Month: June 2016
A 1956 DETROIT WXYZ RADIO NEWSPAPER FLASHBACK!
Sunday, December 23, 1956
A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WXYZ-AM
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A 1967 DETROIT WXYZ RADIO NEWSPAPER FLASHBACK!
Tuesday, June 13, 1967
A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WXYZ-AM ‘Radio’s J. A. Slagle Dies’
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A MCRFB ‘CAPSULE COUNTDOWN’! WEEK OF 06/09/77
HARD STATIONS GOING SOFT? . . . JUNE 4, 1966
From the MCRFB news archives: 1966
Softer Pop Sound Trending Radio Where Mostly ‘Hard’ Top 40 Plays
LOS ANGELES — Frank Sinatra’s mercurial smash, “Strangers In The Night” is an indication to some in the (radio) trade that a softening up of top 40 stations hard rock sound is taking place.
Based on “Strangers” frantic sales pace, indicating the single will be Sinatra’s biggest hit, Reprise general manager Mo Ostin notes that it’s not as tough today to get on a top 40 station with a product other than a hard rock record as it was previously.
The overwhelming dominance of a hard sound is diminishing, the executive said. “There appears to be a trend for a lot of the hard rock stations to go soft,” Ostin added. “They are diluting their top 40 format with the addition of a mixed blending of material.”
WIP-AM in Philadelphia and KFWB here, for example are playing more adult-oriented music than ever before.
The unequaled acceptance of the latest Sinatra single has created a rush to cover the tune. According to Ostin, the song has been cut in 50 other situations. “Strangers,” written by Bert Kaempfert, was produced by Jimmy Bowen in a commercial style with Ernie Freeman’s arrangement aimed at a top 40 sound.
The single was meant to be a blending for adults and teenagers and the result is successful, Ostin boasted, if a recent Columbus, Ohio, rock station’s phone poll is any barometer. Sinatra was voted the top artist by adult listeners, and among the top five teenage favorites. END
(Information and news source: Billboard; June 4, 1966)
50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’66!
50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’66!
A MCRFB ‘CAPSULE COUNTDOWN’! WEEK OF 06/08/76
WXYZ 1270 DETROIT SOUND TOP 12! THIS WEEK IN 1966
WIXIE DETROIT SOUND No. 01 * The Syndicate Of Sound * WXYZ
WIXIE DETROIT SOUND No. 02 * Frank Sinatra * WXYZ
WIXIE DETROIT SOUND No. 03 * The Temptations * WXYZ
WIXIE DETROIT SOUND No. 04 * Percy Sledge * WXYZ
WIXIE DETROIT SOUND No. 05 * The Standells * WXYZ
WIXIE DETROIT SOUND No. 06 * The Rolling Stones * WXYZ
WIXIE DETROIT SOUND No. 07 * Bobby Hebb * WXYZ
WIXIE DETROIT SOUND No. 08 * The Tidal Waves * WXYZ
WIXIE DETROIT SOUND No. 09 * B. J. Thomas * WXYZ
WIXIE DETROIT SOUND No. 10 * The Shadows of Knight * WXYZ
WIXIE DETROIT SOUND No. 11 * Robert Parker * WXYZ
WIXIE DETROIT SOUND No. 12 * The Beatles * WXYZ
BONUS! WIXIE DETROIT SOUND No. 13 * Tim Tam & The Turn-On’s * WXYZ
WXYZ, MONDAY, JUNE 6, 1966
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MCRFB has every song selection on this WXYZ playlist archived in it’s music library. The WXYZ TOP 12 (1-12) featured in this Detroit Sound Survey (6/06/1966) were selected by the author for your listening enjoyment here.