Month: May 2022
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A BIG 8 RADIO ENCORE PRESENTATION: TODAY, 12 NOON! THE ORIGINAL CKLW BIG 100 OF 1968
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Preserved archive of the broadcast from Dec 30 1968 includes all songs, announcements, jingles and commercials.
Features Big 8 jocks Big Jim Edwards and the late Ed Mitchell counting down the CKLW Big 100 songs of 1968. Five and a half hours long, the broadcast streamed on Big 8 Radio, Saturday, May 28 at 12 Noon and 6:00 p.m.
LISTEN AGAIN HERE! The re-broadcast begins today at 12 Noon and again at 6:00 p.m. EST. at www.big8radio.com.
Presenting the original CKLW Big 100 of 1968 countdown. This Memorial Day weekend. Brought to you by Charlie O’Brien and Big 8 Radio! 🙂
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MCRFB Note: This post was updated, Sunday, May 29 at 7:55 p.m.
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This audio presentation was produced in its entirety by Charlie O’Brien. Courtesy and property of big8radio.com
THIS WEEK! 1963: THE HOTTEST RECORD SINGLE IN THE U.S.A.
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THIRTEEN WEEKS overall on the singles pop charts, “It’s My Party” by Lesley Gore peaks this week at #1 (2 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. Beginning May 26 through week-ending June 8, 1963. (Source: Joel Whitburn’s Pop Annual)
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For our previous Billboard Number One 1963 U.S.A. Hits go HERE
THE VOICE OF SUMMER RECALLED: TIGER BASEBALL IS ON THE AIR! MAY 1977
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DETROIT FREE PRESS | Thursday, May 12, 1977 — For a team that is supposedly tailor-made for Tiger Stadium, it certainly took the Tigers a long time to show it.
But they finally looked right at home Wednesday evening as Ben Oglivie, Phil Mankowski, Mark Wagner and Milt May all smashed home runs to help maul the Minnesota Twins, 8-3.
With all that support, it was easy for Dave Roberts to go all the way, limiting the Twins to five hits to claim his third victory of the season.
Watching the Tigers whack the ball into the seats with such authority, one could only wonder what took them so long.
Going into the game the Tigers had hammered the grand total of seven home runs in their first 11 games at Michigan and Trumbull. Wednesday they hit four in eight innings, including three off Jeff Zahn, previously undefeated and the American League’s lead-leading winner at 5-0.
It was awesome, to say the least, and long overdue.
In their first 11 games at home, in spite of a lineup loaded nightly loaded with left-handed hitters, the Tigers were out-homered by the opposition, 23 to 7 . . . hardly the sort of situation Ralph Houk envisioned when he put together this team together in the spring.
Wednesday’s performance was what the manager had in mind.
Roberts, who had won two in a row after watching his record fall to 1-4, struck out four Twins and walked only one in his best showing since he beat Toronto a month ago.
In addition, the veteran left hander gained some measure of revenge for the pounding he took in Minnesota 11 days earlier when Rod Carew attacked him on the mound at the Twins knocked him out of the game in the second inning.
Roberts never trailed as the Tigers came to his defense with a dozen hits, including 10 in the first four innings off Zahn.
Zahn found himself three runs behind by the time the Tigers finished batting in the bottom of the first, even though they only hit one ball beyond the infield. (See article below for more; click on, tap or stretch article for larger detailed read).
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Detroit Free Press, 05/11/1977 | Copyright 2022. Newspapers.com
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BASEBALL REFERENCE: For the complete Minnesota Twins vs. Detroit Tigers May 11, 1977 game-day box score and stats — click HERE
DETROIT RADIO JINGLES! CLASSIC PAMS RE-SINGS BY JAM: WHND HONEY RADIO
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KEENER GOLD! THE WKNR ‘TOP 31’ MUSIC GUIDE: MAY 15, 1967
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The above WKNR chart was digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
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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, dedication, and your continuous support.
Above WKNR music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.
NEW! WKNR ‘KEENER 13’ BACK ON THE RADIO: BOB GREEN
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Audio recording was digitally remastered by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
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NEW! A special thank you to site senior contributor Greg Innis, of Livonia, Mi., for having recently contributed the above featured WKNR audio memory to the Motor City Radio Flashbacks airchecks collection.
