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Category: WKNR
KEENER GOLD! THE WKNR ‘TOP 31’ MUSIC GUIDE: JULY 18, 1968
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KEENER GOLD! THE WKNR ‘TOP 30’ MUSIC GUIDE: JUNE 22, 1970
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KEENER GOLD! THE WKNR ‘TOP 31’ MUSIC GUIDE: WEEK OF MAY 16, 1966
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KEENER GOLD! THE WKNR ‘TOP 31’ MUSIC GUIDE: WEEK OF APRIL 9, 1964
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ROCK ‘N ROLL! THE WKNR MUSIC GUIDE: MARCH 20, 1972
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After 8 years, 19 weeks, and 435 official WKNR surveys having been published since the November 7, 1963 premiere, this is, by all accounts, the last official music guide (03/20/1972) the legendary Detroit radio station published before WKNR changed it’s call letters and music format to WNIC in April of 1972.
A reliable music source and collector informed this site that the station, in essence, had publish one more chart, dated March 27, 1972 (which the collector is still in search of). Throughout the years having passed we’ve yet to see of such chart — anywhere — if such chart is known to exist, to this day.
One month after issuance of this chart, WKNR became the former. The station gave birth to a new Detroit radio sound on a Tuesday morning, April 25, 1972.
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WKNR MUSIC GUIDE: THE KEENER COUNT 13! FEBRUARY 13, 1967
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THE SCOTT REGEN 1 PLUS 3 VOTING: WKNR #2! TIM TAM, FEBRUARY 1966
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“Wait A Minute” debuted on the WKNR Music Guide at #28 for the week of December 22, 1965. The group from Allen Park peaks their new Palmer Records single at WKNR on January 19, 1966 at #3. Seven weeks overall at WKNR, the single drops to #9 on its final week on the music guides, February 2, 1966.
“Wait A Minute” was voted #2 for consecutive nights by Keener listeners during the Scott Regen 1 Plus 3 Voting for nearly a week in January, 1966.
A side note: “Wait A Minute” was co-written by Tom DeAngelo, who also at the time was managing Tim Tam & The Turn-Ons. In late 1967, DeAngelo became DJ Johnny Williams at CKLW in Windsor, Ontario. Tom DeAngelo (a.k.a. Johnny Williams) passed away in April 2020.
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BROADCASTING | DETROIT RADIO WKNR AD: MARCH 3, 1964
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HAPPY NEW YEAR! WKNR TOP 113 HITS of 1967: YOUR SOUVENIR EDITION
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The 113 records and 13 albums and their positions on this “Keener Hits of 1967” Music Guide were determined by mathematical computation, considering each record’s and album’s position and duration on each of the WKNR Music Guides during the past 52 weeks and does not necessarily reflect the comparative sales of these records and albums.
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