A MCRFB NOTE
A special THANK YOU goes out to Bob Green for sharing this special WKNR Motown memory with Motor City Radio Flashbacks. WKNR’s Scott Regen reflects on his Motown recollections here as well.
Having never aired, this exclusive Bob Green production segment was intended for broadcast/airing during the ‘WOMC 104.3 Detroit Radio Reunion‘ in 2010. (Click on above image 2x for largest view)
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A NEW FEATURE ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS!
DETROIT FREE PRESS: CKLW-WKNR-WXYZ ‘What About Those “Dirty Songs”?’
Missed any of our previous ‘Detroit Radio Back-Pages‘ features on MCRFB.COM? GO HERE. Above July 31, 1966 article is courtesy freep.com newspaper archive. Copyright 2016. Newspapers.com
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—SCOTT REGEN ON THE BIG 8! CKLW—
MOTHER YOU, SMOTHER YOU * Christine Schumacher Sings With The Supremes * MOTOWN 1966
ON THE MOTOWN RECORD LABEL IT READS: “Winner (Record A Record with the Supremes Contest) Scott Regen WKNR”
FOUR GENTS * Soul Sister * (WKNR) HBR Records (1966)
“Soul Sister,” by the Four Gents, was the record Scottie Regen dedicated to Christine Schumacher, after calling her live on his show informing her she was the winner of his WKNR ‘Record A Record With The Supremes‘ contest in November 1966.
Scott Regen, thank you for those WONDERFUL ’60s WKNR memories you gave us all in Detroit. More than just a phenomenon . . . you took all of us “along for the ride” during those years when you were on the radio, here, in Motown — “Keener 13.”
A MCRFB Note: I heard from WKNR great Paul Cannon, who kindly pointed out (June 6) the Scott Regen photo first published here was “displayed” incorrectly. Per Paul’s suggestion, I flipped the photo over to reflect the true positioning of Scott Regen, inside the WKNR AM studio, as it actually was looking from where the picture was taken initially. Thank you, Paul Cannon, I have made the proper correction now shown above. –J.F.
NORMA TRACEY AND THE CINDERELLA KIDS * Skate Board Song * The “Official” WKNR Scott Regen Skateboard Song (1965)
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In May, 1965, with the exit earlier in the year of Keener jocks Robin Seymour, Gary Stevens and later Bill Phillips, Dick Purtan, formerly (Paul Purtan) WSAI, Cincinnati, signed on filling one of three voids in the Keener jock lineup. But most notably — WKNR — created much fanfare promoting the arrival of Scott Regen to Detroit from Kansas City’s WHB.
Up until Scott Regen’s arrival to the station, especially the last few days in May, 1965, WKNR would give its listeners daily “travel updates” on Keener 13, as Scott Regen loomed closer and closer to his scheduled arrival here, slated for Tuesday, June 1st, 1965.
It was also during that time, the “Skate Board Song” became the “official” WKNR song record the station had tied in as well, in promoting further Scott Regen’s anticipated arrival here — mind you, traveling on skateboard only! — Kansas City to Detroit.
Listen as well when Dick Purtan made much ado of the “Scott Regen Skateboard Song,” Monday night, May 31, 1965. Purtan signed on WKNR, May 24, 1965. You can listen to Purtan’s shtick that evening in the WKNR-AM BACK ON THE RADIO WITH: DICK PURTAN! aircheck featured today on Motor City Radio Flashbacks.
WKNR SCOTT REGEN SKATEBOARD REPORTS * WKNR Scott Regen Promos * WKNR 5/1965
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