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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WJBK “SOUND”
(Above WJBK ad courtesy freep.com newspapers archive. Copyright 2016; Newspapers.com).
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A NEW FEATURE ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS!
DETROIT FREE PRESS: WJBK 1500 ‘Radio Station WJBK Undergoes Changes ’
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(Above WJBK article is courtesy freep.com newspaper archive. Copyright 2016. Newspapers.com).
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A NEW FEATURE ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS!
DETROIT FREE PRESS: WJBK ‘PAYOLA’ ‘WJBK Fires Disk Jockey, Bandstand MC Resigns’
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These were the records you bought in the 1950s. Many went on to become some of the most popular singles heard played on WJBK RADIO AM 1500 in Detroit, August 1958.
WJBK-AM (DETROIT)
Don McLeod, a popular nighttime Detroit radio personality, was the third disk jockey to leave WJBK behind Tom Clay and Dale Young. Tom Clay was fired. Dale Young abruptly resigned. McLeod left the station on Monday, November 23, 1959. Reportedly, all three were alleged having been involved taking gifts, accepting “cash-for-play,” known in the industry as payola, while at the Storer Broadcasting station that year.
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All SIX featured song titles randomly were selected for your listening enjoyment here.
WJBK RADIO 1500 * July 11, 1963 * ALAN THAYER REPORTING / ROBERT E. LEE
