FROM THE KEENER KEY MEN OF MUSIC . . . MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Phillip Nye * George Hunter * Dick Buller * Ed Mullen * Eric Smith * John Maher * Dick Purtan * Ted Clark * Jerry Goodwin * Bob Green * Scott Regen * J. Michael Wilson * Jim Jeffries * Paul Cannon
— BOB GREEN PRODUCTIONS —
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A special THANK YOU to Bob Green (Bob Green Productions, Houston, TX) for providing this (wonderful!) WKNR Christmas 1965 audio memory with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.
SEASONS’ GREETINGS FROM THE VOICES of KEENER * DECEMBER 1965
The long anticipated WKNR book by Scott Westerman in print and available!
MOTOR CITY MUSIC!
At long last, the Keener legend is available and in print (published in 2019). 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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—57 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK—
The above WKNR music chart was digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
— In MemoryofGeorge Griggs —
A SPECIAL THANK YOU
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A sincere, thank you, Mrs. Patti Griggs. This featured presentation would have not been possible without your generosity and your continuous support.
Above WKNR music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.
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—49 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK—
The above WKNR music chart was digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
— In MemoryofGeorge Griggs —
A SPECIAL THANK YOU
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A sincere, thank you, Mrs. Patti Griggs. This featured presentation would have not been possible without your generosity and your continuous support.
Above WKNR music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.
The above article, authored by Gil Faggen (Radio Editor) was published in Radio-Television Daily in August 1965. The report actually became a WKNR two-page spread (18 in. across x 12 in. vertical), having been folded down the middle. It was inserted in a large-envelope, mailed and distributed to sales personnel and station clients by WKNR VP GM Walter Patterson, sometime shortly thereafter the featured article was published at the time.
This website found and obtained this — rare — 1965 WKNR pamphlet (with the actual WKNR large envelope) earlier this year.
This Radio Report is today’s featured presentation on Motor City Radio Flashbacks.
The above Radio Report was digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
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DICK PURTAN WKNRaircheck date: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1966
— SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT —
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NEW! A special THANK YOU to our website contributor, Peter Faulkner, of Calgary, Alberta, for recently donating this WKNR-AM radio aircheck (he personally recorded in 1966) with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.
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— 51 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK —
The above WKNR music chart was digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
— In MemoryofGeorge Griggs —
A SPECIAL THANK YOU
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A sincere, thank you, Mrs. Patti Griggs. This featured presentation would have not been possible without your generosity and your continuous support.
Above WKNR music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.
SATURDAY,FEBRUARY 20, 1965 * Paul Cannon * SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1966
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— PAUL CANNON —
Paul Cannon, an alumni of Southeastern High School, was hired by WHLS, in Port Huron, the day after he graduated. He later worked on WXYZ’s ‘The Lone Ranger’ and ‘The Green Hornet’ radio programs, also on other radio and TV shows before joining WKNR.
Today, long after having removed himself from the radio business, Paul Cannon and his family resides in Peoria, Illinois.
For more on this legendary WKNR radio voice and broadcaster, visit the official WKNR website, by going HERE
