Month: November 2013
MICHIGUIDE NEWS: FORMER WOMC-FM DON PHILLIPS PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY
Newsmakers and links: Nov. 6, 2013
Mike Austerman
Former Oldies WOMC-FM 104.3 Detroit overnight and weekend host Don Phillips passed away earlier today after a long illness. Phillips was also known for his work as a DJ at JR’s Bar & Grill (now known as The Emergency Room) in suburban Westland.
UPDATED (11-8-2013): From the ‘ALL ACCESS Music Group’ website, more information regarding Don Phillips’ passing, can be found here.
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).
HEY! LOOK WHAT WE GOT HERE: BOB BAUER WLLZ-FM!
Image found on eBay 2012: WLLZ’s Bob Bauer 1989 press photo. WLLZ-FM Detroit
Image found on eBay 2012: WLLZ’s Bob Bauer, station program director Jay Clark and WLLZ promotions director Mike Isabella, 1990. WLLZ-FM Detroit
STAR 97 FM
LISTEN TO THE WKNR 50TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW HERE!
ENJOY THE WEEKEND BUT……
DON’T FORGET TO:
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND
TODAY! THE “KEENER STORY” TO BE REMEMBERED, RETOLD, RECALLED ON WCXI RADIO
An EXCLUSIVE 2013 MCRFB radio event promotion:
KEENER 13 50th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL TO AIR ON WCXI-AM 1160 (FENTON) TODAY
DATELINE DETROIT OCTOBER 31, 1963: WKNR. THE “NEW RADIO 13” IS BORN!
DETROIT (October 27) — An historic Detroit radio milestone. On October 31, 2013, this date will mark 50 years having passed when WKHM became WKNR, “New Radio 13,” here in the Motor City in 1963. 50-years ago. Halloween. October 31. A date to be always remembered in the history of Detroit radio.
In celebration of this event, the “Keener” story will be re-lived, re-told once again on WCXI-AM 1160 on your dial — TODAY — Friday afternoon, 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., November 1, 2013. Join former WKNR disc jockey/alumnus Greg Innis and WCXI host Jimmy James and several former-WKNR luminaries for this exclusive WCXI “Keener 13” radio special November 1.
For other details on this special WCXI-AM Detroit radio event go to the keener13.com website (and for everything else WKNR) here. Can’t pick up the station? You can listen to the show — TODAY November 1 — streamed live over the internet by going to WCXI-AM on-line, their link provided here. 50 years later . . . . KEENER STILL LIVES!