Month: March 2014

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COMMENTS: FEBRUARY, 2014

 

 

 

 

 LAST MONTH WE HEARD FROM YOU . . .  AND WE THANK YOU!

For your written comments you submitted during the month of February on MCRFB.COM! (Click on the “Submitted on” links for direct point of referenced comment).

 
Submitted on 2014/02/03 at 2:58 PM

Joseph M. Donnelly: Rest in Peace my friends.

Submitted on 2014/02/08 at 2:42 AM

comments images 6PXXIV47Chuck from Las Vegas grew up in Ferndale: Chuck Libby from Ferndale now living in Las Vegas. Thank you so for the memories. Now at 67 years old I often wonder where the time went. These memories comfort me greatly and make me wish Doc Brown were here so I could take a trip back to the fifties and maybe correct some of the mistakes I have made. Detroit memories allows me to go back home free of charge and many times it brings me to tears. The air checks I listen to reminds me of the wonder days at Ferndale High School and the memories of Mr. Burkhart and the rest of the faculty. What”s more, the music was so much better in the fifties and the sixties…….no rap junk! Thank you again for making me feel so good.

Submitted on 2014/02/08 at 4:32 AM

Cerise Karpinski: Hey Jeff!!!!!! Just looked you up & wondered what you were up to these days? Not sure if you are working in Detroit or Battle Creek. Anyhoo, Give me a holler Pugo!!!!! BYE E EYE

Submitted on 2014/02/09 at 6:45 PM

comments images 6PXXIV47Bert Crane: Worked with j Michael Wilson @kbtr in 65 I did the east of mid-nite shift from the crappy transmitter site then would head back to the main studio to take record and logs back. Many times I would til j mike ended his shift just to talk and watch him work, he was amazing and with Rodney the rodent, fantastic. I was sorry.to see him leave for Detroit, when he left and Tom Griffiths took over the 6-10am went south. Shows what true talent can do.

Submitted on 2014/02/14 at 10:19 AM

Lisa: I miss the music, hosts and the fact it wasn’t programmed selections, something different all day long. Wish it would come back…. and am sure I’m not alone in this!

Submitted on 2014/02/15 at 9:20 AM

Kevin Mangold: Anyone else enjoy the Stroh’s commercials from the 60s and 70s? I remember one where the off-screen announcer is singing the praises of the product when this lunch-bucket everyman asks “What is this fire-brewin’ business?” Then there are the ones where Thom Sharpe is seen staggering through the desert; coming up to two guys in an oasis, who offer water, he asks instead for an ice-cold Stroh’s beer! (There goes a real beer lover)…

Submitted on 2014/02/17 at 9:07 AM

Bob Green: WOW what a wonderful treat to see this posting! And to see a full show and how deftly Robin handled it…terrific.

Submitted on 2014/02/20 at 2:19 AM

Cindy Elliott: Thanks so much for this picture, K.O. is my dad.. Miss him

Submitted on 2014/02/24 at 11:51 PM

Ernie: This looks horrible! Everyone looks like they’ve been embalmed. Leave the classics alone!!

Submitted on 2014/02/25 at 7:55 AM

comments images 6PXXIV47Larry Mischel: Hello Motor City Radio Flashbacks, Your efforts have paid off BIG TIME. I’ve met George Griggs and he’s not only a great guy he’s very dedicated. I don’t know who else is involved in this but I applaud the whole crew. Fantastic resource. I’ve been glued to the radio since the Eisenhower era and thanks to the music I remain young at heart. Let me also thank all of the wonderful disc jockeys that brought the music to us. Recently I’ve been trading memories with Kim Sulek (who’s working on a book documenting Detroit radio in the 1960′s and 1970′s) and he noted that the D.J.’s should be considered artists right along side the musicians. I couldn’t agree more. Thank you, Larry Mischel

Submitted on 2014/02/28 at 9:22 AM

Tom Campbell: Does anyone remember a dj at WLBS with the first name of Keith, during the same period that Terri McCormick was on? BTW, Terri is working at 95.5 FM in Austin TX.

Submitted on 2014/02/28 at 10:30 AM

Larry Mischel: Hello to my fellow Detroit radio fans, The site is AMAZING. I really like what it’s become. You can spend years navigating all of the wonderful Detroit memories. This city was and is really something. The 1962 aircheck labeled Fred Wolf is actually Paul Winter. This is the unscoped 30 minute tape. I know for sure because this came from the old Aircheck Factory through myself. It’s a great piece of 1962. Take care, Larry Mischel

Submitted on 2014/02/28 at 12:51 PM

Mickey Clanton: Can you find and publish something on the WCHB AM Summer of 1969 Citywide Talent show at the Fox?

 

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DETROIT RADIO SIDEBAR: WNIC-FM BILLBOARD NOTES

MarqueeTest-2From the MCRFB radio notebook: 1978, 1984, 1985, 1986

Station Milestones

WNIC-FM

 

 

 

 

DETROIT (January 28, 1978) — Jim Harper, program director of WDRQ in Detroit, is heading over to WNIC, Detroit, to do a morning show at the Dearborn-based station. And Art Vuolo, one of the world’s greatest radio buffs, is the new promotion director at WNIC and its AM affilliate, WWKR. END

DETROIT (December 15, 1984) — Changes in the Detroit personality scene have WOMC’s Peter Carey staying in afternoons but moving to WNIC FM 100, where Steve Cassidy now serves as production director. Steve, as you’ll recall, joined WCLS  in the 9 to noon slot last week after a production directorship across town at WMJC. END

DETROIT (March 9, 1985) — Since Steve Gannon has exited the morning team of Harper, Gannon & You (Harper being Jim) on Detroit’s FM WNIC, rumors are milling around the Motor City have local comic Bruce Gerish slated as his replacement. END

DETROIT (March 30, 1985) — Joining Jim Harper on the “Harper & Company” morning show on WNIC Detroit is local singer/impressionist/actor Karen Paraventi. END

DETROIT (June 29, 1985) — WNIC-AM-FM Detroit puts it listeners to the test by asking the question, “What is the craziest thing you would do for Madonna tickets?” The winner was contestant Andrea Diddio, who dressed as radio sex-advisor Dr. Ruth Westheimer. Enjoying the gimmick was WNIC-FM  morning man Jim Harper and staff, as Diddio went on to sing Madonna’s “Get Into The Groove” live during his show. END

DETROIT (July 13, 1985) — Celebrating a true Independence Day last week was Dick Buller, who retired as sports director at WNIC-AM-FM in the Motor City. A long-time Detroit radio talent, Buller’s 38 years in broadcasting ought to give him plenty to ponder in his newfound leisure time. END

DETROIT (October 26, 1985) — A fourth WNIC Detroit staffer leaves that outlet to join newborn pop neighbor WDTX. That’s Jim Harper, who leaves the morning shift at WNIC to program WDTX. Per contractual agreements, Harper will hold on starting his airshift on WDTX until February. END

DETROIT (December 14, 1985) — Still in the Motor City, Price AC outlet WNIC lost longtime “Pillow Talk” host Alan Almond. No, Almond did not jump over to the newest Detroit pop outlet, WDTX, as several other WNIC staffers have recently. The air talent has jumped to AC competitor WMJC. Replacing Almond on WNIC as host of the 7-midnight program is Johnny Williams, a 14-year veteran at CKLW Windsor, Canada . . . WDTX has added another new ex-WNIC staffer: Mike Bradley, who comes on board as assistant-program director, starting February 1 in the new year. END

DETROIT (September 13, 1986) — Detroit’s “soft-rock” AC outlet WNIC is sending 100 of its listeners to Booth Bay Harbor, Maine, aboard the WNIC/Trans Air jet on September 3 for a one-day trip to New England. The day in Booth Harbor starts with a shopping spree and wraps up with a traditional clambake on the beach, to put a nice finishing touch on the last few days of summer left in the season. END

DETROIT (November 22, 1986) — Tired of print polls on your popularity of lack thereof? Try turning the tables on the press and, at the same time, garner some irresistible attention from your local media writers. That’s what WNIC morning man Mike Murphy is in the process of doing with his listener poll on some of Detroit’s best newspaper columnists. The votes are still rolling in, and the winning columnists will appear on Murphy’s new morning show on 100.3 WNIC. END

– (Information and news source: Billboard Magazine. All excerpts culled as was first published from the dated editions as noted above).

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WAY-BACK DETROIT RADIO PAGES: WKMH . . . OCTOBER 11, 1947

MarqueeTest-2From the MCRFB radio scrapbook: 1947

Dearborn Station Gets Army Games

 

 

 

 

 

FLASHBACKDETROIT, October 11 — A deal for the Army football games has been signed by WKMH, local AM station, with CKLW, the regular Mutual outlet, taking the Notre Dame games instead. WKMH is a 1,000-watt suburban station in Dearborn, Mich., but has good metropolitan coverage and outranks the three older local radio stations, WEXL, WJBK and WJLB, all 250-watters.

WKMH is cutting out the Mutual identifications on Ted Husing’s broadcasts and making no attempt to identify its program with the network, which is normally carried by CKLW in Detroit and its surrounding listening areas.

(Information and news source: Billboard; October 11, 1947).

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