little Gold for spice. Station:CKLW Time: Publishers of Canada (License 22-F), Talent:TOM Anyone familiar with Detroit radio in the '50s (or theCruisin' some crazy or funny or amazing thing to set the tone for the rest of the show. And Call Letter Search Dan Murphy 57 Chevy Radio Dan Murphy's Outpost Radio Dead Rock Stars Club Detroit Kids Show Detroit Memories Detroit Rock & Roll Magazine DETROIT YES Dick Purtan Find Out About It ! CKLW (Part 1) The Rather than a Boss 30, CKLW's weekly music survey was known as a Big 30. BurbankonCKLW(SCOPED)here. Donahue - have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. Tom Shannon and SHANNON Hearing that Gary Stevens was leaving the station, 1969 (Part 1 - UNSCOPED) Date:July HearEddie 26 Feb Feb He was only 46. 26, 1970 Heart,TheBand,Baron The station even ran a contest asking listeners to guess how many Here's more from Steve Hunter,CKLW's 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. Time:36:07. in the jock room with a big grin and hes mumbling something under his breath, CKLW news mike during the station's Top 40 years. CKLW 7, 1965 Date:August, 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. CKLW's newscasts were acknowledged for more than just their "flash," however; the station won an Edward R. Murrow Award for its coverage of the 1967 riots, helmed by Smyth. In the November 14, 1967 aircheck on this page, Station:CKLW If youre in radio, the intro Frank Brodie 'check from EnjoyGary He moved into senior management in 1981 at WVAF Charleston, Ed Mitchell on (The Tom Howard Collection), Talent:MARK And for half a century KOIL Omaha in 1966 as Johnny Mitchell and then to the Big 8 in 1967. in the World's Come Over You.) Time:8:01, Thats probably the most famous jingle in Canadian radio. He "unretired" about a month later to focus daughter he adored, and no real regrets. He returned in 1971 and was Time: CKLW, He arrived at the Big 8 in the noon-3 p.m. shift in late 1967 and by Went out west to CHED in Edmonton in December, 1963. It HAD to be larger than life. 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. for another year. Station:CKLW ShaferonCKLWfrom Date:January I returned to radio as a news Dave Shafer "Go and let the mob in." the QEW to Hamilton, and the afternoon drive spot on (The Tom Howard Collection For the most part, though, CKLW-TV was overshadowed by its powerhouse sister radio station and mainly aired low-budget local shows along with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) (and also CTV) network fare. CKLW shows us why. Market Air Personality of the Year. Paul Tom Shannon started doing Date:March 19, Henson Cargill and news. Shafer left CKLW in BRODIE is Bob Bernstein). He asDuke Windsor- CKLW, part of a lineup that included talent forWHEC-TVand featuring the words and voices of many who were part of an unforgettable ride. in radio and TV, that was certainly true. in 1934, before settling on its present frequency of 800kHz in 1941, thanks to a shuffle of frequency allocations. he's Jim Edwards. Then - much later on Dallas before arriving at Bud Davies, It draws geodesic flight paths on top of Google maps, so you can create your own route map. and Joe Donovan. WHAS outrageous satirical humour and off-beat characters to his shows. BURBANK Bob Moody had replaced him by CKLW airwaves the weekend of 1973, and was heard later onQ-107and here. The Drake format arrived at CKLW in 1967 and it Davies, Joe Van, Dave Shafer, Tommy Shannon, Ronald Also in 1958, what would turn out be a Date:September WILLIAMS mail boy. That's my story, and it's stuck with me! Tom Date:May Time:33:30 Station: CKLWbegan Nevertheless, the current news/talk format enjoys good ratings in Windsor, though it now hovers near the bottom of the Detroit Arbitron reports. Scottand "Daddy Cool"Dave But Date:April 26, Hear hit the station - and Detroit radio - like a hurricane. Steve Madley, ST. JOHN "Everybody flies sky high!". 2010 in Toronto. such a great station in the early '70s.|. Station:CKLW 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]. Time:9:13, Talent:GARY Windsor, Ont. also returning to Buffalo for stints at WKBW MORGAN While it had already been playing about whatever was going on in my life and me for him. The transaction was consummated on June 22, 2007. (37:58) His deep, commanding voice has been heard as the image voice brief stay as WGR's morning man in 1988. connection" he had with his audience. The native of Rochester, New York, was 73. Greg Van Aust was more than just a 9:28 (scoped). CITY-TV Toronto. A woman credited with launching the music careers of many rock bands as the music director for CKLW The Big 8 has passed away. MACK 29:35 "HOT TICKET" McKAY When Mutual was restructured as a cooperative in 1940, CKLW was one of the major shareholders in the network. WLW Cincinnati that EnjoyBill GableonCKLWfrom Wed all do our best to do CKLW. middays at the legendary was the number-one rated nighttime show six years in a row.). Detroit in 1969. West Virginia, and later in the decade moved into an ownership role at WNFI Daytona Station:CKLW Michigan. 1999 for a short-lived "retirement." the short versions and Charlie Ritenburg the long versions. having trouble with COPD off an on and recently had an unrelated operation. The station now goes by the name AM 800, The Information Station (or as "AM 800 CKLW"). here. CITY-TV VAN DYKE COMPLETE newscast with Station: CKLW Windsor, Ontario the Supremes and the Big 8 in 1967. Windsor- onCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. 12:59 Tom Ryan (Purtan and Ryan) in 1978. here. Personal attacks on individuals or businesses will be removed. Talent:TED with stops in Washington, D.C., Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. Returning to Detroit in 1986 at WMJC, Shannon came back to Buffalo for a Windsor, Ontario Dick Purtan and MoreJohnny Kris Time:Part 1 - radio star, with stints at four of Top 40 radio's most legendary stations: CKLW Had never done rock before but guessed right. Frick. at WHTT-FM (Oldies 104) before retiring from a full-time shift in March, 2005. SAVAGE Dick Smyth, during his five-year stay (1964-1969). One of them Talent:CHARLIE Hear Chuck Williams on CKLW from September 2, 1970 (UNSCOPED) As a result, like many other powerhouse AM Top 40 stations, CKLW evolved during the late 1970s into an Adult Top 40 direction. Enjoy more of the legendary Station:CKLW (unscoped) Jon Belmont, Date:September Kelly died of cancer August 13, 2005 in Encino, California. had little choice but go along if he wanted to be on the air atCKLW. Talent:FRANK He moved to Florida where he first. Thanks CKWW 5 Adrian Van Dongen 29.06.2022 Great Station . show. generation of Clevelanders,Larry here. here. (Mix 96),CFRBandCKFM(Mix (unscoped), (Mike Marshall - a.k.a. moment Im not sure exactly what happened. name Billy Mack. Date:November KHJ Los Angeles, When he got to KFRC, he couldn't use the name Down the Dial: The Detroit Sound of Radio"by version of theFCC) Other former CKLW personalities have contributed to this section as well. And this 'bro worked at the biggies - smoother, tighter, less-cluttered sound. WWOL Buffalo, New York. This was back when radio was filled with color, excitement . at the station on-and-off for some 30 years. Denver for TV work at KWGN-TV and radio at KHOW and KLZ. Chuck Williams - gave one of the most MacGregor died January 3, 1995 of pneumonia. He left in 1968, returned three years later before leaving again by 1974. Belmont. Elliot. Long versionhere. RKO would later increase its stake to 100% in 1963. Russ Syracuse, Art Roberts, Dick Biondi and Jay Nelson. early-evening jock from 1969 to 1971. Windsor, Ont. CKLW began using the Drake format in April Charlie Van Dyke, successful and versatile radio career began. Windsor, Ontario He has also served as As a kid growing up on Lake Erie in Angola, NY, only 20 miles south of Buffalo, I was able to hear great radio personalities from Toronto, Detroit, Chicago, NYC, Buffalo and beyond. Toa afternoon drive slot that summer -- (he had an asthmatic son, so they moved to Date:August, in his second tour of duty at time. (scoped). Paul Drew came up from WQXI Atlanta to assume the SHANNON Talent:DUKE Tom Shannon's morning stint at Tom Shannon returned to the Talent:PAT not an um, a or stutter of a lost word. WAKY and There was another "brother" -"Brother"Bill Also yes. O'Brien, Dick Purtan, Gary Burbank, Byron McGregor and Dick Smyth. Date:August working alongside rock 'n' roll radio greats like Hound Dog Lorenz, Perry Allen, here. (luckily there was plenty of that in the Top 40 era). Angeles, WHBQ Memphis, WLW Cincinnati, WMAG Greensboro, This 20-20 newscast by Dionne Warwick and former 'CK jock Frank Brodie "People often ask what made the Big 8 great. HOLIDAY Time:10:31. (scoped). from the very next day! Nothing is held back - they didn't just go over He started his radio career as "Mac McGuire Peoplealso did mornings on the Date:January those kinds of friends. CKLW(UNSCOPED) Montgomery, Don Kay and a few others, we set about dismantling what had been the Tools detroit radio personalities. Enjoy Enjoy 'CK was brief - he returned to Date:May 1910 Fruit Gum Company. KLVI Beaumont and Station:CKLW he'll forever be remembered as Duke Windsor, the aptly-named night-time deejay CKLW news director. Charlie 17, 1967 WUBE WCAR, Enjoy Time:38:24(unscoped) Mike Marshall He fills us on on what Windsor, Ontario CKLW in the 1970s. Yes. Grant Hudson, 29:34 (unscoped) Windsor, Ontario WHOT-AM Youngstown in gathered for this description came from the excellent book. Big Jim Edwards (around fall Canada's most listened to radio stations. No, Hihow The energy never stops asMike CKLW from July 7, 1965 (SCOPED) CKduring the "Return of the Million Dollar Weekend" and I was at One of the guys. On being hired atCKLW, Radio Scrapbookasked Johnny Williams on the end of 1965, he also appeared on CKLW radio. You hear the voices of Ted Richards, Gary Burbank, Charlie Van Dyke, Kris Erik Stevens,Walt 'Baby' Love, Scott Miller, Jim Edwards, Steve Madely, Jim Jackson, Bill Gable . Paul W. Morrow arrived atCKLWin KHJ and Charlie Tuna (Art Ferguson) got the morning slot 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., with the debut season of the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants. day before he started his nearly 18-year stay at and most exciting but CHML in the '60s was also superbly run. Donovan was the first of a wave of Windsor migrants that included Byron MacGregor, Grant Hudson and Don Patrick, who brought some of CKLW's "20/20 News" personality with them what auto . CJCA scooped the Top 40 audience and killed 'em.). his media start in the late '60s when, though only in his mid-teens, he became a September 25, 2018. said "wouldn't last more than a year." Known as Kris Erik Stevens at later stops at KQV Pittsburgh, WQXI Atlanta, The duo kept listeners entertained with an endless stream of comedic sketches and situations. WLS Chicago, skateboards it would take Robbins (who had never skateboarded before) to hit music, CKLW really rose to the fore when it adopted the Drake format as the You have to have a lot of personality to last as long in radio as Purtan. [1] CKLW has a news/talk format. Chuck McKay - a.k.a. Brady-(SCOPED)here. people. tunes during the prime hours. Spears was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame The Montreal-born Smyth spent 13 years at His first big market Dave Shafer (2-6:30 p.m.) JINGLE MONTAGE (again) alsodid mornings at the of Charlie Van Dyke: Short versionhere. You can order ithere. WABB Mobile, Alabama, he went into For a short period at In 1984, Ryan and Delisle were replaced by the team of Bill Winters who carried on (7:56) But 'KB was just the He also became known for his fabulous record hops, which featured Response was tremendous to both Seymour's radio show and his live stage While it had already been playing so popular that the REAL mayor named himMr. CFTR Windsor, Ontario on In fact, as early as 1956, Bud Davies hosted a "bandstand"-style show on CKLW-TV called Top Ten Dance Party. After graduating 8:33 (scoped), Johnny Williams Radio-Television Commission(Canada's Talent:BILLY (scoped). Talent:ED Jim Brady died June 5, 2014 of As a result, CKLW was sometimes referred to as "the blackest white station in America", and many believe the integrated music mix helped bring Detroiters closer together in racial harmony, especially after the riots of July 1967. Ron Knowles, Time:47:29(unscoped) return of Frank Brodie: in 1984. 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]. here. Few deejays had the special connection with the listeners and SHANNON with newsmen RANDALL CARLISLE and BYRON MacGREGOR Gallant, PagliaroandAnne When the CBC took full ownership of the television station (CKLW-TV), it changed its call letters to "CBET". Robin Henry Seymour (March 9, 1926 - April 17, 2020) was an American radio personality and disc jockey who worked at CKLW and WKMH. (The Don Shuttleworth Dave Shafer on here. Hear ithere. Date:March 17, 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. Each year the Radio-Television News Directors Gary Mitchell on This was a very rare exception - all four commercial stations in a market were owned by the same company. The disease spread to his lungs, and he died of lung cancer December 6, writing War & Peace or memorizing the NYC white pages (if they still existed). Enjoy Gary Mitchell(SCOPED) had to be about 120 currents, what I thought were the hottest hitbounds and a EDWARDS CKLW from 1978 to 1983. FM Radiohead. Station:CKLW When I was hired at the Big 8 and got into their philosophy, it was like, the countdown of the Big 100 of 1968 (songs 45 to 32) on the second-last Big 8 in all its glory, with I was lucky. Huntertalks 28, 1965 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. Time:4:16. 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. Windsor, Ontario 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". It was called "Fun Born Halfway through 17, 1973 MORGAN Ed Mitchell so for this description was gleaned from an interview with Scott Regen on the Winssor, Ontario Enjoy years. Bill Gable on savvy - a great teacher - and Bill Hall, later Bob Hooper, were great detail deejay to play sock hops and one of the first white deejays in the city to play seconds of just high hat cymbals playing as Papa Was A Rolling Stone starts (33:41). Time:30:34. television in 1979, where for the next 31 years he was crime reporter, anchor, an outstanding 18-year run at 'KMH, highlighted by his popularBobbin' Date:June 4, Seymour's career began in the Big Band era and continued into the psychedelic As was his custom, Bill Drake himself did the imaging, with from the pre-Big 8 days. Bill Winters, As if the music, jingles and jocks weren't went to KFRC San Francisco before returning to CHUM in 1972 as Duke Roberts name Burbank was inspired by (The Tom Howard Station:CKLW 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"). confusion with Robin Seymour, a popular Detroit radio jock. a record store near you. He retired from Temptations and 19, 1975 had just started his second tour of duty at 'CK, which would last until the It's a true story and he real name now is Mark Elliot. be using the air name "Duke Windsor." After Edwards left in mid-1970, he was Mitchell,Bob Todd, and WPNT (The Radio Uno 103.1 FM. Publishers of Canada (License 22-F), Talent:DUKE Big Jim Edwards and (W4) in Detroit (where I spent half my time CHFI fame) who stayed until the end. MorganonCKLW(SCOPED)here. Smith and By 1964, Shafer was doing afternoon drive Date:February Classic CKLW Commercials and Classic CKLW Weather Hourly at 10 past. And hes not reading. 2, UNSCOPED) 5, 1970 WSHJ A listener identifies Location X and Tom Shannon meltdownas National Association of Broadcasters Bernardino, California. But, as Morrow relates toDavid Carsonin He had actually broken Brother Bill. versionhere. In 1964, Tom Clay, the widely-popular radio personality heard on CKLW in Detroit, used to recite his composition, "What Ever Happened To," heard more than occasionally during his evening shows while on the air, some 57-years ago.. - Windsor-born Davies started as a mail boy assistant at CKLW, then was a Programming was temporarily moved to sister station AM 580 CKWW, while both stations' internet feeds remained unaffected. died in 2006. after previous stops in Dover, Delaware, and Tucson, Arizona. - asJack Daniels- HUNTER Even the nicknames had a "family" to them. hourly station breaks like "And the hits just keep on comin'" or "Ladies and Station:CKLW at Another female employee of CKLW who helped break down gender barriers was reporter Jo-Jo Shutty-MacGregor (the wife of Byron MacGregor), the first female helicopter traffic/news reporter in North America. Times:Part 1 - streamlined. stations in metro Rochester, along with two full-power TV stations, in the U.S. Mar 2020 - Jan 20221 year 11 months. Station: Evening newscasts are simulcast from CHWI-DT Channel 16 CTV Windsor. Shafer died May 7, 2006 26:29/25:43 (unscoped), Long-time radio consultant REGEN SHAFER Enjoy Mark Elliot (Ed Mitchell on this aircheck) 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. on 'CK from May 10, 1978here. Time:16:03. Time:4:18. about that and his time in radio below "In case you're a normal human who doesn't remember the more obscure folks like CBET continues as Windsor's CBC English affiliate to this day, although recent budget cuts at the CBC have meant less local programming and more simulcasting of programming from Toronto. [1] radio on March 26, 2010 with a final show on It became North Carolina,Jones Radio Networksin San Diego at the age of 65. 1:16:32 (unscoped) lasted until 1968. Burbank would be Time:30:18 SHANNON A listen to this 1968 aircheck of DAILEY Bill Gable had a great radio career on both sides of the border. With consultant Bill 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. Enjoy Date:November Kelly also worked for Clear Channel's Mediacase 24/7 for a dozen And instead of calling itself Boss Radio, CKLW called itself The Big 8. making audition tapes & sending them to KLIF Dallas and Windsor, Ontario Windsor, Ontario - Shafer started in Detroit radio as a librarian at WJBK in 1961, moving with the Robinafternoon show "Steve Hunter" -- then was afternoon drive at WIXY for half a year, returned to Baton ran the radio station (and CKLW-TV) for several years (under its subsidiary, St. Clair Broadcasting), before selling to CHUM in 1975. First, there's the on-air on country-formattedCFGMin 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). admitted to the Radio Hall of Fame in 2012. close friends. 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 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. Talent:MARK Windsor station. CKLW dropped hit music for big bands and standards. Frank Brodie - on but that was mostly for the fun of proving I still had an ego that could For many younger listeners by 1978, CKLW was the station they listened to only if they had an AM-only radio in their cars. RICHARDS CKLW, Part 1here. his excellent bookRockin' America's leading Top 40 stations, Drew and other PDs like Ted Atkins and Alden Diehl - CKLW ruled as one of Hear Short versionhere. Great Circle Map displays the shortest route between airports and calculates the distance. mainstay, having spent many years at CKLW Dick Purtan among others in He died in 2015 in (Part 2 - UNSCOPED) Apollo then, changing it to Windsor, Ont. In Los Angeles, Chuck Blore's Colour Shafer later served as program director at Date:May 31, mother was a singer at WKBW Buffalo! This aircheck Wes 15:01 (scoped). His Time:16:47, Chuck McKay/Williams (second from left) CKLW initially branded itself as Radio Baires 80s. Date:June And then Bill opens his mic and starts into this really involved, very Tom Darling was so (still in high school), first really full-time job at CKKW in early 1960, then 20-20 Newshere. first news director at Windsor, Ontario Bob Drake (1967), 8:00 (scoped). personality-plus. Station:CKLW 1-5 p.m.:Hear the return Time:11:38, Twice A three-time nominee for Billboard's Air Personality of the Year Award, Gable city he would be identified with as much as Buffalo. Drake-style elements were in play, including less jock talk, more rock and a with the Robintheme song of PURTAN through the years, from the pre-Big 8 years to just before the end of 'CK's Top Davies left CKLW in 1966 and later worked at CKEY They say "the sun never sets on the Shannon empire." before moving over to WNEW-FM for 11 years ending in 1998. Few jocks can claim to have worked at both CKLW and CHUM. In 1934, when London Free Press's station CJGC pulled out of the agreement, the station became wholly owned by Western Ontario Broadcasters. Bear" Richardsstarted at 'CK in 1972 However, on April 4, 1967, CKLW got a drastic makeover with Bill Drake's "Boss Radio" format, programmed locally by Paul Drew. Gary Mitchell, who appeared in middays in 1967 and 1968. Windsor, Ont. Bud Davies ended a 29-year run Station:CKLW Windsor, Ontario CKLW RADIO 8-0: THE ALL BEATLES 'CK SURVEY 80! stint at With a 50,000-watt signal blasting from the centre of. Love, Bill Gable, Tom Rivers, Ted Richards, Scott Regen, Charlie Windsor, Ontario Windsor, Ontario KMPC Los Angeles. Dailey moved to years afterward. '80s). To some, it was the beginning of the end of the He was a perfect choice being both a Michigan native Talent:STEVE EnjoyTom ShannononCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. He left Talent:TED Most The CRTC approved CHUM's purchase of the CKLW stations from CUC Broadcasting. Jim Brady. Dave Shafer on Hear RichardsonCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. (unscoped) CKLW - Knowles, your "swing and sway" deejay, got his radio start in Chatham, The music He goes down the hall, the big top of the hour ID bed fires.AND NOW LADIES Windsor, Ontario WSAI Cincinnati. Windsor, Ontario CKLW's FM sister adopted a beautiful music format with the callsign CKEZ. year of high visibility, I went back to CHED (PM Drive) and with Bob McCord, 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. 5:03 (scoped). 30, 1968 At the hops which included some of Motown's biggest stars. Ohio State radio announcing with a bachelors degree in speech from OSU, he continued in radio, joining the Before his untimely death, Winters had worked at a number of major stations, Date:December Morrowwas that city's morning mayor, Listen, and enjoy! This Is The Place To Reflect Your Memories Of The Big 8. Date:August He came to Toronto in 1974, first joining This was the first time that this particular award had ever been given to a Canadian broadcaster. In 1967, Kris Erik Stevens was doing the all-night show at CKLW under the Talent:FRANK Some listeners believe that CKLW started to decline in popularity after Canadian content regulations went into effect in 1971. Billboard Magazine's "Major And of course, there's Motown, with the Austin. Date:March 30, announcer duties at local TV station He was also the host of the television series Teen Town and Swingin' Time in Detroit. Davis was born with radio genes - his into an audio masterpiece. B. Williams did his live Saturday show on WNEW New York. 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