HAVE YOU HEARD? JIM HARPER! BACK ON THE RADIO!


JIM HARPER * LISTEN LIVE HERE 12 NOON – 6 P.M.


Former Detroit radio morning great, Jim Harper, is back on the air! Jim’s return on the FM radio dial began last Saturday, June 3.

Click on the above link above. Take a listen. This Saturday. Every Saturday. Jim Harper on Lite 96.3 FM. From beautiful Petoskey, MI., 12 noon to 6:00 p.m.

Congratulations, Jim Harper!


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WHND-AM BACK ON THE RADIO: JUKEBOX MEMORIES!


WHND RECALLED ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS

WHND-AM 560 * 1983 * TIM NIXON * DETROIT ROCK RADIO ’60s * HR4

Tim Nixon WHND aircheck date: Sunday, October 16, 1983


‘DETROIT ROCK RADIO of the ’60s’ (HR4 of 4)

In Memory of Tom Knight

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NEW! UNSCOPED! In this special HONEYRADIO JUKEBOX MEMORIES aircheck(s) you will hear many of the voices and sounds of Detroit radio from the 1960s. Hosted by Tim Nixon and produced by Tom Knight of Knight Train Productions.

Final HOUR 4 of the show featured today.

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STOP! MISSED HOURS 3, 2, and 1? SCROLL DOWN THIS PAGE

THE JIM FELICIANO COLLECTION



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WHND-AM BACK ON THE RADIO: JUKEBOX MEMORIES


WHND RECALLED ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS

WHND-AM 560 * 1983 * TIM NIXON * DETROIT ROCK RADIO ’60s * HR3

Tim Nixon WHND aircheck date: Sunday, October 16, 1983


‘DETROIT ROCK RADIO of the ’60s’ (HR3 of 4)

In Memory of Tom Knight

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NEW! UNSCOPED! In this special HONEYRADIO JUKEBOX MEMORIES aircheck(s) you will hear many of the voices and sounds of Detroit radio from the 1960s. Hosted by Tim Nixon and produced by Tom Knight of Knight Train Productions.

HOUR 3 of the show featured today. Tomorrow: HOUR 4.

THE JIM FELICIANO COLLECTION



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WHND-AM BACK ON THE RADIO: JUKEBOX MEMORIES


WHND RECALLED ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS

WHND-AM 560 * 1983 * TIM NIXON * DETROIT ROCK RADIO ’60s * HR2

Tim Nixon WHND aircheck date: Sunday, October 16, 1983


‘DETROIT ROCK RADIO of the ’60s’ (HR2 of 4)

In Memory of Tom Knight

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NEW! UNSCOPED! In this special HONEYRADIO JUKEBOX MEMORIES aircheck(s) you will hear many of the voices and sounds of Detroit radio from the 1960s. Hosted by Tim Nixon. Produced by Tom Knight of Knight Train Productions.

HOUR 2 of the show featured today. Tomorrow: HOUR 3.

THE JIM FELICIANO COLLECTION



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WHND-AM BACK ON THE RADIO: JUKEBOX MEMORIES


WHND RECALLED ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS

WHND-AM 560 * 1983 * TIM NIXON * DETROIT ROCK RADIO ’60s * HR1

Tim Nixon WHND aircheck date: Sunday, October 16, 1983


‘DETROIT ROCK RADIO of the ’60s’ (HR1 of 4)

In Memory of Tom Knight

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NEW! UNSCOPED! In these four special HONEYRADIO JUKEBOX MEMORIES aircheck series you will hear many of the voices and sounds of Detroit radio from the 1960s. Scott Regen, Dave Shafer, Tom Shannon, Bob Green, Lee Alan, Ernie Durham, Clark Reid and more. Also, in this hour, you will hear Detroit radio memories relived by Honey DJ morning-man Kevin O’Neill. Hosted by Tim Nixon. Produced by Tom Knight of Knight Train Productions.

HOUR 1 of the show featured today. Tomorrow: HOUR 2.

THE JIM FELICIANO COLLECTION



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TWENTY-YEARS AGO. IN REMEMBRANCE. TOM KNIGHT.




Saturday, October 18, 1997

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: ‘Slain Brighton Deejay’s Music Collection Is Huge – And Valuable’ 


IN MEMORY of TOM KNIGHT

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I still recall when having received stunning word Tom Knight passed away. It was June 5, 1997.

For those of us familiar with Detroit oldies radio from 30-35 years ago, Tom (Knight Train Productions) was an invaluable asset in having produced and provided some of the finest programming on Detroit radio when it came to 50s and ’60s oldies music. His resume comprised largely having worked on Detroit radio stations WHNE-FM, WHND-AM, WMJC-FM and WKSG-FM during the 1980s and early-1990s.

Personally, I knew Tom for some 14-years, having first met Tom at a records meet at the Southgate Civic Center, Southgate, Mi., in 1983. And after several meets of such, a friendship developed and grew from there. On several occasions, he invited me over to his modest brick home in Dearborn, on Raymond St., near Outer Drive. I can still remember the first time when Tom and I went down to the basement. I was in complete awe – having seen firsthand for the first time his massive collection of pristine records, albums, all shelved in protective sleeves. It was amazing. He once told me his interest in record collecting began early on in his teens while having worked for some years at a record store shop located on Ford Rd., near Middlebelt, in Garden City, Mi.

The last several times I saw Tom, prior his passing, he was still at WMJC and WHND (Greater Media). Tom was working on his ‘oldies’ production shows there, and I saw his production skills at work. (I still have my “Honey Radio All Oldies 560” blue wind-breaker Tom gave me during a Honey Radio Car Club Cruise-cast in Wyandotte back in 1985, lettered in gold with their famous ‘milk shake fountain glass’ logo blazoned across the back). One Saturday, April 1994, I stopped by to see him in his new home in Holly, Michigan. He just purchased a large home there, with much larger quarters that would accommodate his massive collection of records, CDs, music artifacts, jukeboxes, Detroit radio paraphernalia, and a vast library of books about the music he, loved so much. Now all housed in a climate-controlled environment as he always wanted for his life’s entire collection. While there I met his estranged wife, Linda, for the first time. Tom introduced me to her, she simply nodded and walked up the stairs saying nothing. Never saw her again while I was there. Now having moved some distance away, I saw less of him. But we kept in touch.

Tom Knight was one of the most kindest, generous person I was blessed having met. He was a music and radio production genius. He was my friend.

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Twenty years ago today. Tom Knight, we miss you still.


Tom Margellar (1980s; J. Feliciano)

Tom Margellar (card; b-side)



(Above TOM KNIGHT related article is courtesy freep.com newspaper archive. Copyright 2017. Newspapers.com).

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THE FOUR TOPS! MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACKS ’66


IN JULY 1967 THE FOUR TOPS released their 6th LP, Reach Out,’ for the Motown label. It would become the group’s most successful album of their career. The album produced 7 singles, including Standing In The Shadows Of Love,” Bernadette,” Walk Away Renee,” 7-Rooms Of Gloom,” “I’ll Turn To Stone,” If I Were A Carpenter,” (1968) and the album’s self-titled #1 single, Reach Out.” It was also their last album produced by Holland-Dozier-Holland. The song-writing trio having left Motown in late-1967. The album was recorded at Hitsville Studio A between 1966 and 1967. ‘Reach Out,’ the album, peaked #11 on the Billboard LP chart, 1967.

THE FOUR TOPS performing live at the Detroit Roostertail Supper Club ‘The Upper Deck,’ 1966.

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