THIS WEEK ON BILLBOARD * 1967

‘CK 50 YEARS | CONGRATULATIONS! CKLW 50 YEARS BROADCAST SERVICE 1932-1982 . . . AUGUST 7, 1982

From One Golden Sound To Another . . . . CONGRATULATIONS

The MOTOWN Family

Congratulations, CKLW On 50 Years In Motor City

ELEKTRA Records and Tapes

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR TOP 50. THANKS FOR PLAYING OUR TOP 40.

PolyGram Records. | The One Company.

Atlantic, Atco, Cotillion Records and Custom Labels Salute CKLW in Honor Of Their 50th Anniversary

ATLANTIC Records and Tapes

CKLW Beaming THE BEST For Half A Century. CONGRATULATIONS.

RCA Records and Tapes

Epic / Portrait and the CBS family of Associated Labels, Thank You, CKLW, for 50 years of non-stop music.

Epic Portrait Records and Tapes

Thanks to you. Congratulations to us. Fifty Years Young.

CKLW Broadcasting Company. 800 CKLW THE AM MUSIC STATION. KJY-FM 94. Where The Big Bands Are Back. For Good.

Harmony House Congratulates . . . Our Friends Across The River At CKLW On Their 50th Anniversary!

HARMONY HOUSE Records and Tapes

Congratulations CKLW on your FIRST HALF CENTURY of Great Entertainment. We’re Proud of the Company We Keep.

GLEN-WARREN Broadcasting Sales Division CANADA

Has It REALLY Been 50 Years Already? Congratulations CKLW from all your friends at EMI America / Liberty.

HAPPY 50TH ANNIVERSARY CKLW! Many More . . .

CAPITOL Records and Tapes

CKLW 1932 – 1982

50 GREAT PERSONALITIES FROM 50 GREAT YEARS

JACK ANTHONY EDDY MITCHELL FRANK BRODIE GARY MITCHELL GARY BURBANK CHUCK McKAY ED BUSCH BOB “COSMIC” MOODY TOM CLAY CHUCK MORGAN TOBY DAVID JOHNNY MORGAN BUD DAVIS HANK O’NEIL CHARLIE VAN DYKE CONRAD PATRICK BIG JIM EDWARDS DICK PURTAN CHARLIE FOX SCOTT REGEN JAY FREDERICKS DUSTY RHODES BROTHER BILL GABLE TED “THE BEAR” RICHARDS PAT HOLIDAY TOM RIVERS STEVE HUNTER DUKE ROBERTS CHUCK HOBART EDDY ROGERS JIM JACKSON ROBIN SEYMOUR MIKE KELLY DAVE SHAFER “SUPER MAX” KINKEL TOM SHANNON TERRY KNIGHT BOB STATON RON KNOWLES JOE VAN JACK LONDON TODD WALLACE WALT “BABY” LOVE JOHNNY WILLIAMS BILLY MACK DUKE WINDSOR HAL MARTIN BILL WINTERS SCOTT MILLER “BIG DADDY” DON ZEE

CKLW photo flashback: Rosalie Trombley, Bill Gable, Ted Richards, Pat Holiday, Bob Moody with Elton John in 1974 (Photo credit: Bob Moody) — **A CKLW photo flashback:** Rosalie Trombley, Bill Gable, Ted Richards, Pat Holiday, Bob Moody with Elton John as they were in 1974 (Photo credit: **Bob Moody**)

(Information and news source: Billboard Magazine; August 7, 1982).

ANNETTE FUNICELLO DIED TODAY AT 70

From current MCRFB news wire services:

Former Mousketeer and Beach Party had long battled multiple sclerosis

From NPR news wires | April 8, 2013 1:32 P.M.

Annette Funicello, who was one of the first child stars to emerge out of The Mickey Mouse Club, has died, the official Disney Fan Club reports.

Funicello was known as “America’s Sweetheart.” Her acting career started in 1955 when Walt Disney recruited her at 12 years old. She went on to become a successful film star, starring with Frankie Avalon in the Beach Party films.

Funicello had been battling multiple sclerosis for years. By the end of her life, she was unable to walk or talk. The Canadian broadcaster CTV ran a series of reports about Funicello’s struggle.

Extra reports that her family confirmed she died from complications of MS. Variety reports she was taken off life support Monday morning.

She was 70.

Variety adds:

” ‘Annette was and always will be a cherished member of the Disney family, synonymous with the word Mousketeer, and a true Disney Legend,’ said Disney chairman-CEO Robert Iger. ‘She will forever hold a place in our hearts as one of Walt Disney’s brightest stars, delighting an entire generation of baby boomers with her jubilant personality and endless talent. Annette was well known for being as beautiful inside as she was on the outside, and she faced her physical challenges with dignity, bravery and grace.’

“Diane Disney Miller, daughter of Walt Disney, praised Funicello as a ‘consummate professional’ who demonstrated ‘great loyalty’ to Disney.”

Funicello is survived by her husband, Glen Holt, and three children from a previous marriage.

Update at 1:41 p.m. ET. Annette Ballet:

Jimmie Dodd, the host of The Mickey Mouse Club and the composer of its theme, wrote a special song for Annette.

“Who’s the little lady who’s as dainty as a dream? Who’s the one you can’t forget? I’ll give you just three guesses. Annette, Annette, Annette!” he sang. Here’s video of Annette dancing to the song:

(Article adapted from NPR.com; NPR Breaking News, Monday, April 8, 2013).

‘CK 50 YEARS | CKLW ED BUTERBAUGH ENGINEERING AM STEREO . . . AUGUST 7, 1982

From the MCRFB news archives:

CKLW GOING BIG WITH NEW SOUND; ENGINEER SLATED TO REOPTIMIZE 50,000-WATTER WITH AM STEREO EVOLUTION

DETROIT / WINDSOR — If CKLW doesn’t succeed in an era when increasing listening to music is done on the FM band, it won’t be Ed Buterbaugh’s fault.

CKLW's engineer Ed Buterbaugh at the Detroit Radio Reunion in Novi, MI in 1998 — Former CKLW chief engineer *Ed Buterbaugh* at the Detroit Radio Reunion in Novi, MI 1998

Butterbaugh, who is vice-president of engineering for CKLW, has been overseeing the technical facilities at the station for 10 years. “I’ve always tried to stay one step ahead of the rest, , be a leader, not a follower,” Buterbaugh says pointing to a state-of-the-art transmitter system.

“We now have an audio prototype system with a redesigned antenna system that is optimized for stereo,” Buterbaugh says, noting that CKLW takes delivery on a Harris stereo system on August 1st.

Butterbaugh says he chose the Harris system because “it is the only system that doesn’t require limiters on the signal in order to maintain protective ratios and emission limitations currently specified. Other systems all need filters.”

Buterbaugh may have chosen the Harris system, but he realizes, like most radio engineers and management, that it will probably be the receiver manufacturers who will decide which AM stereo system will prevail. The FCC has taken a hands-off stance on competing AM stereo systems and decreed that the marketplace should have such a system. Should some system other than Harris be the winner in the AM stereo race, it will be a minor adjustment for Buterbaugh to adapt the Harris transmitter he is installing next month.

Buterbaugh notes that he has “changed the audio processing system five times since I’ve been here, four of them were my own system.” The winner of a 1977 Billboard Radio Engineer of the Year award notes that he is “very conscious of listener fatigue and how it is caused by distortion. “It’s most important to have a good clean signal,” he says.

Buterbaugh is doing a lot of work on the FM side as well. He’s just gotten approval from the stations’ board of directors to upgrade CKJY-FM’s signal. This sister station, which runs the syndicated MOR “Unforgettable’ format, will soon move from a 540 foot tower with a 40kw of power to a 700 foot tower with 100kw. “We’ve already designed a unique audio processing system for it,”Buterbaugh says. END.