WKNR RECALLED on MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS
WKNR-AM 1310 * 1969 * EDWARD ALAN BUSCH
NEW! EDWARD ALAN BUSCH WKNR aircheck date Sunday, July 13, 1969
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* THE JIM FELICIANO COLLECTION *
NEW! J. MICHAEL WILSON WKNR aircheck date: *September (12?) 1966
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* THE GARY HUNT COLLECTION *
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This is one interesting J. Michael Wilson aircheck find which Motor City Radio Flashbacks contributor Gary Hunt recently donated for our airchecks archives.
In listening in, this is not the best audio insofar as quality, as you will note. But it is the 10 p.m. night time hour. And you’re listening to the J. Michael Wilson Show in Detroit on WKNR in August 1966.
At first listen, I thought this aircheck probably had been recorded by someone who resided somewhere possibly east of the Detroit map at the time. As we know, the 1310 transmitted signal was deficient during the night time hours after sundown east of the city.
So I wrote back to Gary in regards, and here was his response, “the J. Michael Wilson aircheck was recorded at my best friend’s (Bob Becker) house on Covell Road N.W. Grand Rapids, MI via his TV antenna two stories high on the roof. This was from WKNR FM.”
Amazing. So there you have it. Another rare, but a classic J. Michael Wilson aircheck found, as was aired on the #1 radio station in the Motor City in 1966.
A special THANK YOU to Gary Hunt for sharing this special J. Michael Wilson memory with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.
(Next week! Another NEW Gary Hunt WXYZ Jim Hampton aircheck from August 1966)
A MCRFB Note: Motor City Radio Flashbacks pulled up the WKNR Music Guide for the week of *September 12, 1966. And it appears the numbered song hits on this one WKNR JMW aircheck verifies it was recorded sometime during that particular week, as noted, for this aircheck presentation.
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After WKMH became WKNR on October 31, 1963, the “New Radio 13” in Detroit premiered it’s first music guide, released for the week of November 7, 1963.
After 8 years, 19 weeks, and 435 official WKNR surveys having been published since it’s premiere, this was the last official music guide (03/20/1972) the legendary Detroit radio station published before WKNR changed it’s call letters to WNIC on April 25, 1972.
In Memory of George Griggs
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Above WKNR music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WKNR
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The above featured WKNR ad was ‘clipped,’ saved, and imaged from the credited source by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WKNR
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The above featured WKNR ad was ‘clipped,’ saved, and imaged from the credited source by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
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RON SHERWOOD WKNR aircheck date: THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1970
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NEW! A special THANK YOU to David Charles Milatz, of Rochester, MI, for recently donating this WKNR radio aircheck to Motor City Radio Flashbacks!
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* THE DAVID MILATZ COLLECTION *
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WKNR
Above article is courtesy freep.com newspaper archive. Copyright 2018. Newspapers.com.
The above featured WKNR ad was ‘clipped,’ saved, and imaged from the credited source by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WKNR
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The above featured WKNR ad was ‘clipped,’ saved, and imaged from the credited source by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
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