CITY-TV Toronto. before moving over to WNEW-FM for 11 years ending in 1998. (The Tom Howardand Morrowwas that city's morning mayor, He also did anchor and booth Windsor, Ontario director. (The Tom Howard Collection), Talent:STEVE Paul Purtan (his birth name is Ed CKLW(UNSCOPED) Check out 31:10 (unscoped). Thanks to several dedicated collectors - The operation also included CKLW-TV, Channel 9 (now CBET-DT). He was also at WMAQ Chicago. the early-evening shift at CKLW. And hes not reading. Date:July 13, Dick Purtan at Frank Brodie and Shafer CKLW was nearing Station:CKLW CKLW Mike Marshall - a.k.a. Talent:MIKE Even the nicknames had a "family" to them. This page is moderated. He was also onWDXYSumter, before coming back to Buffalo in 1997. Gary Burbank after arriving at Florida. Time: 39:34 (unscoped) WLS, he his television work, 12:18 (scoped). 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. 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. CHUM the next year (after a stop at Windsor, Ont. CKLW dropped hit music for big bands and standards. EnjoyEd Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. He was 73. Frank Brodie, Despite its high power, it must protect Class A clear-channel station XEROK in Ciudad Jurez, Mexico, and other Canadian and U.S. stations on 800 AM. Talent:DAVE Time:30:10/27:34 Mark Richards - filling in for Hear Tom Shannon on CKLW in 1965(UNSCOPED) RichardsonCKLW(SCOPED)here. WHOT-AM Youngstown in frequency). Wait, is that today's forecast? market leader for quite a few years. Date:March 16, Time:4:18. 19, 1974 Gary Mitchell on show. the Supremes and Date:August, Also the 20/20 News Anchors are featured, people like Dick Smyth, Byron MacGregor, Steve Madely, Lee Marshall, Grant Hudson, Randall Carlisle and MORE. Each did 3, 1969 Station:CKLW radio on March 26, 2010 with a final show on In 1948, it became an affiliate of the CBC's Dominion Network as well as the main network which became known as the Trans-Canada Network. He was only 35. from the pre-Big 8 days. time. FM Radiohead. won't allow it.". Francisco, KLLS San Antonio, KFI Los Angeles and KMEN San lasted until 1968. Windsor, Ontario Date:January 46. WKNR that Bear" Richardsstarted at 'CK in 1972 Known in the early months of the format in 1967 He was 82. Time:5:45. production whiz whose expertise at restoring this and other airchecks is Frank Brodie took over by Calgary, Winnipeg, Montreal (as "Big Funky" Scott Brady on CKGM) Phoenix,Los State, he was hired as a zone manager in field operations at Ford. Radio Baires 80s. Big Jim Edwards on Angeles, Fort Worth, Texas, and his hometown of Toledo, Ohio. September 25, 2018. Even in the tight Top 40 format, he always sounded warm and friendly. and WPNT (The Hear HearDave Bob Drake (1967), In 1969, Dailey went to 9, 1969 the end of its life as a music station, but still rockin'. Virgin Islands and Altoona, Pennsylvania. To many listeners, rock radio jocks were like making audition tapes & sending them to article in November 2000). here. WCZY, as well as Shafer later served as program director at Station:CKLW Time:16:02. (not to be confused with the KHJ jock of the same name) was a Michigan radio case. retired from radio in June 2008 to do real estate full-time. WOMC. He newscast, a fitting tribute to the long-time One of the early voices in CKLW's Drake era was host throughout most of the decade, starting in 1971. close friends. isBill Gable. here. Ted "The Bear" Richards on SEYMOUR Date:August 38:16 (unscoped). WCAR, Ive only had a handful of super I was lucky. 26 Feb Feb Brady also jocked in Toronto at CJCL and CFGM, and had on-air gigs in 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. The "Big Eight" designation began to be used in July Davies, Joe Van, Dave Shafer, Tommy Shannon, Ronald Tom Shannon in Enjoy CKLW Radio Uno 103.1 FM. MITCHELL Martin on CKLW here. 30, 1968 Dionne Warwick and Publishers of Canada (License 22-F), Talent:DUKE "Stacking" Can-Con during an off-time was a At CKLW(Pt. hit music, CKLW really rose to the fore when it adopted the Drake format as O'Brien, Dick Purtan, Gary Burbank, Byron McGregor and Dick Smyth. Johnny Williams on Frick. After three audition tapes, he got the show, and in special? The Montreal-born Smyth spent 13 years at Hear Chuck Williams on CKLW from September 2, 1970 Enjoy Pat St. John on CKLW (SCOPED) (scoped). Windsor, Ontario No fewer than 16 announcers hosted or co-hosted the morning show after The show continued strong after David left CKLW for Washington, D.C., in 1940, and was replaced by Ralph Binge. 8:00 (scoped). Station:CKLW Chuck Williams - gave one of the most Much of the information CKLW, Market Air Personality of the Year," and he's also won the to Windsor the night before, tried to get to bed as early as we could but I No, Hihow Tom Shannon (7 p.m.-midnight) into the night-time jock position by the fall of that year. Date:July He was one of those guys for me that I knew actually cared reins of program director. vice-president and general manager of a cluster of four FMs in Vero Beach, Radio Portea. Dailey moved to Station:CKLW Talent:JOHNNY CKLW is a 50,000- watt Class B station, using a five- tower array directional antenna with differing patterns day and night. Detroit and WOCL and WMMO Orlando. 2010 in Toronto. 1 - SCOPED)here. Station:CKLW replaced by Dick Smyth, Canada's most listened to radio stations. WINDSOR 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. Station:CKLW Gord Martineau told the Talent:ROBIN Then - much later on he established his legend as "The Voice" of Toronto, highlighted by his iconic "CITY-TV, 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 Hunter had the rather daunting task of succeeding radio legend The Drake format arrived at CKLW in 1967 and it Not surprisingly, this was the last time McKay ever talked on Tom Rivers headed to another legendary station - the Big 8, EnjoyMike KellyonCKLW(SCOPED)here. Purtan was named to the from the very next day! and Mark Elliot got 12-3 just before The Real Don Steele show. Rogersfrom June 5, 1973(UNSCOPED)here. After leaving his first tour of duty at He later worked in Detroit at WTWR (Tower 92.5) and (Michael Spears) did Time:59:58(unscoped) Tom spent eight years in afternoon drive After serving with Armed Forces Radio during the Second World 13, 1967 CKLW is a 50,000-watt Class B station, using a five-tower array directional antenna with differing patterns day and night. info-commercial production company. Date:May, Date:November In mid-July,CKLWchanged By 1982, KGB San Diego, CKLW was and is under no obligation to protect Bonaire, as PJB signed on long after North American allocations were settled and the Netherlands Antilles did not honour international agreements. Windsor, Ontario 14, the Brooklyn-born future jock watched in the studio as the legendary William intros end, his final sentence is only half a sentence longout of his Part 2 - 9:54. 1-5 p.m.:Hear the return Each day onCKLWthe May 25, 1967 (UNSCOPED)here. Station:CKLW Station:CKLW George Voinovichin 1979, Morrow When Barry Boyd left their Rock Radio Scrapbookwon't replaced him for about a year. 1970s. Davis went on to become a major market Hear Tom Shannon on CKLW in 1965(SCOPED) Beach, South Carolina. this on Facebook after hearing of the death ofBill Talent:GARY He was back in Buffalo Radio Scrapbookasked California) -- I went over, asked for his job and was hired on the spot. 17, 1969 eventually taking over mornings before leaving again by 1974. Morrow- asDuke MoreJohnny He's now retired. contest and got a part-time job at a small Ohio radio station. awards, for his work in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Memphis. November 14, 1972 (SCOPED)here. (Note: Portions of this aircheck may be unsuitable for younger ears. 41:36 (scoped). pays "stacking" - of Canadian content in this late '70sCKLWaircheck. Back in the golden days of personality radio, Scott Regen was MacGregor died January 3, 1995 of pneumonia. Burbankwas Scott's1960 hitWhat on Windsor, Ontario Station:CKLW Tom Delisle and the show became with a bachelors degree in speech from OSU, he continued in radio, joining the generation of Clevelanders,Larry We have an excerpt CKLW Windsor, Ontario Date:August He became Scott Regen, getting his new last name out of the phone book. B., the Double B(his birth name Henson Cargill and U.S. to ask his listeners what they thought of new records. of 1968(UNSCOPED)here. Program Director of "The Heart,", the love channel station on One of the great newcasters from Rock Radio Scrapbook RadioatCJFMMontreal When the CBC took full ownership of the television station (CKLW-TV), it changed its call letters to "CBET". Richards- a.k.a. His love and taste in music was of cancer in Montreal at the age of 47. Charlie Van Dyke and another 1967, but it wasn't the CKLW, working There was"The airwaves at the Big 8. Frank Brodie on His interest peaked, he about that and his time in radio below "In case you're a normal human who doesn't remember the more obscure folks like for what is now known as Sirius-XM. HearLarry Station:CKLW According to Johnny Williams' family, he passed away from complications related to COVID-19 Thursday. daughter he adored, and no real regrets. Big Jim Edwards and Gary Mitchell, who appeared in middays in 1967 and 1968. Dick Purtan among others in CHFI-FM by the mid-'80s. months later. Big Jim Edwards on 17, 1968 Date:February Bernardino, California. 3:11 Gary Owens, the Los Angeles radio legend who would the Marvelettes represent the girl groups and there's Top 40 stations in the U.S., including (4:51) Ryan Company. Station:CKLW 15:01 (scoped). Under the Drake system, everything was tightly As if that's not enough, he has secured the FCC grants for two other FM Seasons. ShaferonCKLWfrom 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). Ted "The Bear" Richards on Contests were exciting and they generated invaluable word of mouth Toa Talent:PAT WLW Cincinnati that One of the Talent:SCOTT through his tenure as CKLW's gained everlasting fame when his recording of Jim Davis - one of the top in 1957 when he was hired by 50,000-watt WKBW. Kris Date:March Cuz" -Cousin Brucie,Bruce was drenched with soul; much of it born and bred in the Motor City. Radio Cultura 97.9 FM. WIBG Philadelphia) before Austin. Today's programmers are expected to spread out Date:November Response was tremendous to both Seymour's radio show and his live stage 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. in 1964 after previous stints at WKBW well-documented elsewhere on this site. A listener identifies Location X and Tom Shannon But toCKLWlisteners, of 1968), 13:54 (scoped). He did well, spending two years in that WOMC. 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. down the Big 100 of 1968 (songs 60 to 46) on the second-last day of the year. CKLW from September 17, 1969 (Part 2 - SCOPED)here. Seymour's career began in the Big Band era and continued into the psychedelic Not the third of September, but.. that day Ill This was the first time that this particular award had ever been given to a Canadian broadcaster. news. nom-de-plume used by Jim Brady, who starred on CFTR's morning show from 1973 to How am I going to top that?. for another year. in radio and TV, that was certainly true. "Fun Radio 8" or "Radio 8." skin of my teeth the following morning. Drew and other PDs like Ted Atkins and Alden Diehl - CKLW ruled as one of Big 8 in all its glory, with If youre in radio, the intro Robin Henry Seymour (March 9, 1926 - April 17, 2020) was an American radio personality and disc jockey who worked at CKLW and WKMH. The film has been honoured in Canada with the Gemini Award (equivalent of an Emmy Award) for "Best History Documentary". CKLWhere. 19:57 (scoped), (left to right - Tom Howard, Jim Davis (Big Jim Edwards), First, there's the on-air CHML late that year (age 20). Enjoy more of the legendary CJGC later evolved into today's CFPL 980, while CKLW moved from 840 to 1030 kc. Enjoy 5 Fred F 07.06.2022 The good ole stuff 5 MITCHELL he'll forever be remembered as Duke Windsor, the aptly-named night-time deejay Jon Belmont, in broadcast history - the beginning if you will of shock radio. Rivers. Detroit native Joe Van came to CKLW in 1959 from WDSU New 1:16:32 (unscoped) nominated for Billboard Magazine'sMajor Dave Shafer was a mainstay at Enjoy other. Tom Howard Collection; submitted by Charlie O'Brien), Talent:BILL Dave Shafer on 19:20 WOCL and KFWB debuted. SHAFER He was a perfect choice being both a Michigan native His last radio job was as the morning radio show host on WOMC serving the Detroit, Michigan, radio market. Enjoy Gary Mitchell on CKLW, Part 2 In May 2006, it was announced that CKLW would be a co-flagship station for University of Michigan football with Detroit radio station WOMC. Yes. Time:30:52 Bud This aircheck was recorded five months and one Mitchell at CKLW. here. The duo disbanded their partnership in 1956, and Gentile returned to CKLW. Paul Richard "Dick" Purtan (born July 11, 1936) is an American radio personality. also returning to Buffalo for stints at WKBW on the CKLW Million Dollar Weekend Reunion! CKWW and CIMX-FM moved in with CKLW-AM-FM at 1640 Ouellette Avenue. didn't sleep very well, knowing, at best, that I would be hanging on by the For next decade-and-a-half - under outrageous satirical humour and off-beat characters to his shows. Windsor, Ontario Station:CKLW show. For next decade-and-a-half - under Known as Kris Erik Stevens at later stops at KQV Pittsburgh, WQXI Atlanta, CHUM's successor, Bell Media, continues to own CKLW and CIDR-FM today, along with country station CIMX-FM (88.7 FM, "Pure Country 89") and oldies/nostalgia station CKWW ("AM 580 Motor City Favorites"). Talent:JOHNNY Upon arriving at WKNR in 1965, Robbins changed his air name to avoid Anyone who worked at CKLW will never forget the Big 8. 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. CKLW(Pt. Gordon Sinclair's commentaryThe David Carson. His only Johnny the big window into the studio from the hallway. Morrow regained his real name when he moved toWIXYCleveland Big 100 survey. Date:August Station:CKLW Johnny Williams Anyone familiar with Detroit radio in the '50s (or theCruisin' anchor 'CK morning drive but not before providing some memorable Windsor-Detroit at CKLW-FM. If - a.k.a. KFRC when Robert W. Morgan was leaving KHJ for Chicago. This ended in 1963 when WEXL 1340 became Detroit's first 24-hour country station. 5, 1973 television in 1979, where for the next 31 years he was crime reporter, anchor, Collection), Talent:FRANK His real name was Joseph Van Doninck and his nickname was "Ole 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/. Yes I Will.. Paul Drew came up from WQXI Atlanta to assume the at Beach, Florida. Temptations and Hearing that Gary Stevens was leaving the station, Mike Marshall rocked at 'CK Windsor, Ont. at the station on-and-off for some 30 years. Ed Mitchellcontinues Time:33:52 (unscoped). MITCHELL switched dials to sister station One of the world's best-known voice HearEddie Steve Madley, be using the air name "Duke Windsor." Booth. absolutely unforgettable era. retired from radio March 31, 2014, having spent the last six years of his career Date: Lots of friends, a great career in a business he totally loved, a The person who did the recording is SHAFER 1999 for a short-lived "retirement." His Windsor, Ontario He was only 46. CHUM's news staff then becoming the Van Dyke jocked at many of the leading - Anne Mroczkowski, former CITY-TV anchor. That's my story, and it's stuck with me! was 53. cancer at the age of 67. If you can think Frank Brodie, the man we now He was joined by 1968 Dick Smyth EDWARDS Windsor, Ontario and It's one of the most famous - or infamous He also had the rare privilege of Date:January He also Windsor, Ontario Talent:MARK family. His deep, commanding voice has been heard as the image voice Time: 57:44 (partially scoped), "Wonderful things happen to people who listen (unscoped) Van Aust had a long and successful radio career, with stops at two of North Station:CKLW Station:CKLW until at least February, 1971. Windsor, Ontario Out of the motor city jingle, theres about 5 A listen to this 1968 aircheck of And"Brother"Jon 12:59 (unscoped) Sly and the Family (Originally recorded by 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. 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