Category: WJLB

A WJLB BACK-PAGE DETROIT NEWSPRINT FEATURE: ’65

DETROIT FREE PRESS September 12, 1965

 

Tuesday, September 12, 1965

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE

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DETROIT FREE PRESS

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A WJLB BACK-PAGE DETROIT NEWSPRINT FEATURE: ’67

DETROIT FREE PRESS April 9, 1967

 

Sunday, April 9, 1967

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE

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DETROIT FREE PRESS

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1966! TOP 40 BILLBOARD R&B SINGLES CHART 08/06/66

NO. 1 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’66 * TEMPTATIONS
NO. 2 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’66 * RAY CHARLES
NO. 3 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’66 * DARRELL BANKS
NO. 4 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’66 * BOBBY HEBB
NO. 5 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’66 * STEVIE WONDER

WCHB / WJLB ‘TOP 5’ DETROIT

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Week of 07/31/66 – 08/6/1966

The ‘Top 5’ soul records were also the most popular radio plays heard on Detroit’s two R&B stations 1440 WCHB and 1400 WJLB on the AM dial at the time, as well as many of the nation’s Top 50 R&B singles listed from this chart as was tabulated by Billboard.

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1965! TOP 40 BILLBOARD R&B SINGLES CHART 07/31/65

NO. 1 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’65 * FOUR TOPS
NO. 2 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’65 * WILSON PICKETT
NO. 3 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’65 * SOLOMON BURKE
NO. 4 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’65 * BILLY STEWART
NO. 5 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’65 * BARBARA MASON

WCHB / WJLB ‘TOP 5’ DETROIT

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Week of 07/25/65 – 07/31/1965

The ‘Top 5’ soul records were also the most popular radio plays heard on Detroit’s two R&B stations 1440 WCHB and 1400 WJLB on the AM dial at the time, as well as many of the nation’s Top 50 R&B singles listed from this chart as was tabulated by Billboard.

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WJLB 1400: ‘TIGERADIO’ FLAMING 30 CHART! 02/14/66

WJLB 1440 February 14, 1966
WJLB 1400 February 14, 1966
WJLB #09 * 02/14/1966
WJLB #10 * 02/14/1966
WJLB #11 * 02/14/1966
WJLB #12 * 02/14/1966
WJLB #25 * 02/14/1966
WJLB 1400

WJLB 1400 AM. 52 YEARS AGO

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A SPECIAL THANK YOU

In Memory of George Griggs

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Above WJLB music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patty Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.

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WJLB ’65 DETROIT RADIO: NEWSPAPER AD FLASHBACK!

Detroit Free Press January 17, 1965

Sunday, January 30, 1967

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: “’On Target!”

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WJLB ’65 DETROIT RADIO: NEWSPAPER AD FLASHBACK!

Detroit Free Press July 16, 1965

Friday, July 16, 1965

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: “’The Right Sound Today”

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WJLB JINGLES HEARD: TOBY ARNOLD ASSOCIATES, ’86!

WJLB/WBMX ‘The Transformer’ MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS
 WJLB-FM (Detroit) 97.9  * 1986 * WBMX-FM (Chicago) 102.7

 THANK YOU! Special THANKS to Vaughn Baskin for contributing this Toby Arnold Associates (Dallas) urban contemporary jingle package with Motor City Radio Flashbacks!

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