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Category: CKLW
THE CKLW TOP 100 HITS of 1973: THE BIG 8 SPECIAL COUNTDOWN . . . STREAMING BEGINS TODAY!
MUSIC BUSINESS | A LONG ISLAND LETTER to the EDITOR: ‘THANK GOD THERE IS A TOM SHANNON’ . . . . MAY 22, 1965
A Letter Addressed in Long Island, New York, Props Highly Tommy Shannon at CKLW Radio
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A RAVE FOR SHANNON
To the Editor,
Now that WINS in New York is no longer a music station, we in New York have lost another fine disc jockey in Joel Sebastian. Just recently, Murray the K left New York radio. Because of this lack of good disc jockeys and radio stations in New York, I, and many of my friends have been listening to some fine stations out of town.
I’d like to call to the attention of those who read your fine magazine that there is one very fine disc jockey who is on CKLW in Detroit-Windsor. He is Tom Shannon, formerly of WKBW in Buffalo, and he is on every evening from 6:30-11:30.
He plays a good amount of new records, and he is very well informed about the pop music situation in the world. CKLW is at 800 on the radio dial, and it is a fine station.
I hope many people take note of Tom Shannon, the best DJ in the business. It is too bad that in New York, one station plays only 28 different songs a week, and the other is totally mediocre. Thank God there is a Tom Shannon and CKLW.
Sincerely,
Jon Stroll
127 Circle Drive
Roslyn Heights, L. I., N.Y. 11577
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Tom Shannon passed away in Salinas, California, on May 26, 2021, while under hospice care for pancreatic cancer. He was 82.
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A SPECIAL BIG 8 RADIO MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND PRESENTATION: THE CKLW TOP 100 of 1973 COUNTDOWN!
Audio courtesy of Big 8 CKLW legend Pat Holiday
NEW! BACK ON “BIG 8” RADIO: CKLW 20 20 NEWS! RANDALL CARLISLE, MAY 1972
NEW! A special THANK YOU to Randall Carlisle and Charlie O’Brien for recently contributing this featured CKLW 20 20 News audio memory, from May 1972, for inclusion into our airchecks repository.
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DON ZEE! SPOTLIGHTING HIS CKLW SHOW THEME: “TARANTULA” [1960] by THE TARANTULAS
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NEW! THE BIG 8 CKLW BACK ON THE RADIO: DUKE ROBERTS! MARCH 20, 1970
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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.
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.
CKLW [Detroit Free Press] PRESS PHOTO: JOE GENTILE
NEW! BACK ON THE RADIO: CKLW 20 20 NEWS! RANDALL CARLISLE, APRIL 1972
NEW! A special THANK YOU to Randall Carlisle and Charlie O’Brien for recently contributing this featured CKLW 20 20 News audio memory, from April 1972, for our airchecks repository.
CKLW BIG 30 MOTOR CITY RECORDS: THIS WEEK! DECEMBER 12, 1967
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“The listing of records herein is the opinion of CKLW based on its survey of record sales, correlated with listener requests.”
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A sincere thank you Mrs. Patti Griggs. This featured presentation would have not been possible without your generosity, dedication, and your continuous support.
Above CKLW music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.
