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Four years ago, Detroit radio lost a friend.
In retrospect, we pause this day, honoring the memory of George L. Griggs, founder of Motor City Radio Flashbacks
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MCRFB.COM will resume website operations, Thursday, November 1, 2018
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In Memory of George Griggs
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Above WKNR music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.
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For the first time in 16 years, hear the CKLW Radio Reunion Radio Roundtable Show. Big8Radio presents this three hour radio special with Hour One debuting this Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings at 8pm Eastern time.
The following two hours will air on the next two successive weekends, as noted on the dates below —
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Hour 3: Starts TONIGHT! 8 p.m. on big8radio.com!
RADIO REUNION HOUR THREE * Charlie O’Brien * BIG8RADIO.COM
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WCAR
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: Jim Wood | “He’s Radio Man of Many Voices”
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WCAR
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: Jim Wood | “Jim Wood Has New WJR Home”
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DAVE McNEA CHYR aircheck date: Saturday, August 6, 1977
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NEW! A special THANK YOU to Dave McNea, former CHYR morning personality for donating his CHYR radio aircheck to Motor City Radio Flashbacks!
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* THE DAVE McNEA COLLECTION *
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Dave McNea, 19 years old (pictured above; 1975), formerly was the morning personality at CHYR. He started CHEER radio in 1974. McNea’s tenure there would be brief, as he would be at the Leamington, Ontario radio station until October, 1977.
Thereafter McNea left for CHTK in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, his tenure there, nearly 3 years. Next stop was a hop over to Vernon, BC, on CKAL, a Country station 1050 on the AM dial. Having left radio 1987, Dave McNea’s final stop was at CKO-FM in Vancouver.
While CHYR was not a Detroit radio by any means, Detroiters picked up it’s AM 710 signal from across the Detroit River clearly on the dial. Having said, we remember their CHEER radio ‘brand’ and its great Top 40 sound during the 1960s and 1970s.
This CHYR aircheck is 2 of 5 recently donated to the website. These series of airchecks have become our first CHYR inclusions into the website’s repository.
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A special THANK YOU to Dave McNea for his CHYR aircheck contributions to Motor City Radio Flashbacks
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The Top 40 country hits in Detroit. As tabulated by WDEE 1500 for the week of October 17, 1977
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In Memory of George Griggs
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Above WDEE music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.