NEW! KEENER 13 BACK ON THE RADIO: DICK PURTAN

WKNR RECALLED on MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS

DICK PURTAN WKNR aircheck date: MONDAY, MAY 23, 1966

SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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NEW! A special THANK YOU to our newest website contributor, Peter Faulkner, of Calgary, Alberta, for recently donating this WKNR-AM radio aircheck (he personally recorded in 1966) with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.

THE PETER FAULKNER COLLECTION 

Dick Purtan 1965

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DICK PURTAN, MORNINGS! WKNR [Detroit Free Press] BACK-PAGE AD, ’65

DETROIT FREE PRESS October 26, 1965

Tuesday, October 26, 1965

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A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD

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NEW! CKLW 800 BACK ON THE RADIO: DICK PURTAN

CKLW RECALLED on MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS
CKLW-AM 800 * 1978 * DICK PURTAN

NEW! DICK PURTAN CKLW aircheck date: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1978

— DICK PURTAN’S FIRST SHOW on CKLW —

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

A special THANK YOU to senior website contributor GREG INNIS of Livonia, MI., for sharing this CKLW audio memory with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.

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WCZY-FM: THE Z 95.5 ALL HIT LIST! WEEK OF 01/04/1988

Z 95.5 FM ALL HIT LIST January 4, 1988

Z 95.5 FM ALL HIT LIST January 4, 1988

DETROIT WCZY-FM THE ‘ALL HIT’ LIST | 31 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

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A SPECIAL THANK YOU

In Memory of George Griggs

Above WCZY music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.

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DETROIT RADIO BACK PAGES: PURTAN SIGNS ON Z95.5

Detroit Free Press January 11, 1983

 

Tuesday, January 11, 1983

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WCZY

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HEART-FELT CONDOLENCES . . . TO THE PURTAN FAMILY

Dick Purtan (1965)

In Sympathy

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Motor City Radio Flashbacks extends our deepest sympathy and condolences to Dick Purtan and his family.

Dick Purtan’s loving wife, Gail, passed away, yesterday morning.

We share words from his loving daughter, Jackie, upon having learned the sad news, below.

“There simply was no greater love”


Gail Purtan, pictured here, surrounded by her loving daughters (Photo: courtesy of Jackie Purtan; Facebook)

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DETROIT RADIO 8: DICK PURTAN ON BOARD, CKLW ’78!




Sunday, November 5, 1978

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: CKLW ‘Purtan On Making The Big Switch’ 

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CKLW-AM 800 BACK ON THE RADIO: DICK PURTAN!


 

CKLW RECALLED ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS

CKLW-AM 800 * 1979 * DICK PURTAN

 


 

 

NEW! Dick Purtan CKLW aircheck date: Thursday, May 17, 1979

The Jim Feliciano Collection

 

 


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WXYZ-AM BACK ON THE RADIO: DICK PURTAN!


WXYZ RECALLED ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS

WXYZ-AM 1270 * 1977 * DICK PURTAN

NEW! Dick Purtan (“Lou Schuck Night”) WXYZ aircheck date: Thursday, April 28, 1977

The Jim Feliciano Collection



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