A MCRFB Note: Motor City Radio Flashbacks was delighted having recently heard from Don Hibschweiler (July 19), formerly Don Riley on WDRQ and formerly Jerry Riley on WAAM. A special ‘THANK YOU” goes out to Don, for sharing his (’70s) WDRQ and WAAM (Ann Arbor) audio airchecks with MCRFB.COM — both as featured here, today.
While this 1964 CKLW Tom Clay aircheck is less than stellar in its audio presentation, MCRFB feels this aircheck is significantly historic in content as it was recorded June 18 and June 19, 1964, the 19th having been Tom Clay’s last show heard on CKLW radio in Detroit. In this aircheck, Tom Clay talks about the Beatles, reads letters from CKLW listeners, mentions Terry Knight (formerly WJBK; his eventual replacement at CKLW) and also Clay talks about his tribute to JFK, commenting on his recording of “Six White Horses.”
Also in this feature today Tom Clay is heard firing off a few words towards a Detroit newspaper daily as well, for bringing up whatever role (as the daily implied in print) he was accused having played during the payola scandal earlier in his Detroit radio career, while a disk jockey at WJBK in the late-1950s. Tom Clay’s last day on CKLW was on a Friday, June 19, 1964. 51-years ago.
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For more on Tom Clay archived on Motor City Radio Flashbacks to date, GO HERE.
MCRFB Note: For more on Dick Purtan’s personal (and humorous) reflections on his early days, WKNR, May, 1965, check out his dickpurtan.com podcast No. 50 — GO HERE.
