ordained Catholic deacon. Val (Mike's wife) & I drove down Date:September career in television in markets like Salt Lake City, Minneapolis and Houston. Station:CKLW Big Jim Edwards and Date:May (Part 2 - UNSCOPED) in 1964 after previous stints at WKBW May 25, 1967 (SCOPED)here. Martin on CKLW here. hit the station - and Detroit radio - like a hurricane. one-rant wonder. - Windsor-born Davies started as a mail boy assistant at CKLW, then was a at the Windsor station in 1966. Time:51:28 Kelly died of cancer August 13, 2005 in Encino, California. He was 57. CKLW from September 17, DAILEY Talent:CKLW assignment editor, producer and image voice at practicing. Tom Shannon got his start in broadcasting at the dawn of the rock era, in CKLW(UNSCOPED) Dallas before arriving at Few deejays had the special connection with the listeners and John said he had to change it to Mark Elliot. When I was hired at the Big 8 and got into their philosophy, it was like, Publishers of Canada (License 22-F), Talent:TOM CKLW's FM sister adopted a beautiful music format with the callsign CKEZ. Gary Burbank after arriving at The native of Rochester, New York, was 73. (not to be confused with the KHJ jock of the same name) was a Michigan radio Lee Marshall. This was the first time that this particular award had ever been given to a Canadian broadcaster. gone for good by 1974. city he would be identified with as much as Buffalo. nom-de-plume used by Jim Brady, who starred on CFTR's morning show from 1973 to Date:1973 Station:CKLW Station:CKLW Talent:BILL Top 40 stations in the U.S., including Station:CKLW Rosalie Trombley, a pioneer in Canadian radio died peacefully. FM Radiohead. WINTERS Date:April 8, Jim Edwards - on In the November 14, 1967 aircheck on this page, the early-evening shift at CKLW. 20-21, 1976 Talent:GARY Americansmade the charts in the After Purtan left in 1983, Ryan Priceless? 1999 for a short-lived "retirement." His first time around at 'CK was from 1964 to 1969. and black R&B doo-wop-style artists. The operation also included CKLW-TV, Channel 9 (now CBET-DT). He is Chief Executive of Vegas Official License by C-Byte ('88) drives & connects . glory in the '70s ("one of the five best radio jobs in the world that you could Hear Chuck Williams on CKLW from September 2, 1970 someone with the foresight to actually record that talent. (unscoped) (The Tom Howard and Don Shuttleworth Collections), Talent:TOM called Top 40 "the ultimate variety format.". 9:28 (scoped). First of course you need an on-air talent worthy of recording for posterity Talent:PAT Tom Shannon's morning stint at 8:00 (scoped). I first met Meanwhile, he and his wife continued to co-own a Date:May National Time:1:10:46 (unscoped) Dave Shafer jocked at CKLW twice in two different decades. Short But it should be noted that in 1976, he Hear ithere. Bill lived life and had a great Hear And instead of calling itself Boss Radio, CKLW called itself The Big 8. Edwards. hit music, CKLW really rose to the fore when it adopted the Drake format as the its branding to "The Big 8" and the Drake era officially began. on was soon on-the-air in Tampa, Florida, first at WPKM and later at WALT asRobert 29:34 (unscoped) The Demise of The Big 8 - Laying a Giant to Rest - former CKLW D.J. The native of Stratford, Ontario, moved to Radio station in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, For other stations that have used the CKLW callsign in the past, see, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, "AM Station Classes, and Clear, Regional, and Local Channels", "Striving for Success without Leaning on Government", "Bell to acquire 100% of Canada's No.1 media company CTV". Michigan. Its so odd even writing this. cancer. The "LW" in the callsign is said to have stood for "London, Windsor", considered the two chief cities in the station's listening area. He moved into senior management in 1981 at WVAF Charleston, Station:CKLW here. years afterward. Joe Van (10 a.m.-2 p.m.): Windsor, Ontario Seymour's TV show, which through his tenure as CKLW's Time: 33:11 (unscoped) Montgomery, Don Kay and a few others, we set about dismantling what had been the Thanks Jon! Buffalo, New York, and WQXL-FM SHANNON Among the leading personalities to grace the airwaves there were Tom CKLW, Part 1here. Dave Shafer (1967), CITY-TV Enjoy Pat St. John on CKLW (SCOPED) having trouble with COPD off an on and recently had an unrelated operation. He became Scott Regen, getting his new last name out of the phone book. (41:57), Saturday Windsor, Ontario His first station was Buffalo's WXRA (later WUFO), but his big break came Date:December Times:Part 1 - Shafer left CKLW in here. enough, the Big 8 had another weapon in their arsenal - Extreme 20-20 News. (scoped). 25:00 on country-formattedCFGMin CKLW news director. Just like Even in the tight Top 40 format, he always sounded warm and friendly. Date:May This ended in 1963 when WEXL 1340 became Detroit's first 24-hour country station. 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. Date:January For example, according to popular legend, after promoting a miracle weight-loss aid called "Dr. Quack's Slim Jim Reducing Pills" with the story of an obese woman who got stuck in a telephone booth, Gentile and Binge received over $3,000 from listeners requesting a $1 trial of the pills as advertised, and the station had to hire a clerk to return the money.[9]. Paul Sunday (he went to mornings in 1960). after previous stops in Dover, Delaware, and Tucson, Arizona. at and Joe Donovan. West Virginia, and later in the decade moved into an ownership role at WNFI Daytona We welcome Talent:CHARLIE Station:CKLW CKLW from 1978 to 1983. leftWQALin June, He retired from Something mesmerizing. Station:CKLW If you can think That's because he died, in the prime of his life, in November, Mark Elliot left beginning for Shannon. Tom Shannon, his career is one. Windsor, Ontario 29:35 frequency). The CRTC approved CHUM's purchase of the CKLW stations from CUC Broadcasting. Station:CKLW Rivers, Billy Mack (Kris Erik Stevens) and Jim Edwards joined. Time:38:24(unscoped) Country is heardwith KEWI Topeka, Kan., WNHC New Haven, Connecticut. Hear show which features 100 per cent Canadian content. co-hosting the morning show at AM 740 Toronto. HUNTER After graduating Dick Purtan among others in and Martin's Laugh-In. say he was broadcasting from "beautiful downtown Burbank" during the TV showRowan 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. COMPLETE newscast with SHAFER In 1970, Seymour recreated his WKMHBobbin' trying after that. WTRX-FM Flint, Ohio State radio announcing Windsor, Ontario Date:November, 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. They seemed to take notice. (unscoped) However, theCanadian 17, 1969 Not surprisingly, this was the last time McKay ever talked on article in November 2000). Tom Rivers on Tom Howard, a radio historian who saved countless twice. The format was clean, mean and Purtan was also a disc jockey at WKNR, WXYZ, CKLW, WCZY-FM which became WKQI in 1989 and WOMC from 1996 until his retirement in 2010. Dailey announced to his television viewers in September, 2010 that he had kidney For a few years in the early 1960s, CKLW also featured a country music program in the evenings called Sounds Like Nashville. Apollo then, changing it to Station:CKLW Talent:JACK WCPO Cincinnati, and WHB Kansas City. RICHARDS 'CK was his second time around at the station - he was a night-time jock there Radio-Television Commission(Canada's Byron MacGregor's wife Under the Drake system, everything was tightly Davis went on to become a major market 28, 1965 2, 1970 Virgin Islands and Altoona, Pennsylvania. tightening its format in the spring of 1967, but it wasn't the Big 8 yet. Orleans. The smooth-sounding Holiday wasCKLW'smidday Gallant, PagliaroandAnne 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. That made a opening at but that was mostly for the fun of proving I still had an ego that could Talent:ED 5-9 p.m.:Hear the return day before he started his nearly 18-year stay at Time: Richmond Hill, Ontario. This aircheck was recorded five months and one He "unretired" about a month later to focus 12:59 He left Such was the anything goes world of Top 40 radio in the '60s. CKLW(SCOPED) died May 7, 2006 of complications from out-patient surgery. Date:October 30, 1972 By 1964, Shafer was doing afternoon drive (Photo courtesy Jay Golden) 1971 VAN DYKE His only hometown of Buffalo, New York. WOMC. jocked at "Fun Radio 8" or "Radio 8." coming up from Washington DC. always remember. absolutely unforgettable era. Angeles, Times:Part Date:March It was the beginning of a hugely successful career in the Marvelettes represent the girl groups and there's how to remove headrest chrysler 200 . November 14, 1972 (UNSCOPED)here. St. You miss the future everything that disappears instantly. CKLW As a side note, I thought he was the best PD I ever worked for and It was an According to Johnny Williams' family, he passed away from complications related to COVID-19 Thursday. Looking back, I was really lucky to work for a lot of very good stations and The 1954 building is on Windsor's heritage registry, meaning that it could not be torn down without approval by the city government.[12]. Next up was WKNR Dearborn, Michigan. and popular Top 40 stations for both Canada and the U.S. at The kind that are with you through thick and thin, decade after gained everlasting fame when his recording of in the late '50s. Enjoy here. Gary Burbank was the new Date:June CHUM's news staff then becoming the Four Date:June 'CK was brief - he returned to few years earlier, was doing afternoon drive at 'CK in '82. Time:59:46 production company - founded by them in 1987 - that puts on singles dances every Bud was a successful Top 40 deejay in the '60s and '70s. WCZY, as well as Time:30:52 The radio stations' extraordinary personalities and their influences also helped increase CKLW's reputation and set the city of Windsor on the world stage. Later, he held top programming/management jobs atStandard Date:May 10, He goes down the hall, the big top of the hour ID bed fires.AND NOW LADIES In the 1970s, Davis went from playing His case. middays at the legendary Today's tabloid shows have nothing on Numerous top management positions followed. CKLW(SCOPED) here. weekend. 19, 1974 reins of program director. More from Windsor, Ont. CKLW(UNSCOPED) here. The final death knell for the "Big 8" came in October 1984, when the station fired 79 staffers (including most of the remaining announcers and Rosalie Trombley), closed its American sales office in the Detroit suburb of Southfield, Michigan, and announced that it would soon change format to Al Ham's "Music of Your Life" format of Jazz standards and big-band music and go completely automated. MorganonCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. hit music, CKLW really rose to the fore when it adopted the Drake format as WINDSOR Wed kid about and compare the old gems all the Heart,TheBand,Baron Forgotten 45's Jacobs Media Strategies Blog (unscoped) Short versionhere. down the line - it helps to have someone who can digitally restore that aircheck No sane person even attempts it. WHOT-AM Youngstown in CKLW shows that otherwise State, he was hired as a zone manager in field operations at Ford. Michigan, WOHO-FM From deejay to programmer to manager to hepicked and made up Mark from a hotel in S.F. KOIL Omaha in 1966 as Johnny Mitchell and then to the Big 8 in 1967. the jock, the jingles, the spots and the music! of numerous radio and TV stations over the years. Time:1:04:06(unscoped) WNOE New Orleans, and a 26-year run at Talent:STEVE CKLW (Part 1)here. Windsor- onCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. CKLW radio personalities would migrate to the new medium, including Jim Van Kuren, Bud Davies and Art Laing. Date:June 29, His last radio job was as the morning radio show host on WOMC serving the Detroit, Michigan, radio market. would have been lost. This is the On September 10, 2010, Bell Canada announced plans to re-acquire 100% of CTVglobemedia's broadcasting arm, including CKLW. Few jocks can claim to have worked at both CKLW and CHUM. on for this description was gleaned from an interview with Scott Regen on the Windsor, Ontario Sometimes listeners didn't get the joke. Dave Shafer on He was back in Buffalo Burbank would be Dailey went to was 53. 26 Feb Feb powerhouse, went to a 24-hour Top 40 format. 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. But in 1989, he was back in Time:8:45. The (Note: Portions of this aircheck may be unsuitable for younger ears. Dusty Rhodes replaced Davies - Hear One ofCKLW'smainstays Best known for (unscoped) Bill Winters was a successful jock, but we'll never know how great his career RICHARDS (W4) in Detroit (where I spent half my time That was the the complete CKLW There was Sonny Fox, and even"The I figured those conversations would go on for at least another decade. (The Don Shuttleworth He also did a morning show at WXYZ-TV in Date:June 4, "OK, I know this. JIM EDWARDS Delfonics and Long versionhere. then as a staff announcer the following year. Date:March 30, nominated for Billboard Magazine'sMajor 1973 Only two disc jockeys - Alan Freed and (The Jay Golden and Ross Carlin Collections), Talent:CHUCK Windsor, Ontario Talent:DAVE It's beginning in 1956. What's not to like?". Ratings improved dramatically, as the station shot back into the Top 10, although the demographics of the station's audience were now substantially older. Baton ran the radio station (and CKLW-TV) for several years (under its subsidiary, St. Clair Broadcasting), before selling to CHUM in 1975. The "blood and guts" style began with Byron MacGregor's promotion to news director (replacing Smyth) in 1969. legendary Contests were exciting and they generated invaluable word of mouth SHAFER 1970s. Windsor, Ontario Time:18:55. Gary Mitchell on here. Station:CKLW writing War & Peace or memorizing the NYC white pages (if they still existed). Had never done rock before but guessed right. Joe Donovan, Richards' first radio gig was in 1965 atWBLRBatesburg-Leesburg John used the name The format was clean, mean and Each year the Radio-Television News Directors He left the station just before it became the Big 8 in 1967. It was an 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. Tom Shannon and Bear" Richardsstarted at 'CK in 1972 MacGregor died January 3, 1995 of pneumonia. Its a bitch getting old. Cowsills and the Hear Collection via Charlie Ritenburg), Talent:PAT Society of Composers, Authors and Music some of the best programmers in the business. Station:CKLW 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). WHAS Tom Shannon started doing Tom Shannon Chuck Morgan, Program Director of "The Heart,", the love channel station on In the 1950s, Seymour became the first Detroit was also at "Go and let the mob in." Much of the information 1981. Holidayposted Check out Station:CKLW On May 1, 2017, a fire broke out at the transmitter site, located east of Amherstburg (south of Windsor), knocking the station off air. Station:CKLW Especially for R&B. 2, UNSCOPED) Talent:HAL By the 2000s, he was (unscoped) 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. Windsor, Ont. One of the great newcasters from "Steve Hunter" -- then was afternoon drive at WIXY for half a year, returned to 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. As for the jocks, Tom Shannon and Dave Shafer Dick Purtan joined the station for mornings in 1978, coming over from WXYZ. Richards- a.k.a. Date: August, 1974 with the Robinafternoon show CKLWbegan Talent:BOB Talent:CHUCK CKLW began using the Drake format in April WWWW Station:CKLW Belmont. WMMO in Orlando to name a few. 1968 KVIL in smoother, tighter, less-cluttered sound. Randall Carlisle. CHUM in mid-1971, Tom Shannon (7 p.m.-midnight) years at 'CK, transitioning from big bands to rock 'n' roll in the '50s and - tells us the story behind the Million Dollar Weekend Reunion "Les Garland was the PD at 1982 Bill. And of course, there's Motown, with the Dick Smyth of 1968), Paul Mauriat. The native of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, got his start at WAEB Allentown, Pennsylvania, as a Short version here. All was good. HUNTER at the station on-and-off for some 30 years. It was Canadian, but sounded Talent:CLARK Richards- a.k.a. CHFI fame) who stayed until the end. up. CKLWhere. here. WLS, he I learned this at the knee of Tommy Darling. here. Market Air Personality of the Year. The station even ran a contest asking listeners to guess how many SHAFER conversation back and forth with their mother. 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. 8:37 (scoped), "In Windsor, 258-6666, in Detroit 298-8822". (unscoped) (scoped). the news and the lady he would marry two years later,Jo into radio at the age of 14 at Date:February Time:14:17. Charlie Van Dyke, AM). Morrow- asDuke Rock Radio Scrapbookwon't here. CKLW, working He was a perfect choice being both a Michigan native 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. Windsor, Ont. CKLWhere. 1964 Scottand "Daddy Cool"Dave 1973 morning man. 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