WXYZ – Page 31 – Motor City Radio Flashbacks

WAY-BACK DETROIT RADIO PAGES: WXYZ, WWJ, AND WJR . . . JULY 19, 1947

From the MCRFB radio scrapbook: 1947

Detroit Stations In Publicity Shifts

DETROIT, July 12 — Radio publicity staffs of major local radio stations were somewhat scrambled this week, with James Quello, publicity director at WXYZ, ABC-owned station, moving over to WJR, where he assumes the combined posts of advertisement and publicity July 14. Quello replaces Bob Anthony, the first man to hold down this specific assignment when the WJR staff underwent earlier organization changes. Anthony is understood to have had several other offers.

At the same time, Loren C. (Bud) Watson resigned as publicity director at WWJ, effective July 19, and will open an independent publicity office. No successor has yet been appointed.

Further major row shift rumored was that of Harry Heilmann, sportscaster at WXYZ, who is reported slated for a sports director’s post at WJR.No confirmation on this report could be obtained but it was further inferred, on the basis of the rumored report, that WJR would take over ply-by-play broadcasts of the Detroit Tigers game next season. END.

(Information and news source: Billboard; July 19, 1947).

WXYZ-AM 1270 * THE DETROIT SOUND SURVEY * DECEMBER 26, 1966

From the MCRFB archived files:

THE TOP 35 HITS ON WXYZ ON THIS DATE IN 1966

WXYZ 1270 Detroit Sound Survey; Week no. 37 issued December 26, 1966 under Lee Alan, Program Director; WXYZ

(WXYZ 1270 Detroit Sound Survey for December 26, this date 1966; survey courtesy the Jim Heddle Collection. For the previous weekly WXYZ December 19, 1966 survey click here).

Addendum: This dated WXYZ playlist would be the very last Detroit Sound Survey ever to go to print. By the time this December 26, 1966 Detroit Sound Survey was issued, ABC, which owned WXYZ in 1966, already had made the decision to drop the station’s popular top 40 sound and would instead switch over to a conservative adult-oriented, album formatted sound coined as, “Sounds Of The Good Life.” For this back-story see our archived MCRFB feature ‘WXYZ Dumps Top 40 ‘Detroit Sound Survey‘ (March 18, 1967) by going here.

WXYZ-AM 1270 * THE DETROIT SOUND SURVEY * DECEMBER 19, 1966

From the MCRFB archived files:

THE TOP 35 HITS ON WXYZ ON THIS DATE IN 1966

WXYZ 1270 Detroit Sound Survey; Week no. 36 issued December 19, 1966 under Lee Alan, Program Director; WXYZ

(WXYZ 1270 Detroit Sound Survey for December 19, this date 1966; survey courtesy the Jim Heddle Collection. For the previous weekly WXYZ December 12, 1966 survey click here).

WXYZ-AM 1270 * THE DETROIT SOUND SURVEY * DECEMBER 12, 1966

From the MCRFB archived files:

THE TOP 35 HITS ON WXYZ ON THIS DATE IN 1966

WXYZ 1270 Detroit Sound Survey; Week no. 35 issued December 12, 1966 under Lee Alan, Program Director; WXYZ

(WXYZ 1270 Detroit Sound Survey for December 12, this date 1966; survey courtesy the Jim Heddle Collection. For the previous weekly WXYZ December 5, 1966 survey click here).

WXYZ-AM 1270 * THE DETROIT SOUND SURVEY * DECEMBER 5, 1966

From the MCRFB archived files:

THE TOP 35 HITS ON WXYZ ON THIS DATE IN 1966

WXYZ 1270 Detroit Sound Survey; Week no. 34 issued December 5, 1966 under Lee Alan, Program Director; WXYZ

(WXYZ 1270 Detroit Sound Survey for December 5, this date 1966; survey courtesy the Jim Heddle Collection. For the previous weekly WXYZ November 28, 1966 survey click here).

WXYZ-AM 1270 * THE DETROIT SOUND SURVEY * NOVEMBER 28, 1966

From the MCRFB archived files:

THE TOP 35 HITS ON WXYZ ON THIS DATE IN 1966

WXYZ 1270 Detroit Sound Survey; Week no. 33 issued November 28, 1966 under Lee Alan, Program Director; WXYZ

(WXYZ 1270 Detroit Sound Survey for November 28, this date 1966; survey courtesy the Jim Heddle Collection. For the previous weekly WXYZ November 21, 1966 survey click here).

PUBLISHED ONE YEAR AGO TODAY: A SALUTE TO A DETROIT RADIO BROADCAST LEGEND: WXYZ-AM 1270 A Retrospect Into The Making Of A Great Detroit Broadcasting Legend And The End Of A Top 40 Giant (November 28, 2012)

WXYZ-AM 1270 * THE DETROIT SOUND SURVEY * NOVEMBER 21, 1966

From the MCRFB archive files:

THE TOP 35 HITS ON WXYZ ON THIS DATE IN 1966

WXYZ 1270 Detroit Sound Survey; Week no. 32 issued November 21, 1966 under Lee Alan, Program Director; WXYZ

(WXYZ 1270 Detroit Sound Survey for November 21, this date 1966; survey courtesy the Jim Heddle Collection. For the previous weekly WXYZ November 14, 1966 survey click here).

DETROIT BREAK-OUT HIT – 1964

WXYZ-AM 1270 * THE DETROIT SOUND SURVEY * NOVEMBER 14, 1966

From the MCRFB archived files:

THE TOP 35 HITS ON WXYZ ON THIS DATE IN 1966

WXYZ 1270 Detroit Sound Survey; Week no. 31 issued November 14, 1966 under Lee Alan, Program Director; WXYZ

(WXYZ 1270 Detroit Sound Survey for November 14, this date 1966; survey courtesy the Jim Heddle Collection. For the previous weekly WXYZ November 7, 1966 survey click here).

WXYZ Detroit Sound Survey No. 11: “Whispers (Gettin’ Louder),” by Jackie Wilson, this date in November 1966.

WXYZ-AM 1270 * THE DETROIT SOUND SURVEY * NOVEMBER 7, 1966

From the MCRFB archived files:

THE TOP 35 HITS ON WXYZ ON THIS DATE IN 1966

WXYZ 1270 Detroit Sound Survey; Week no. 30 issued November 7, 1966 under Lee Alan, Program Director; WXYZ

(WXYZ 1270 Detroit Sound Survey for November 7, this date 1966; survey courtesy the Jim Heddle Collection. For the previous weekly WXYZ October 31, 1966 survey click here).