DETROIT RADIO: TOP DJ’S NEWSPAPER ’66 FLASHBACK!

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Sunday, July 31, 1966

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE

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A NEW FEATURE ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS!

DETROIT FREE PRESS: CKLW-WKNR-WXYZ ‘What About Those “Dirty Songs”?’


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A 1965 DETROIT WKNR RADIO NEWSPAPER FLASHBACK

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Friday, February 26, 1965

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD

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A NEW FEATURE ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS!

DETROIT FREE PRESS: WKNR ‘WKNR’s Think Summer Contest!’

(Above WKNR ad courtesy freep.com archive; copyright 2016 newspapers.com).

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WKNR DETROIT TOP 13 KEENER HITS: THIS WEEK IN 1964!

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DAWN * 4 Seasons * WKNR (No. 01) 02/06/64

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I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND * Beatles * WKNR (No. 02) 02/06/64
WKNR Keener 13 Hits (survey guide bar)

SHE LOVES YOU * Beatles * WKNR (No. 03) 02/06/64
WKNR Keener 13 Hits (survey guide bar)

OUT OF THIS WORLD * Gino Washington * WKNR (No. 04) 02/06/64
WKNR Keener 13 Hits (survey guide bar)

RIP VAN WINKEL * Devotions * WKNR (No. 05) 02/06/64
WKNR Keener 13 Hits (survey guide bar)

WHAT’S EASY FOR TWO * Mary Wells * WKNR (No. 06) 02/06/64
WKNR Keener 13 Hits (survey guide bar)

SEE THE FUNNY LITTLE CLOWN * Bobby Goldsboro * WKNR (No. 07) 02/06/64
WKNR Keener 13 Hits (survey guide bar)

YOU DON’T OWN ME * Lesley Gore * WKNR (No. 08) 02/06/64
WKNR Keener 13 Hits (survey guide bar)

A WOMAN, A LOVE & A MAN * Tony Clarke * WKNR (No. 09) 02/06/64
WKNR Keener 13 Hits (survey guide bar)

LEAVING HERE * Eddie Holland * WKNR (No. 10) 02/06/64
WKNR Keener 13 Hits (survey guide bar)

HEY LITTLE COBRA * Rip Chords * WKNR (No. 11) 02/06/64
WKNR Keener 13 Hits (survey guide bar)

CALIFORNIA SUN * Rivieras * WKNR (No. 12) 02/06/64
WKNR Keener 13 Hits (survey guide bar)

HI HEEL SNEAKERS * Tommy Tucker * WKNR (No. 13) 02/06/64


THE KEENER TOP 13

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MCRFB has every song selection on this WKNR playlist archived in it’s music library. All WKNR TOP 13 featured singles were selected in order (1-13) for your listening enjoyment here.



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A 1965 DETROIT WKNR RADIO NEWSPAPER FLASHBACK

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Sunday, April 25, 1965

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE

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A NEW FEATURE ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS!

DETROIT FREE PRESS: WKNR BOB GREEN ‘Dance Man Bob Green Has A Secret’

Above WKNR article courtesy freep.com newspapers archive.

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50TH! THE TOP 40 ON DETROIT RADIO, THIS WEEK, 1966

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Saturday, January 1, 1966

DETROIT RADIO’S BIGGEST 40 HITS

 

These were the most popular records tabulated by the Billboard Hot 100 (01/01/1966), all numbers gathered byway through Metro Detroit record dealers, record distributors, retail record sales. These were the most popular radio plays on Detroit top 40 WKNR, CKLW and WXYZ, and also on conservative-easy listening stations WJR, WJBK, and WCAR, week-ending December 24, 1965.

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WKNR-AM 1310: ‘IN RETROSPECT,’ NOVEMBER 22, 1964

WKNR Keener 13 Bumper Sticker (MCRFB A Day Of Tragedy)IN RETROSPECT: A DAY OF TRAGEDY * Philip Nye / Ed Mullen * WKNR NEWS (11/22/64)

BOB GREEN PRODUCTIONS, HOUSTON, TX 77056

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A SPECIAL THANK YOU goes out to Bob Green for sharing this 1964 historic, one-year commemorative, WKNR Contact News JFK assassination presentation with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.

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The Detroit News, Friday, November 22, 1963
The Detroit News, Friday, November 22, 1963

Presidential limousine under fire, Dallas, November 22, 1963.
Presidential limousine under fire, 12:30 p.m. CST., Dallas, November 22, 1963.

Mrs. Daisy Fisher, of Detroit, pause, reflects on the JFK memorial displayed at the J. L. Hudson department store, downtown Detroit, Friday evening, November 22, 1963.
A Mrs. Daisy Fisher, of Detroit, pause, reflects on the JFK memorial displayed at the J. L. Hudson department store, downtown Detroit, Friday evening, November 22, 1963. (Photo source and caption: The Detroit News)

Detroit Free Press, Tuesday, November 26, 1963.
The Detroit Free Press, Tuesday, November 26, 1963.
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