NEW! THE BIG 8 CKLW BACK ON THE RADIO: DUKE ROBERTS! MARCH 20, 1970

Newly restored! This selected audio recording was digitally enhanced by Motor City Radio Flashbacks.

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Tom Howard, shared his comments (April 4): Jim, this 30 minutes aircheck from March 20, 1970 was sent to me from CKLW PD Paul Drew. This recording was from the master open reel to reel tape and was taped directly from a studio board feed, that’s why it sounds so good.

The late Rosalie Trombley, Tom Howard, and Jo-Jo Shutty MacGregor. (Photo: Tom Howard)

March 17, 1970 was on St. Patrick’s Day, and my grandmother, on some days, began recording CKLW just before 6 AM the Todd Wallace show, getting the day started, and also that of my good friend Big Jim Davis (Edwards). It was taped on a C90 cassette tapes. Later in the afternoon, it was Duke Roberts . . . also, recorded — unedited and unscoped — both the same day. It was great listening to CKLW  in the late ’60’s and ’70’s. My grandmother would then mail the tapes to me here in Orange County, in Southern California. My friend, Charlie Ritenburg, a dear friend of mine living in Toronto, restored many of my recordings, including this one as well.

Enjoy this stellar, CKLW Duke Roberts memory from 1970. On the radio once again like it was only yesterday . . . 54 years ago.  –T. Howard

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NEW! A special THANK YOU to our friend, Tom Howard, of Riverside, California, for this recent contribution for our Motor City Radio Flashbacks airchecks repository.

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2 thoughts on “NEW! THE BIG 8 CKLW BACK ON THE RADIO: DUKE ROBERTS! MARCH 20, 1970”

  1. What a stellar aircheck!! Oh, the memories of listening to The Big 8 as a kid growing up in Southwestern Ontario!! 🎙📻

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