AND . . IT’S JUST ‘ROUND THE CORNER!
Need a CK fix? Who can forget Tom Shannon, Pat Holiday, & Teddy Bear Richards. And, yes, we have some vintage Tom Clay material, along with some sounds of CK in the 90s via Lynn Martin and Rick Hamilton. It’s Radio 8-0 during it’s glorious Top 40 reign on the Detroit AM dial.
Try these 15 classic airchecks on for size. These CKLW memories will take you back! 🙂
From the MCRFB Radio Jingles Archive
WJBK and WKNR
Here’s more radio memories during a time when jingles reigned supreme across the radio airways in the Motor City during the 1960s.
This set of jingles features more of WJBK Radio 15 from 1962 (PAMS). And we’ll also showcase a few jingles from WKNR Keener 13, notably from the Richard H. Ullman series here, from late 1963.
These very same jingles from the 1963 WKNR Ullman package had also been previously used in 1962, just the same, but with use of the WKMH call letters instead.
Here’s one feature from 1958 from WJBK Radio 1500… as you listen closely, classic vintage Motor City radio jingles, indeed!
We also have a jingles montage from WKNR Keener 13 in 1966. And here we have a promo from WKNR for an All Request Memory Weekend which was featured on Keener 13 during 1969 and 1970.
George Griggs, Scott Westerman, and mcrfb.com will have more of this from the website’s various archived files of airchecks, jingles, vintage radio commercials and radio ads which we’ll be adding more unto the site as we’ll progress forward from this day on. So stick around. There’s much more to come!
W K N R Keener 13 Jingles Montage PAMS Keener Jingles (1966)
W K N R An All Request Memory Weekend (1970 Promo)
W J B K Jingles W J B K Radio 1500 Jingles Package (1958)
HE MAY BE LONG gone from the airwaves, but Dick Purtan and his team are still broadcasting. Check out DickPurtan.com to hear the latest podcast. The 45-years in radio Detroiter is still podcast live and doing well! 🙂
AFTER A LONG VACATION Scott Westerman & Steve Schram are updating the WKNR Tribute Site again. Check out Keener13.com for new air checks and backstories on rock n roll from one of Detroit’s premiere 60s radio station.
With a tip of the hat to Keener13.com, here’s a 1962 air check featuring the inimitable Dave Prince at the top of his game. Some great PAMS jingles, commercials for The Gay Haven and Tiger Baseball and lots of Detroit rock n roll from the days before Keener.
The Queen of Soul is Twittering. According to our intrepid reporter, Susan Whitall, Aretha Franklin has started a twitter account. While many stars deploy their social media plan and hand off the content creation to their handlers, Aretha intends to dictate her tweets, so we’ll know exactly what’s on her mind. Follow her on Twitter @arethafranklin
Welcome back, to all our friends, to the show that never ends!
After a brief hiatus, the Detroit Radio Flashback site has morphed into what we hope will become a bigger, better portal for the sights and sounds of great Detroit radio.
Motor City Radio Flashbacks is the repository for the most memorable moments from “the soundtrack of our lives”. We are in the process of uploading over 31 gigs of airchecks, photos and commentary, the best of the Detroit Radio Flashback site. And we still encourage conversation and contributions.
But we hope to make your experience even better. Our new platform will ultimately be easier to navigate and will display perfectly well on any device.
It will take some time, but we’re on our way to creating the premiere collection of great radio and great memories.
Your feedback is always welcome! Â Write to jim@mcrfb.com or george@mcrfb.com anytime.