Month: January 2019

DETROIT RADIO BACK PAGES: PURTAN SIGNS ON Z95.5

Detroit Free Press January 11, 1983

 

Tuesday, January 11, 1983

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WCZY

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JACK RUBY IS DEAD, DENIES PLOT TO END: 01/03/1967

52 YEARS AGO * JANUARY 3, 1967 * JACK RUBY DEATH REPORTS

WJR FM / WWJ FM aircheck date TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1967

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NEW! A special THANK YOU to Bob Pratt, of Farmington Hills, MI, for recently donating this WJR WWJ radio aircheck to Motor City Radio Flashbacks.

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ABOUT THESE RECORDINGS

As an aftermath to Bob Pratt’s historic recordings of the JFK assassination featured here last November on this website, Bob also recorded these two reports on the death of Jack Ruby. As broadcast on WJR FM, WWJ FM, January 3, 1967.

Today, Motor City Radio Flashbacks presents these two historic, Detroit radio, JFK-related reports. As was recorded by Bob Pratt. 52 years ago.

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 * THE BOB PRATT COLLECTION *

Detroit Free Press Wednesday, January 4, 1967
Detroit Free Press Wednesday, January 4, 1967

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WXYZ 1964 TOP 40 SOUND SURVEY: HAPPY NEW YEAR!

WXYZ DETROIT SOUND SURVEY Top Hits Of 1964 DECEMBER 1964
WXYZ DETROIT SOUND SURVEY Top Hits Of 1964 DECEMBER 1964
WXYZ DETROIT SOUND SURVEY Top Hits Of 1964 DECEMBER 1964
WXYZ DETROIT SOUND SURVEY Top Hits Of 1964 DECEMBER 1964

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 54 YEARS AGO

December 1964

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(From the Jim Feliciano Collection)

 

 

Detroit Sound Official Hit Survey

— WXYZ Top 40 1964 Hits —

 

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This special souvenir playlist of the top 40 most popular records for the year was selected by WXYZ Radio from reports of record sales gathered from leading record outlets in the Detroit area and other sources available to WXYZ throughout the 1964 year.

 

WXYZ 1270 1964

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THE KEENER ‘TOP 31’ HITS FOR 1965: HAPPY NEW YEAR!

WKNR KEENER 13 Top Hits Of 1965 DECEMBER 1965
53 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK December 1965
WKNR KEENER 13 Top Hits Of 1965 DECEMBER 1965

KEENER 13 1965

 

A SPECIAL THANK YOU

In Memory of George Griggs

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Above WKNR music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate

 

 

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NEW YEAR’S DAY ’70: RON SHERWOOD ON THE RADIO!

 

WKNR RECALLED ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS

WKNR-AM 1310 * 1970 * RON SHERWOOD

 

 

RON SHERWOOD WKNR aircheck date: THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1970

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NEW! A special THANK YOU to David Charles Milatz, of Rochester, MI, for recently donating this WKNR radio aircheck to Motor City Radio Flashbacks!

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 * THE DAVID MILATZ COLLECTION *

 

WKNR 1970 KEENER 13

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