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JIM HAMPTON’S SPECIAL ‘AN ORIGINAL CHRISTMAS’ WILL BROADCAST CHRISTMAS DAY ON WJR-AM 760!

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 S E A S O N ‘ S   G R E E T I N G S   D E T R O I T !

 

JIM HAMPTON
JIM HAMPTON

H E L L O   A G A I N,   J I M   H A M P T O N   H E R E .   You know, after working as an air personality at WXYZ, WJBK and WCAR in Detroit, I moved to WLS as Production Director.  One of my assignments was to create a 12-hour Christmas special that the station could play and give the entire staff the Holiday off.

After I moved to Los Angeles to work in radio syndication, among the thousands of programs I produced were numerous Christmas specials.  There were short-form features, long-form specials and 24 hour formats.

In addition to great Christmas music, all of the programs I produced were filled with special features, stories, comedy, the amazing comments of little children, and, of course, interviews with everyday people and superstar celebrities.

The program content includes Contemporary and Classic Christmas songs.  From Mathis to Buble, from Whitney to Barbra, and from The Ronettes to Jose Feliciano.

Plus, there are numerous vignettes about how Christmas customs came about, lots of celebrity drop-ins (Clint Eastwood, Natalie Cole, Johnny Mathis and many more), Tom Murphy (otherwise known as “world-famous” Tom Murphy offers his Holiday anecdotes, there are old radio clips from classic performers of the 40’s (Jack Benny, Bob Hope, George Burns & Gracie Allen, to name a few), and the delightful, heartwarming and honest voices of little children reflecting on their favorite day of the year.

All in all, it is a 12-hour Holiday celebration for the whole family.  It just may become the soundtrack of Christmas get togethers from now on.  Hope you’ll join me this Friday, from 9:00 A.M. until 9:00 P.M. Christmas Day, for this special 2015 holiday event on Detroit’s 760-AM WJR.

 

Written, produced and hosted by Jim Hampton, AN ORIGINAL CHRISTMAS can be heard from anywhere in the world over iHeartRadio, wjr.com, and of course throughout the Midwest on News/Talk 760 WJR.

MERRY CHRISTMAS! – JIM HAMPTON

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‘AN ORIGINAL CHRISTMAS’ * Jimmy Hampton * WJR 760 (2015 PROMO)

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WXYZ-AM BACK ON THE RADIO W/: JIMMY HAMPTON!

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From the MCRFB AIRCHECKS archive featuring: WXYZ-AM (’66) w/ JIMMY HAMPTON

A special THANK YOU goes out to GREG INNIS for donating this (unscoped) WXYZ JIM HAMPTON ‘SOLID GOLD SHOW’ (November 19, 1966) aircheck to MCRFB.COM!

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JIM HAMPTON’S PH FACTOR! 90 MINUTES W/ THE 1950S

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 JIM HAMPTON PH FACTOR * 90 Minutes With The 1950s (Pt. 01) * DAVE PRINCE

 

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JIM HAMPTON PH FACTOR * 90 Minutes With The 1950s (Pt. 02) * DAVE PRINCE

 

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“And Now A Brief Word on Los Angeles, PH Factor, and Dave Prince.”

 

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Jim Hampton

Hello everybody, Jim Hampton here. You know, after leaving WLS in Chicago for Los Angeles, I worked with Ken Draper and Chuck Blore at Programming DB.  There, I learned so much about radio programming, production and syndication. Later, during the mid 70’s, I got into my own business, the ‘Programme Shoppe,’ and enticed my good friend and Detroit DJ, Dave Prince, to come out to California to work with me.

We did all kinds of radio projects together; programmed radio stations; produced tons of radio shows to distribute around the world.  One was called ‘90 Minutes With . . .’ and, every week the show featured an artist or a theme.

I just found one of these shows: “90 Minutes with the 1950’s.”  It is a musical tribute to that era, hosted by Dave Prince, consulted by oldies historian Jim Pewter, produced at the Kris Erik Stevens studio in LA, and written and produced by yours truly, Jim Hampton.

The seventies were the best of days for me in L.A.  Very creative. Very lucrative. Very fun. By the way, check out the pictures. That’s Dave, and that’s me (with the beard) the way we looked back when, working together in the ’70s. And that’s Dave Prince in the photo below. Taken sometime during his stay, mid-late ’70s, while working with me in Los Angeles.

I hope you enjoy hearing ’90 Minutes with the 1950’s.’ Keep it here on Motor City Radio Flashbacks. More to come! — J. Hampton

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SATURDAY! RADIO RECALL CRUISING IO4.3 FM WOMC

21ST. ANNIVERSARY 2015 WOODWARD DREAM CRUISE BROADCAST 104.3 WOMC! LISTEN LIVE TONIGHT, SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 6-9 PM - JIM HAMPTON’S ‘RADIO RECALL’ ON FM 104.3 CLICK ON TONIGHT'S 'RADIO RECALL' SHOW HERE!
ENCORE PRESENTATION: 21ST. ANNIVERSARY 2015 WOODWARD DREAM CRUISE BROADCAST, WOMC!
LISTEN LIVE TOMORROW MORNING, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 5-8 AM – JIM HAMPTON’S ‘RADIO RECALL’ ON FM 104.3 CLICK TO SATURDAY’S ‘RADIO RECALL’ CRUISIN’ SHOW HERE!
Jim Hampton ‘RADIO RECALL’ Promo (2015) * ‘DJ’s, Cars And Cruising’ * WOMC-FM

 A WOMC ENCORE PRESENTATION

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Jim Hampton

Hello Detroit. Jim Hampton here. Once again as part of the Woodward Dream Cruise celebration, I get to play 15 of the best car hits back-to-back with 15 of your favorite cruisin’ songs on 104.3 WOMC.

Plus, you will hear actual air checks of the Detroit DJ’s who originally played those hits on your car radio when you cruised around Detroit, when I was on the radio here, in the 1960s.

For the second year-in-row, THANK YOU Big Boy Restaurants, for sponsoring this year’s Radio Recall Woodward Dream Cruise show, exclusively on 104.3 WOMC.  Enjoy the WOMC encore presentation. The show will be on again, early-tomorrow morning, Saturday, 5-8 a.m. EST. (1-4 a.m. West Coast time).

So let’s ‘rev it up, one more time, 2015 Woodward dream cruisers. As we’d say back in the ’60s, “it’s gonna be a gas!”

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TONIGHT! RADIO RECALL CRUISIN’ WOODWARD, 104.3

21ST. ANNIVERSARY 2015 WOODWARD DREAM CRUISE BROADCAST 104.3 WOMC! LISTEN LIVE TONIGHT, SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 6-9 PM - JIM HAMPTON’S ‘RADIO RECALL’ ON FM 104.3 CLICK ON TONIGHT'S 'RADIO RECALL' SHOW HERE!
21ST. ANNIVERSARY 2015 WOODWARD DREAM CRUISE BROADCAST 104.3 WOMC!
LISTEN LIVE TONIGHT, SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 6-9 PM – JIM HAMPTON’S ‘RADIO RECALL’ ON FM 104.3 LISTEN TO TONIGHT’S ‘RADIO RECALL’ CRUISIN’ SHOW HERE!
Jim Hampton ‘RADIO RECALL’ Promo (2015) * ‘DJ’s, Cars And Cruising’ * WOMC-FM

 

 

Jim Hampton
Jim Hampton

Hello Detroit. Jim Hampton here. Once again as part of the Woodward Dream Cruise celebration, I get to play 15 of the best car hits back-to-back with 15 of your favorite cruisin’ songs on 104.3 WOMC.

Plus, you will hear actual air checks of the Detroit DJ’s who originally played those hits on your car radio when you cruised around Detroit, when I was on the radio here, in the 1960s.

For the second year-in-row, THANK YOU Big Boy Restaurants, for sponsoring this year’s Radio Recall Woodward Dream Cruise show, exclusively on 104.3 WOMC.  Again, the show will be on tonight, Sunday, 6-9 and, back on 5-8 a.m., early-Saturday, August 15.

So ‘rev it up, 2015 Woodward dream cruisers! As we’d say back in the 1960s, “it’s gonna be a gas.”

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‘RADIO RECALL’ CRUISIN’ WOODWARD! JIM HAMPTON

21ST. ANNIVERSARY 2015 WOODWARD DREAM CRUISE BROADCAST 104.3 WOMC! LISTEN LIVE THIS SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 6-9 PM - JIM HAMPTON’S ‘RADIO RECALL’ ON FM 104.3 CLICK HERE!
21ST. ANNIVERSARY 2015 WOODWARD DREAM CRUISE BROADCAST 104.3 WOMC!
LISTEN LIVE THIS SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 6-9 PM – JIM HAMPTON’S ‘RADIO RECALL’ ON FM 104.3 CLICK ON THE SHOW HERE!

 

Jim Hampton

Hello Detroit. Jim Hampton here. Once again as part of the Woodward Dream Cruise celebration, I get to play 15 of the best car hits back-to-back with 15 of your favorite cruisin’ songs on 104.3 WOMC.

Plus, you will hear actual air checks of the Detroit DJ’s who originally played those hits on your car radio when you cruised around Detroit, when I was on the radio here, in the 1960s.

For the second year-in-row, THANK YOU Big Boy Restaurants, for sponsoring this year’s Radio Recall Woodward Dream Cruise show, on 104.3 WOMC. So ‘rev it up, cruisers. It’s gonna be a gas!

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Jim Hampton ‘RADIO RECALL’ Promo (2015) * ‘DJ’s, Cars And Cruising’ * WOMC-FM

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WXYZ 1270 DETROIT SOUND TOP 35! THIS WEEK IN 1966

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WIXIE DETROIT SOUND No. 8 * Terry Knight & The Pack * WXYZ (4/18/66)

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  WIXIE DETROIT SOUND No. 18 * Johnny Rivers * WXYZ (4/18/66)

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WIXIE DETROIT SOUND No. 27 * Dave Clark Five * WXYZ (4/18/66)

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JIM HAMPTON’S SPECIAL ‘AN ORIGINAL CHRISTMAS’ WILL BROADCAST CHRISTMAS DAY ON WJR-AM 760!

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S E A S O N ‘ S   G R E E T I N G S   D E T R O I T !

H E L L O ,   J I M   H A M P T O N   H E R E .   You know, after working as an air personality at WXYZ, WJBK and WCAR in Detroit, I moved to WLS as Production Director.  One of my assignments was to create a 12-hour Christmas special that the station could play and give the entire staff the Holiday off.

After I moved to Los Angeles to work in radio syndication, among the thousands of programs I produced were numerous Christmas specials.  There were short-form features, long-form specials and 24 hour formats.

In addition to great Christmas music, all of the programs I produced were filled with special features, stories, comedy, the amazing comments of little children, and, of course, interviews with everyday people and superstar celebrities.

The program content includes Contemporary and Classic Christmas songs.  From Mathis to Buble, from Whitney to Barbra, and from The Ronettes to Jose Feliciano.

Plus, there are numerous vignettes about how Christmas customs came about, lots of celebrity drop-ins (Clint Eastwood, Natalie Cole, Johnny Mathis and many more), Tom Murphy (otherwise known as “world-famous” Tom Murphy offers his Holiday anecdotes, there are old radio clips from classic performers of the 40’s (Jack Benny, Bob Hope, George Burns & Gracie Allen, to name a few), and the delightful, heartwarming and honest voices of little children reflecting on their favorite day of the year.

All in all, it is a 6-hour Holiday celebration for the whole family.  It just may become the soundtrack of Christmas get togethers from now on.  Hope you’ll join me tomorrow evening from 6:00 P.M. until 12 MIDNIGHT Christmas Day, for this special 2014 holiday event on Detroit’s 760-AM WJR.

Written, produced and hosted by Jim Hampton, AN ORIGINAL CHRISTMAS can be heard from anywhere in the world over iHeartRadio, wjr.com, and of course throughout the Midwest on NewsTalk 760 WJR.

Merry Christmas! – Jim Hampton

‘AN ORIGINAL CHRISTMAS’ * Jimmy Hampton * WJR 760 (PROMO)

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