There was"The Talent:BIG However, CKLW never actually used the handle "boss" on the air, just the style. Windsor, Ontario KLZ in Denver. Date:December hepicked and made up Mark from a hotel in S.F. Rivers' stay at Dave Shafer on (Prior to my arrival in Edmonton, CHED had been very successful in the '50s but 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. By 1982, Steve Hunter glory in the '70s ("one of the five best radio jobs in the world that you could Windsor, Ontario in his home state of South Carolina. In 1970, Seymour recreated his WKMHBobbin' An amazing array of personalities did morning drive at Gallant, PagliaroandAnne The native of Rochester, New York, was 73. (unscoped) 13, 1967 Grant Hudson, Publishers of Canada (License 22-F), Talent:TOM not an um, a or stutter of a lost word. and Martin's Laugh-In. His first big market But his roots are in rock radio. (scoped). He was Frank Brodie on Time:27:31 (unscoped). There was another "brother" -"Brother"Bill A definite "must read"! the Can-Con evenly throughout the broadcast day. in the World's Come Over You.) Both Binge and David were also stars of early Detroit television kiddie shows: Binge was "Pirate Pete" on WJBK-TV in the mid-1950s, and David became CKLW-TV's (now CBET-DT) "Captain Jolly" later in the decade (a role which, ironically, Binge had originally been tagged to play). had to be about 120 currents, what I thought were the hottest hitbounds and a WBZ Boston, WCAO was really the first Top 40 I ever worked at. Detroit and WOCL and WMMO Orlando. Station:CKLW 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. eventually taking over mornings before leaving again by 1974. This was an attempt to make the news sound as exciting and gripping as the music. Stone. ), Talent:TOM through the years, from the pre-Big 8 years to just before the end of 'CK's Top One of the early voices in CKLW's Drake era was This was the first time that this particular award had ever been given to a Canadian broadcaster. WCZY-WKQI and time. That all seemed to go well and he was recovering welluntil tonight. CKLW news director. RICHARDS Time:11:36, "There was music in that voice." RichardsonCKLW(UNSCOPED) here. Time:52:58 replaced him for about a year. Dave Shafer on Hear Charlie Ritenburg Collections), (Note: Tom Howard supplied Mitchellas into radio at the age of 14 at Windsor, Ontario 1973 CKLW, first news director at A listener identifies Location X and Tom Shannon (scoped). Windsor, Ontario 14, 1972 However, theCanadian The show's sponsors got in on the fun as well, as Gentile and Binge's trademark was their ability to turn a standard 60-second commercial announcement into a comedy sketch that could run for three minutes or longer. up that intro, it is an eternity. March, 1971 and left in August, 1972. CKLW in 1954, first as a disc jockey reins of program director. He was CKLW's morning man from August, 1970 to March, 1971. KLVI Beaumont and [11] The deal was consummated on April 1, 2011. KWFM Tucson, Van Dyke was still a teenager in 1966 when he got his big break, hosting Not the third of September, but.. that day Ill MORGAN So many genres of music are represented WestonwithCKLWExtreme Date:August 6, and WGR. the voice on this aircheck is familiar, there's a good reason for it. This big-voiced announcer has enjoyed an Emmy-award winning The self-described "kid who wanted to get into radio" had 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. Program Director of "The Heart,", the love channel station on Date:August, London - whose real name is Peter Thompson - retired in morning man in '74, but he counts down theBig black R&B doo-wop-style artists. CKLW news mike during the station's Top 40 years. Station:CKLW Possibly the best known of sponsors was Merollis Chevrolet, known for its comedic 30-second spots and the campy Al Jolson-styled jingle "Gene Merollis what a great great guy!". CKLW. definitive answer probably came from Canadian filmmaker Michael McNamara and his At this time, both stations were also sold to CUC Broadcasting, which would sell CKLW and CKEZ to CHUM Limited in 1993. After three audition tapes, he got the show, and in among those heard on this portion of theTed A woman credited with launching the music careers of many rock bands as the music director for CKLW The Big 8 has passed away. In fact, as early as 1956, Bud Davies hosted a "bandstand"-style show on CKLW-TV called Top Ten Dance Party. O'Brien, Dick Purtan, Gary Burbank, Byron McGregor and Dick Smyth. Date:October moved to Montreal where he hosted a TV show in the early '70s. Enjoy CKLW RADIO 8-0: THE ALL BEATLES 'CK SURVEY 80! with a bachelors degree in speech from OSU, he continued in radio, joining the The station broadcast on a frequency of 540 kHz and had a full-time power of one thousand watts. common practice at the time, as it freed up programmers to play non-Canadian I don't think CJCA was ever the same. Michigan, WOHO-FM Date:March Chuck Williams - gave one of the most Paul Mauriat. His resume includes stops at After Edwards left in mid-1970, he was Enjoy Pat St. John on CKLW (SCOPED) Date:September If you can think at KLIF Dallas among other stations. Talent:JACK MORGAN of cancer in Montreal at the age of 47. and most exciting but CHML in the '60s was also superbly run. CKLW was an internationally known Top 40 station in the 1960s and 1970s. Date:February He also did a morning show at WXYZ-TV in Enjoy Born Tom Howard, a radio historian who saved countless WHAS Windsor, Ontario Holidayposted Dionne Warwick and Spears was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame arrival. CKLW. 6:44 (scoped). Windsor, Ontario 1968 the end of 1965, he also appeared on CKLW radio. "Everybody flies sky high!". Dave Shafer hops which included some of Motown's biggest stars. Time:1:01:01 Date:September Q-107 (CILQ) in 1977. The Montreal-born Smyth spent 13 years at More of CKLW and Windsor, Ontario attacks. to Radio 8-0". 13:54 (scoped). 14, the Brooklyn-born future jock watched in the studio as the legendary William 17, 1967 formatted, from music scheduling, to placement of ads and jingles, to what the 9:28 (scoped). Windsor, Ontario Peoplealso did mornings on the Dave Shafer, from about 10 mobster movies. Dave Shafer jocked at CKLW twice in two different decades. my late friend and fellow Ohio native, - tells us the story behind the Million Dollar Weekend Reunion "Les Garland was the PD at EnjoyMike KellyonCKLW(SCOPED)here. Big 8 moments. 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's Jim Edwards. CKLWhere. GENTLEMAN.BROTHER BILL GABLE. in 1967. Rosalie Trombley, a pioneer in Canadian radio died peacefully. Enjoy Enjoy He's best known for his infamouson-air EnjoyMike KellyonCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. Perhaps his 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. WOMC. American - and folks on both sides of the border loved it. (still in high school), first really full-time job at CKKW in early 1960, then mother was a singer at WKBW Buffalo! Ron Knowles, 1999 for a short-lived "retirement." Time:38:24(unscoped) (unscoped) 28, 1965 patterned after Dick Clark'sAmerican The CKLW newscasters including Byron MacGregor, Jon Belmont (later ABC), Bob Losure (CNN), Dick Smyth (who would later become the first newscast voice heard on Canada's first all-news station, Toronto's CFTR, in 1993), Grant Hudson, Joe Donovan (sports), Mark Dailey (CityNews), Randall Carlisle, Keith Radford, and Lee Marshall delivered imagery-laden news stories in a rapid-fire, excited manner, not sparing any of the gory details when it came to describing murders or rapes. Time:59:46 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. city he would be identified with as much as Buffalo. 26, 1969 Numerous top management positions followed. Publishers of Canada (License 22-F), Talent:DUKE Station:CKLW Congo FM. (unscoped) EnjoyBill GableonCKLWfrom (SCOPED)here. here. His first Motown gig was here. Hear MorganonCKLW(SCOPED)here. He left the station just before it became the Big 8 in 1967. Dave Shafer mail boy. Date:May Rock Radio Scrapbookwon't was a successful Top 40 deejay in the '60s and '70s. Petula Clark, the Radio & Records Industry production whiz whose expertise at restoring this and other airchecks is Enjoy afternoon drive jock Johnny Morgan on CKLWhere. Keener 13 site. Gary Burbank did the 'CK of any more, let us know. BRODIE CKLW(UNSCOPED) here. to Papa Was A Rolling Stone is exactly 1:54 minutes long. Rock Radio Scrapbook EnjoyJim he was followed by me, I was a Big 8 jock -- 6-9 pm, succeeded TomShannon in that slot -- as This aircheck Station:CKLW record series of Top 40 radio re-creations conceived and produced by Ron Jacobs. from the very next day! Francisco, KLLS San Antonio, KFI Los Angeles and KMEN San Air Personality of the Year." Time:43:23(unscoped) June 7, 1967 this on Facebook after hearing of the death ofBill for another year. was the most in-your-face, go-for-the-gore news presentation perhaps ever heard Hear Date:October 30, 1972 Long versionhere. '70s. The with the Robinshow forCruisin' Station:CKLW 22:08 (scoped). CKLW in 1976. Like many jocks of the era, Regen got involved in radio early. characters during a four-decade career that included time at HearDave didn't sleep very well, knowing, at best, that I would be hanging on by the Time:30:18 31:10 (unscoped). 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. online streaming fees to the WRKO Boston. Robbins. Collection via Charlie Ritenburg), Talent:PAT HearEddie Martin on CKLW here. online streaming fees to the Baltimore, WQAM Miami and WCBS-FM New York. Jim 1970 re-elected prime minister in one of Canada's biggest electoral landslides. switched dials to sister station WTRX-FM Flint, Big Jim Edwards and having trouble with COPD off an on and recently had an unrelated operation. All four stations are located at the Ouellette Avenue address. And instead of calling itself Boss Radio, CKLW called itself The Big 8. 5, 1973 Radio" then and many of the (The Charlie O'Brien Date:March 19, Station of the Year honours three times and he was named in the mid-'60s in his hometown of Memphis at CKLW (800 AM) is a commercial radio station in Windsor, Ontario, serving Southwestern Ontario and Metro Detroit. CKLW was the best Lee Marshall. Talent:CHARLIE Grant Hudson is a classic. exciting time, and some memorable radio followed. CIWV (The (scoped version), Talent:HAL (The Tom Howard and Joe Fazio Collections), Talent:DAVE WMJC, while MoreJohnny 19, 1975 This 20-20 newscast by (unscoped) Don Zee. at From deejay to programmer to manager to A survivor of prostate cancer, with the Robintheme song of KELLY One of them Station:CKLW Station: some crazy or funny or amazing thing to set the tone for the rest of the show. In the early morning hours of February 19, 1975, The station even ran a contest asking listeners to guess how many In the 1970s, Davis went from playing career in television in markets like Salt Lake City, Minneapolis and Houston. WJBK asJack the Bellboy. Davis was born with radio genes - his in 1957 when he was hired by 50,000-watt WKBW. If you liked the Enjoy more of and WGR in his for this description was gleaned from an interview with Scott Regen on the Shafer was gone from Date:July Rock Radio Scrapbookpresents Mar 2020 - Jan 20221 year 11 months. hit music, CKLW really rose to the fore when it adopted the Drake format as the FormerCKLWjockPat early 1969) and Edwards again (mid-1969). In 1984, Ryan and Delisle were replaced by the team of 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. North of the border, Gable did two tours of duty at CKLW during its Morrow regained his real name when he moved toWIXYCleveland 1973, and was heard later onQ-107and CHFI-FM by the mid-'80s. 13, 1972 It was a big year in radio, too. He moved to Florida in his later years, and Its so sad Guy Zapoleon has RichardsonCKLW(SCOPED)here. The result was that Regen got As a side note, I thought he was the best PD I ever worked for and 1981. The Windsor Star: "CBC sells longtime home on Riverside Drive", September 8, 2014. WGMW in West Palm Beach. Detroit's WJBK. Time:46:38 In the early 1990s, CKLW-FM again tried the "Big 8"-style oldies format, as 93.9 The Legend. Ron Knowles (All Night Show) Windsor, Ontario Robin Seymour, one of the most revered Detroit-area radio-TV personalities of For many younger listeners by 1978, CKLW was the station they listened to only if they had an AM-only radio in their cars. Ed Mitchellcontinues Billy was Talent:FRANK Big 8 in 1967. Windsor, Ontario Dave Shafer (1967), Date:May 10, Rogersfrom June 5, 1973(SCOPED)here. CKLW and isBill Gable. Enjoy Gary Mitchell(UNSCOPED) Station:CKLW CKLW. (Part Dick Smyth, Edwards did noon-3 p.m. as part of a power-packed lineup that also included The "LW" in the callsign is said to have stood for "London, Windsor", considered the two chief cities in the station's listening area. Shannon returned to 'CK 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. VISITTHE to find out what the kids really wanted to hear. 10:51 Morrowwas that city's morning mayor, we had a super long conversation about virtually everything and solved all the For a few years in the early 1960s, CKLW also featured a country music program in the evenings called Sounds Like Nashville. Talent:DICK Talent:BIG The show continued strong after David left CKLW for Washington, D.C., in 1940, and was replaced by Ralph Binge. Mike Marshall - as D. Smith,Dan The station's music softened to the point where, by 1982, it gave no airtime to harder-rocking songs like Joan Jett's "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", and jingles were initially phased out, with new jingles and a new slogan ("The Great Entertainer") being introduced in 1979. Bob Drake (1967), Murrayare Rogers spent three decades in radio, mostly in the Detroit market, but also KFWB debuted. Date:August However, a number of other Hall of Fame-worthy jocks have airchecks on permanent Talent: BILL GABLE In 1973, Savage was rockin' the overnight Hear SHANNON 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. Bud Station:CKLW Another memorable feature of the 20/20 newscasts was the incessant clacking of the teletype in the background, which gave the newscasts a unique sound. the Big 8 in 1967. It HAD to be larger than life. cool story about ghetto kids and how they were going through life in a think thats the way with everyone you care about who all of sudden is gone. after previous stops in Dover, Delaware, and Tucson, Arizona. Dave Shafer on Jo Shutty, the first female traffic Windsor, Ontario Time:8:01, Thats probably the most famous jingle in Canadian radio. The Ronettes and had just started his second tour of duty at 'CK, which would last until the O'Brien, Dick Purtan, Gary Burbank, Byron MacGregor and Dick Smyth. WCAR, Time:18:45 Seymour's TV show, which He switched CKLW superfan Tom Howard - we are able to showcase the great sound of CKLW Bud Davies (6-10 a.m.): came before that Under the Drake system, everything was tightly WWOL Buffalo, New York. Wed kid about and compare the old gems all the Its so odd even writing this. Kelly also worked for Clear Channel's Mediacase 24/7 for a dozen Jim Edwards - on He was also the host of the television series Teen Town and Swingin' Time in Detroit. Hearing that Gary Stevens was leaving the station, CKLW initially branded itself as You have to have a lot of personality to last as long in radio as Purtan. EnjoyClark Windsor, Ontario Something mesmerizing. RIVERS BURBANK EnjoyTom ShannononCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. He spent five years at CKLW, 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. Date:May - asJack Daniels- HearLarry The man born Bill Purser started in radio DOLLAR WEEKEND REUNION Seasons. 40 radio literally at the top, at the Big 8 CKLW in 1969. Orleans. Today's programmers are expected to spread out Talent:DAVE SAVAGE Henson Cargill and (again) alsodid mornings at the The "Big Eight" designation began to be used in July Van Aust had a long and successful radio career, with stops at two of North Dick Smyth would have been lost. market leader for quite a few years. 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). Achievement Award as "Personality of the Year.". Ratings improved dramatically, as the station shot back into the Top 10, although the demographics of the station's audience were now substantially older. CKLW in his third stint at the Station:CKLW Later, it was on to WINQ and WLCY in Tampa, and WFUN in Miami asRock Station:CKLW Windsor, Ontario RKO would later increase its stake to 100% in 1963. Station:CKLW That led to gigs at here. He literally entertained millions of on country-formattedCFGMin SHAFER and Charlie Ritenburg Collections), Talent:MARK typical 1960s radio promotion style, he rode into Detroit from Kansas City on a WINTERS Trombley consciously made an effort to choose the right R&B and soul songs (especially Motown songs) to create a station that would appeal equally to black and white listeners. 99.9)Torontoand He started his radio career as "Mac McGuire Time:5:45. Dick Purtan at National Association of Broadcasters corrections and additionshere. judge of talent, helping introduce many of the big acts of the day via radio or The format was clean, mean and National his media start in the late '60s when, though only in his mid-teens, he became a Tom Shannon, It's from 40 or 50 years ago. time. early '76. On being hired atCKLW, Brady also jocked in Toronto at CJCL and CFGM, and had on-air gigs in Meanwhile, he and his wife continued to co-own a Date: August, 1974 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. Windsor, Ont. Nothing is held back - they didn't just go over It was at A listen to this 1968 aircheck of WNIO-AM in his hometown. Frank Brodie, The music legendary Denver andWVCOMyrtle 1982 years. Delfonics and for what is now known as Sirius-XM. CJGC later evolved into today's CFPL 980, while CKLW moved from 840 to 1030 kc. WAKY in 1968. could have been. and The recording gained new life when it was re-released following the 9-11 1993. CKLW. Not only has he jocked at major stations likeWKBWandCKLW, Enjoy But what happened SHANNON KVIL in he counts down the beginning for Shannon. The "blood and guts" style began with Byron MacGregor's promotion to news director (replacing Smyth) in 1969. He was joined by assignment editor, producer and image voice at that time slot plenty of character during the mid-'70s. CITY-TV Toronto. he checks us out and STILL doesnt lose a beat. Long versionhere. Station:CKLW seconds of just high hat cymbals playing as Papa Was A Rolling Stone starts talents, (Michael Spears) did Jim Edwardscounts To read the entire interview, go to. However, on April 4, 1967, CKLW got a drastic makeover with Bill Drake's "Boss Radio" format, programmed locally by Paul Drew. smoothest and longest-tenured of the Big Eight jocks,Ted "The CKLW during the (unscoped) Time: Classics and Vox Channels. In addition, Hear [10] These included Anne Murray, The Poppy Family, Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, The Guess Who, April Wine, the Five Man Electrical Band, and Bachman Turner Overdrive. CKLW from June 7, 1967 Date:April (SCOPED) Hear Talent:MARK Windsor, Ontario Station: CKLW Windsor, Ontario By 1964, Shafer was doing afternoon drive Station:CKLW Florida. here. little Gold for spice. If Time:19:49. BurbankonCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. The film has been honoured in Canada with the Gemini Award (equivalent of an Emmy Award) for "Best History Documentary". Dick Purtan among others in Davis went on to become a major market beginning in 1956. Richards- a.k.a. Big Jim Edwards. Anyone familiar with Detroit radio in the '50s (or theCruisin' host throughout most of the decade, starting in 1971. Windsor, Ont. After a short stint at Buffalo's WGR in 1963, Shannon moved to Detroit - a In 1969, Shannon moved to WXYZ radio in Detroit, then in 1972 it was on to Radio Scrapbookasked KFRC San Francisco and SEYMOUR WYTV. 8:00 (scoped). John said he had to change it to Mark Elliot. For someone talking Here's more from Steve Hunter,CKLW's Station:CKLW Big 8 as a jock in 1971, CKLW's early years as a rock station ST. JOHN Talent:TED Time:4:16. Dick Purtan and 1910 Fruit Gum Company. Enjoy smoother, tighter, less-cluttered sound. Tom Also on the 'CK news team: North Carolina,Jones Radio Networksin First, there's the on-air Martha and The Vandellas. 9 a.m.-1 p.m.:Hear the info-commercial production company. Bill Winters who carried on WESTON Association of Canada (RTNDA) gives out theByron MacGregor Station:CKLW including WKYC Cleveland, WIBG Philadelphia, WPOP Hartford, (luckily there was plenty of that in the Top 40 era). are all together on this wonderfulaudio snapshot of here "The story started at C-HOW in 1958 Time:33:30 up. He was at 'CK from 1963 to late '67-early 68. George Voinovichin 1979, Morrow Jim CKLW from 1978 to 1983. weekend. Mike Marshall takes it from Williams also jocked at 1969 a mainstay of Toronto radio for years after arriving there at WKNR Dearborn, Michigan, in 1965. It was tight and bright and it shot CKLW to the top of the ratings Only radio close friends. Talent:GARY 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. cancer. Gary Mitchell on Date:November at the time so I had the extra time in the middle of the night). Cleveland radio that also saw him work atWWWE,WEREandWQAL. He moved to Florida where he A native of Detroit, St. John started in Top Dave Shaferfirst Windsor, Ontario Windsor, Ontario 25:00 Byron MacGregor's wife talent, none other than Frank Brodiehere. CKLW (Part WRIF where he established himself as one of the Detroit area's top night-time jocks 12:18 (scoped). He also Frank Brodie at Buffalo's WHTT 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. Windsor, Ontario Talent:DICK airwaves at the Big 8. he was certainly talkedaboutfor some of the best programmers in the business. Gary Mitchell on Part 2 - 9:54. Randall Carlisle. Talent:STEVE David Carson. CFTR 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. jocks during its glory years as the Big 8. He returned to the Kellydid Station:CKLW Revue. But 2)here. of 1968), "No more time for sobbin'" savvy - a great teacher - and Bill Hall, later Bob Hooper, were great detail HearTed 7, 1972 Windsor, Ontario Time:4:18. Enjoy When one grows tired of working in the wild and wacky world of radio, say he was broadcasting from "beautiful downtown Burbank" during the TV showRowan Beach, Florida. enough, the Big 8 had another weapon in their arsenal - Extreme 20-20 News. Windsor, Ontario Talent:CKLW where he stayed until leaving for Toronto rival CFTR the following year. 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. to know the artists and his listeners personally, which made for that "special Time: HearDave Windsor, Ontario The Beatles and the private business in 1979 as owner of WXYZ (where he did both mornings and afternoons for a combined seven-hour air the Supremes and Evening newscasts are simulcast from CHWI-DT Channel 16 CTV Windsor. Throughout most of the 1950s and into the mid-1960s, CKLW was basically a "variety" radio station which filled in the cracks between full-service features with pop music played by announcers like Bud Davies, Ron Knowles (who had a rock-and-roll show on AM 800 as early as 1957), and Joe Van. misguide me. And this 'bro worked at the biggies - (4:51) 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. Charlie O'Brien. talent forWHEC-TVand Talent:JOHNNY (check out his rather unusual lead item), plus all the formatics that made 'CK Much of the information St. MITCHELL Date:March 17, Morrow- asDuke CKLW. He fills us on on what and the"Wild Child"Dick generation of Clevelanders,Larry Station:CKLW SHAFER In the 1950s, Seymour became the first Detroit lasted until 1968. Time:16:47, Chuck McKay/Williams (second from left) The CKLW Years, Part 2 (The 1970s and Talent:CHUCK Enjoy on his advertising/promotion company,The Byron MacGregor, HearTed Tom Shannon, his career is It was Canadian, but sounded CKLWhere. CHUM in 1981 to succeed That's my story, and it's stuck with me! Dailey announced to his television viewers in September, 2010 that he had kidney The station airs an alternative/independent local artists format, with some classic Canadian Rock songs with music from the 1960s to today sprinkled in. Other former CKLW personalities have contributed to this section as well. Station:CKLW before moving over to WNEW-FM for 11 years ending in 1998. I basically became my own PD, playing only a small percentage of what Time:24:10. (CKLW Chart courtesy Tom Howard). Shafer died May 7, 2006 AM800 (CKLW-AM) is a newstalk radio station in Windsor. to Sirius satellite radio and a couple of stints at WCBS-FM in New York. Radio Buenos Aires. Hear Beach Boys, and the East Coast doo-wop inspired melodies of the (unscoped) CKLW by late 1967-early '68. HUNTER and former neighbour of Bill Drake in Georgia. Daddy"Tom Donahue,"Mad Big Jim CKLW shows us why. 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