‘HONEY RADIO’ LIVES ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS WITH OVER 40 WHND AM-560 AIRCHECKS!
10 WHND audio airchecks from the MCRFB aircheck library featuring ‘Honey 56’:
WHND-AM 56: Richard D
WHND-AM 56: Boogie Brian
WHND-AM 56: Keith Allen
WHND-AM 56: Bill Stewart
WHND AM-56: Hank O’Neill
WHND AM-56: Ted Richards
WHND-AM 56: Tim Nixon
WHND-AM 56: Dr. Bob Heyden
WHND-AM 56: Jukebox Memories 1965
WHND-AM 56: Jukebox Memories 1966
— WHND-AM 56 ‘HONEY’ FACTS:
1973: Purchased by Greater Media.
1973: Honey Radio (1950s/60s Oldies) is born — simulcast on both 94.7 FM (WHNE) and 560 AM (WHND). WHNE/WHND is one of the first ‘oldies’ radio stations in the USA.
1973 through 1974: WHND-AM 560 21-year continuous run as a rock and roll era all-oldies formatted radio station is regarded unprecedented and unsurpassed for the AM dial in Detroit radio history.
1994: Greater Media brokers station to Spanish language broadcaster on December 2; Last WHND broadcast day was Friday, November 25, 1994. All-Oldies Honey Radio 21-year run in Detroit comes to an end. (Source: Michiguide.com)
COMING SOON! WHND-AM 56 – Larry London – March, 1982 (Unscoped: 01:36:01)
Loved Honey radio! Grew up listening, still my all time favorite station. I have still programed a preset in ever one of my cars in memorial to the station. I even won a T shirt which I still have. I wish that somehow we could bring it back in some form. Makes me sad and miss the station even more listening to the old on air clips. Can’t believe there’s no comments posted here about how great this station was. In a perfect world for me Honey radio would be broadcasting forever!
Bruce, I can relate as per your stated sentiments, totally agreed! Love that station as well . . . did you know that Honey Radio was on the air for 22 years in the Motor City (FM than AM – 1972 through 1984). Accordingly, it was stated in a trade publication once that WHND was the longest on-air station in the entire United States when it sign off for good in November 1994. Seriously!
Bruce,
You’re absolutely right! I loved listening to Honey radio and it helped get me through graduate school in Windsor 1973-75…lots of all-nighters with it playing in the background. Sure brings back great memories…and how I’d love to hear it all again!!!
When you only have an AM radio at home and in your car, you were limited to stations around Detroit. So Honey 56 was a great choice! We’re also listened to 800 CKLW (The Big 8!), CFCO 630 out of Chatham/Kent, and I believe there was one other station up the dial at maybe 1270?