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— In MemoryofGeorge Griggs —
A SPECIALTHANK YOU
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Above WKNR music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.
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— In MemoryofGeorge Griggs —
A SPECIAL THANK YOU
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Above WKNR music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.
Hey, we have great news shared from our friend, Scott Westerman, over at Keener13.com —
At long last, the Keener legend is in print. It’s a tale 56 years in the making and 4 years in production, with biographical sketches of many of the original WKNR personalities, popular culture highlights from each year of the Keener era and scans of 9 years of WKNR Music Guides.
Motor City Music – Keener13 and the Soundtrack of Detroittells the story of Keener’s birth and how Bob Green, Dick Purtan, Jerry Goodwin, Robin Seymour and others found their way to the Detroit airwaves. There are classic tales of Keener and the Beatles, a contest that almost landed WKNR in court and the station’s power to raise a half million dollars for charity during a newspaper strike.
We meet two of the men behind the scenes, program director, Frank Maruca and chief engineer Jerry Martin, a duo who help craft both the sound and the vibe that made WKNR jump out of your radio and into your heart.
Music guide buffs will love watching their favorite hits ride up and down the charts, watching how the promotional pictures of the announcers morphed over the years and remembering some of the products that Keener helped sell to thousands of fans across the Motor City.
Motor City Music is a true trip down memory lane, a required reference for those of us who followed the music and a loving tribute to the talent that transformed a 5,000 watt AM station that barely covered the market into a powerhouse that became the soundtrack of our lives.
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NEW! JERRY GOODWIN WKNRaircheck date: TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1966
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* THE GARY HUNT COLLECTION *
— ACKNOWLEDGEMENT —
A special THANK YOU to Gary Hunt of Grand Rapids, MI., for contributing this special Jerry Goodwin memory with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.
In sharing, Gary Hunt stated he personally taped this featured WKNR audio recording directly from the WKNR AM studio board — 53 years ago this day — August 1966.
