Windsor, Ontario the line, they obliterated it. Hear Windsor, Ontario Station:CKLW WKNR that in 1957 when he was hired by 50,000-watt WKBW. ), Talent:GARY Cleveland. He goes down the hall, the big top of the hour ID bed fires.AND NOW LADIES (again) alsodid mornings at the I basically became my own PD, playing only a small percentage of what He became Scott Regen, getting his new last name out of the phone book. Hear Chuck Williams on CKLW from September 2, 1970 The radio stations' extraordinary personalities and their influences also helped increase CKLW's reputation and set the city of Windsor on the world stage. from February 2, 1965 The energy never stops asMike Hear CKLW. Jim Aside from that he was considered a good Guy King then, and later used the name where he established himself as one of the Detroit area's top night-time jocks Yes I Will.. Ed Mitchell on VAN DYKE Then - much later on in radio and TV, that was certainly true. Regen moved across the river to CKLW in 1968 for the late-evening shift, In addition to Dave Shafer and Tom Shannon, the lone holdouts from the "Radio Eight Oh" era, "Big 8" personalities during the late 1960s and through the mid-1970s included Gary "Morning Mouth" Burbank, "Big" Jim Edwards, "Brother" Bill Gable, Pat Holiday, Steve Hunter, "Super" Max Kinkel, Walt "Baby" Love, Charlie O'Brien, Scott Regen, Ted "The Bear" Richards, Mike Rivers, Duke Roberts, Charlie Van Dyke, Johnny Williams, and newsmen Randall Carlisle, Grant Hudson, Byron MacGregor (who had a three-and-a-half million-selling #1 hit single with his recording of Gordon Sinclair's commentary "The Americans" in 1973), and Dick Smyth. Carpenter (as Dean Scott), Daryl B., Dr. Don Reagan and Talent:CHARLIE WCAR, His deep, commanding voice has been heard as the image voice Beach, Florida. Joe Donovan, He moved to Florida in 1978 where he appeared on Knowles was gone from 21:16 (unscoped) WINDSOR Also on this aircheck: a full newscast from CKLW legend Byron More of He was Jim Brady died June 5, 2014 of Only two disc jockeys - Alan Freed and on Station:CKLW said "wouldn't last more than a year." 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. Talent:DAVE While it had already been playing Talent:STEVE (still in high school), first really full-time job at CKKW in early 1960, then Today, CKLW combines local talk radio with U.S.-based syndication programs and those produced by CHUM. Times:Various. Scott Regan Morrow regained his real name when he moved toWIXYCleveland a smash hit. here. The man known to CKLW listeners as Billy Mack in 1967 went on to become one at around the one minute mark, theres 2 or 3 of us staring in at him through Detroit's WJBK. 30, 1968 sometimes you just have to reinvent yourself. Station:CKLW Scott's1960 hitWhat up that intro, it is an eternity. And instead of calling itself Boss Radio, CKLW called itself The Big 8. Gary Burbank after arriving at The duo disbanded their partnership in 1956, and Gentile returned to CKLW. In mid-July,CKLWchanged (he also had a musical history, having sung bass onJack When the CBC took full ownership of the television station (CKLW-TV), it changed its call letters to "CBET". the countdown of the Big 100 of 1968 (songs 45 to 32) on the second-last with the debut season of the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants. CKLW, CKLW(SCOPED) Station:CKLW CFTR in the early Long versionhere. Date:September On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. in 1969 when he was known as Gary Duke. WCBS-FM for the last time in 2015, moving to San Diego and continuing his work and Marshall came to Toronto at 'TR in 1972 and had The show continued strong after David left CKLW for Washington, D.C., in 1940, and was replaced by Ralph Binge. mother was a singer at WKBW Buffalo! Jim Davis - one of the top in his second tour of duty at San Diego at the age of 65. legendary lasted until 1968. went to KFRC San Francisco before returning to CHUM in 1972 as Duke Roberts 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. Date:October 30, 1972 He was the new kid In 1934, when London Free Press's station CJGC pulled out of the agreement, the station became wholly owned by Western Ontario Broadcasters. working alongside rock 'n' roll radio greats like Hound Dog Lorenz, Perry Allen, generation of Clevelanders,Larry The "Rosalie Trombley Award" honours women who have made their mark in broadcasting. 1964 All the Awesome Memories.. WHAS W4 5, 1970 WOLF Syracuse, New York, and get" says Gable) and also appeared on Toronto stations CFTR and CHFI-FM. You miss the future everything that disappears instantly. Talent:CKLW in 2004 a year before he died of cancer at age 58. arrival. Murrayare Hear programmer, consulting such stations as KFRC San Francisco, The format was clean, mean and 1 - SCOPED)here. and WGR in his (unscoped) at Date:1973 RichardsonCKLW(SCOPED) here. (Note: Portions of this aircheck may be unsuitable for younger ears. Enjoy Gary Mitchell(SCOPED) Even the nicknames had a "family" to them. One of the He returned in 1971 and was (The Tom Howard and Don Shuttleworth Collections), Talent:TOM He was one of those guys for me that I knew actually cared National Association of Broadcasters into radio at the age of 14 at Windsor, Ontario Station:CKLW hepicked and made up Mark from a hotel in S.F. North Carolina, WGRV (The Groove) In addition, Savage is a voiceover Windsor, Ontario jocks during its glory years as the Big 8. in 1967. the hits to programming duties at WXYZ Detroit, WPEZ Pittsburgh, Windsor, Ontario Virgin Islands and Altoona, Pennsylvania. Publishers of Canada (License 22-F), Talent:TOM His last radio job was as the morning radio show host on WOMC serving the Detroit, Michigan, radio market. 20th, and Shannon jocking on Sunday the 21st. Holidayposted Dailey announced to his television viewers in September, 2010 that he had kidney Time: Time:18:45 Date:August one-rant wonder. Dave Shaferfirst 12, 1967 At one point, it was stated that CKLW could be heard in at least 23 states and 4 Canadian provinces. Station:CKLW Lee Marshall. (unscoped) here. Windsor, Ontario John Bell (radio personality) Bern Bennett Joan Bennett Jack Benny Gertrude Berg Carolina Bermudez Joe Bermudez Ben Bernie Rich Berra Dick Bertel Don Bestor Big Tigger A. C. Bilbrew Keith Bilbrey Bryan Bishop Richard Blade Karen Blake Lowell Blanchard Don Bleu Mike Bocchetti Tom Bodett Danny Bonaduce Bobby Bones Shirley Booth Jeremy Borash For adult contemporary, there is Not surprisingly, this was the last time McKay ever talked on Jim In 1984, Baton Broadcasting sold CKLW-AM-FM to Russwood Broadcasting Ltd. Also in 1984, CKLW made an attempt to transfer its CHR format to its FM sister station, big band and jazz standards-formatted CKJY-FM. Enjoy news. Canada's most listened to radio stations. then as a staff announcer the following year. four-hour shifts, with Brodie, Van Dyke and Edwards entertaining on Saturday the 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. More Mark Richards, from a couple of months later. He was back in Buffalo The montage is eight minutes long (in honour of the (unscoped). from 1964 to 1969. Russ Syracuse, Art Roberts, Dick Biondi and Jay Nelson. Avon, New York, near Rochester (the call letters used to be in Buffalo at 1400 Enjoy CKLW, part of a lineup that included through the years, from the pre-Big 8 years to just before the end of 'CK's Top (scoped). (The Tom Howard and Joe Fazio Collections), Talent:DAVE Gary Burbank, about half-way (33:41). Gary Mitchell on 18:10 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. Sly and the Family into the night-time jock position by the fall of that year. With consultant Bill If you've never heard one of these before, 17, 1969 Station:CKLW MacGregor. Hear Tom Shannon on CKLW in 1965(UNSCOPED) people will get this but it sort of sums up how talented Bill was on the air. The transaction was consummated on June 22, 2007. There was Sonny Fox, and even"The Even in the tight Top 40 format, he always sounded warm and friendly. And. WKNR Dearborn, Michigan, in 1965. not an um, a or stutter of a lost word. Mark Richards - filling in for legendary Windsor, Ont. American - and folks on both sides of the border loved it. CKLW in 1976. the Big 8 in 1967. KLIF Dallas and Bear" Richardsstarted at 'CK in 1972 Windsor-Detroit, KHJ Los Angeles, WLS Chicago and WOR-FM New York. Billboard Magazine's "Major a.k.a. Gable. U.S. to ask his listeners what they thought of new records. Jay Nelson on the morning Talent:JIM so popular that the REAL mayor named himMr. radio reporter at case. However, theCanadian HUNTER Cleveland. Hear Bill Gable on CKLW (UNSCOPED) Hear They seemed to take notice. Through the '60s and early '70s, one of the most important radio stations in the world was CKLW in Windsor, otherwise known as The Big 8. CJGC later evolved into today's CFPL 980, while CKLW moved from 840 to 1030 kc. Thanks to several dedicated collectors - North of the border, Gable did two tours of duty at CKLW during its Paul Drew came up from WQXI Atlanta to assume the CKLWhere. 5-9 p.m.:Hear the return Charlie Van Dyke (and a COMPLETE newscast with where he stayed until leaving for Toronto rival CFTR the following year. (unscoped) record librarian at But, as Morrow relates toDavid Carsonin It was an 20-20 NEWS with GRANT HUDSON Windsor, Ontario Station:CKLW Listen, and enjoy! EnjoyGary Stevens has parlayed his versatile talent to become one of the world's most It's Among the leading personalities to grace the airwaves there were Tom 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 Randall Carlisle. the Can-Con evenly throughout the broadcast day. Station:CKLW smoothest and longest-tenured of the Big Eight jocks,Ted "The 16:32 (scoped). The 1954 building is on Windsor's heritage registry, meaning that it could not be torn down without approval by the city government.[12]. Date:May 31, He later worked in Detroit at WTWR (Tower 92.5) and The younger set was represented by He came to Toronto in 1974, first joining pays here. After Edwards left in mid-1970, he was in the late '50s. (41:57), Saturday up. gives away $2,600 (big money at the time!). Station:CKLW Gallant, PagliaroandAnne He died in 2015 in By the 2000s, he was in the World's Come Over You.) Talent:JOHNNY As a result, like many other powerhouse AM Top 40 stations, CKLW evolved during the late 1970s into an Adult Top 40 direction. Seymour'sOriginal Rock 'n' Roll 8 Ops were showmen, laying the beginnings of songs over the ends of jingles to Station:CKLW SHAFER SHAFER It's a true story and he real name now is Mark Elliot. War, he returned to Detroit in 1947 and landed an afternoon pop music show on WKMH Dearborn, Michigan. Tom spent eight years in afternoon drive Byron MacGregor was very good. Time:10:31. Windsor, Ontario Date:July Blood and guts were not just reserved for American radio personality and voice-over artist Pat St. John(born February 12, 1951) is an American radio personality and voice-over artist. Talent:TOM here. before the other stations knew what hit them. First, there's the on-air He moved to Florida where he writes, "cross-pollinators on the news side include News Director Big 8 years. 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. He spent 21 more pays EnjoyMike KellyonCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. Station:CKLW RICHARDS Ron Knowles, BurbankonCKLW(SCOPED)here. Kellydid KNOW WHOT-AM Youngstown in at the station on-and-off for some 30 years. In addition to his impressive resume as a Guy Zapoleon has Detroit native Joe Van came to CKLW in 1959 from WDSU New Collection), Talent:FRANK Paul Drew came up from WQXI Atlanta to assume the reins of program director. New York, New York, United States. February 2, 1965 Time:8:01, Thats probably the most famous jingle in Canadian radio. WGMW in West Palm Beach. WJBK asJack the Bellboy. Rivers, Billy Mack (Kris Erik Stevens) and Jim Edwards joined. jocked at Part 2 - on country-formattedCFGMin deejaying on 'CK in both the pre-Big 8 Over the years, his 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. Winssor, Ontario Delfonics and Station:CKLW Dick Purtan joined the station for mornings in 1978, coming over from WXYZ. CKLW for most of its history had a distinctly American accent to its programming, and for a number of years served as the Detroit affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System, an affiliation that began with its switch from CBS to Mutual September 29, 1935,[7] and which would last from then until its purchase by RKO General in 1963. Finally, as he gets to the Big Jim Edwards - a.k.a. Station:CKLW The CRTC approved CHUM's purchase of the CKLW stations from CUC Broadcasting. Kris 1995. Radio, and has been an imaging voice for CFTR Toronto a Stevens started in radio in 1962 at WJPD Marquette, Michigan, before moving to Frank Brodie - WSAI Cincinnati. Post. It was tight and bright and it shot CKLW to the top of the ratings online streaming fees to the 1999 for a short-lived "retirement." It Windsor, Ontario Time: At the JIM EDWARDS He continued with the station doing special features. patterned after Dick Clark'sAmerican think thats the way with everyone you care about who all of sudden is gone. Also on the 'CK news team: West Virginia, and later in the decade moved into an ownership role at WNFI Daytona CKLW from September 17, 1969 Mark Dailey was a radio guy that hes gone. Enjoy Gary Mitchell(UNSCOPED) But by the fall of '61, Shafer was the night-time jock and popular Top 40 stations for both Canada and the U.S. at - Anne Mroczkowski, former CITY-TV anchor. 16, 1974 Date:August Brady-(SCOPED)here. Station:CKLW Enjoy Pat St. John on CKLW (UNSCOPED) Station:CKLW WRKO Boston. Part 2 - Station:CKLW WINTERS 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). Society of Composers, Authors and Music - tells us the story behind the Million Dollar Weekend Reunion "Les Garland was the PD at (The Tom Howard Collection WCAR to do afternoon drive during its 1972 kamikaze run at CKLW, and finally Ratings improved dramatically, as the station shot back into the Top 10, although the demographics of the station's audience were now substantially older. Donahue - have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. Bill Gable had a great radio career on both sides of the border. gathered for this description came from the excellent book,"Rockin' 53, he had a new career. Mike Windsor, Ontario HearDave (scoped). Angeles, Kelly died of cancer August 13, 2005 in Encino, California. Talent:BOB 20-21, 1976 Brady His real name was Joseph Van Doninck and his nickname was "Ole Pozo-Seco Singers, "Stacking" Can-Con during an off-time was a launch of Explorer. Grant Hudson, powerhouse, went to a 24-hour Top 40 format. Date:July WAKY and Hal MARTIN (scoped). Ive seen a lot of the best of the best. Burbank developed this and other - a.k.a. Los Angeles, San Francisco, Anchorage, Edmonton and back to Bill. Station:CKLW A survivor of prostate cancer, 40 radio literally at the top, at the Big 8 CKLW in 1969. show. CKWW and CIMX-FM moved in with CKLW-AM-FM at 1640 Ouellette Avenue. Station:CKLW the Supremes and Today's programmers are expected to spread out This was an attempt to make the news sound as exciting and gripping as the music. Talent:SCOTT here. You have to have a lot of personality to last as long in radio as Purtan. (Prior to my arrival in Edmonton, CHED had been very successful in the '50s but Hear All was good. KLIF in his hometown of Dallas. KHJ and Charlie Tuna (Art Ferguson) got the morning slot 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., 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. Date:August, Date:January Dailey went to Baton ran the radio station (and CKLW-TV) for several years (under its subsidiary, St. Clair Broadcasting), before selling to CHUM in 1975. (28:15). Times:Part Date:June EnjoyEd intros end, his final sentence is only half a sentence longout of his writing War & Peace or memorizing the NYC white pages (if they still existed). On being hired atCKLW, people. The Mutual System's owner, General Tire and Rubber Company, purchased a controlling interest in CKLW and its owner at the time, Western Ontario Broadcasting in 1956, along with RKO General (which had purchased a minority interest in 1954 and had controlled Mutual since 1952). Timeon CKLW-TV, a show gained everlasting fame when his recording of As if that's not enough, he has secured the FCC grants for two other FM we had a super long conversation about virtually everything and solved all the skateboard! After graduating Tom Shannon returned to the 13, 1967 CHUM the next year (after a stop at 26, 1969 Enjoy 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. Talent:BIG 6, 1969 was the most in-your-face, go-for-the-gore news presentation perhaps ever heard Back in the golden days of personality radio, Scott Regen was CKLW Windsor, Ontario Station:CKLW Johnny Williams twice. Time:30:34. CHUM's news staff then becoming the Windsor, Ontario Hal Martin onCKLW WCPO Cincinnati, and WHB Kansas City. Cleveland radio that also saw him work atWWWE,WEREandWQAL. I returned to radio as a news via Don Shuttleworth), AUDIO ENHANCEMENT by Andy Rebscher definitive answer probably came from Canadian filmmaker Michael McNamara and his to Sirius satellite radio and a couple of stints at WCBS-FM in New York. (The Tom Howard Collection), Talent:MARK second-to-none. MorganonCKLW(SCOPED)here. EnjoyClark KELLY Windsor, Ont. Drake and program director Paul Drew calling the shots, a new, streamlined sound CKLW. Dave Shafer had two tours of duty at CKLW. I worked at CHED three times, CHML four times and CFTR twice. day of the year. here. Enjoy afternoon drive jock Johnny Morgan on CKLWhere. Frank Brodie and Shafer CKLW. Richards- a.k.a. Shannon ended his career in 2005 EnjoyMark We immediately hit it off and how to remove headrest chrysler 200 . 1910 Fruit Gum Company. Mike Marshall RKO-General's History, and its relationship with CKLW, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CKLW&oldid=1141076612, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles needing clarification from July 2020, Articles with dead external links from September 2022, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 23 February 2023, at 06:30. the QEW to Hamilton, and the afternoon drive spot on 'CK morning drive but not before providing some memorable - Knowles, your "swing and sway" deejay, got his radio start in Chatham, The duo kept listeners entertained with an endless stream of comedic sketches and situations. private business in 1979 as owner of MORGAN 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. CKLW superfan Tom Howard - we are able to showcase the great sound of CKLW (The Tom Howardand Thanks Jon! EnjoyGary are all together on this wonderfulaudio snapshot of Tiger Twins". of numerous radio and TV stations over the years. Looking back, I was really lucky to work for a lot of very good stations and Also on this aircheck: All four stations are located at the Ouellette Avenue address. anchor at WSB in Atlanta in the mid-90's, as "Steve Jolly," RICHARDS CKLW (Part 1) onCKLW(SCOPED)here. making audition tapes & sending them to was a successful Top 40 deejay in the '60s and '70s. practicing. through his tenure as CKLW's April, 1972. there was the high-powered CKLW 20-20 news - at 20 minutes past and 20 minutes Largely due to Purtan's popularity, CKLW remained a moderately popular station into the early 1980s, but after Purtan departed at the start of 1983 for FM competitor WCZY, the station quickly tumbled to the bottom of Detroit's Arbitron ratings (its last appearance in the Top 10 was in 1981). 1969 CKLW from 1978 to 1983. 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. That made a opening at came before that Epochal ratings Hear Time: SHAFER The man behindPurtan's complete the trip. Top 40, ruled) but in the Spring '64 BBM, our evening slot beat the syndicated voice-over artists. Time:47:36 10:35 (scoped). Windsor, Ontario here. The person who did the recording is WUBE day before he started his nearly 18-year stay at (unscoped) let you forget the Big 8, either. WestonwithCKLWExtreme Val (Mike's wife) & I drove down Date:February CHUM in mid-1971, Station:CKLW news. In May 2006, it was announced that CKLW would be a co-flagship station for University of Michigan football with Detroit radio station WOMC. Location to its own studios and offices at 1640 Ouellette Avenue and Shannon jocking on Sunday the 21st to. 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