— CBS’ THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW! POP & ROCK CLASSICS —
“I Want To Hold Your Hand”
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PETULA CLARK | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1966
NEW! MORE Ed Sullivan Pop & Rock performances will be forthcoming on Motor City Radio Flashbacks 🙂
Category: Flashbacks
CKLW GETS LICENSE RENEWAL ON CONDITION . . . APRIL 19, 1969
Canadian Government Drops Gavel; RKO Owned CKLW Must Change Hands to Canadian Ownership Or Must Dispose Station’s Assets
TORONTO — The Canadian Radio Television Commission has ruled that radio station CKLW in Windsor, Ont., will receive its license renewal until Sept. 1, 1970. But within that period of time, the station must divest itself of its U. S. ownership or lose its broadcasting license altogether.
The CRTC said that, according to its records, the issued shares in Western Ontario Broadcasting are now owned by RKO Distributing Co. of Canada, which is owned by RKO General Inc. in the U. S.
These shares must change hands to a Canadian-owned company within a year and a half or the station will lose its license. This decision was based on a Canadian government order of Sept. 20, 1968, which ruled that any Canadian broadcasting outlet must be “effectively owned and controlled by Canadians.”
CKLW applied for an exemption from this order based on its geographic and economic situation – the Detroit area which adjoins Windsor directly across the river. The CRTC could have recommended such an exemption if it had so chosen but in so doing it would have had to satisfy both itself and the federal cabinet that this action would not be contrary to public interests.
The commission said that after careful consideration of the petition of CKLW, it could not make such a recommendation.
The commission noted that it was granting the temporary license renewal to “give the licensee an opportunity to comply with its provisions or to dispose of the assets of the station.” END
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Information and news source: Billboard; April 19, 1969
PAMS DALLAS! WXYZ CUSTOMS and AUDITIONS: 1967 and 1968
WXYZ ‘PAMS’ JINGLES HEARD on MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS
WXYZ-AM | “AUDITIONS and CUSTOMS” | 1967-1968
PAMS INCORPORATED, DALLAS, TX
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BY THE BEGINNING of 1967 WXYZ 1270 was no longer into the top 40 foray. By year’s end, 1966, the ABC brass in New York decided instead to introduce the ABC-owned station in Detroit with an easy-listening, contemporary format. A format no longer geared for its previous teen audience. Instead, WXYZ became, “The Good Life”.
We present today a composite of customs and auditions jingles created by PAMS in Dallas for WXYZ in 1967. You will note one of the prominent jingle(s) heard in this package was created for the station’s Cash Call contest, what would become their popular cash-giveaway game geared for their new adult radio following, early-on, and having played well into 1970.
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The featured PAMS WXYZ jingle package was audio enhanced by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
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Licensed by PAMS, Dallas, this PAMS jingles package was made available (in the early 2000s) by Ken R Productions, Toledo, Ohio.
TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP SINGLES OF 1964!
— THE BEATLES —
Debuted #79 week-ending April 4, 1964, three weeks playing the Billboard Singles chart, “Thank You Girl” climbs to #49, this week, April 12 through week-ending April 18, 1964.
Source: Billboard Pop Singles
KEENER RADIO: AUDIO MUGSHOTS! KEY MEN OF MUSIC, ’65
WKNR JOCKS | 1965 | KEENER RADIO
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Note: A special THANK YOU to Bob Green (Bob Green Productions) of Houston, Texas, for providing this WKNR 1965 audio memory with Motor City Radio Flashbacks 🙂
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For our previous (March 11, 2020) WKNR audio ‘mugshots’ post featuring the 1964 Keener jocks, go HERE
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Audio enhanced by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
HARWELL. THE VOICE OF SUMMER’S PAST REMEMBERED
ERNIE HARWELL (w/ George Kell) * Al Kaline Interview (Spring Training) * MARCH 1962
April 6, 2020
In Remembrance
— ONE YEAR AGO TODAY —
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Remembering Al Kaline
The above Al Kaline interview was aired on WKMH, the Detroit Tigers flagship stations (Knorr Broadcasting) during the Tiger’s spring training season, March 1962.
December 19, 1934 – April 6, 2020
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MOTOWN MONDAYS! MOTOWN ON CBS’ ED SULLIVAN SHOW
THE MOTOWN SOUND
— The Ed Sullivan Show —
The entire Ed Sullivan Show catalogue has hit the streaming platforms!
On June 12, 2020 came news Universal Music Enterprises and Sofa Entertainment brokered a deal to license and make available the entire Ed Sullivan video performance from the Sofa library, who acquired the entire catalogue in 1990. UME will make available the entire catalogue for public streaming in restored, digitized form, according to the Detroit Free Press.
Since its premiere launch on June 12 2020, more videos have been added on the official Ed Sullivan You Tube channel, highlighting the Motown sound. As reported, it will take three years to upload the more than 10,000 performances which aired Sunday evenings on CBS-TV from June 20, 1948 to June 6, 1971.
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For more on this story, go HERE.
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Note: Ed Sullivan passed away on October 13, 1974. He was 73.
THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW . . . CBS’ MOTOWN CLASSICS!
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NEW! For this ‘Motown’ Monday, we are featuring three classic Motown video performances from the Ed Sullivan Show:
Gladys Knight & The Pips (1968), The Temptations (1971), The Temptation and Diana Ross & The Supremes (1967)
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MORE Ed Sullivan Motown performances will be forthcoming on Motor City Radio Flashbacks!
19 BRITISH DISKS ON CHARTS . . . APRIL 4, 1964
Redcoats Revisiting States Coast-to-Coast
NEW YORK — The influx of British disk product continues to climb with more new product released this week and strong representation, led by the Beatles, on the charts. Counting 12 Beatle disks on the Hot 100, and seven other disks on the chart. British acts now hold 19 per cent of the big board listing.
The Dave Clark Five has two strong items on the chart in “Glad All Over” and “Bits And Pieces”. The group will be looking to strengthen its position with another trip to the States May 29. This two-week visit will include concerts at New York’s Carnegie Hall (29) and another appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show (31). Concerts in major cities are also being set up and the group will record its second LP prior to leaving for the U. S. The group has also signed a film contract with Anglo-Amalgamated and will begin a 10-week shooting schedule in October.
In addition to Clark, Dusty Springfield, the Swinging Blue Jeans, the Carefrees and the Searchers hold spots.
And the flood of Anglo product continues. The Searchers are presented on two other labels beside their hit “Needles and Pins”. Their next British record, possible U. S. follow-up to “Needles,” is “Don’t Throw Your Love Away” previously recorded by the Orlons here.
Other hard-hitting British products released this week that is getting extensive air play are “Not Fade Away”, by the Rolling Stones on London, and the Hollie’s version of Doris Troy’s hit of last year “Just One Look”, on Imperial. There’s a new Cliff Richard disk available on Epic as well, “I’m The Lonely One” coupled with “I Only Have Eyes for You”. Capitol of Canada is unintentionally creeping into the Richard market as well, with French titles “J’Attendre” getting extensive play and sales in New England. END
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Information and news source: Billboard; April 4, 1964
CHART CRAWLS WITH BEATLES . . . APRIL 4, 1964
Beatles Wax Hot 100 With 12 Singles; Owns Top 5 on Chart, Week-Ending, April 4 1964
NEW YORK — Just about everyone is tired of the Beatles. Disk jockeys are tired of playing the hit group; the writers of trade and consumer publication articles are tired of writing about them and the manufacturers of product other than the Beatles are tired of hearing about them. Everyone’s tired of the Beatles — except the listening and buying public.
Two more Beatles singles popped onto the Hot 100 this week, “You Can’t Do That” on Capitol and “Thank You Girl,” on Vee-Jay. This ups last week’s total of Beatles records on the chart to 12. “You Can’t Do That” is the flip side of “Can’t Buy Me Love” which broke in at No. 27 last week and went to No. 1 this week.
Canada Source
The mass of Beatles material being supplied to American radio stations and stores is being increased again by product from Canada. Latest is “Love Me Do”, which is getting hot air play across the country. Now that U. S. retailers and subdistributors have set up air corridor channels of supply with Canadian subdistributors, “Love Me Do,” like the previous “All My Loving”, can be expected to funnel into the country at a much quicker and regular rate.
One thing that seems to have handicapped output of the “Love Me Do” single is the accidental breaking of one of the pressing masters in Capitol of Canada’s plant.
The Prices
Prices paid for those three Capitol of Canada disks from Canadian one-stops is approximately 61 cents and they are being sold to other retailers in this country for 75 to 89 cents. The retailer who gets on the street first with the disks can sell them for anything from $1.25 to $1.75. But as the amount of Capitol of Canada singles appear the price declines. It seldom goes below 99 cents, however.
There was also some demand for the Capitol of Canada LP, “Beatlemania”, but requests for this have diminished somewhat. It is understood that “Beatlemania” will be repackaged to conform with the new U. S. Capitol LP called “The Second Beatles Album”. There are two Capitol of Canada LP’s which have found their way into the U. S. market. “Twist and Shout” is the other. These package are being purchased for approximately $2.60 and it was reported that in Boston they were sold by some retailers for as high as S6. The Canadian LP price is S4.20.
Nine Positions
In Canada, the Beatles hold the first nine chart positions (italics added here for emphasis). With the addition of “Can’t Buy Me Love” at the No. 1 post, they now hold the first five slots on the Hot 100. Geoffrey F. Racine, executive vice- president of Capitol of Canada, has denied reports that any firm in the U. S. has distribution rights to “Roll Over Beethoven”. Racine also said that the company is not exporting Beatle Records to the United States and has no intention of doing so. He does admit. however, that records are being shipped here through one-stops and other large buyers of records who happen to have branches in Canada. It is also known that many American record merchandisers have set up specific deals with Canadian subdistributors of Capitol product. END
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Information and news source: Billboard; April 4, 1964
TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: THE SINGLES OF 1964!
— DONNA LYNN —
Debuted #97 week-ending February 22, 1964, two weeks playing the Billboard Singles chart, “My Boyfriend Got A Beatle Haircut” jumps to #95 (final week on chart), week-ending, February 29, 1964.