PROGRAMMING DETROIT FM RADIO: THIS WEEK IN ’63!



Sunday, December 01, 1963

 DETROIT FREE PRESS: FM HIGHLIGHTS 

(Above article courtesy freep.com newspapers archives. Copyright 2017; Newspapers.com).


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WQTE-AM BACK ON THE RADIO: TOM CLAY!


WQTE RECALLED ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS

WQTE-AM 560 * 1961 * TOM CLAY


Tom Clay WQTE (Johnny Mathis Special) aircheck date: Sunday, March 12, 1961

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NEW! A special THANK YOU to Bob Pratt, of Farmington Hills, MI, for recently donating this WQTE radio aircheck (unscoped) to Motor City Radio Flashbacks!

 * The Bob Pratt Collection *



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THIS WEEK IN AMERICA! BILLBOARD ‘HOT 100′: 11/1989

BILLBOARD HOT 100 November 18, 1989

BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY

BILLBOARD HOT 100 November 18, 1989


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These were the record singles you bought twenty-eight years ago. Many went on to become the most popular radio airplays heard on FM-AM radio in Detroit, November 1989.



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MCRFB RADIO ADS: “BORROW CONFIDENTLY! HFC” ’61


DETROIT FREE PRESS Monday, January 21, 1957 (click above ad 2x for largest detailed view)

HFC Household Finance Co. * 1961

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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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PRESS IMAGE FROM DETROIT RADIO’S PAST: WXYZ, ’74!

WXYZ DICK PURTAN with TOM RYAN and Lou Schuck (Press Photo) 1974

A MCRFB NOTE (the caption back of photo reads): Dick Purtan, left, and Tom Ryan, right, claim Lou isn’t allowed in the studio with his cigar and that Lou always wear Banlon shirts. Here, the daunting Lou Schuck proves them wrong.” 🙂



 

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’50S ROCK N ROLL ICON, FATS DOMINO, REMEMBERED

FATS DOMINO circa 1955 (Credit: Getty Images; Photo inserts: Detroit Free Press; 12/01/1956 and 08/17/1957)

Fats Domino, Early Rock ‘n’ Roller Pioneer With a Boogie-Woogie Piano, Is Dead at 89




DETROIT FREE PRESS Saturday, December 1, 1956 (Note: The Graystone Ballroom was located 4237 Woodward in downtown Detroit)

DETROIT FREE PRESS Saturday, August 17, 1957 (Note: The Shubert Theater was located 153 Laffayette in downtown Detroit)

DETROIT FREE PRESS Tuesday, February 18, 1958 (click on image 2x for largest detailed view)


 

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