Month: April 2019

FRED WOLF: WXYZ DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD, ’65

DETROIT FREE PRESS September 2, 1965

 

 

Thursday, September 2, 1965

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WXYZ

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WXYZ 1270 BACK-PAGE: FRED WOLF, ‘SAYS GOODBYE’

DETROIT FREE PRESS September 4, 1965

 

 

Saturday, September 4, 1965

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE FEATURE

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WXYZ

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WWKR: THE ‘NEW KEENER 13’ PREMIERES! MARCH, 1978

WWKR ‘The New’ KEENER 13 March 1978
WWKR ‘The New’ KEENER 13 March 1978

 

THE JOHN FREIST COLLECTION

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A special THANK YOU to website contributor John Freist for recently providing this WWKNR ‘New Keener 13’ Music Guide (scanned; Issue #1) with Motor City Radio Flashbacks, from 41 years ago. March 1978

 

THE NEW KEENER 13

 

WWKR 1978

 

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50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’69!

 

THE TURTLES

“You Showed Me” by The Turtles was playing the Billboard Singles chart as well on Detroit Top 40 radio on this date. 50 years ago. April 1969

 

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50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’69!

 

NEW COLONY SIX

“Things I’d Like To Say” by New Colony Six was playing the Billboard Singles chart as well on Detroit Top 40 radio on this date. 50 years ago. April 1969

 

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CKLW: THE CK SURVEY 80! ‘THE GREAT EIGHT’ 04/14/64

CKLW RADIO 8-0 SURVEY April 14, 1964

 

CKLW GREAT EIGHT * 01 * 04/14/1964

 

 

CKLW GREAT EIGHT * 02 * 04/14/1964

 

 

CKLW GREAT EIGHT * 03 * 04/14/1964

 

 

CKLW GREAT EIGHT * 04 * 04/14/1964

 

 

CKLW GREAT EIGHT * 05 * 04/14/1964

 

 

CKLW GREAT EIGHT * 06 * 04/14/1964

 

 

CKLW GREAT EIGHT * 07 * 04/14/1964

 

 

CKLW GREAT EIGHT * 08 * 04/14/1964

 

 

 

THIS WEEK 55 YEARS AGO

CKLW APRIL 1964

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The CKLW BIG 50 (plus) hits in Windsor/Detroit. This survey was tabulated overall by record popularity appeal, sales, listener requests and record airplays based on the judgement of CKLW Radio, 1964.

Previewed for the week of April 14-20, 1964

 

 

 

 

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A SPECIAL THANK YOU

In Memory of George Griggs

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

 

 

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50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’69!

 

THE DOORS

“Touch Me” by The Doors was playing the Billboard Singles chart as well on Detroit Top 40 radio on this date. 50 years ago. April 1969

 

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50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’69!

 

THE VENTURES

“Hawaii Five-O” by The Ventures was playing the Billboard Singles chart as well on Detroit Top 40 radio on this date. 50 years ago. April 1969

 

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DETROIT MOTOWN MONDAY RECORD FLASHBACK ’71!

 

 

THE TEMPTATIONS

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 Released February 13, “Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)”  peaked at #1 for three weeks (14 total weeks) on the Billboard R&B chart in 1971. B-side: “You Make Your Own Heaven And Hell Right Here On Earth”

GORDY 7105 (Source: Billboard Top R&B Singles)

 

 

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