Month: February 2022
NEW! 800 CKLW BACK ON THE RADIO: DICK PURTAN
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Audio recording digitally remastered by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
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NEW! A special thank you to our senior contributor Greg Innis, of Livonia, Mi., for donating recently the above featured CKLW audio memory to the Motor City Radio Flashbacks airchecks collection.
THIS WEEK! 1963: THE HOTTEST RECORD SINGLE IN THE U.S.A.
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FIFTEEN WEEKS overall on the singles pop charts, “Hey Paula” by Paul and Paula peaks this week at #1 (3 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. Peaked beginning February 3, 1963 through week ending, February 23, 1963. (Source: Joel Whitburn’s Pop Annual)
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For our previous Billboard Number One 1963 U.S.A. Hits go HERE
BROADCASTING | WKNR, KTHI-TV ARE SOLD FOR $7.5 MILLION . . . JUNE 24, 1968
Knorr Broadcasting Corp. Sale Of Dearborn WKNR 1310 Ends 22 Year Ownership Era in Motor City
Two station sales were reported last week for an aggregate of almost $7.5 million. Sold were WKNR Dearborn, Mich. (Detroit), by Knorr Broadcasting Corp. to Mission Broadcasting Co. for a price in the neighborhood of $6 million and KTHI-TV Fargo, N.D., by Fuqua Communications to the Morgan Murphy station group for $1.4 million.
Also last week the FCC approved, by a 4 to 1 vote, the transfer of WASH (FM) in Washington from Everett L. Dillard to Metromedia Inc. and the sale of Metromedia’s WCBM-FM Baltimore to the A.S. Abell Co.
Included in the WKNR package is the purchase of WKHM-TV which holds a construction permit for channel 18 in Jackson, Mich., and an option to buy WKNR-FM Dearborn, at a later date.
WKNR, founded in 1946, is principally owned by Mrs. Fred Knorr of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., who also has controlling interest in Jackson Broadcasting Corp. (WKHM-AM-FM) Jackson. Other principals of the selling corporation include Walter Patterson, executive vice president, Charles J. Sitta, vice president, Robert M. Booth Jr., assistant secretary, and (renown veteran Detroit sportscaster) Van Patrick. Mr. Booth owns 33% of WSAL-AM FM in Logansport, Ind., and Mr. Patrick is a 50% owner of WSRF-AM-FM in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
WKHM-TV is owned by Jackson Broadcasting Corp. (51%) and Southern Michigan Broadcasting Corp. and Knorr Broadcasting Corp. (each 17%). Southern Michigan Broadcasting Corp. is the licensee of WKFR-AM-FM (also known as ‘Keener’ 14) Battle Creek, Mich.
Mission Broadcasting Co., controlled by Jack Roth and family, already owns KONG and KRRY-FM, both San Antonio, Tex., WRIZ Coral Gables, Fla., and is an applicant for an FM in Miami. The sale of Mission’s only television station, KSAT-TV (formerly KONO-TV) San Antonio to The Outlet Co. for $10.5 million was approved by the FCC last November (see BROADCASTING, Nov. 27, 1967).
WKNR is a daytimer on 1310 kc with 5kw. WKNR-FM, which Mission has an option to buy, is on 100.3 mc with7.1 kw. WKHM-TV is authorized to telecast with 1,084 kw visual from an antenna that is 1,050 feet above terrain.
KTHI-TV (ch.11), founded in 1959, is principally owned by J.B. Fuqua, president of Fuqua Communications Inc., a subsidiary of Fuqua Industries Inc. Other Fuqua holdings are WROZ and WTVW (TV), both Evansville, Ind., KXOA Sacramento, Calif., and WTAC Flint, Mich. Mr. Fuqua personally own 100% of WJBF (TV) Augusta, Ga.
The Morgan Murphy stations are controlled by Mr. Murphy, who also has interests in the Superior Evening Telegram, Manitowoc Herald Times, Two Rivers Reporter, Ashland Press, all Wisconsin, and the Virginia (Minn.) Mesabi News. The Murphy stations are WISC-TV Madison, Wis., KXYL-AM-FM-TV Spokane and KAPP (TV) Yakima, both Washington.
KTHI-TV has 304 kw visual and operates from an antenna 2,063 feet above ground. Both WKNR and KTHI-TV sales were handled by William T. Stubblefield, mediabroker.
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Note: The original article was edited and condensed by the author.
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Information, credit and news source: Broadcasting; June 24, 1968
THE AIRCHECK LIBRARY: VARIOUS ’60s DETROIT RADIO DJs! 1964-1967
A Motor City Radio Flashbacks selection from the Aircheck Collection
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Audio recording digitally remastered by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
IN MEMORIAM: JOHN O’LEARY BENEFIT CONCERT [FEBRUARY 1 UPDATE]
The memorial for John O’Leary at the Token Lounge drew approximately 400 attendees and raised $3445 for the Oxford Community Memorial and Victims Fund. There are more donations still coming in.
The photos attached (in order; view below):
1. Louie Abraham, Charlie Martin guest vocalist, with Dave Edwards and the Look, Rick Zeldes Photo Credit: Marty Rickard
2. Rock Harley as Johnny Cash (representing when WWWW went country) Photo Credit: Richard Blondy
3. Vinnie Dombrowski (lead singer of Sponge) performing solo/acoustic ) Photo Credit: Richard Blondy
4. Roger Burghdoff, Doug Podell, Brian Major – Producers of the memorial. Photo Credit: Marty Rickard
5. Jim Edwards (Lead Singer – See Dick Run) Photo Credit: Marty Rickard
A big Thank You to the Motor City media and to everyone who came out Sunday night to pay tribute to John O’Leary!
Update #1: A local funeral director has stepped up to offer his services. He will be claiming John’s body and arranging the cremation. We will be scattering John’s ashes at all of his favorite haunts (no pun intended), Cobo Hall, Pine Knob, Bookies, Harpo’s, The Ritz, Wildwood Amphitheater, to name a few. This will be videotaped and posted for all to view.
Update #2: The entire memorial is being assembled for viewing by those who were unable to attend. A link will be posted soon – stay tuned.
Update #3: A preliminary examination for Sean Lamoureux is scheduled for Feb. 8. He was arraigned Nov. 24 in 30th District Court in Highland Park, three days after the discovery of John’s body.
Please do not hesitate to reach out with any requests for interviews or Memorial photos.
Making Entertainment Great Again,
BRIAN MAJOR
Executive Producer | 1-800-FILM-911 | 1-248-613-8322
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
