(Above WKNR survey image property of Keener13.com. Courtesy Scott Westerman and keener13.com).
ON THIS DATE: LEGENDARY WKNR FADES OUT IN 1972. For more on closing the book on this storied Detroit radio chapter, MCRFB takes you back one year ago today with this story, April 25, 2012. (Above: the very first WKNR Music Guide issued; November 7, 1963)
WKNR-AM FLASHBACK: Keener all-nighter Bill Phillips (audio; 12/27/64) all smiles behind the microphone and the music on the No. 1 rated Top 40 radio station in Detroit, 1964.