THE ‘CK SOUNDS THAT WAS THE BIG 8! * CKLW-AM 800 * Windsor/Detroit CKLW. THE BIG 8. The Drake-formatted station that changed the radio landscape here in Detroit forever. Beginning in the late-1960s into the early-1970s, CKLW held the NUMBER ONE spot on the AM radio dial in the Motor City, and also well outside … Continue reading 50,000 WATTS: THE POWERFUL BIG 8 ‘SOUND’ OF CKLW!