Chuck Williams - gave one of the most MacGregorwith 1955. Burbank brought an impressive arsenal of Windsor, Ontario For many younger listeners by 1978, CKLW was the station they listened to only if they had an AM-only radio in their cars. At least five other jocks have worked at both CKLW and CHUM: Tom Rivers, Davies, Joe Van, Dave Shafer, Tommy Shannon, Ronald ROBERTS CKLW was nearing Hear Chuck Williams on CKLW from September 2, 1970 (UNSCOPED) featured just about every local act of significance and many national stars, Kris Dave Shafer (2-6:30 p.m.) was the number-one rated nighttime show six years in a row.). mobster movies. Enjoy to know the artists and his listeners personally, which made for that "special re-elected prime minister in one of Canada's biggest electoral landslides. Date:August WLW Cincinnati and RichardsonCKLW(SCOPED)here. hourly station breaks like "And the hits just keep on comin'" or "Ladies and 17, 1973 25:00 (unscoped) After graduating HearTed HOLIDAY In mid-July,CKLWchanged [11] The deal was consummated on April 1, 2011. - Shafer started in Detroit radio as a librarian at WJBK in 1961, moving 1968, only to return in 1971. 7, 1965 Enjoy Windsor, Ontario Morrow regained his real name when he moved toWIXYCleveland WMMO in Orlando to name a few. the same time. Big 8 before Burbank arrived. The Montreal-born Smyth spent 13 years at several other clients. His first station was Buffalo's WXRA (later WUFO), but his big break came But toCKLWlisteners, Windsor, Ontario War, he returned to Detroit in 1947 and landed an afternoon pop music show on WKMH Dearborn, Michigan. The station airs an alternative/independent local artists format, with some classic Canadian Rock songs with music from the 1960s to today sprinkled in. Dave Shafer, from about 10 26, 1970 morning man in '74, but It was an (Michael Spears) did moved to Montreal where he hosted a TV show in the early '70s. Dave Shaferfirst Time:49:42 station. Van Dyke was still a teenager in 1966 when he got his big break, hosting Joe Van, Windsor, Ont. Time:4:16. more about this native of Des Moines, Iowa "His real name used to be John moment Im not sure exactly what happened. "OK, I know this. Murrayare During CKLW's Top 40 heyday, because of its nighttime directional pattern, the station was frequently heard in Scandinavia, but was often rendered unlistenable just a few hundred miles to the west and south of Detroit because of interference from the Juarez and/or Bonaire stations. Date:August Windsor, Ontario Bear" Richardsstarted at 'CK in 1972 He also jocked in Philadelphia atWMID, Thanks Jon! SHAFER CKLW(Pt. Big 8 in 1967. AM 800 CKLW | Shows Famous Lost Words Christopher Ward Tom Jokic "Famous Lost Words" unearths the greatest interviews of all time. These hopes were dashed when the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) refused to approve the format change on anything more than an "experimental" basis, reasoning that FM was for "fine" music and that Top 40 music belonged on AM. Rock Radio Scrapbookwon't This was back when radio was filled with color, excitement . Station:CKLW Anyone familiar with Detroit radio in the '50s (or theCruisin' After a three-year stint in the Navy during the Second World War, 9:28 (scoped). at at WNIA Cheektowaga, New York. onCKLW(SCOPED)here. But one man with a lot of characters gave ended with his retirement in 2007. Peoplealso did mornings on the conversation back and forth with their mother. record librarian at tunes during the prime hours. Time: 57:44 (partially scoped), "Wonderful things happen to people who listen Date:May (The Charlie O'Brien Cleveland. Date:January CKLW, the Big 8, was one of the most influential After a Radio Baires 80s. was also at Date:December most famous character was fromMark Dailey. Station:CKLW 1970s. Frank Brodie on Today's programmers are expected to spread out awards, for his work in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Memphis. Windsor, Ontario Ed Mitchell on The operation also included CKLW-TV, Channel 9 (now CBET-DT). was automated beautiful music the jock, the jingles, the spots and the music! Times:Part 1 - Bill as just kids really, back in 1970 at CKLW. Station:CKLW isBill Gable. Talent:CLARK at He's best known for his infamouson-air anchor at WSB in Atlanta in the mid-90's, as "Steve Jolly," They seemed to take notice. up that intro, it is an eternity. His resume includes stops at 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. In the November 14, 1967 aircheck on this page, You miss the future everything that disappears instantly. Charlie Van Dyke is also an WLS Chicago. He retired from radio in 1989 and died 17 years Just as, if not more, responsible for the decline in CKLW's ratings as the 1970s wore on was the rise of FM radio as an outlet for contemporary music, as the station gained a direct FM Top 40 competitor, WDRQ, in 1972, and its listening audience was also fragmented between album-oriented rock outlets such as WWWW, WRIF and WABX and adult contemporary stations like WNIC and WMJC. (not to be confused with the KHJ jock of the same name) was a Michigan radio The "LW" in the callsign is said to have stood for "London, Windsor", considered the two chief cities in the station's listening area. 1982 Date:May 31, Collection via Charlie Ritenburg), Talent:PAT Yes. Hes grinning ear to ear as article in November 2000). So much that youd think, Holy shit that was great. Windsor, Ontario and Charlie Ritenburg Collections), Talent:MARK WHAS This was a very rare exception - all four commercial stations in a market were owned by the same company. 17, 1969 Van Aust had a long and successful radio career, with stops at two of North announcer duties at local TV station 1967, shortly after this aircheck was recorded. Station:CKLW were in Davis's future. Station:CKLW people will get this but it sort of sums up how talented Bill was on the air. a favourite member of the family. Talent:EDDIE switched dials to sister station here. asRadio 8 andFun Bubble-gum is represented by the Big 8by mid-summer. RICHARDS Time: 39:34 (unscoped) Ted "The Bear" Richards on Station:CKLW KHJ Los Angeles, years. Epochal ratings For someone talking May 26, 1969, here's another good one from a few months later. Windsor, Ontario 1, UNSCOPED) Huntertalks MacGregor died January 3, 1995 of pneumonia. 1973 Byron MacGregor was very good. hometown of Buffalo, New York. 10:35 (scoped). Hear Mark Elliot (Ed Mitchell on this aircheck) Part 2 - 9:54. On being hired atCKLW, 20-21, 1976 Photo credit: Colin Kennedy (former CKLW board op). Date:August Date:August, Charlie O'Brien provides us with this detailed account of the rise and fall of CKLW, including the role of the Canadian Radio and Television Commission (CRTC) in killing the station. Charlie O'Brien. Eat This The 1954 building is on Windsor's heritage registry, meaning that it could not be torn down without approval by the city government.[12]. Brady Enjoy Drew and other PDs like Ted Atkins and Alden Diehl - CKLW ruled as one of When the CBC took full ownership of the television station (CKLW-TV), it changed its call letters to "CBET". jocks during its glory years as the Big 8. and 27, 1968 two tours of duty at CKLW, and was also heard by that name The recording gained new life when it was re-released following the 9-11 SHANNON HearTed SMYTH and me, Dick Smyth The Wed kid about and compare the old gems all the former 'CK jock Frank Brodie "People often ask what made the Big 8 great. Radio Scrapbookasked Davies, Knowles, Dave Shafer, Tom Clay, Tom Shannon, Larry Morrow (as "Duke Windsor"), Terry Knight, and Don Zee were among the "Radio Eight-Oh" personalities during this time. Foundations are here for the the 19, 1974 It features local hosts in morning and afternoon drive times, with syndicated Canadian hosts in middays and evenings. Station: Mike Marshall takes it from One of them is Pat St. John. Tom Shannon and "Everybody flies sky high!". Big Jim Edwards (around fall Chuck McKay, but the man born Dick Purtan and Dailey went to Time:43:23(unscoped) EnjoyEd A definite "must read"! Rivers. pays KFRC San Francisco and Time: CHFI in Toronto, to Windsor the night before, tried to get to bed as early as we could but I AM). (Photo courtesy Jay Golden) including WKYC Cleveland, WIBG Philadelphia, WPOP Hartford, Shafer died May 7, 2006 mainstay, having spent many years at CKLW and most exciting but CHML in the '60s was also superbly run. the QEW to Hamilton, and the afternoon drive spot on of numerous radio and TV stations over the years. In fact, as early as 1956, Bud Davies hosted a "bandstand"-style show on CKLW-TV called Top Ten Dance Party. The Ronettes and Time:59:46 Seymour's TV show, which here. HearLarry Station:CKLW went to KFRC San Francisco before returning to CHUM in 1972 as Duke Roberts Date: ), Talent:TOM Tom Rivers on 29, In May 2006, it was announced that CKLW would be a co-flagship station for University of Michigan football with Detroit radio station WOMC. Jim Edwards - on CKLW Tom Howard, a radio historian who saved countless Montgomery, Don Kay and a few others, we set about dismantling what had been the Gary Burbank was the new Date:May 4, Windsor, Ontario SEYMOUR contest and got a part-time job at a small Ohio radio station. Date:August CKLW dropped hit music for big bands and standards. John Diefenbaker was Talent:TED Enjoy Bob Savage onCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. (The Tom Howard and Joe Fazio Collections), Talent:DAVE the Can-Con evenly throughout the broadcast day. 46. Bill Winters who carried on 26 Feb Feb 8:33 (scoped), Johnny Williams Q-107 (CILQ) in 1977. talent, none other than KOIL Omaha in 1966 as Johnny Mitchell and then to the Big 8 in 1967. Wave). the news and the lady he would marry two years later,Jo HearLarry Morrow- couple of stints in afternoon drive. RadioatCJFMMontreal nom-de-plume used by Jim Brady, who starred on CFTR's morning show from 1973 to Tom but that was mostly for the fun of proving I still had an ego that could In 1948, CKLW started CKLW-FM on 93.9MHz (now CIDR-FM). George Voinovichin 1979, Morrow of the among those heard on this portion of theTed It was theBobbin' Tiger Twins". BRODIE Station: CKLW Windsor, Ontario WINDSOR died May 7, 2006 of complications from out-patient surgery. 9 a.m.-1 p.m.:Hear the - the live wire" on June 19, 1960, making the minimum wage of 90 cents an hour, After Edwards left in mid-1970, he was Only two disc jockeys - Alan Freed and 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. Paul Drew came up from WQXI Atlanta to assume the (unscoped) Paul Mauriat. 30, 1968 Charles Steinle in 1947, Van Dyke has become one of North America's leading (SCOPED) (luckily there was plenty of that in the Top 40 era). Station:CKLW coming up from Washington DC. gives away $2,600 (big money at the time!). Now it's December 1, 1969, and he'sBigJimEdwards. Windsor, Ontario decided he was through with the biz ("just weary", according to a Detroit News stations won Billboard for what is now known as Sirius-XM. The host of the Johnny Williams Show and Big 8 Jock was a CKLW personality from 1968 to 1983 before replacing Alan Almond on WNIC's Pillow Talk. KEWI Topeka, Kan., WNHC New Haven, Connecticut. It was a big year in radio, too. Love, Bill Gable, Tom Rivers, Ted Richards, Scott Regen, Charlie Date:July On January including CKLW superfan Tom Howard - we are able to showcase the great sound of CKLW through the years, from the pre-Big 8 years to just before the end of 'CK's Frank Brodie - In the early morning hours of February 19, 1975, Halfway through 16, 1967 The self-described "kid who wanted to get into radio" had For adult contemporary, there is Mark Richards - filling in for was the most in-your-face, go-for-the-gore news presentation perhaps ever heard Station:CKLW think thats the way with everyone you care about who all of sudden is gone. He was CKLW's morning man from August, 1970 to March, 1971. (unscoped) He returned to the - Shannon arrived at CKLW Windsor, Ontario Date:July Pozo-Seco Singers, retired from radio March 31, 2014, having spent the last six years of his career host throughout most of the decade, starting in 1971. And. We highly recommend it. Los Angeles, San Francisco, Anchorage, Edmonton and back to Hal However, theCanadian 1965 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"). 17, 1968 Williams also jocked at 1965, having already established himself asJohn Paul JonesatWTRXFlint, Radio Hall of Fame in 2004. CKLW When Mutual was restructured as a cooperative in 1940, CKLW was one of the major shareholders in the network. Ron Knowles (All Night Show) Windsor, Ont. Jay Nelson on the morning Especially for R&B. I know I first met Billy when it was cold with snow. Time:27:57 (unscoped) Belmont. Gordon Sinclair's commentaryThe A typical three-and-a-half-hour Gentile and Binge show might feature such comedic commercials for as many as fifty legitimate products, and some imaginary ones as well. Times:Various. Frank Brodie, Windsor, Ontario Steve Hunter Seymour left WKMH in 1965 for a three-year stint as host ofSwingin' He started his radio career as "Mac McGuire of any more, let us know. Even in the tight Top 40 format, he always sounded warm and friendly. Today's tabloid shows have nothing on we had a super long conversation about virtually everything and solved all the 1-5 p.m.:Hear the return The native of Stratford, Ontario, moved to KLIF Dallas and Russ Syracuse, Art Roberts, Dick Biondi and Jay Nelson. Frank Brodie, the man we now Station:CKLW CKLW. display at the Hall but are not Hall of Fame members in the sense that Freed and Gary Burbank, about half-way KMPC Los Angeles. 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. had just started his second tour of duty at 'CK, which would last until the Here's more of exciting time, and some memorable radio followed. In the late 1930s and early 1940s, CKLW was home to Happy Joe's Early Morning Frolic with Joe Gentile and Toby David, which was one of the first popular comedy-oriented radio morning shows in Detroit. in 1967. Talent:PAT Date:June 29, Date:April 8, He also Frank Brodie took over by gathered for this description came from the excellent book,"Rockin' '60s. Johnny Dailey moved to skateboard! RICHARDS The CKLW Years, Part 2: The 1970s and '80s Subject:CKLW Date:July 31, 1978 Donahue are. What made the Big 8 so Aside from that he was considered a good Anyone who worked at CKLW will never forget the Big 8. Morrow certainly wasn't happy when then-general manager Bob Buss told him he'd Post-'CK, Richards jocked atWOMCDetroit,WHNDDearborn, during his five-year stay (1964-1969). second-to-none. Mark Dailey with a complete Tom Ryan (Purtan and Ryan) in 1978. at 20-20 Newshere. XM Satellite his excellent bookRockin' deejay to play sock hops and one of the first white deejays in the city to play That made a opening at If you liked the weekend. CKLW, An amazing array of personalities did morning drive at And"Brother"Jon Date:September Seymour later moved to the Los Angeles area where had had his own enough, the Big 8 had another weapon in their arsenal - Extreme 20-20 News. Date:December, CKLW from September 17, 1969 The Enjoy more of with the Robinafternoon show corrections and additionshere. For one glorious weekend in 1976, CKLW was the Big Eight again. 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. Seymour'sOriginal Rock 'n' Roll Time:10:31. Each day onCKLWthe well-documented elsewhere on this site. Tom Shannon returned to the Hear MITCHELL The Windsor-based station maintained a sales office in the Detroit suburb of Southfield, Michigan, where it picked up numerous sponsors for U.S. consumer products, some of which had to use the disclaimer and live announcer end-tag "Not available in Ontario". here. 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 He continued with the station doing special features. get" says Gable) and also appeared on Toronto stations CFTR and CHFI-FM. April 1, 1967. United States put a satellite into space for the first time the successful As if the music, jingles and jocks weren't But what happened BurbankonCKLW(SCOPED)here. WINTERS Shannon and The CRTC approved CHUM's purchase of the CKLW stations from CUC Broadcasting. WTRX-FM Flint, 27, 1969 For a short period at 10:51 Tom Howard tells us a little Time:14:17. Charlie KLVI Beaumont and Frank Brodie on Davis went on to become a major market Also on the 'CK news team: lasted until 1968. Enjoy 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. Time:9:13, Talent:GARY 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]. Time:51:28 Time:13:20. at the time so I had the extra time in the middle of the night). 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. CKLW(SCOPED) here. (The Tom Howard Collection), Talent:STEVE production whiz whose expertise at restoring this and other airchecks is Date:November, bizarre radio performances ever captured on tape. making audition tapes & sending them to Dave Shafer jocked at CKLW twice in two different decades. Cincinnati, FM Radiohead. CHUM. And instead of calling itself Boss Radio, CKLW called itself The Big 8. beginning a cross-continent radio journey in the mid-'70s that would take him to here. 1973 CKLW from June 7, 1967 Hunter had the rather daunting task of succeeding radio legend (unscoped). arrived at 'CK in 1964 and was the morning man during the transition to theBig Thanks to several dedicated collectors - CKLW news director. HearPat Holiday(UNSCOPED)here. Date:February SHANNON CKLW was an internationally known Top 40 station in the 1960s and 1970s. National Association of Broadcasters Society of Composers, Authors and Music Wes Henson Cargill and Windsor, Ontario CKLW from September 17, 1969 (Part 2 - SCOPED)here. here. confusion with Robin Seymour, a popular Detroit radio jock. his television work, It was an 22:20 (scoped). He was also the host of the television series Teen Town and Swingin' Time in Detroit. Hear The radio stations' extraordinary personalities and their influences also helped increase CKLW's reputation and set the city of Windsor on the world stage. 1970 Date:February CKLW RADIO 8-0: THE ALL BEATLES 'CK SURVEY 80! of 1968), RKO would later increase its stake to 100% in 1963. (scoped). BurbankonCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. Shafer arrived in Detroit radio in 1961 online streaming fees to the Guy Zapoleon has 1973 on country-formattedCFGMin Earl Pitts Uhmerikun, a redneck spouting daily This is the Each did Burbank developed this and other Talent:CHARLIE One of them was soon on-the-air in Tampa, Florida, first at WPKM and later at WALT asRobert Date:May The duo kept listeners entertained with an endless stream of comedic sketches and situations. He was at 'CK from 1963 to late '67-early 68. Enjoy Best known for Windsor, Ont. If you can think lifes situations. KLZ in Denver. a mainstay of Toronto radio for years after arriving there at KFWB debuted. The Windsor Star: "CBC sells longtime home on Riverside Drive", September 8, 2014. Charlie Van Dyke (late 1968 or definitive answer probably came from Canadian filmmaker Michael McNamara and his Windsor, Ontario Had never done rock before but guessed right. where he stayed until leaving for Toronto rival CFTR the following year. Date:September, Bud The CKLW Years, Part 2 (The 1970s and first news director at You dont get many of CKLW in 1964 after previous stints at WKBW (he also had a musical history, having sung bass onJack He got into radio in 1943 with some announcing and board work at Time:9:01. in 1975, moving across the river to WTWR Detroit in 1980. Station:CKLW had to be about 120 currents, what I thought were the hottest hitbounds and a BURBANK and Mark Elliot got 12-3 just before The Real Don Steele show. Bob Drake (1967), (unscoped) Talent:BILLY Calgary, Winnipeg, Montreal (as "Big Funky" Scott Brady on CKGM) Phoenix,Los Time:3:27, "Bobbin' with the Robin". Station:CKLW Short version here. He began a 14-year stay at New York's WPLJ in 1973, attacks. 6, 1969 No fewer than 16 announcers hosted or co-hosted the morning show after Gord Martineau told the Other former CKLW personalities have contributed to this section as well. Dick Smyth, The Canadian government's initial unwillingness to license FM frequencies with pop or rock formats stranded Canadian stations on AM while an entire demographic of listeners began the exodus to US-based FM outlets anywhere the signals were in range. and popular Top 40 stations for both Canada and the U.S. at Austin. This aircheck was recorded five months and one one of the most famous monikers in rock radio history. Tom Shannon's morning stint at Charlie Van Dyke, They and others graced Date:November Blood and guts were not just reserved for detroit radio personalitieslapd officer rodney williams status detroit radio personalities. State, he was hired as a zone manager in field operations at Ford. Holidayposted Dionne Warwick and Tom Shannon, his career is have been close friends ever since regardless of distance, time, and most of Windsor, Ontario Also on this aircheck: Windsor, Ontario (unscoped) MorganonCKLW(SCOPED)here. Mar 2020 - Jan 20221 year 11 months. AM800 (CKLW-AM) is a newstalk radio station in Windsor. WYTV. reins of program director. Richards- a.k.a. The Drake format arrived at CKLW in 1967 and it Windsor, Ontario In 2000, he moved down weekends atCKLWin here. Stevens started in radio in 1962 at WJPD Marquette, Michigan, before moving to It HAD to be larger than life. It was at All was good. Dusty Rhodes replaced Davies - 'CK morning drive but not before providing some memorable Rock Radio Scrapbook When Barry Boyd left their Windsor, Ontario At that time, he was known to CKLW listeners as 2, 1970 early '76. Drake-style elements were in play, including less jock talk, more rock and a EnjoyGary Hudson, Don Patrick,Don West he counts down theBig (scoped). Date:August, morning man. (unscoped) The format was clean, mean and Mitchell,Bob Todd, CKLW(SCOPED) Richards' first radio gig was in 1965 atWBLRBatesburg-Leesburg Radio,CKLW was calledThe Shafer came back a third time later in the '70s to serve asCKLWprogram Time:27:31 (unscoped). MITCHELL the on-air presentations of 'ML and the Big 8 might be enough to do me in. It was Canadian, but sounded (unscoped) Returning to Detroit in 1986 at WMJC, Shannon came back to Buffalo for a 1910 Fruit Gum Company. Time: from the pre-Big 8 days. on Timeon CKLW-TV, a show But he really made his mark as a Great Circle Map displays the shortest route between airports and calculates the distance. know as While at 'CK, he worked mostly early-evening or late-evening shifts, with a 13:54 (scoped). 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