THIS WEEK IN AMERICA! BILLBOARD HOT 100: 12/25/65

BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY

BILLBOARD HOT 100 December 25, 1965

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These were the record singles you bought in 1965. Many went on to become the most popular radio airplays heard on AM radio in Detroit, December 1965, on Top 40 WKNR and WXYZ, CKLW, and conservative album-oriented, easy-listening WJBK and WJR radio.

THE NATION’S TOP-SELLING 100 SINGLES 1965

A ’82 HOLIDAY MEMORY. THE SOUNDS OF THE SEASON

**GEORGE WINSTON * DECEMBER** (COMPLETE LP) * 1982

A MCRFB Note: Click on (COMPLETE LP) for track listing on this album.

24 HOURS: ‘AN ORIGINAL CHRISTMAS’ ON RADIO WJR!

**JIM HAMPTON * AN ORIGINAL CHRISTMAS** (PROMO 2017) * WJR

LISTEN LIVE NOW! Jim Hampton’s ‘An Original Christmas‘ begins CHRISTMAS DAY (1:00 A.M.) on wjr.com and on iHeartradio.com

JIM HAMPTON * PAUL W. SMITH SHOW * WJR Friday, December 22, 2017

THE FIRST CHRISTMAS. THE GREATEST STORY. EVER TOLD

THE FIRST CHRISTMAS * WBFG * DECEMBER 24, 1977

‘THE FIRST CHRISTMAS’

ABOUT THIS PROGRAM

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This special holiday recording, “The First Christmas,” was conceived, created and was narrated and produced by Bob Pratt.

For three straight years, this program initially was broadcast on 98.7 WBFG-FM in Detroit during the holiday seasons in 1975, 1976 and in 1977.

At the time ‘The First Christmas’ aired in 1975, WBFG was Detroit’s only premiere station known for it’s all-religious broadcasting format. The call letters WBFG was also the station’s heralded “acronym” as well. The calls represented their out-going religious radio content heard daily 24/7 on the FM side, “We’re Broadcasting For God.”

A special THANK YOU to Bob Pratt for sharing this special holiday program with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.

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40 YEARS AGO. DECEMBER 24, 1977

A MCRFB Note: In 1980, Trinity Broadcasting sold WBFG to Gary Stevens’ Doubleday Broadcasting. The transaction became the highest ever paid for a radio station in Detroit at the time.

With the new Doubleday acquisition that year WBFG became WLLZ in Detroit.

WWWW-FM BACK ON THE RADIO: TOM CLAY!

**WWWW RECALLED ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS**

**WWWW-FM 106 * 1970 * TOM CLAY**

Tom Clay WWWW aircheck date: Thursday, December 24, 1970

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NEW! A special THANK YOU to Dan Murphy, of Boston, MA, for recently donating this WWWW radio aircheck to Motor City Radio Flashbacks!

* The Dan Murphy Collection *

WWWW DETROIT RADIO: ’70 NEWSPAPER AD MEMORY!

Wednesday, March 18, 1970

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: “’Gold Is Beautiful”

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