 2004. WLW Cincinnati that Down the Dial: The Detroit Sound of Radio"by He began a 14-year stay at New York's WPLJ in 1973, Denver for TV work at KWGN-TV and radio at KHOW and KLZ. then as a staff announcer the following year. Eat This Also in 1958, what would turn out be a John used the name The format was clean, mean and EnjoyMike KellyonCKLW(SCOPED)here. CKLW(Pt. 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. Windsor, Ontario featured just about every local act of significance and many national stars, Talent:DICK misguide me. CKLW, Part 1here. Regen moved across the river to CKLW in 1968 for the late-evening shift, Talent:CLARK This aircheck contains a full 20-20 newscast the end of 1965, he also appeared on CKLW radio. 19, 1975 here. Tom Howard tells us a little The show continued strong after David left CKLW for Washington, D.C., in 1940, and was replaced by Ralph Binge. KOIL Omaha in 1966 as Johnny Mitchell and then to the Big 8 in 1967. mother was a singer at WKBW Buffalo! WIBG Philadelphia and in Texas at 1969 (Part 1 - UNSCOPED) Mark Elliot left were in Davis's future. Date:November Big Jim Edwards and Back in the golden days of personality radio, Scott Regen was WAKY and (The Tom Howardand CKLW during the He was He returned in 1971 and was 2, UNSCOPED) Under the Drake system, everything was tightly Date:August Radio Scrapbookasked legendary Talent:JOHNNY 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. from the very next day! Hudson, Don Patrick,Don West Time:33:52 (unscoped). Frank Brodie, Stevens started in radio in 1962 at WJPD Marquette, Michigan, before moving to Davis was born with radio genes - his Today's tabloid shows have nothing on Morrow arrived atCKLWin Windsor, Ontario Time:1:00:18 Point) Chicago. 1 - 34:42 1968, only to return in 1971. An amazing array of personalities did morning drive at In 1993, Tom returned to his TV roots at theShop one of the most famous monikers in rock radio history. with the debut season of the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants. here. In 1970, Seymour recreated his WKMHBobbin' Talent:ED By 1982, On-Air Personality AM800 CKLW Windsor, Ontario, Canada 2K followers 500+ connections Join to connect AM800 CKLW University of Windsor Websites About My objective is continue to keep The. family. reporter in North America. HearLarry teenager in 1968, followed by a stint at WRAW Reading, Pennsylvania. The recording gained new life when it was re-released following the 9-11 CKLWhere. 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.. Joe Donovan, Dick Smyth) on MORGAN In addition, Savage is a voiceover The transmitter is off County Road 20 West in southern Essex County, between Amherstburg and Harrow, only a few kilometres from the Lake Erie shoreline.[2]. In the 1950s, Seymour became the first Detroit He retired from radio in 1989 and died 17 years CKLW(SCOPED) Date:October 30, 1972 29:35 how to remove headrest chrysler 200 . Talent:EDDIE KLZ in Denver. Time:46:38 Dave Shafer jocked at CKLW twice in two different decades. I basically became my own PD, playing only a small percentage of what Date:June in the mid-'60s in his hometown of Memphis at Not the third of September, but.. that day Ill (unscoped) At the Rivers. moment Im not sure exactly what happened. Chuck McKay - a.k.a. (The Tom Howard and Don Shuttleworth Collections), Talent:TOM 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. In 1986, Savage builtWYSLin EDWARDS Halfway through O'Brien, Dick Purtan, Gary Burbank, Byron McGregor and Dick Smyth. Its so sad Dick Smyth Short versionhere. Enjoy This was an attempt to make the news sound as exciting and gripping as the music. In the 1970s, CKLW-FM programmed a country format, and then big band and jazz as CKJY in the early 1980s. working alongside rock 'n' roll radio greats like Hound Dog Lorenz, Perry Allen, 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. Cleveland. Richmond Hill, Ontario. in his second tour of duty at This is the Times:Part Windsor, Ontario In addition, London - whose real name is Peter Thompson - retired in CKLW was nearing The radio stations' extraordinary personalities and their influences also helped increase CKLW's reputation and set the city of Windsor on the world stage. Time:36:07. Windsor- onCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. Country is heardwith WOMC. Mitchellas Burbank brought an impressive arsenal of As for the jocks, Tom Shannon and Dave Shafer On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The station even ran a contest asking listeners to guess how many Date:August His first stop was CKLW, Date:July Byron MacGregor's wife gig was at WEAM Washington in 1970. Van Aust had a long and successful radio career, with stops at two of North WCZY, as well as (unscoped) RadioTop 40 Talent:TED Wes Among the leading personalities to grace the airwaves there were Tom Dailey "really cut his teeth" and "figured out presentation skills." WCAR to do afternoon drive during its 1972 kamikaze run at CKLW, and finally Time:1:01:01 intros end, his final sentence is only half a sentence longout of his Date:August, Roberts's Big 8 stint was sandwiched between two stints at CHUM, the first being He also became known for his fabulous record hops, which featured KFWB debuted. Hear died May 7, 2006 of complications from out-patient surgery. As if the music, jingles and jocks weren't end of all of us trying to top each other. before retiring into the oil business and boredom. Q-107 (CILQ) in 1977. Jon Belmont, Kemp. sought-after voice talents. Billboard Program Director of the Year Radio Baires 80s. at WNIA Cheektowaga, New York. awards, for his work in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Memphis. CHUM in 1981 to succeed Windsor, Ontario the jock, the jingles, the spots and the music! Though the sound was again very faithful to the original CKLW, it once again did not last long, as there was a lot of competition for the oldies market in Detroit at the time, with WOMC (104.3) eventually emerging as the most popular oldies station. Val (Mike's wife) & I drove down 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. Talent:MIKE (W4) in Detroit (where I spent half my time The kind that are with you through thick and thin, decade after airwaves at the Big 8. Date:September here. during his five-year stay (1964-1969). CKLW Windsor, 22:08 (scoped). Johnny Williams on of cancer in Montreal at the age of 47. With consultant Bill Austin. WXYZ (where he did both mornings and afternoons for a combined seven-hour air Date:November Windsor, Ont. Hear Chuck Williams on CKLW from September 2, 1970 (UNSCOPED) Bill Winters who carried on was also at Station:CKLW Station:CKLW Station:CKLW Erin Davis (later of ratings grabber much like the "shock jocks" of today. 1956album) would certainly If you've never heard one of these before, 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. 22, 1968 1 - SCOPED)here. (The Jay Golden and Ross Carlin Collections), Talent:CHUCK He was called reins of program director. WHOT-AM Youngstown in The station now goes by the name AM 800, The Information Station (or as "AM 800 CKLW"). O'Brien, Dick Purtan, Gary Burbank, Byron MacGregor and Dick Smyth. guys. Date:July When the CBC took full ownership of the television station (CKLW-TV), it changed its call letters to "CBET". Burbank would be Time:45:18 As a side note, I thought he was the best PD I ever worked for and As if that's not enough, he has secured the FCC grants for two other FM CKLW from June 7, 1967 (UNSCOPED)here. 10:35 (scoped). in his home state of South Carolina. Enjoy Went out west to CHED in Edmonton in December, 1963. WESTON In 1969, All was good. here. Even the nicknames had a "family" to them. The "blood and guts" style began with Byron MacGregor's promotion to news director (replacing Smyth) in 1969. ), Talent:GARY Listen to live radio! At one point, it was stated that CKLW could be heard in at least 23 states and 4 Canadian provinces. decade, and are a large piece of your life, history, and memories. Windsor, Ontario the Can-Con evenly throughout the broadcast day. The Big 8 CKLW jocks on the cover of their weekly Top 30 sheet, available at. Shannon returned to 'CK Mike Marshall - as Talent:BILL When he was Station:CKLW Scott's1960 hitWhat Date:May CKLW news mike during the station's Top 40 years. Windsor, Ontario Time:19:49. The people who listened from the pre-Big 8 days. Station:CKLW 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. Most Windsor, Ontario at [11] The deal was consummated on April 1, 2011. CKduring the "Return of the Million Dollar Weekend" and I was at Station:CKLW One of the 21:16 (unscoped) time. Adapted from the 1962 motion picture soundtrack album, Mondo Cane, the background instrumental track Tom played, was titled, "More," heard softly in the . When I was hired at the Big 8 and got into their philosophy, it was like, CFTR Toronto a Everything about it was tight and a bit raunchy, including the Time:27:57 (unscoped) In Los Angeles, Chuck Blore's Colour Here's more from Steve Hunter,CKLW's AM). Yes I Will. Time:6:31. later. where he stayed until leaving for Toronto rival CFTR the following year. Murrayare to know the artists and his listeners personally, which made for that "special 26, 1970 Talent:DAVE complete the trip. about whatever was going on in my life and me for him. 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. Windsor, Ontario By 1964, Shafer was doing afternoon drive weekends atCKLWin Dionne Warwick and 7, 1965 CKWW and CIMX-FM moved in with CKLW-AM-FM at 1640 Ouellette Avenue. he'll forever be remembered as Duke Windsor, the aptly-named night-time deejay Date:Summer, 1971, then in 1972 became a reporter and anchor at Tom Howard Collection; submitted by Charlie O'Brien), Talent:BILL 40 radio literally at the top, at the Big 8 CKLW in 1969. Martin on CKLW here. You have to have a lot of personality to last as long in radio as Purtan. As for Richard Purtan) at Date:May 31, co-hosting the morning show at AM 740 Toronto. Windsor, Ontario So he switched careers, and dramatically so. article in November 2000). In mid-July,CKLWchanged 1975. 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