CHYR RECALLED ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS
CHYR-AM 710 * 1977 * DAVE McNEA
DAVE McNEA CHYR aircheck date: Saturday, September 3, 1977
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NEW! A special THANK YOU to Dave McNea, former CHYR morning personality for donating his CHYR radio aircheck to Motor City Radio Flashbacks!
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* THE DAVE McNEA COLLECTION *
Dave McNea CHYR 710
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Dave McNea, 19 years old (pictured above; 1975), formerly was the morning personality at CHYR. He started CHEER radio in 1974. McNea’s tenure there would be brief, as he would be at the Leamington, Ontario radio station until October, 1977.
Thereafter McNea left for CHTK in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, his tenure there, nearly 3 years. Next stop was a hop over to Vernon, BC, on CKAL, a Country station 1050 on the AM dial. Having left radio 1987, Dave McNea’s final stop was at CKO-FM in Vancouver.
While CHYR was not a Detroit radio by any means, Detroiters picked up it’s AM 710 signal from across the Detroit River clearly on the dial. Having said, we remember their CHEER radio ‘brand’ and its great Top 40 sound during the 1960s and 1970s.
This CHYR aircheck is 3 of 5 recently donated to the website. These series of airchecks have become our first CHYR inclusions into the website’s repository.
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A special THANK YOU to Dave McNea for his CHYR aircheck contributions to the Motor City Radio Flashbacks repository.
Hi Dave it’s someone you May remember that worked with you at Cheer, it’s George Michaels or George D’Adamo. I went on to work an afternoon shift at NL Radio in 1981. That was followed by a return to Windsor and a 2 year stint as a Newsreader on CKLW. That ended I’m ‘90 in the fall as I was elected MPP/Windsor Sandwich. Appointed Parliamentary Assistant to Transportation Minister. Today, I reside in BC, enjoy semi-retirement and reap the benefits of living in British Columbia. As an aside, I see your picture here it’s just how I remember you. And, also, remember your father, ‘Oopsie the Clown’. Ahh the memories.